Patent ID: 8511911
Filing Date: 2013-08-20
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. A loop back plug comprising: a ferrule including a distal side and a proximal side, the ferrule defining a plurality of openings that extend through the ferrule from the distal side to the proximal side, the openings being arranged in first and second parallel rows; and a plurality of loop back optical fibers each having first and second end portions secured within the openings of the ferrule, at least some of the loop back optical fibers being looped between the openings of the first and second rows with their first end portions secured within the openings of the first row and their second end portions secured within the openings of the second row, wherein an opening in the first row receiving a first end portion of a predetermined fiber and an opening in the second row receiving a second end portion of the predetermined fiber define a first reference plane, and wherein a curved portion of each loopback fiber extends along a second reference plane offset at an angle from the first reference plane.