Patent ID: 6783391
Filing Date: 2004-08-31
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
A multiple plug for plurality of cable holders for at least one of holding or channeling optical fiber cables comprises:a housing including a plurality of receptacles on a cable holder side for receiving the cable holders in a plug direction, wherein cables that are held by the cable holders and that stick out from the cable holders in the plug direction, penetrate the housing on a side that faces away from the cable holder side when the cable holders are plugged into the plurality of receptacles, wherein the plug directions of at least two of the plurality of receptacles run parallel to each other, wherein the multiple plug is operable to be plugged into a complementary multiple socket that is arranged on a device, and that provides contacts for an optical signal transfer for open ends of the cables of the cable holders plugged into the multiple plug, and a centering device, with which the open ends of the cables are arranged to the contacts of the multiple socket.