Patents Examined by Jerry M Blevins
  • Patent number: 11906782
    Abstract: A multi-fiber cable assembly includes a pigtail segments spliced to a trunk segment using multiple mass fusion splices. The splices are disposed at axially spaced positions within a hollow, flexible conduit. Fibers of the trunk segment are axially fixed at a first demarcation region disposed at the first end of the conduit. Fibers of the pigtail segments are axially fixed at a separate, second demarcation region disposed at the second end of the conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Cyle D. Petersen, Thomas Marcouiller, John Paul Anderson
  • Patent number: 11899254
    Abstract: A photonic integrated circuit including an InP-based substrate that is provided with a first InP-based optical waveguide and a neighboring second InP-based optical waveguide, a dielectric planarization layer that is arranged at least between the first optical waveguide and the second optical waveguide. At least between the first optical waveguide and the neighboring second optical waveguide, the dielectric planarization layer is provided with a recess that is arranged to reduce or prevent optical interaction between the first optical waveguide and the second optical waveguide via the dielectric planarization layer. At the location of the recess, the dielectric planarization layer has a first sidewall that is arranged sloped towards the first optical waveguide, and a second sidewall that is arranged sloped towards the second optical waveguide. An opto-electronic system including said PIC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: EFFECT PHOTONICS B.V.
    Inventor: Tsjerk Hans Hoekstra
  • Patent number: 11899266
    Abstract: [Problem] When a surface of the optical fiber ribbon is rough, the microbending loss is increased due to the irregularities formed on the surface of the optical fiber ribbon. [Solution] An intermittently connected optical fiber ribbon of the present disclosure, includes: a plurality of optical fibers arranged in a predetermined direction; and connecting portions that intermittently connect two adjacent ones of the optical fibers. A peripheral cover portion formed of resin configuring the connecting portions is formed on a periphery of the optical fibers. An arithmetic mean roughness Ra of a surface of the peripheral cover portion is 0.41 ?m or lower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Fujikura Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshie Murakoshi, Akira Namazue, Ken Osato
  • Patent number: 11899232
    Abstract: Method for fabricating of all-optical-fiber based optical polarizer devoid of fusing of first and second optical fibers. The method includes a process of forming a substantially adiabatic optical fiber taper by pulling an optical fiber and interrupting this process when an optical power parameter measured at an output of the optical fiber is reduced below a pre-defined threshold as a result of said pulling. An optically-tapered single-mode polarization-maintaining optical fiber element fabricated according to the method and configured as such all-optical-fiber polarizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: AdValue Photonics, Inc.
    Inventors: Jihong Geng, Shibin Jiang
  • Patent number: 11894474
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include optoelectronic systems and methods of forming such systems. In an embodiment the optoelectronic system comprises a board, and a carrier attached to the board. In an embodiment, a first die is on the carrier. In an embodiment, the first die is a photonics die, and a surface of the first die is covered by an optically transparent layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Priyanka Dobriyal, Ankur Agrawal, Susheel Jadhav, Quan Tran, Raghuram Narayan, Raiyomand Aspandiar, Kenneth Brown, John Heck
  • Patent number: 11892700
    Abstract: An optical fiber unit includes: an optical fiber ribbon in which a plurality of optical fibers are arranged in parallel and connected to each other; a colored bundle tape longitudinally wrapped around an optical fiber ribbon bundle in which a plurality of the optical fiber ribbons are stranded together; and a colored bundle yarn spirally wound around the optical fiber ribbon bundle and the bundle tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Akihisa Watanabe, Masakazu Takami, Fumiaki Sato
  • Patent number: 11892345
    Abstract: A method for detecting and specifying a vibration on the basis of a feature of a fiber-optic signal to determine a time and a spatial location of the present invention includes: Step 1 of acquiring a feature-expanded function vector and C-number of vibration categories by expanding a feature of initial data of a vibration signal from a distributed fiber-optic sensor; Step 2 of calculating a dimensionality reduction matrix based on the feature-expanded function vector; Step 3 of acquiring a dimensionality-reduced feature function by operating the dimensionality reduction matrix to the initial data and the feature-expanded function vector; Step 4 of acquiring a primary classification result of the vibration signal by performing a classification with reference to primary classification parameter acquired from a parameter database; and Step 5 of acquiring and outputting a secondary classification result of the vibration signal by performing removal of a wrong detection result and correction of a wrong classificat
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: NEUBREX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Feng Xie, Hongliang Cong, Guidong Li, Xiaohui Hu, Longhai Xu
