Patent ID: 8798411

Claim:
A system for rolling over a fiber optic connection, comprising: a fiber optic switching device, comprising: a first pair of non-intersecting optical waveguides; a second pair of non-intersecting optical waveguides; an optical waveguide carrier configured to carry the first pair of non-intersecting optical waveguides and the second pair of non-intersecting optical waveguides; a first optical fiber holder configured to hold a first pair of optical fibers at a first location relative to the optical waveguide carrier; and a second optical fiber holder configured to hold a second pair of optical fibers at a second location relative to the optical waveguide carrier; wherein the optical waveguide carrier is movable at least between a first position and a second position, wherein, when the optical waveguide carrier is in the first position, the first pair of non-intersecting optical waveguides is configured to optically couple the first pair of optical fibers to the second pair of optical fibers in a first combination, wherein, when the optical waveguide carrier is in the second position, the second pair of non-intersecting optical waveguides is configured to optically couple the first pair of optical fibers to the second pair of optical fibers in a second combination, wherein the second combination crosses the connection of the optical fibers relative to the first combination.