Patents Examined by Ellen Kim
  • Patent number: 10276990
    Abstract: A telecommunications assembly includes a tray assembly including a tray and a cable spool assembly rotatably mounted to the tray, a connector holder arrangement for temporarily holding connectors, wherein the connector holder arrangement is mounted for rotation with the cable spool assembly, and cable storage arrangements for individually storing cables from the cable spool assembly to the connector holder arrangement. After a main cable is unwound from the cable spool assembly, a connector can be removed from the connector holder assembly, and cable slack stored in the cable storage arrangement can be removed allowing connection of the connector to equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Patrick J. Thompson
  • Patent number: 10267993
    Abstract: A fiber connector, comprising a housing comprising a region extending in a lengthwise direction an optical fiber disposed in the region, a first portion of the optical fiber comprising an inner core, a cladding layer surrounding the core, and a first outer polymer layer surrounding the cladding layer and a second portion of the optical fiber comprising the inner core, the cladding layer surrounding the core and a second outer polymer layer that is different from the first polymer layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: NLIGHT, INC.
    Inventor: Dahv A. V. Kliner
  • Patent number: 10267984
    Abstract: The refractive index of the inner core part 11 in a region in contact with the boundary of the outer core part 12 is higher than the refractive index of the outer core part 12. The refractive index of the outer core part 12 is gradually decreased from the inner circumferential side to the outer circumferential side. The refractive index of the inner cladding part 21 is equal to the refractive index of the outermost circumferential part of the outer core part 12 and not greater than the refractive index of the outer cladding part 22.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIKURA LTD.
    Inventors: Sho Endo, Takayuki Kitamura
  • Patent number: 10261389
    Abstract: An integrated optical beam steering device includes a planar dielectric lens that collimates beams from different inputs in different directions within the lens plane. It also includes an output coupler, such as a grating or photonic crystal, that guides the collimated beams in different directions out of the lens plane. A switch matrix controls which input port is illuminated and hence the in-plane propagation direction of the collimated beam. And a tunable light source changes the wavelength to control the angle at which the collimated beam leaves the plane of the substrate. The device is very efficient, in part because the input port (and thus in-plane propagation direction) can be changed by actuating only log2 N of the N switches in the switch matrix. It can also be much simpler, smaller, and cheaper because it needs fewer control lines than a conventional optical phased array with the same resolution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Scott Skirlo, Cheryl Marie Sorace-Agaskar, Marin Soljacic, Simon Verghese, Jeffrey S. Herd, Paul William Juodawlkis, Yi Yang, Dirk Robert Englund, Mihika Prabhu
  • Patent number: 10254493
    Abstract: A cable includes a guide element and a signal line. The guide element extends flatly on a guide plane, and the signal line is guided along a winding path on the guide plane by the guide element. The signal line has multiple bends on the guide plane. In particular, the cable is suitable for use under high stretching loads by virtue of the winding course of the signal line. The cable is simultaneously particularly space-saving in that the line is guided solely within the guide plane. A method for producing the cable is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: LEONI Kabel GmbH
    Inventors: Johannes Bredl, Volker Schramm
  • Patent number: 10241263
    Abstract: One embodiment is directed to a compact system for scanning electromagnetic imaging radiation, comprising a first waveguide and a second waveguide, each of which is operatively coupled to at least one electromagnetic radiation source and configured such that output from the first and second waveguides is luminance modulated and scanned along one or more axes to form at least a portion of an image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian T. Schowengerdt, Matthew D. Watson
  • Patent number: 10236095
    Abstract: This invention discloses a wiring harness, a method of manufacturing said wiring harness, and a lamp assembly which utilizes said wiring harness. The wiring harness is comprised of a plurality of insulated conductive electrical wires which extend through a modular connector plug. The modular connector plug is comprised of a molded wire matrix and a mounting plug. To manufacture the wiring harness, a molded wire matrix is overmolded onto a plurality of insulated conductive electrical wires and then a mounting plug is overmolded onto the wire matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Thermtrol Corporation
    Inventor: John M. Komer
  • Patent number: 10234630
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein generally relate to a wave guide and a method of creating a wave guide. In one embodiment, a method of forming a wave guide is disclosed herein. An inverse master substrate having a plurality of projections extending therefrom is formed. A high refractive index material is formed on a top surface of the inverse master substrate. A glass layer is positioned on a top surface of the high refractive index material. The inverse master substrate is removed from the high refractive index material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Rutger Meyer Timmerman Thijssen, Steven Verhaverbeke, Joseph R. Johnson
  • Patent number: 10234696
    Abstract: An apparatus for recording a holographic device comprises: a master hologram comprising a multiplicity of holographic elements each characterized by one of a predefined set of grating prescriptions; a transparent substrate supporting a layer of holographic material; and a light source. Each holographic element diffracts source light onto a predefined region of the layer. Each prescription modulates at least one of phase, amplitude, and angle of the light. There is further provided a method of recording a holographic device, comprising the steps of: providing said apparatus; exposing the master to illumination from the source; and diffracting light from each holographic element onto a predefined region of the layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: DigiLens, Inc.
