Patent ID: 8596879

Claim:
An optical cable including connectors, comprising: a first set of waveguides and at least a second set of waveguides, wherein each waveguide of the first set of waveguides and the at least the second set of waveguides includes a plurality of optical channels encased in a polymer, each of the waveguides and the optical channels having a first end and a second end; first and second connectors each including a plurality of electrically conductive pins, each of the plurality of optical channels of each of the waveguides, at their first and second ends, being connected to a specified pin on each of the first and second connectors, respectively, wherein a first central portion of each of the waveguides in the first set of waveguides is displaced in a first direction away from a substantially central longitudinal axis of the waveguides in the first set of waveguides, wherein the substantially central longitudinal axis traverses a substantially central bifurcation line of the first and second connectors connected to each of the plurality of optical channels at opposite ends of the waveguides in the first set of waveguides, and a second central portion of each of the waveguides in the at least the second set of waveguides is displaced in a second direction away from the substantially central longitudinal axis of the waveguides; a first optical channel connection pattern on the first connector being formed by the first ends of the optical channels of the waveguides in the first set of waveguides and the at least the second set of waveguides being connected to the first connector; a second optical channel connection pattern on the second connector being formed by the second ends of the optical channels of the waveguides in the first set of waveguides and the at least the second set of waveguides being connected to the second connector; and the first optical channel connection pattern on the first connector being a different pattern than the second optical channel connection pattern on the second connector in relation to a connection hole pattern which is the same for both the first and second connectors wherein the connection hole pattern is formed from a plurality of holes in each of the first and second connectors wherein the plurality of holes house the electrically conductive pins, respectively.