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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8047728 | Optical fiber connector with enhanced bonding capability and method of assembling fiber A method of assembling an optical fiber connector includes the steps of providing a ferrule with an internal through passage, and using a gas for treating a surface of the internal through passage to enhance a bonding capability of the surface. Adhesive is introduce... | 11/01/2011 |
| 7850372 | Optical connector with optical fiber In an optical connector with optical fibers in which silica glass optical fibers with resin coating layers remaining attached are connected in optical fiber openings of a ferrule made from resin, at least a part of the resin coating layer of the optical fiber is glu... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7578622 | Contra-angle rotating handpiece having tactile-feedback tip ferrule An illumination device is described containing optical fibers that transmit electromagnetic energy from a source to a target. Additional optical fibers return reflected electromagnetic energy from the target. High-level electromagnetic energy can be used for cutting... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7461982 | Contra-angle rotating handpiece having tactile-feedback tip ferrule An illumination device is described containing optical fibers that transmit electromagnetic energy from a source to a target. Additional optical fibers return reflected electromagnetic energy from the target. High-level electromagnetic energy can be used for cutting... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7373029 | Optical fiber impulse sensor fabricating method A method for fabricating an optical fiber impulse sensor having an optical fiber and a molded portion molded around the perimeter of the optical fiber. The method forms, in the molded portion, an optical fiber insertion hole and an optical fiber insertion slit for i... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7359613 | Optical fiber termination apparatus for taut sheath splicing and method for using the same An optical fiber termination apparatus for taut sheath splicing includes a housing configured to be positioned around a section of an optical fiber cable with an uncut strength member of the optical fiber cable or a plurality of uncut and un-looped optical fibers ex... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7354202 | Fiber optic cable connector A fiber optic cable connector and method provides minimal adhesive wicking and eliminates damage to the cladding or coating on fiber optic cables or other damage caused by adhesive wicking. The fiber optic cable connector has a ferrule and a strain relief boot or an... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356237 | Optical fiber cable termination apparatus An optical fiber cable termination apparatus for use with an optical fiber cable including a plurality of optical fibers includes at least one optical fiber enclosure assembly. Each optical fiber enclosure assembly includes a housing member and a cover member. The h... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7342947 | Dark fiber laser array coupler A multiple-fiber, stretched, fused and cleaved coupler designed to act as an output window to a fiber laser array or fiber-coupled laser array, in which the stretch, length and/or position of the fibers is chosen facilitate the in-phase oscillation of the lasers in ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7340130 | Method for assembly of multi-ports optical apparatus The present invention describes a structure and method for a multi-ports WDM device for compensating the filter distortion while reducing insertion loss. The multi-ports WDM device comprises a 4-fiber collimator having a grin lens and a 2-fiber collimator having a l... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7331820 | Chemically attached coaxial connector A coaxial connector for attaching the end of a coaxial cable to an equipment port includes a tubular post, a coupler, a body member having a cylindrical sleeve, and one or more reservoirs containing a chemical component disposed between the post and the cylindrical ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7329052 | Method of assembling optoelectronic devices and an optoelectronic device assembled according to this method A method of assembling an optical device comprising an optical ferrule (1) is provided, according to which said one optical ferrule (1) is secured to a first substrate (3) so as to form an optical subassembly (13); the method further comp... | 02/12/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7329049 | Splice connector for verifying an acceptable splice termination A splice connector for verifying an acceptable splice termination includes a ferrule having a stub optical fiber, a ferrule holder for receiving the ferrule, opposed splice components within the ferrule holder for receiving and aligning the stub optical fiber and a ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7327917 | Directional light beam generators Directional light beam generators are implemented in waveguides with tilted core structures. The waveguides have cores, cladding and jacket layers. A directional light beam with small divergent beam angle is generated after propagating through the waveguides. Diverg... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7322922 | Method and device for jointing of cores End-to-end joining of sleeves. A first glue strand is applied to the end joint surface of one of the sleeves, the first glue strand having properties that cause an immediate fixing of the end joint surfaces of the sleeves. A second glue strand is applied to the end ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7314408 | Methods and apparatus for a competitive bonus game with variable odds A bonus controller for generating a competitive bonus game in a gaming system, the bonus controller having a processor and a memory coupled to the processor. The bonus controller being programmed to: receive wagering data corresponding to a casino game, enter a firs... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7314317 | Optical fiber connector and connecting method An optical fiber connector is used to optically connect a pair of optical fibers with their tips opposing each other. The optical fiber connector is formed of a material having a higher thermal deformation temperature than the coverings of the optical fibers. The co... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7309175 | Reducing heating from non-coupled light in power transmitting optical fibers Method and apparatus for mounting an optical fiber for coupling to a high power light source, the fiber being secured to its mount with a low refractive index adhesive. The low refractive index adhesive serves to reduce the coupling of light traveling within the fib... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7303340 | Optoelectronic transmitter module and method for the production thereof The invention relates to an optoelectronic emission module comprising a housing (B), which has electrical terminal contacts (5) for supplying and/or carrying away electric signals or for supplying electrical power. Said emission module also has at least one o... