Patents Assigned to Advanced Fiber Products, LLC
  • Publication number: 20160299299
    Abstract: An optical plug having an anti-snag guide to prevent the plug from being caught on corners and edges when an attached cable is being pulled around corners and edges during installation and removal of the optical plug. The optical plug includes a unique arrangement of different width apertures corresponding to a removal tool having corresponding different width prongs to be received by the apertures to release the optical plug from an optical receptacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Applicant: Advanced Fiber Products, LLC
    Inventors: Richard C. E. Durrant, Darren J. M. Adams
  • Publication number: 20160266335
    Abstract: A hermetically sealed media converter apparatus configured to operate in harsh high-pressure differential environments, such as deep marine environments, and oil and gas. A hermetically sealed media converter apparatus is provided having a vessel forming an inner chamber that is hermetically sealed from surrounding ambient environment outside the vessel. Media conversion circuitry is contained within the inner chamber. At least one hermetic electrical feedthrough is mounted on the vessel enabling a transmit wire and a receive wire to pass therethrough and connect to the media conversion circuitry, while maintaining the hermetic seal of the inner chamber of the vessel from the surrounding ambient environment. Similarly, a hermetic optical feedthrough also is mounted on the vessel enabling an optical fiber to pass therethrough and connect to the media conversion circuitry, while maintaining the hermetic seal of the inner chamber of the vessel from the surrounding ambient environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: Advanced Fiber Products, LLC
    Inventors: Richard C.E. Durrant, Igor G. Stouklov, Mark C. Benton
  • Publication number: 20160116686
    Abstract: An optical fiber connector plug having an anti-snag guide to prevent the plug from being caught on corners and edges when an attached cable is being pulled around corners and edges during installation and removal of the optical fiber connector plug. The optical fiber connector plug includes a unique arrangement of different width apertures corresponding to a removal tool having corresponding different width prongs to be received by the apertures to release the optical fiber connector plug from a coupling adapter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Applicant: Advanced Fiber Products, LLC
    Inventors: Richard C. E. Durrant, Darren J. M. Adams
  • Publication number: 20150331196
    Abstract: Anti-reflective (AR) coating on the back side of the GRIN lens with a specific coating performance to match the index of refraction of fiber glass, such as 1.47, and then to select an index matching resin to join the components with the same index of refraction as the rear AR coated lens and fiber in the ferrule, such as 1.47 again, thus to provide virtually lossless cavity, where n1, n2 and ng are all the same, so reflective loss (RL) is almost infinite and no Fabry Perot effects are observed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Applicant: Advanced Fiber Products, LLC
    Inventor: Igor G. Stouklov
  • Patent number: 9176290
    Abstract: A miniature pluggable video module having a length less than one inch, and a width less than three quarters of an inch, and a plurality of pin connectors attached to the back of the housing. The pluggable video module can be mounted horizontally or vertically. Inputs and outputs of the module can be adapted to include various types of optical or electrical connectors. The inputs and outputs of the module can be modified into various combinations of optical or electrical configurations, and the combinations of inputs and outputs also can be modified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Advanced Fiber Products, LLC
    Inventors: Mark C. Benton, Richard C. E. Durrant, Markus H. Wahl
  • Publication number: 20140334827
    Abstract: A miniature pluggable video module having a length less than one inch, and a width less than three quarters of an inch, and a plurality of pin connectors attached to the back of the housing. The pluggable video module can be mounted horizontally or vertically. Inputs and outputs of the module can be adapted to include various types of optical or electrical connectors. The inputs and outputs of the module can be modified into various combinations of optical or electrical configurations, and the combinations of inputs and outputs also can be modified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: Advanced Fiber Products, LLC
    Inventors: Mark C. Benton, Richard C.E. Durrant, Markus H. Wahl
  • Patent number: 8792759
