Patent ID: 9606320
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: G02B,H01R,H02G

Claim:
1. A device for connecting a hybrid trunk cable to one or more jumper cables, comprising: an enclosure having two opposed end walls and two opposed side walls; a hybrid cable entering a first end wall, the hybrid cable having a plurality of conductors and a plurality of optical fibers; and a plurality of first mixed media connectors mounted to a first side wall, wherein each of the first mixed media connectors includes a port for an electrical connection and a port for an optical connection; a plurality of second mixed media connectors mounted to a second side wall, wherein each of the mixed media connectors includes a port for an electrical connection and port for an optical connection; wherein, the ports of the first mixed media connectors are oriented to receive jumper cables from a first direction normal to the first side wall, and the ports of the second mixed connectors are oriented to receive jumper cables from a second direction normal to the second side wall, the first direction being opposed to the second direction, wherein the conductors of the hybrid cable are electrically connected to respective ones of the plurality of first and second mixed media connectors, and wherein each of the plurality of optical fibers is optically connected to respective ones of the plurality a first and second mixed media connectors.