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7295730 | Glass package for optical device A glass optical filter is described that optically connects two optical fibers and may filter a single or group of channels from a WDM signal that is being communicated between the optical fibers. The glass optical filter may be comprised of two pigtail tubes having... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7274717 | Dark fiber laser array coupler A multiple-fiber, stretched, fused and cleaved coupler designed to act as an output window to a fiber laser array or fiber-coupled laser array, in which the stretch, length and/or position of the fibers is chosen facilitate the in-phase oscillation of the lasers in ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7255486 | Field termination apparatus and method for small form factor optical connectors with thermoplastic adhesive A load adapter and method for terminating an optical fiber in a small form factor connector having a ferrule portion and a barrel portion that include a pre-loaded thermoplastic adhesive material, and a housing. The load adapter includes a thermally conductive body ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7252854 | Method and apparatus for applying a gel A rotatable vacuum chamber receives an optical connector having an output face on which an optical gel is applied substantially without entrapped air. Opposite the output face is placed a gel dispenser with its opened nozzle pointing towards the output face. Uncured... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7242835 | Optical fiber clad-protective terminations This invention pertains to fiber termination combination which includes an optical fiber having a fiber core for transmitting a highly energetic optical signal that can damage the fiber and a structured region around the core for directing the optical signal into th... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7234876 | Multi core optical connector assembly A first guiding mechanism is formed by the interior shape of an engagement portion of a plug housing and the exterior shape of an engagement portion of a receptacle housing, to be guided and inserted into the engagement portion. A second guiding mechanism is formed ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7232261 | Optical ferrule and molding method therefor, and optical connector using this optical ferrule An optical ferrule is disclosed in which a concave portion 17c having a gate G in resin molding disposed therein is formed in a ferrule body 11. According to this constitution, it is possible to easily cut a flash 10 left after a gate of ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7231115 | Optical collimator-use lens component, optical collimator, and method of assembling these Disclosed is an optical collimator-use lens component including: a thin tube; a partially spherical lens that has been fixed in an inner hole of the thin tube so that an insertion portion having a predetermined length is left, is made of glass whose refractive index... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7226214 | Fiberoptic connector and methods A fiberoptic connector is constructed entirely of metal and includes structure to radiate heat. Preferably, the fiberoptic connector also includes an arrangement to indicate whether the fiberoptic connector is holding an energized optical fiber. Preferably, the heat... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7223022 | Alignment of an optic or electronic component A method and an arrangement for aligning at least one optic and/or electronic component on a substrate or a corresponding support structure, wherein the method includes: arranging a hole in the support structure; arranging at least three stud bumps on the surface of... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7207726 | Optical connector using an optical fiber having a special fiber portion as a part thereof In an optical connector including an optical connector plug holding a first optical fiber and an optical connector plug holding a second optical fiber, the optical connector plugs cooperates with each other to obtain a connected state in which exposed longitudinal e... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7203408 | Optical fibre An optical fibre having an NA-value of less than 0.34, which optical fibre is built up of a core and an enveloping protective coating, wherein the protective coating forms the outer layer of the optical fibre, which optical fibre has an NA-value ranging from 0.15 to... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7203410 | Method and apparatus for attaching an optical fiber to a fiber array substrate An improved system and method for attaching an optical fiber to a fiber array substrate involving adhesive-bonding an optical fiber's cladding directly to the substrate is disclosed. ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7195401 | Method for manufacturing optical access units, an optical access unit and an optical fiber ferrule module A method and an optical fiber access unit in which a fiber is optically connected to a transmitter and/or receiver chip. Said chip is in turn connected to an electronic circuit for signal processing and said circuit is connected to a coupling port for distributing s... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7195400 | Optical connector and assembling method for the same An optical connector ferrule has an optical fiber containing hole reaching from the rear end surface near the end surface and a fine pore extending from the optical fiber accommodating hole to the end surface to be connected. A bare fiber of a polarization-maintaini... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7192194 | Universal adapter for fiber optic connectors There is provided an adapter that fits most standardized fiber optic cable connectors to allow quick field installations. The adapter includes a split diameter. The smaller diameter fits within a rear back shell of the connector and receives a fiber stub from the co... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7189007 | Termination for optic fiber A terminal element for fiber optic communication has an elongated body defining a body axis and having a first end from which an optical fiber extends along the body axis. The body has a second end with an angled surface offset at an angle from the body axis. The fi... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7186031 | Optical interconnect device Disclosed herein is an optical interconnect device comprising (a) a plurality of fiber optic cables, each cable having two ends and comprising at least one optical fiber surrounded by a protective jacket where the diameter of the fiber optic cable is larger than the... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7178995 | Method and apparatus for reducing reflectance in an optical mount using a glass spacer Embodiments of the invention generally provide an optical component configured to minimize reflectance. The component generally includes an optical housing having a bore formed therethrough, the bore having a central component receiving portion, and a glass block po... | 02/20/2007 |