    Inventors: Milan Momcilo Popovich, Jonathan David Waldern, John James Storey
  • Patent number: 10228511
    Abstract: A slot waveguide for electro-optic modulation is provided. The slot waveguide includes a slot and Bragg gratings defined by outer walls of the slot. The Bragg gratings are configured to slow an optical signal. The slot defines a low-refractive index region and the Bragg gratings spaced apart by the slot define a high-refractive index region. The slot waveguide includes a pair of electrodes extending parallel and adjacent to the slot waveguide. The electrodes are configured to carry an electrical modulation signal to induce a change in a phase of the optical signal. The slot of the slot waveguide is at least partially filled with an electro-optic polymeric material poled in a direction orthogonal to a direction of propagation of the optical signal in the slot waveguide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: LGS Innovations LLC
    Inventors: Jane D. LeGrange, Mihaela Dinu, Alex Pidwerbetsky
  • Patent number: 10207950
    Abstract: A glass light-guiding plate which has high-temperature stability and is advantageous in being manufactured in a slim profile is provided. The glass light-guiding plate includes a glass plate including 75 to 85 wt % SiO2, 5 to 20 wt % B2O3, 1 to 5 wt % Al2O3, 3 to 8 wt % R2O (here, R is at least one of Li, Na, and K), and Fe2O3<0.0025 wt %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Chang-Hee Lee, Hyun-Jin Shim, Byung-Kook Choi, Jun-Bo Choi
  • Patent number: 10209473
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an optical termination enclosure having an enclosure housing containing a fiber management assembly. The enclosure housing can define sealed cable ports and can include cable anchor mounting locations in alignment with the cable ports. Cable anchoring and grounding units can be attached at the cable anchor mounting locations. The fiber management assembly can include a fiber break-out arrangement including a resilient grommet used to anchor a protective tube that carries optical fibers from the cable anchor mounting location to the fiber management assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Erik David Bishop, James Albert Powell
  • Patent number: 10205299
    Abstract: A laser comprising: at least one wavelength selective reflector that comprises a waveguide vertically coupled to at least one photonic crystal resonator, the waveguide and photonic crystal resonator being arranged to provide wave-vector matching between at least one mode of the photonic crystal resonator and at least one mode of the waveguide; an optical gain medium for generating light for coupling into the waveguide, and a reflector at an end of the optical gain medium, the reflector and the photonic crystal resonator defining a laser cavity. Light generated by the optical gain medium is coupled into the waveguide and coupled into the photonic crystal resonator, and partially reflected back to the optical gain medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: University Court of the University of St Andrews
    Inventors: Kapil Debnath, William Whelan-Curtin
  • Patent number: 10191226
    Abstract: An alignment sleeve for an optical fiber adapter includes features to bring precision alignment between optical fiber cores. The sleeve includes a tubular inner area to accept first and second ferrule ends of first and second connectors. First and second tabs project from first and second ends of the sleeve. The first and second tabs slide into holes in the ferrule holders or barrels of the first and second connectors, so as to provide rotational alignment of the first and second ferrules, which may be presenting multi-core optical fibers. A mid-portion of the sleeve may include geometrical features to enable a snap fit of the sleeve into a housing of the adapter. More than one tab may be employed at the ends of the sleeve, and the tabs may have defined spacing and/or dimensions to enable security keying, only permitting coupling between connectors possessing matching holes in the ferrule barrels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina
    Inventors: Jeffrey D. Nielson, Scott L. Lowe
  • Patent number: 10191306
    Abstract: A Mach-Zehnder modulator for modulating optical signals, and comprising: a plurality of modulating waveguide sections; at least one bias electrode in electrical communication with at least one modulating waveguide section and configured to apply at least one electrical bias signal to one or more of the modulating waveguide sections; and an output optical combiner comprising a plurality of inputs and a plurality of outputs, wherein the plurality of inputs of the combiner are in optical communication with output sides of the plurality of modulating waveguide sections, and wherein a plurality of the outputs of the combiner are monitor outputs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: OCLARO TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Robert Griffin, Brian L. Heffner
