Patents by Inventor Lewis Kirk Klingensmith

Lewis Kirk Klingensmith 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).

  • Method of connecting optical fibers, an optical fiber therefor, and an optical fiber span therefrom
    Patent number: 6789960
    Abstract: A bridge fiber and a method of connecting two other dissimilar optical waveguide fibers is presented. The bridge fiber may be utilized to connect positive dispersion fibers or step index single mode fibers to compensative fibers, such as dispersion compensation fibers or dispersion-slope compensation fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Scott R. Bickham, Michael B. Cain, Pamela A. Hajcak, Martin Hempstead, Lisa L. Hepburn, Stephan L. Logunov, Lewis Kirk Klingensmith, Richard E. Rebis
  • Single step fiber preparation
    Publication number: 20030000257
    Abstract: A method of optical fiber preparation includes concurrently processing a plurality of optical fibers which have a substantially vertical orientation, and the concurrent processing is substantially automated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2001
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Inventors: Chester Hann Huei Chang, Scott Winfield Deming, Lewis Kirk Klingensmith, Woody Brian Swan, Patrick Aaron Parks, Thomas Shawn Moag, Michael Albert Joseph