Did You Know...
...that when IBM conducted a market study of Chester Carlson's invention in 1959, the company concluded that it would take only 5000 units of his new product to saturate the market? IBM therefore declined to be part of the new product introduction. Too bad for IBM. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, and his new product was the beginning of the Xerox Corporation. It is estimated that every day, worldwide, 3,000,000,000 copies are made!!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8157455 | Optical connector The optical connector, comprising: a first plug having a first ferrule for holding a first multiple optical fiber; a second plug having a second ferrule for holding a second multiple optical fiber; a first housing on which the first plug is detachably fixed; a secon... | 04/17/2012 |
| 7980769 | Vacuum optical fiber connector and optical fiber terminal structure A vacuum optical fiber connector includes a port flange attached to a vacuum flange for housing a first waveguide connector to which an optical fiber bundle is attached, an optical transparent body placed on the outside of the port flange, and an attachment member f... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7537393 | Connectorized fiber optic cabling and methods for forming the same A connectorized fiber optic cabling assembly includes a loose tube fiber optic cable and a connector assembly. The cable has a termination end and includes: an optical fiber bundle including a plurality of optical fibers; at least one strength member; and a jacket s... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7435009 | Optical fiber connection system An optical fiber connection system detects when proper connection is made between a fiber-optic cable and a bulkhead. A conductive strip on the fiber-optic cable contacts a first and second conductor on the bulkhead upon proper positioning of the bulkhead relative t... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7435010 | High temperature light guide Disclosed is a method of forming an optical monitoring or transmitting light guide and a resulting apparatus that begins by bonding a bundle of optical fibers together using an epoxy and polishing the distal end of the bundle of optical fibers to create an optical a... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7431513 | Adjustable focus connector with spring action An adjustable focus connector with spring action is especially adapted for use with common FC or SAM fiber optic receptacles. The connector includes a ferrule holder which mounts a fiber-carrying ferrule at a distal end thereof. At its proximal end the ferrule holde... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7419308 | Fiber bundle termination with reduced fiber-to-fiber pitch A method of fabrication of a fiber bundle termination with reduced fiber-to-fiber pitch which includes reducing the outside diameter of fibers in the fiber bundle by etching and provides means for preventing breakage of the etched fibers during etching and assembly.... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7346254 | Fiber optic splitter module with connector access A telecommunications assembly including a housing and a plurality of modules mounted within the housing. The modules includes a rear face in which is mounted at least one fiber optic connector. Within an interior of the housing are positioned at least one fiber opti... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7344314 | Joining optical fibres An optical fibre installation includes (i) a part defining an inlet for optical fibres that has a through-hole for the passage of optical fibres and an associated mating region for a push-fit connector, (ii) an optical fibre cable connected to an adapter that define... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7345312 | Solid-state light source A solid-state light source includes a semiconductor light source for emitting light and an optical system having a fiber optic element. The fiber optic element has an input for receiving emitted light from the semiconductor light source. The fiber optic element also... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7330546 | Multimedia patching box A multimedia patching box including a generally rectangular housing. The housing includes a first wall positioned opposite from a second wall. The housing also includes opposing third and fourth walls that extend between the first and second walls. A panel is mounte... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7325979 | Method for releasably connecting two groups of optical fibers, and plug-in connector for carrying out said method Disclosed is a method for removably connecting two groups of individual, parallel fibers that are delimited by end faces that are perpendicular to the fiber axis. The two groups of fibers are moved towards each other in an axial direction until each of the fibers ab... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7325975 | Optical module with lever that abuts case to release latch from locking state with cage which accommodates optical module An optical module has a lever for bending a spring plate possessed by a cage for accommodating a case of the optical module in a direction in which a retaining hole formed through the spring plate comes off a latch formed on the case. The lever has a shaft pivotably... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7327943 | Installation closure having fiber management apparatus An installation closure having fiber management apparatus includes an outer shell and at least one cable centralizer disposed within the outer shell at a factory-assembled access location on a fiber optic distribution cable. The cable centralizer has a central chann... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7280723 | Illumination assembly including a rigid light-guiding element incorporating a numerical-aperture alteration taper An illumination assembly includes a light-emitting element that emits light over a light-source numerical aperture and an elongated light-guiding element including opposed incident and emission ends between which ends light propagates by total internal reflection. T... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7273320 | Method and apparatus for cleaning particulate matter from an optic-connector surface A cleaning tool for cleaning particulate matter from contact surfaces of fiber-optics ferrules of an electronics assembly has one or more first connector halves for engaging one or more second connector halves hosting the ferrules to be cleaned, and one or more clea... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7274845 | Low-cost method and apparatus for establishing fiber optic connections A low-cost molded sleeve for a fiber optic cable connector receptacle is disclosed. The inner surface of the sleeve, into which a fiber optic connector can be inserted, is defined by three surfaces. A first planar surface and a second planar surface at right angles ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7266180 | Method of manufacturing a collimator mandrel having variable attenuation characteristics for a CT system A method of manufacturing a collimator mandrel having variable attenuation characteristics is presented. The manufacturing process includes the placement of a layer of attenuating material on a core of base material. The layer of attenuating material is relatively t... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7263261 | Process for producing a leached fiber bundle, and improved leached fiber bundle A leached fiber bundle with the light outlet points positioned as accurately as possible is provided, in which the end faces are not completely fused together, but rather are only fused together at their contact surfaces. The interstices formed are permanently fille... