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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7419309 | Optical fiber plug connector The invention relates to an optical fibre plug connector, comprising at least one pair of plug connectors and a coupling, whereby each plug connector comprises a ferrule, each two ferrules of a pair of plug connectors are detachably guided and aligned together withi... | 09/02/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7314316 | Self-aligning optical connector and method for using the same A self-aligning connector for connecting fiber-optic cables including a first component connected to a first cable of the cables during use of the connector and a second component connected to the first component and a second cable of the cables during use of the co... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7264403 | Optical ferrule having a covering and associated method of ablating an optical fiber An optical ferrule is provided with a ferrule body having a front face and at least one covering applied to the front face to protect the front face of the ferrule from a laser beam used during a trimming process. The optical ferrule may also have a second covering ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7255485 | Optical plug-in connection An optical plug-in connection including: an optical plug-in connector; a coupling configured to receive the plug-in connector; and locking means for locking the plug-in connector in the coupling when the plug-in connector is inserted into the coupling, wherein the l... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7204646 | Substrate, optical fiber connection end member, optical element housing member, and method of fabrication of an optical module and the substrate The present invention provides a substrate, an optical fiber connecting end member, an optical element-housing member, a light module, and a manufacturing method of the substrate. The substrate has a feature that can be stably realizable and having a simple structur... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7192197 | Planetary cleaning motion optical connector cleaner An optical connector cleaner. The optical connector cleaner includes a nonlinear path along which an optical connector is moved. By following the nonlinear path, the optical connector is subjected to planetary motion without requiring the operator to twist the conne... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7161218 | One-time programmable, non-volatile field effect devices and methods of making same One-time programmable, non-volatile field effect devices and methods of making same. Under one embodiment, a one-time-programmable, non-volatile field effect device includes a source, drain and gate with a field-modulatable channel between the source and drain. Each... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7156561 | Optical connector An optical fiber connector plug includes a housing through which extends a cable containing at least one optical fiber. A ferrule, which is supported by the housing, is provided for receiving the optical fiber. The ferrule has a mating facet and an opposing rear fac... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7123799 | Device for transmitting optical waves with inclined coupling surfaces The invention concerns an integrated-structure device for transmitting optical waves comprising a plurality of optical microguides (11), a plurality of notches (12) with coupling surfaces through which respectively emerge said optical microguides; opti... | 10/17/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7077577 | Multi-piece fiber optic component and manufacturing technique An apparatus to accurately hold an optical fiber within a commercial fiber optic connector. The connector has a first high precision slice having multiple holes of a first area and a first alignment opening and a second high precision slice having multiple holes of ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7048447 | Optical connector An optical fiber connector plug includes a housing through which extends a cable containing at least one optical fiber. A ferrule, which is supported by the housing, is provided for receiving the optical fiber. The ferrule has a mating facet and an opposing rear fac... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7004639 | Interferometric microscope fixture and method of use A holding fixture for use with an interferometric optical microscope is adapted to receive an optical fiber connector. The fixture comprises a base plate mountable to the microscope and having a base plate opening sized to receive the optical fiber connector. An ape... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6964527 | Substrate, optical fiber connection end member, optical element housing member, and method of fabrication of an optical module and the substrate The present invention provides a substrate, an optical fiber connecting end member, an optical element-housing member, a light module, and a manufacturing method of the substrate. The substrate has a feature that can be stably realizable and having a simple structur... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6883978 | Low cost package design for fiber coupled optical component A fiber-coupled optical component package comprises a high thermal conductivity base, a housing including a ceramic substrate, an optical component mount aperture formed on the substrate and a substantially planar fiber mount region on the substrate adjacent to the ... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6860643 | Optical connector with a surface mounted shield An optical connector is constituted of a connector housing, a shielding case, and optical elements. The shielding case is split into a case main body section and a heatsink mechanism section, both joined together to constitute housing recesses. While the case main b... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6829413 | Ferrule-less optical fiber apparatus for optical backplane connector systems A ferrule-less optical backplane connector assembly includes a substrate having at least a pair of optical guide receiving structures formed therein, the pair of optical guide receiving structures further being formed at substantially a right angle with respect to o... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6721042 | Fiber optic apparatus and method for cross-connecting optical fibers A fiber optic apparatus and method are provided for cross-connecting the individual optical fibers of a plurality of fiber optic ribbons. A plurality of individual optical fibers are routed on a flat substrate to form at least one first fiber optic ribbon leading on... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6712521 | Optical connector enabling multicore structure by efficiently utilizing space In an optical connector for connecting an optical fiber to a connection counterpart in a first direction, a housing for retaining the optical fiber has a pair of main side surfaces confronting each other in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, an... