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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8155495 | Assembly of optical fiber and optical fiber holder with end portion of optical fiber housed in recess The present invention is directed to an assembly of an optical fiber and an optical fiber holder for holding the optical fiber, the optical fiber having an end surface formed at an end portion thereof, the end surface being configured to perform light coupling with ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8135258 | Fiber optic cable control clips and enclosure assemblies and methods incorporating the same An enclosure assembly for use with a fiber optic cable, the cable having a lengthwise cable axis and including a plurality of optical fibers and a jacket surrounding the optical fibers includes an enclosure housing and a cable control clip. The enclosure housing def... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8068713 | Hybrid connector tool for integrated cleaving A hybrid optical fiber connector tool is capable of cleaving an optical fiber inserted into the connector tool. The connector tool includes an inner housing, an outer housing that is rotatable with respect to the inner housing, and an optical fiber cutting component... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8050530 | Method for producing elements comprising fiber optics, device for implementing said method, optical fibers element and optical arrangement comprising such an element A method for producing an optical fiber element provided with several optical fibers disposed in a matrix, including: a) placing and maintaining the several optical fibers in grooves formed in a mould plate, said grooves being in different planes, b) injecting a har... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8023794 | Apparatus and method for establishing an optical path spanning a discontinuity in an optical channel An apparatus for establishing an optical circuit path spanning a discontinuity in an optical channel supported by a first cable oriented about a first axis on a first side of the discontinuity and supported by a second cable section oriented about a second axis on a... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7970251 | Outlet device An outlet device, which is to be arranged on a wall surface, includes an outlet box in which electric wiring and optical interconnection are to be accommodated, and a cover plate which covers the outlet box. The cover plate includes a plate surface formed with an op... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7953311 | Fiber optic cable control clips and enclosure assemblies and methods incorporating the same An enclosure assembly for use with a fiber optic cable, the cable having a lengthwise cable axis and including a plurality of optical fibers and a jacket surrounding the optical fibers includes an enclosure housing and a cable control clip. The enclosure housing def... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7933484 | Strain-relief device for cables and wire-guiding element A strain-relief device for cables, in particular optical waveguide cables, includes a lower part (10), which is in the form of a U in cross section, and an upper part (30). The lower part (10) is formed on its limbs (12) on one end side (... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7929819 | Field termination kit A field termination kit includes an optical fiber preparation device for preparing an end of an optical fiber, an optical inspection device for inspecting the end of the optical fiber, and a termination assembly for terminating the end of the optical fiber. A method... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7916993 | Method for producing elements comprising fiber optics, device for implementing said method, optical fibers element and optical arrangement comprising such an element A method for producing an optical fiber element provided with several optical fibers disposed in a matrix, including: a) placing and maintaining the several optical fibers in grooves formed in a mould plate, said grooves being in different planes, b) injecting a har... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7903926 | Attachment structure allowing movement and protection of a tether of a cable assembly A cable assembly comprising a fiber optic cable and one or more attachment points to allow one or more tethers to optically connect to optical fibers within the cable. The cable assembly may be used as a drop cable for extending optical connections to a plurality of... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7899299 | Overhead cable termination arrangement A system including an overhead cable pathway structure and an adapter panel or cable termination device that mounts overhead to the cable pathway structure. The cable termination device including a plurality of adapters and a cable pathway exit having a curved surfa... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7894700 | Holding member for optical distribution frame and optical distribution frame A holding member includes a flared tubular body and collectively holds a plurality of unused optical fibers provided with optical connectors within an optical distribution frame. The tubular body has a rectangular cross section and includes an elongated rectangular ... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7889963 | Optical waveguide device and device for producing optical waveguide device An optical waveguide device that is smaller in size and has higher impact resistance. The optical waveguide device (1) has a V-groove (14) formed in a groove forming surface (SF) at an end of a base board (10) where an optical waveguide section ... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7876994 | Optical fiber array An optical fiber array is formed by including m number of optical fibers (where, m is a natural number other than 0), an optical fiber aligning member on a surface of which, at least m number of grooves are formed in parallel, and a cover. An end portion of the opti... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7873254 | Mounting member for fixedly holding cylindrical mounted part on printed wiring board A mounting member has a tube, and a plurality of clamps. The clamps hold the tube or outer portions on both sides of the tube. Therefore, the external load on the mounted part can be minimized while at the same time the mounted part is easily held fixedly on a board... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7860365 | Edge protector for fiber optic cable routing An edge protector for use with fiber optic cables includes a body having a first portion and a second portion. The first portion includes a first surface and an oppositely disposed second surface. The second portion includes a tang and a radius protrusion having a r... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7848609 | Detachable fiber holder platform and assembly A fiber holder platform includes a support, a clamp configured to secure a cable to the support, and a securing mechanism configured to detachably secure the platform to a fiber holder and alternatively to a heat oven. A fiber holder assembly includes the fiber hold... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7822313 | Fiber optic termination system with retention mechanism A fiber optic telecommunications frame is provided including termination modules positioned on left and right sides of the frame. The frame further includes left and right vertical cable guides. The frame includes a horizontal passage linking the left and right pane... