Patent ID: 7706655
Filing Date: 2010-04-27
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. An assembly comprising: a shelf which has a front side and a rear side in a first direction, has a height of the shelf in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and has a width of the shelf in a third direction perpendicular to the first and the second directions; a plurality of first connection units each of which comprises a body and an optic connector, each of the bodies being floatingly supported by the shelf and being positioned in the vicinity of the front side of the shelf, the optic connectors being floatingly supported by the bodies, respectively, each of the optic connectors holding at least one first optic fiber; a plurality of cards each of which has a principal surface defined by the first and the second directions and has a front edge corresponding to the front side of the shelf, each of the cards being inserted along the first direction into the shelf so that the card is detachably held by the shelf; and a plurality of second connection units each of which holds at least one second optic fiber, each of the second connection units being attached to a corresponding one of the cards and being positioned to the front edge of the corresponding card, each of the second connection units being detachably mated to a corresponding one of the optic connectors so that the second optic fiber of the second connection unit is aligned with the first optic fiber of the corresponding optic connector.