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6634797 | Multi-fiber array assembly A multi-fiber array assembly comprises a main housing, a ferrule holder, a stopper, a front plate, a strain relief assembly, springs and ferrules with optical fibers retained therein. The ferrule holder is retained in the housing, and comprises a ferrule ... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6442323 | Flexible optical circuit having a protective foam layer A flexible optical circuit is provided that includes at least one layer formed of a foam material in order to provide strain relief for the optical fibers and to improve the crush resistance of the flexible optical circuit. The flexible optical circuit in... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6442322 | Optical fiber management device This invention relates to an optical fiber management device that allows optical fiber to be placed in very restricted areas such as small modules. This device also provides an embedded conduit system that prevents the optical fibers from over bending and... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6425693 | Optical fiber connector An optical connector includes a plug unit and a counter plug unit, each comprise of two components. Each component comprises a receiving portion for receiving and fixing at least two optical fibers and an adjusting portion having adjusters to adjust the o... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6364538 | Reusable fitment for use in an optical fiber A reusable fitment for connection to an optical fiber comprises a cylindrical main body, a translucent window member fixed to an inside of at least a top portion of the main body, and a connector detachably connected to a rear end portion of the main body... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6352372 | High-density optical connectors A receptacle-like or plug-like optical connector has a body with a rear end and an end face that is opposite from and forward of the rear end. A longitudinal direction is defined between the rear end and the end face, and the end face extends generally pe... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6328481 | Arrayed optical fiber connector An arrayed optical fiber connector for positioning multiple optical fibers to align the end faces of the optical fibers with multiple optical axes at a given input/output face of light is constructed as a board that includes a groove in which the multiple... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6146024 | Connector body The optical fiber connector has a connector body formed with receptacles for the ends of optical fibers. The fibers terminate at a coupling end face of the connector body. A plurality of aligning openings, which are accessible at the coupling end face, co... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6079881 | Fiber optic connector receptacle assembly An receptacle is provided for receiving a fiber optic connector along an optic axis. The receptacle includes a housing having an open end for receiving the fiber optic connector. A pair of shutter members are pivotally mounted on the housing at opposite s... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6033124 | Multi-channel mechanical splicing device for fiber-optic cables The device comprises a central spicing body serving to connect in situ two cable end plugs which fit into the splicing body. The central body has lower rails hollowed out therein and bears lateral shoulders for guiding and locking the end plugs constitute... | 03/07/2000 |
| 5984530 | Optical fiber connector and method for making same An improved optical fiber connector design and associated manufacturing method which provides increased manufacturing throughput by molding connector bodies as a unitary molded part as joined back-to-back pairs of connector bodies.... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5907650 | High precision optical fiber array connector and method An optical fiber array connector in which the tolerance of the diameter of the mask openings are not factors in the overall positioning of the plurality of fibers. The array includes a mask element with rear and forward surfaces and a plurality of opening... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5799122 | Multifiber optical connector An improved multifiber optical connector is disclosed which concurrently transmits an optical signal and provides for optical signal transmission with a lower transmission loss. The connector includes an adapter including openings into which a plug is ins... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5790731 | Optical fiber array/optical integrated circuit interconnection assembly and enclosures for protecting the interconnection assembly The invention includes an interconnection assembly for coupling optical fibers to respective optical waveguides of an optical integrated circuit (OIC). The interconnection assembly includes an OIC assembly preferably formed by adhering a protective plate ... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5764833 | Optical fiber array An optical fiber array according to the present invention comprises an optical coupling end face to be optically coupled to another optical line, and one ends of a plurality of optical fibers are arrayed in the optical coupling end face. The optical fiber... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5682450 | Fiber optic connector element A device for interconnecting the bare ends of two or more optical fibers uses a common receptacle having a fiber clamping element therein and camming surfaces for actuating the element, and at least one plug having a camming finger for engaging one of the... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5581644 | Transmission line switching apparatus There is disclosed a transmission line switching apparatus comprising a coupling board having a first surface adapted to be connected a first line and a second surface adapted to be connected a second line, adjusting means having a line length adjusting u... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5414786 | Optical waveguide component with a molded resin portion having accurately aligned guide pin holes therein An optical waveguide component which has end faces to be connected with optical fiber connectors by means of guide pins, comprises an optical waveguide component body having an optical waveguide core portion, and a resin mold cladding portion covering all... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5315678 | Optical fiber connector Disclosed is an optical fiber connector for a plurality of covered optical fibers, including (a) a lower ceramics plate with a top plane surface having a plurality of V-grooves, each groove for respectively holding one fiber, (b) an upper plate, in spaced... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5281301 | Alignment and assembly method A first array of microlenses (16) on a lens substrate (15) is accurately aligned with a lens holder (20) by making a second array of microlenses (17) simultaneously with the first array. The second array of microlenses is arranged around the periphery of ... | 01/25/1994 |
