Patents Represented by Attorney Hans-Perer Hoffmann
  • Patent number: 5754725
    Abstract: The invention relates to multiple fiber connectors for thermoplastic optical couplers and fibers. The multiple-fiber connectors facilitate the connection of optical fibers to a star coupler and provide low levels of light loss between input/output ports of a coupler. The invention further relates to a terminator hot plate apparatus for the semiautomatic termination of optical fiber ends, and a new cladding material for thermoplastic optical couplers and fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Assignee: Hoechst Celanese Corp.
    Inventors: James E. Kuder, Kevin F. Manning, Pascal J. B. Landi, Elizabeth E. Fernekess, Matthew Cardone