US Patent Issued to Ciena on July 21 for "Side-plane connector modules for blind-mate interconnection with blade modules" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,156, issued on July 21, was assigned to Ciena Corp. (Hanover, Md.).

"Side-plane connector modules for blind-mate interconnection with blade modules" was invented by Michael Y. Frankel (Hallandale Beach, Fla.), Daniel Rivaud (Ottawa), Gerard Leo Swinkels (Ottawa) and Vladimir Pelekhaty (Baltimore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for increasing space for external connectors on network components mounted on a rack or cabinet. According to one implementation, a Network Element (NE) assembly includes a blade module having a relatively flat form factor. The blade module, for instance, includes at least a fron...