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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8152387 | Index-matching gel for nanostructure optical fibers and mechanical splice assemble and connector using same A polymer based index-matching gel for use with nanostructure optical fibers is disclosed. The index-matching gel has a viscosity η at 25° C. of 3 Pa-s≦η≦100 Pa-s, which prevents the index-matching gel from wicking into the voids and down the nanostructure op... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8092100 | Portable optical-fiber processing equipment A portable optical fiber processing apparatus is disclosed. The portable optical fiber processing apparatus of the present invention includes a base (1), which provides a space in which components are installed, and a sheathing stripping unit (10), whi... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8075200 | Connecting part for an optical connection and method for connecting two optical fibers A connecting part (1) for an optical connection of a first optical fiber (2) to a second optical fiber (3) comprises a sleeve-like cable mount (4) having a first cable receiving section (5), in which the first optical fiber (2 | 12/13/2011 |
| 8061907 | Spliced fiber tray soft durometer material (SDM) manifold A manifold for holding spliced optical fibers contained within fiberoptic ribbons in a secure and motionless manner. The manifold includes a “clamp” made from soft durometer material (SDM) such as high strength silicone mold-making rubber or dry polymer gel that... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8043013 | Spliced-on connector system and method, splicer, and connector holder for producing the same Provided is a spliced-on connector system which includes a connector body, an incoming fiber which is spliced to the connector body, a splice sleeve which covers a splice point at which the incoming fiber is spliced to the connector body, and an extender tube which ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8011836 | Spliced fiber tray soft durometer material (SDM) manifold A manifold for holding spliced optical fibers and their protective plastic coatings in a secure and motionless manner. The manifold includes a “clamp” made from a soft durometer material (SDM) such as a high strength silicone mold-making rubber or a dry polymer ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7955004 | Fiber optic furcation method A fiber optic furcation method for fiber optic cables having a plurality of optical fibers and a fiber optic junction made by said method. The method comprises the steps of threading each optical fiber into a separate fiber optic cable forming a junction; placing a ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7918612 | Method and apparatus for mechanically splicing optic fibers A method and apparatus for mechanically splicing a pair of optic fibers or optic cables, the mechanical splice comprising: a ferrule having an axial capillary bore, the capillary bore configured to enclose the optic fibers at both ends of the ferrule; and cured epox... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7862245 | Optical fibre connector An optical fiber connector for forming a mechanical splice between first and second optical fibers comprises a connector body arranged to clamp the optical fibers therein, wherein the connector body is configured to be at least partially opened to release, or to all... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7753597 | Apparatus for splicing of optical waveguide sections An apparatus for splicing of optical waveguide sections is in the form of a handheld splicer. The splicer comprises a preprocessing unit, which may comprise a plurality of processing devices for carrying out removal, cleaning and cutting steps. The optical waveguide... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7600928 | System and method for performing and protecting hybrid line splices A method for providing a protected splice in a hybrid cable that has a fiber optic line and an electrical line includes the steps of providing an optic splice in the fiber optic line; providing a electrical splice in the electrical line proximate to the optic splice... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7494289 | Optical fibre splice protector An optical fiber splice protector is provided which includes a first tube being substantially hollow and being locatable along a portion of the length of at least one optical fiber, the portion including a bare optical fiber section of the optical fiber. A longitudi... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7461983 | Field-installable optical splice A splice for connecting two segments of optical fiber cable, the splice comprising: (a) an elongated housing having a first end with a first opening, a second end with a second opening, and a central cavity, the housing being essentially seamless between the first a... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7410308 | Fiber optic cable splice A new fiber optic cable splice for splicing optical fiber cables together and reconstructing fiber-optic cable that provide substantially enhanced reliability and broadened operating temperature range is disclosed. The disclosed cable splice offer reliable and user ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7403686 | Fiber optic cable splicing technique The invention is a staggered splice and method for making the same. The staggered splice is used to join two multi-fiber optic cables. Each opposing pair of optic fibers is cleaved such that they all have substantially the same combined length and provide fully oper... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7393148 | Optical fiber splicing closures and methods A splice enclosure assembly is provided for enclosing a splice between first and second fiber optic cables, the first and second fiber optic cables each having a jacket, an elongate optical fiber and at least one flexible, elongate strength member extending through ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7377703 | Flexible ferrule device for connection of optical fiber and use thereof The present invention is directed to a connector assembly for connecting optical fibers in optical communication systems, and particularly to flexible ferrule device for connecting optical fibers for such use. The present invention further relates to a method of con... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7371019 | Method and apparatus for sensing light Disclosed is an optical apparatus including an optical fiber having a wavelength of operation, the optical fiber comprising a first length of the optical fiber joined to a second length of the optical fiber with a splice such that the first and second lengths are in... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369738 | Optical connector and fiber distribution unit An optical connector for terminating an optical fiber comprises a housing configured to mate with a receptacle and a collar body disposed in the housing. The collar body includes a fiber stub disposed in a first portion of the collar body, the fiber stub including a... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369717 | Optical interconnection harness The present invention is directed to improving the yield in fiber terminating processing, and to preventing the occurrence of transmission loss due to stress concentration at an optical fiber bend or due to variations in ambient temperature. In one exemplary embodim... