Patents by Inventor Anthony C. Boncore, Jr.

Anthony C. Boncore, Jr. has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Optical fiber having hermetically sealable section
    Patent number: 5970194
    Abstract: An optical fiber having a core, a cladding layer, a buffer layer, and a midsection for forming a hermetic seal to the fiber. First and second sections of a length of the optical fiber are separated by the midsection that includes a jacket hermetically sealed to the fiber, the jacket having a hermetically sealable outer surface. First and second stress relief joints are formed between the jacket and the buffer layers of the first and second sections of the length of the fiber. A method is disclosed for fabricating the optical fiber having a hermetically sealable section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1999
    Assignee: Uniphase Telecommunications Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul E. Dunn, Geary R. Carrier, Anthony C. Boncore, Jr.