Patents by Inventor Michael Lawerence GURRERI

Michael Lawerence GURRERI 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 connections system and methods for positioning an optical fiber within an alignment device
    Patent number: 9829643
    Abstract: A method for positioning an optical fiber having an end portion within an alignment groove of an alignment device includes orienting the optical fiber in the alignment groove of the alignment device; causing the optical fiber to elastically flex; using an interference point to assist in forming a curved profile of the flexed fiber, and using inherent elasticity of the flexed optical fiber to assist in retaining the end portion of the optical fiber in contact with the alignment groove. A connection system includes a connector, alignment device, and adapter, with an interference point on at least one of the connector, alignment device, or adapter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Michael Aaron Kadar-Kallen, Robert Charles Flaig, Dwight A. Bretz, Randall Bobby Paul, Michael Lawerence Gurreri
  • OPTICAL CONNECTIONS SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR POSITIONING AN OPTICAL FIBER WITHIN AN ALIGNMENT DEVICE
    Publication number: 20160216454
    Abstract: A method for positioning an optical fiber having an end portion within an alignment groove of an alignment device includes orienting the optical fiber in the alignment groove of the alignment device; causing the optical fiber to elastically flex; using an interference point to assist in forming a curved profile of the flexed fiber, and using inherent elasticity of the flexed optical fiber to assist in retaining the end portion of the optical fiber in contact with the alignment groove. A connection system includes a connector, alignment device, and adapter, with an interference point on at least one of the connector, alignment device, or adapter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Michael Aaron KADAR-KALLEN, Robert Charles FLAIG, Dwight A. BRETZ, Randall Bobby PAUL, Michael Lawerence GURRERI