  • Patent number: 10185195
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device for improving picture quality includes a common electrode formed on a first substrate, gate lines and data lines formed on a second substrate bonded to the first substrate by a sealing member with liquid crystals disposed therebetween, thin film transistors connected to the gate lines and to the data lines, pixel electrodes formed in subpixel regions, each pixel electrode having a long side in a direction of the gate lines and having a short side in a direction of the data lines fanout lines for supplying a driving signals from the driving chips to the data lines, first conductive spacers formed between the fanout lines connected to different driving chips, for supplying a common voltage to the common electrode, and second conductive spacers formed between the fanout lines connected to the same driving chip, for supplying the common voltage to the common electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Gyu Kim, Jong Woong Chang
  • Patent number: 10175434
    Abstract: A coupling platform of SFP+COB module assembly for photoelectric communication, which comprises a lens clamping part, a PCB clamping part, a coupling adjustment part and a supporting part, wherein the lens clamping part comprises a clamping seat, a movable part, a cam, a connecting seat, a fiber optic patch cord limit plate and a fiber optic patch cord; the PCB clamping part comprises a PCB socket, a clamping jaw and a gas jaw The main body of the coupling adjustment part is a multi-shaft fine-tuning rack. and the supporting part comprises a cushion block and a platform bottom plate. The clamping seat, the movable part and the cam are combined, thereby enabling the cam to drive the movable part to slide up and down in a clamping groove of the clamping seat during rotation. When the movable part moves to an upper end, an LC light port of a plastic lens can be inserted into the clamping seat without obstruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Wuhan Telecommunication Devices Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yaoxin Luo, Benqing Quan, Fanrong Gao
  • Patent number: 10175441
    Abstract: A plurality of patch trays displaceably received in a chassis received in a left side or right side of an access side of a frame, and a splice tray removeably received in the access side of the frame. The splice tray having a capacity to receive at least about 288 fiber terminations and the plurality of patch trays displaceably received in the chassis having a capacity to collectively receive the at least about 288 fiber terminations from the splice tray. A patch tray including a row of pop-up adapter packs to collectively receive a respective portion of the at least about 288 fiber terminations received by the patch tray. The row of pop-up adapter packs arranged in the patch tray substantially in a left side or right side of the patch tray to offset the row of pop-up adapter packs to provide more space for routing the respective portion of the 288 fiber terminations in the patch tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Telect, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven W. Ellison, David Knaggs
  • Patent number: 10168247
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and system for minimally intrusive fiber identification includes imparting a time-varying modulation onto an optical signal propagating in an optical fiber and subsequently detecting the presence of the time-varying modulation in the optical signal transmitting through the fiber to identify the fiber. In a specific embodiment of the invention, a time-varying curvature is imposed on the fiber to be identified and the presence of the resultant time variation in the transmitted power of a propagating optical signal is subsequently detected for identification of the manipulated fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Nicholas J. Frigo, Patrick Iannone, Kenneth C. Reichmann
  • Patent number: 10168497
    Abstract: An apparatus may include a photonic device with at least a first waveguide having a light-conducting core bounded by at least one cladding layer, at least a second waveguide having a light-conducting core bounded by at least one cladding layer, wherein the first waveguide is aligned to couple with the second waveguide, wherein alignment of the first waveguide with the second waveguide with respect to at least one axis C coincides with at least one stop area of the photonic device resting on a stop surface of a corresponding support structure on a substrate, wherein the stop area is a stop in a recess from a surface of the photonic device. A method to fabricate the apparatus may include the recess is formed by etching of the photonic device, and/or the support structure is formed by etching of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: RWTH Aachen
    Inventors: Florian Merget, Jeremy Witzens, Alvaro Moscoso-Martir