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7364375 | Method and apparatus for splicing a fiber optic cable A method for splicing fiber optic cables to each other utilizes a splice tube of a glass material having a passage extending through it. A technician inserts ends of each optical fiber into the glass tube and abuts the ends of the fibers against each other. The tech... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7352922 | Optical device and method for producing same An optical device includes a glass substrate provided with one or more V-shaped grooves and an optical fiber array having one or more optical fibers. The optical fiber array is fixed within the V-shaped grooves of the glass substrate using a fixing adhesive. As view... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349616 | Fiber optic local convergence points for multiple dwelling units There are provided fiber optic local convergence points (“LCPs”) adapted for use with multiple dwelling units (“MDUs”) that facilitate relatively easy installation and/or optical connectivity to a relatively large number of subscribers. The LCP includes a ho... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7343077 | Fiber optic drop wire splice kit The present invention features a system and method for securely holding a fiber optic drop cable splice in place and for creating a watertight splice by encapsulating two or more fiber optic cables having one or more spliced fiber optic strands in an enclosure with ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7333709 | Splice holder device A splice holder device includes a tray mountable in a telecommunications closure, the tray including a splice mounting mechanism configured to receive a splice device. The splice holder device also includes first and second fiber clamps disposed on the tray, wherein... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7330621 | Flexible optical closure and other flexible optical assemblies Flexible closures and other flexible optical assemblies that are installed within a factory, or in the field, and then deployed using cable installation methods, wherein the flexible closures and assemblies have the ability to bend and twist without incurring physic... | 02/12/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7316513 | Optical-fiber mechanical splicing technique A portable optical-fiber cutter is used to slice a first optical-fiber at an advantageous angle to control reflections and at a suitable length to mate with a similar second optical-fiber that was pre-sliced at a complementary angle in the factory and configured as ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7313303 | Telecommunication cable comprising a jointed optical core and method for jointing said core An optical cable having an optical core with a strength member and optical fibers embedded in a thermoplastic material. The optical core has a joint section having substantially the same diameter as the one of the optical core. The joint section has a jointed streng... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7309168 | Optical fiber cable An optical fiber cable, comprising a cable main unit with an optical fiber covered by a sheath and terminal units mounted on end portions of the cable main unit, wherein each of the terminal units has a transparent cover member with a refractive index approximately ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7306382 | Mechanical splice optical fiber connector An fiber optic splice having substantially enhanced reliability and broadened operating temperature range uses a light-cured index matching fluid to splice the facing ends of the optical fibers in between two metallic tubes forming a leak-tight, thermally insulating... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7296940 | Optical fiber connecting portion structure and light monitor apparatus An optical apparatus of the invention has a fusion splice portion where respective ends of two optical fibers each having a core, a cladding, and a UV coat portion provided on the outside of the cladding are fusion spliced, and a re-coat portion which re-coats a por... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7274852 | Splice tray arrangement A splice tray arranged to manage and store both stranded fiber optic cables and ribbon fiber optic cables. The tray includes a splice holding arrangement that accommodates both stranded splice components and ribbon splice components. The tray also includes a storage... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7272292 | Optical cable fixing structure Respective stoppers are engaged with a jacket at positions along a longitudinal direction of an optical cable different from each other by using a plurality of the stoppers having pairs of engaging pieces arranged in parallel with each other by an interval dimension... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7272285 | Fiber waveguides and methods of making the same In general, in one aspect, the invention features an article including a high-power, low-loss fiber waveguide that includes alternating layers of different dielectric materials surrounding a core extending along a waveguide axis, the different dielectric materials i... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7264410 | Dual function splice component for mechanical splice connector A fiber optic mechanical splice connector including a single connector element operable for providing optical fiber alignment and strain relief includes opposed splice components that define first and second grooves for receiving the bare glass portions of mating op... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7255498 | Low profile system for joining optical fiber waveguides A compact, low profile splicing system for joining optical fibers produces durable, low transmission loss fusion splices. The system employs active optical techniques such as profile alignment or local injection and detection to achieve optimized alignment of the fi... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7242824 | Flexible substrate for routing fibers in an optical transceiver An optical transceiver for converting and coupling an information-containing electrical signal with an optical fiber including a housing, an electro-optical subassembly in the housing for converting between an information-containing electrical signal and a modulated... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7242841 | Cross-connect fiber optic cables and associated cross-connect sections A flexible cross-connect apparatus for cross-connecting fiber optic cables includes a transition strength member, at least one cable clamp assembly, at least one fiber storage device, and a cover for protecting the cross-connect apparatus. The cross-connect apparatu... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7234881 | MOLDING APPARATUS FOR A REINFORCEMENT RESIN COATING OF GLASS OPTICAL FIBER EXPOSING PORTION OF AN OPTICAL FIBER JUNCTION, METHOD FOR MOLDING REINFORCEMENT RESIN COATING OF A GLASS OPTICAL FIBER EXPOSING PORTION OF AN OPTICAL FIBER JUNCTION, AND OPTICAL FIBER CABLE A molding die 1 is constituted by an upper die 1a and a lower die 1b which are made of a material transparent to an ultraviolet light, and has a cavity 3 constituted by grooves 2c, 2d, whereas a r... | 06/26/2007 |
