Patent ID: 7416347
Filing Date: 2008-08-26
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. A fan-out unit for an optical fiber transmission system, comprising: a plurality of optical fibers; a faceplate with a plurality of ports arranged in at least one row, each of the ports being optically interconnected with a respective one of the optical fibers and configured to receive a mating optical fiber; wherein the faceplate includes a first visual indicia associated with the ports that indicates an arrangement in which mating optical fibers are to be inserted into the ports, the first visual indicia being easily readable when the faceplate is in either a first horizontal orientation or a first vertical orientation, but not being easily readable when the faceplate is in a second horizontal orientation that is inverted from the first horizontal orientation or a second vertical orientation that is inverted from the first vertical orientation; and further comprising a second visual indicia associated with the ports, the second visual indicia being easily readable when the faceplate is in either the second horizontal orientation or the second vertical orientation, but not being easily readable when the faceplate is in the first horizontal orientation or the first vertical orientation.