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7809236 | Optical fiber holder and heat sink An optical fiber holding device is disclosed having an optical fiber held therein. The device has a base with a spiral channel in an upper surface holding and housing the optical fiber. The channel has a first location where the fiber enters leading to a plurality o... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7801407 | Optical inspection of optical specimens supported by a work holder An optical inspection system includes an optical inspection device and an interface. The optical inspection device houses optical imaging components that acquire microscope visual images and acquire interference fringe images of a plurality of optical specimens alon... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7787739 | Bare fiber adapter A system and method for testing a bare fiber optic. An actuator disposed on an adapter is engaged. The bare fiber optic is received in an insertion hole of the adapter for ensuring contact between the bare fiber optic and a test adapter in response to the actuator b... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7787740 | Universal cable bracket A universal cable bracket for strain relieving a cable in a fiber management system includes a first portion having a cable receiving area defined therein for holding a section of an optic fiber cable with a notch to prevent postponing; a second portion having a com... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7756382 | Optical fiber splitter module and fiber optic array therefor An optical fiber splitter has a higher density fiber optic array that allows for smaller packaging. The optical fibers that extend from the optical fiber splitter have one end connectorized and their spacing at the other end reduced, thereby eliminating components t... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7742675 | Cable trough system and method A telecommunications cable management system includes trough elements including a planar top surface and sides for cable routing and management. The trough elements are made from separate parts assembled together with a mating arrangement. The mating arrangement all... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7738762 | Attaching optical fibers to actuator tubes with beads acting as spacers and adhesives A scanning fiber device of one aspect may include an actuator tube. An optical fiber may be inserted through the actuator tube. The optical fiber may have a free end portion outside of the actuator tube. A first bead may be around the optical fiber. At least part of... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7720345 | Optical connector assembling jig An assembling jig for assembling an optical connector is provided. The optical connector has a pair of beam portions having elasticity and adapted to hold a ferrule holding an optical fiber. The assembling jig includes a body portion, an optical connector receiving ... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7711236 | Fiber optic cable clamp A fiber optic cable clamp is provided. The fiber optic cable clamp includes a sheath grip member and a strength member clamp maintained at a constant axial location with respect to the sheath grip member. The fiber optic cable clamp also includes a cable fiber separ... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7711237 | Optical transmission line holding member, optical module and mounting method thereof An optical transmission line holding member includes a main body that mechanically positions and holds an optical transmission line, and an electrical interconnection used to mount an optical element. The main body includes a holding hole which opens in one surface ... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7689091 | Unitary fiber clamp with flexible members and a member mover A fiber clamp (220) for clamping an optical fiber assembly (16) includes a clamp housing (230) and a member mover (228). The clamp housing (230) includes a base contact area (234) and a flexible member (238) that urge... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7684670 | Wire accommodation apparatus A wire accommodating apparatus includes a cylindrical portion around which a wire connected to a signal transmission part is wound; a number of wire holding portions which incline externally from the bottom of the cylindrical portion and are disposed pivotably; and ... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7664363 | Apparatus and method to protect fiber ribbons An apparatus and method to protect fiber ribbons. A router having a body and cap are disclosed. Fiber cable sheath is stripped from one end, and the fiber ribbons thus exposed are inserted through the body and through cap bores in the cap. The cap is frictionally pu... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7630609 | Arrayed multi-fiber connector A system and method for segmenting a plurality of optical fibers to form an arrayed multi-fiber optical connector. In one example embodiment, the present innovations include an optical connector that has a plurality of optical fibers arranged into a two-dimensional ... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7616857 | Optical fiber array substrate An optical fiber array substrate 11 has, in one surface thereof, eight V-grooves 12 for securing eight optical fibers 14 aligned in parallel to each other, and V-shaped side grooves 13 formed outside of the respective outermost V-grooves ... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7603021 | Optical fiber component, optical waveguide module, and manufacturing method Optical fibers 301-308 are housed in V-grooves formed on a V-block 20 with end faces 311-318 flush with an end face 22 of the V-block 20. Therefore, when the optical fibers 301-308 are connected to optic... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7570863 | Cable storage device and method for handling cable ends In order to make possible simple operation of a cable storage device it is proposed that a multitude of cable storage elements be arranged on a rail and comprise an element with which they can be displaced by the cable gripper in a front delivery row until they are ... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7565052 | WDM systems and methods A WDM optical system including a media converter module including a plurality of converter cards, each converter card being configured to convert a native signal into an optical signal. The system also includes a panel bracket having an opening and a plurality of fi... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7555193 | Fiber optic termination module with retention mechanism A fiber optic telecommunications frame is provided including termination modules positioned on left and right sides of the frame. The frame further includes left and right vertical cable guides. The frame includes a horizontal passage linking the left and right pane... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7555192 | Connecting structure of optical connectors To make a connecting structure of optical connectors capable of constantly and stably keeping optical connector plugs connected in a laterally aligned state through an optical connector clip, the structure includes boots formed to have fitted parts in an annular gro... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7548682 | Optical fiber array alignment unit An optical fiber alignment unit for the easy precise alignment of optical fibers in and array. In a preferred embodiment the positioning array is incorporated twice in an all optical cross connect switch utilizing MEMS mirrors for cross connecting optical fibers in ... | 06/16/2009 |
