Photoelectric conversion connector

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Description

FIG. 1 is a front view a photoelectric conversion showing the new design;

FIG. 2 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a plan view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a top perspective view illustrating the design connected to cables but not a port;

FIG. 8 is a top perspective view illustrating the design connected to cables and a port;

FIG. 9 is a bottom perspective view illustrating the design connected to cables but not a port; and,

FIG. 10 is a bottom perspective view illustrating the design connected to cables and a port.

The broken lines in FIGS. 7-10 are included for the purpose of illustrating environmental structure only and form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

We claim the ornamental design for an photoelectric conversion connector, as shown and described.

Referenced Cited
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D360403 July 18, 1995 Jaag et al.
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6350063 February 26, 2002 Gilliland et al.
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Foreign Patent Documents
1144138 June 2002 JP
2002-202441 July 2002 JP
WO 02/39167 May 2002 WO
Other references
  • “RJ45 type optical active connector”, pp. 23 and 24, Techno-Stream vol. 24, May 2001.
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Patent History
Patent number: D490778
Type: Grant
Filed: Dec 2, 2002
Date of Patent: Jun 1, 2004
Assignees: NTT Advanced Technology Corporation (Tokyo), Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (Tokyo)
Inventors: Shuichiro Inagaki (Tokyo), Teruhisa Tabuchi (Tokyo), Nobuyuki Tanaka (Tokyo), Yoshimitsu Arai (Tokyo), Yukio Komine (Tokyo), Nobuo Ishimine (Tokyo), Mitsuho Tanaka (Tokyo)
Primary Examiner: Joel Sincavage
Attorney, Agent or Law Firms: Venable LLP, Michael A. Sartori, Stuart I. Smith
Application Number: 29/171,828
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Linear Array Of Identical Repeating Ports Or Contacts (i.e., In-line Array) (D13/147)
International Classification: 1303;