Patents Assigned to Ensign-Bickford Optics Co.
  • Optical fiber coupler
    Patent number: 4784452
    Abstract: An optical fiber coupler and method of making same wherein a tap optical fiber free end is adjacent to and facing the unclad region in an intermediate portion of the length of a bus optical fiber at an angle permitting lightwave communication therebetween. A junction medium, preferably a cured resin, encapsulates the tap fiber free end and the bus fiber unclad region to provide a path for the lightwave communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 1986
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1988
    Assignee: Ensign-Bickford Optics Co.
    Inventors: Malcolm H. Hodge, James A. Moras, Richard T. Dillon