Patents Assigned to Coviant, Inc.
  • Apparatus and method of aligning optical fibers to optical devices
    Patent number: 6676305
    Abstract: A multi-fiber alignment system is provided for actively aligning optical fibers to an optical waveguide base on alignment status between each optical fiber and a corresponding optical device. Each of the optical fibers is held by bonding agent on a thermal pad from which radiation melts the bonding agent during adjustment of the optical fiber, and the optical fiber is fixed in its position by solidifying the bonding agent when being accurately aligned to a corresponding optical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Coviant, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph L. Dallas, Angelique X. Irvin, Robert W. Irvin, Ralph S. Jameson, William A. Mamakos