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7246949 | Device for transmitting optical signals The invention relates to a device for transmitting optical signals between at least two components disposed for rotation. The invention excels itself by the provision that at least one micro-optical component is used for beam forming or beam guidance. ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7237966 | Polarity maintaining multi-connector optical cable assembly According to certain aspects of the present invention, an optical cable assembly is disclosed having a plurality of optical fibers, each having a first end and a second end. The plurality of optical fibers includes a first group of optical fibers and a second group ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7234875 | Rugged MT-MT connector The device includes first and second ferrules, first and second housings, and first and second holders. The first and second ferrules have respective first and second mating ends. The first housing has a first cantilever spring, a second cantilever spring, and a fir... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7217958 | Feed through structure for optical semiconductor package Includes a stem with a hole, a dielectric sealed into the hole of the stem and including a pair of pin insertion holes, and a pair of high frequency signal pins that penetrate and fit into the pair of pin insertion holes of the dielectric, and constituting different... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7207727 | One-piece fiber optic receptacle A one-piece fiber optic receptacle is provided for aligning and optically connecting a plug ferrule with a back-side ferrule of like configuration. The fiber optic receptacle includes a receptacle housing defining an internal cavity opening through an external end a... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7204645 | Apparatus and method for coupling laser energy into small core fibers A fiber optic connector for coupling focused radiant energy from a laser to a fiber optic conductor includes a secondary transmission path and one or more reflectors and/or heat sinks for deflecting errant radiant energy to a location where it be safely dissipated. ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7198411 | Manufacturing method of optical communication module, optical communication module, and electronic apparatus A method is provided to precisely mount an optical device and an optical fiber without manual alignment. A tapered through-hole is provided in a substrate to house the optical device whose optical transmission point substantially coincides with a geometrical center.... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7192196 | Optical fiber connection component, optical fiber connection structure, and optical fiber connection method An optical fiber connection component which is easy to adjust the distance between the optical fiber ends before connection, hardly damages the optical fiber during transportation or connection, and saves the number of parts and the cost, and a method for connecting... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7178988 | Optical connector plug and method for assembling same An optical connector plug adapted to be freely and readily attached to or detached from either an SC or an FC connector adapter comprising a housing that couples to the adapter and attaches the plug to the adapter, a plug frame disposed within the housing, which plu... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7177509 | Large-scale image display apparatus using optical fiber The present invention discloses an image display apparatus using optical fiber in which moving images projected from a projector can be transferred to a screen through an optical fiber bundle with a high-definition image quality. An object of the present invention i... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7165893 | Multi-fiber optical connect An optical connector comprises a first block having a channel for accommodating a first set of optical cables and a second block having a channel for accommodating a second set of optical cables. Each block has three protrusions, each adapted to be engaged to a resp... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7156559 | High temperature light guide Disclosed is a method of forming an optical monitoring or transmitting light guide and a resulting apparatus that begins by bonding a bundle of optical fibers together using an epoxy and polishing the distal end of the bundle of optical fibers to create an optical a... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7158712 | Optical fiber coupler and manufacturing apparatus and method thereof An optical fiber coupler and manufacturing apparatus and method thereof aim to provide a loading fixture and a clamping device to fabricate 1×4, 2×4 and 4×4 optical fiber couplers, and also improve driving mechanisms and operation of the packaging station and the... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7149399 | Glass bonded fiber array and method for the fabrication thereof In accordance with the present invention a fiber optic array is provided. The array includes a substrate having a fiber support surface. The array further includes an optical fiber having a fiber portion that includes an un-jacketed, un-buffered optical core segment... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7130522 | Method and structure for two-dimensional optical fiber ferrule A method is provided for making ferrules for connecting optical fibers to other optical fibers or to an optical input device such as an optical chip. The method utilizes ceramic greensheets or silicon wafers. In one method, the greensheets are stacked and laminated ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7118285 | Optical connections and methods of forming optical connections In one embodiment, fiber assemblies are provided. The fiber assemblies may have a first fiber and a second fiber. The first fiber may have at least one core having a length and first and second ends. The second end may have a first connector. The second fiber may ha... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7099590 | Filtering technique for free space interconnects A filtering technique for a free space communication that features encoding and decoding of signals employing a filtering apparatus that includes a bulk holographic transform function. Employing the encoding and decoding technique facilitates providing a great numbe... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7076131 | Precision two dimensional optical array A precise array of collimated light beams may be obtained by employing a chuck to tightly hold as an array a group of precision collimators attached to individual optical fibers. Advantageously, such arrays of collimators may be manufactured to very high tolerances ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7059778 | Optical fiber bundle, light source device using the optical fiber bundle, and method for manufacturing the light source device An optical fiber bundle includes a plurality of optical fibers bundled on an input terminal side and on an output terminal side. The optical fiber bundle receives light from the input terminal side, and outputs the light to the output terminal side. The optical fibe... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7050692 | Proximal coupler for optical fibers A coupler for interfacing a light source, such as a laser, and a fiber optic cable is disclosed. The coupler includes a slide mount having a channel that is adapted to receive optical fibers. The channel extends from a proximal end of the slide mount to a distal end... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7048446 | Connector for impact mounted bundled optical fiber devices In the connector of the present invention two impact mounted seven optical fiber ferrules are aligned through the alignment of the central optical fiber and the alignment of at least one of the outer optical fibers in the ferrules. Due to the symmetrical, repeatable... | 05/23/2006 |
