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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8109679 | Optical ferrule assemblies and methods of making the same Disclosed are multifiber ferrule assemblies and methods for manufacturing the same. In one embodiment, a finished multifiber ferrule can be provided with a front end having a first front surface that extends beyond a second front surface, thereby inhibiting interact... | 02/07/2012 |
| 7806601 | Multifiber ferrule with precision bumpers and methods for making the same A multifiber (MF) ferrule produced using a ferrule molding insert that is jig ground in order to improve the tolerance on the bumper height of a molded ferrule and the surface finish on the region of interest (ROI), thus improving manufacturing yields. ... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7695201 | One step fiber end-face polishing process Disclosed is a one step fiber optic connector polishing method. The method is a sequence of processes that may include severing a fiber (100) length projecting out of the end face (106) of a ferrule (102) having a pre-shaped surface, such that t... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7566176 | Fiber-optic endface cleaning apparatus and method A cleaning apparatus (1100) for cleaning an endface (1104) of an optical fiber (1106), wherein a portion of the optical fiber is contained within an interface device (1103) is provided. The cleaning apparatus includes a housing (1114 | 07/28/2009 |
| 7427166 | Neutral gender MT-type ferrule, adapter, and polishing method A new, neutral gender MT-type connector ferrule and adapter are being disclosed. The ferrule consists of a body with a number of optical fiber channels and two, not removable, guide pins. The ferrule does not have a male/female configuration. In our invention, the g... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7410304 | Optical fiber right angle transition A fiber optic termination and method for the fabrication thereof are provided. The fiber optic termination (325) is configured to provide coupling of light between the fiber core (326) and an external optical element from a direction other than the dir... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7387448 | Optical component, method for connecting the same, and optical module having the optical component There are provided a substantially cylindrical optical component, a method for connecting the same, and an optical module having the optical component, whereby adequate gripping force can be exerted during positioning or fixing, and the position in the azimuthal ang... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7369737 | Holder for optical fiber ferrule end face grinding apparatus There is provided a holder for an optical fiber ferrule end face grinding apparatus that can make good use of a grinding film, in which the number of optical fiber ferrules held by the holder is greatly increased. The holder includes a holder plate including a plura... | 05/06/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7352384 | Method for printing a near field photoinduced stable structure, and optical fibre tip for implementing same The invention generally concerns a method involving emitting polarization light waves through an aperture with a dimension of maximum size lower than or equal to 100 nm, wherein the aperture is circumferentially bound by an opaque area that prevents the light waves ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7344315 | Optical connections and methods of forming optical connections In one embodiment, a fiber assembly is provided. The fiber assembly has a first fiber having at least one core. The core has a length, a first end, and a second end, and light may be transmitted along the core. The second end has an obtusely angled end surface. The ... | 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 |
| 7312859 | Optical fiber inspection device The present invention provides an inspection system for inspecting a surface of an optical specimen. The inspection system includes an optical testing device having a main body and an optical axis. The optical testing device includes an optical imaging system housed... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7306376 | Monolithic mode stripping fiber ferrule/collimator and method of making same A monolithic ferrule/endcap/optical fiber structure is provided wherein an optical fiber is terminated in a ferrule and bonded by fusion to form a monolithic unit which minimizes optical loss and is typically capable of transmitting high power laser radiation, prefe... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7278790 | Fiber-optic cable connector Exemplary embodiments include an improved connector for a fiber-optic cable including: a fiber-optic conductor disposed in a center portion of the fiber-optic connector; one or more flexible end portions disposed on an outer portion of the fiber-optic connector; a s... | 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 |
| 7267491 | Ferrule assembly having highly protruding optical fibers and an associated fabrication method A ferrule assembly having highly protruding optical fibers and a corresponding method of efficiently, precisely and repeatedly fabricating the ferrule assemblies are provided. In this regard, a ferrule assembly is provided that includes a plurality of optical fibers... | 09/11/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7255492 | Electro-optic surface mount light pipe and connector A method includes providing a light pipe having a metallized end surface, and soldering the metallized end surface of the light pipe to a surface of a substrate. Other embodiments are described and claimed. ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7236665 | Optical module and method for fabricating the same An optical module is provided in which recesses are formed in a sol-gel layer applied to a surface of a lens array substrate, each of the recesses having a capability to fit an optical fiber therein. The optical module comprises a planar microlens array substrate ha... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7234874 | Optical connector adapter for connecting optical pump sources to optical waveguides and method of forming same An optical connector adapter includes a substrate having optical waveguides for transporting optical signals. The optical connector adapter is for connecting optical pump sources to the optical waveguides using passive alignment. The substrate has opposing ends, a t... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7232262 | Fiber-optic endface cleaning apparatus and method A cleaning apparatus (1100) for cleaning an endface (1104) of an optical fiber (1106), wherein a portion of the optical fiber is contained within an interface device (1103) is provided. The cleaning apparatus includes a housing (1114 | 06/19/2007 |
