Patent ID: 6016373
Filing Date: 2000-01-18
Classification: G02B,H04J

Abstract:
An apparatus for configuring a fiber optic assembly that is contained within a sealed enclosure, wherein the assembly includes a plurality of optical transmission paths and wherein each of the optical transmission paths is able to transmit a signal through the fiber optic assembly, comprising:a plurality of links wherein each of said links is associated with one of said optical transmission paths and wherein each of said links extends through said sealed enclosure and has a first end located external to said sealed enclosure and a second end located within said sealed enclosure and adjacent to its associated optical transmission path; andan energy source coupled to a first end of one of said links wherein said energy source inserts energy into one of said links from said first end to said second end of one of said links and wherein the energy from said energy source renders the optical transmission path associated with said one of said links incapable of transmitting a signal through the optical transmission path.