    Abstract: A combination of a wet mate electrical connector and a gigabit miniature transceiver in a pressure resistant cable plug connector assembly. The cable plug connector assembly includes a wet mate connector, a miniature gigabit transceiver, and electrical and optical connections necessary to convert transmitted electrical data signals to optical data signals and vice versa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Advanced Fiber Products, LLC
    Inventors: Mark C. Benton, Richard Colin Edward Durrant, Darren Adams, Wojciech Przeczkowski
  • Publication number: 20140205257
    Abstract: An optical fiber connector plug having an anti-snag guide to prevent the plug from being caught on corners and edges when an attached cable is being pulled around corners and edges during installation and removal of the optical fiber connector plug. The optical fiber connector plug includes a unique arrangement of different width apertures corresponding to a removal tool having corresponding different width prongs to be received by the apertures to release the optical fiber connector plug from a coupling adapter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: Advanced Fiber Products, LLC
    Inventors: Richard Colin Edward Durrant, Darren James Michael Adams
  • Publication number: 20140193125
    Abstract: A hermetically sealed media converter apparatus configured to operate in harsh high-pressure differential environments, such as deep marine environments, and oil and gas. A hermetically sealed media converter apparatus is provided having a vessel forming an inner chamber that is hermitically sealed from surrounding ambient environment outside the vessel. Media conversion circuitry is contained within the inner chamber. At least one hermetic electrical feedthrough is mounted on the vessel enabling a transmit wire and a receive wire to pass therethrough and connect to the media conversion circuitry, while maintaining the hermetic seal of the inner chamber of the vessel from the surrounding ambient environment. Similarly, a hermetic optical feedthrough also is mounted on the vessel enabling an optical fiber to pass therethrough and connect to the media conversion circuitry, while maintaining the hermetic seal of the inner chamber of the vessel from the surrounding ambient environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: Advanced Fiber Products, LLC
    Inventors: Richard C. E. Durrant, Igor G. Stouklov, Mark C. Benton
  • Publication number: 20120263420
    Abstract: A combination of a wet mate electrical connector and a gigabit miniature transceiver in a pressure resistant cable plug connector assembly. The cable plug connector assembly includes a wet mate connector, a miniature gigabit transceiver, and electrical and optical connections necessary to convert transmitted electrical data signals to optical data signals and vice versa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: Advanced Fiber Products, LLC
    Inventors: Mark C. Benton, Richard Colin Edward Durrant, Darren Adams, Wojciech Przeczkowski
  • Publication number: 20120170890
    Abstract: A miniature pluggable video module having a length less than one inch, and a width less than three quarters of an inch, and a plurality of pin connectors attached to the back of the housing. The pluggable video module can be mounted horizontally or vertically. Inputs and outputs of the module can be adapted to include various types of optical or electrical connectors. The inputs and outputs of the module can be modified into various combinations of optical or electrical configurations, and the combinations of inputs and outputs also can be modified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2012
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: Advanced Fiber Products, LLC
    Inventors: Mark C. Benton, Richard C E Durrant, Markus Wahl
  • Publication number: 20110280538
    Abstract: A hermetically sealed media converter apparatus configured to operate in harsh high-pressure differential environments, such as deep marine environments, and oil and gas. A hermetically sealed media converter apparatus is provided having a vessel forming an inner chamber that is hermitically sealed from surrounding ambient environment outside the vessel. Media conversion circuitry is contained within the inner chamber. At least one hermetic electrical feedthrough is mounted on the vessel enabling a transmit wire and a receive wire to pass therethrough and connect to the media conversion circuitry, while maintaining the hermetic seal of the inner chamber of the vessel from the surrounding ambient environment. Similarly, a hermetic optical feedthrough also is mounted on the vessel enabling an optical fiber to pass therethrough and connect to the media conversion circuitry, while maintaining the hermetic seal of the inner chamber of the vessel from the surrounding ambient environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: Advanced Fiber Products, LLC
    Inventors: Richard C. E. Durrant, Igor G. Stouklov