| 7228033 | Optical waveguide lens and method of fabrication A spherical lens formed by fusing a generally homogenous glass lens blank to the distal end of an optical fiber, heating and tensioning the lens blank to separate it in two segments with the segment attached to the optical fiber defining a tapered end, and heating t... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7224521 | Parcentric objective A parcentric objective is described, including an objective lens configured to receive an incident ray from a field of view and to translate the incident ray into a translated incident ray, the objective lens substantially aligned across an optical axis, and a wedge... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7216393 | Optical connector cleaning device The present invention relates to an optical-connector cleaning device, wherein an outer casing has an openable and closable window, through which a cleaning tape for cleaning fiber end surface of the optical connectors is gradually fed. The optical-connector ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7215864 | Low-cost portable fiber-optic connector cleaner A method and a system for cleaning fiber-optic connectors utilizing compressed-gas cans are disclosed. In one preferred embodiment, a solvent delivery sub-system (200) consisting of a fiber-optic connector interfacing unit (250) and a solvent spraying ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7209375 | Method and apparatus for positioning an optical fiber Eccentricity of a optical fiber installed in a passageway of a ferrule is minimized by imposing a force on the end of the optical fiber projecting from the passageway at the ferrule end face to push the optical fiber to a desired position in the passageway, prior to... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7206493 | Method and apparatus for creating circumferential flat surfaces on round cross section polymer optical fiber For creating flat surfaces along the circumference of a polymer optical fiber of a round cross section by machining, the polymer optical fiber is wound onto a mandrel in a plurality of windings, the mandrel having a generally non-circular cross section with at least... | 04/17/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7204479 | Vibration isolator assembly having altered stress characteristics, and method of altering stress characteristics of same A vibration isolator assembly, such as an isolator bushing or cradle mount, includes a housing and an isolator connected to the housing. A shaft assembly includes first and second mating components, the first component being connected to the elastomer and having a c... | 04/17/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7194160 | Filter module A filter module includes a first optical fiber collimator, a second optical fiber collimator, and a filter located between the first and second optical fiber collimators. The first optical fiber collimator includes a first optical fiber, a first optical fiber chip f... | 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 |
| 7178989 | Optical receptacle and optical sub-assembly using the same The present invention provides an optical receptacle having a superior insertion/extraction performance of the ferrule, and an optical sub-assembly applying the optical receptacle. The optical receptacle 1 includes a stub, a bush 4, a sleeve, and a sle... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7165894 | Polishing fixture An end face polishing apparatus with improved polishing precision regardless of the length of ferrules when end faces of the ferrules are polished is provided. In an end face polishing apparatus polishing a rod-shaped member mounted at a polishing fixture by pressin... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7160033 | Ferrule for a light guide A ferrule for a light guide comprises a continuous metal sleeve which has a first tubular section and, at an axial spacing therefrom, a coaxial second tubular section which are connected to one another via an intermediate section, and a first plastic molded part for... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7147386 | MEMS based handheld fiber optic connector cleaner A Micro-Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) and double-layer nozzle based high efficiency, lightweight, low cost, compact, portable fiber-optic connector cleaning apparatus useful for various fiber optic communications applications such as fiber optic cable plant maint... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7137878 | Ferrule holder assembly for optical-fiber-end-face grinding apparatus A ferrule holder assembly for an optical-fiber-end-face grinding apparatus comprises a ferrule holder board supported to be moved upward and downward in parallel with a grinding board of the optical-fiber-end-face grinding apparatus, a ferrule sleeve provided at the... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7134795 | Optical fiber connector arrangement An optical fiber connector includes a sleeve having a first end surface, an abutment having a second end surface, the abutment being located within the sleeve and axially movable within the sleeve, and at least three balls located between the first end surface and t... | 11/14/2006 |