  • Patent number: 11892686
    Abstract: A female hardened fiber optic connector for terminating an end of a fiber optic cable that is suitable for making an optical connection with another hardened cable assembly and cable assemblies using the same are disclosed. The female hardened fiber optic connector includes a connector assembly, a crimp body, a connector sleeve, and female coupling housing. The connector sleeve has one or more orientation features that cooperate with one or more orientation features inside the female coupling housing. The crimp body has a first shell and a second shell for securing the connector assembly at a front end of the shells and a cable attachment region rearward of the front end for securing a cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: CORNING OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Elvin Barnette, Jr., Hieu Vinh Tran
  • Patent number: 11886051
    Abstract: A display device includes: an optical waveguide comprising an optical waveguide body and a light outputting section disposed on the optical waveguide body; M lens assemblies disposed adjacent to an end of the optical waveguide body, wherein at least two lens assemblies of the M lens assemblies have different focal lengths, and M is a natural number greater than one; and M display screens corresponding to the M lens assemblies in one-to-one correspondence, each of the M display screens configured to emit light with image information through a corresponding lens assembly to the optical waveguide body for transmission; wherein the light outputting section is configured to output the light from the M display screens out of the optical waveguide body for imaging, the light from the M display screens form M images, respectively, and at least two images of the M images have different image distances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignees: Beijing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chenru Wang, Yali Liu, Ruijun Dong, Ke Li, Hao Zhang
  • Patent number: 11886017
    Abstract: Devices such as multiports comprising connection ports with associated securing features and methods for making the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, the device comprises a shell, at least one connection port, at least one securing feature passageway, and at least one securing feature. The at least one connection port is disposed on the multiport with the at least one connection port comprising an optical connector opening extending from an outer surface of the multiport to a cavity of the multiport and defining a connection port passageway. The at least one securing feature is associated with the connection port passageway, and the at least one securing feature is disposed within a portion of the at least one securing feature passageway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Corning Research & Development Corporation
    Inventors: Thierry Luc Alain Dannoux, Robert Bruce Elkins, II, Joel Christopher Rosson, Dayne Wilcox, Michael Wimmer, Shane C. Woody, Zhiye Zhang
  • Patent number: 11886026
    Abstract: An optical fiber ribbon that includes 16-48 parallel optical fiber core wires and a connecting resin that connects adjacent optical fiber core wires. The outer diameter D of the optical fiber core wires is 160-220 ?m, and when N is the number of optical fiber core wires and S is the bending strain of the optical fiber core wires, S=0.167×N/2(%) or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Fumiaki Sato, Kenta Tsuchiya, Masakazu Takami, Tsuguo Amano
  • Patent number: 11880083
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure relate to an optical fiber cable. The optical fiber cable includes a cable jacket having an inner jacket surface and an outer jacket surface. The outer jacket surface is an outermost surface of the optical fiber cable, and the inner jacket surface defines an internal jacket bore. The optical fiber cable also includes at least one subunit disposed within the internal jacket bore. Each of the at least one subunit includes a foamed tube having an inner subunit surface and an outer subunit surface. The inner subunit surface defines a central subunit bore. Each of the at least one subunit also includes a stack of at least two optical fiber ribbons disposed in the central subunit bore of the foamed tube. Each of the at least two optical fiber ribbons comprising at least two optical fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Anne Germaine Bringuier, Xiaole Cheng, Sergey Vladimirovich Chernykh
  • Patent number: 11874500
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes fusion spliced cable assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventor: Nahid Islam
  • Patent number: 11867945
    Abstract: A photonic integrated circuit (PIC) in which some optical waveguides have laterally tilted waveguide cores used to implement passive polarization-handling circuit elements, e.g., suitable for processing polarization-division-multiplexed optical communication signals. Different sections of such waveguide cores may have continuously varying or fixed lateral tilt angles. Different polarization-handling circuit elements can be realized, e.g., using different combinations of end-connected untilted and laterally tilted waveguide-core sections. In some embodiments, laterally tilted waveguide cores may incorporate multiple-quantum-well structures and be used to implement active circuit elements. At least some embodiments beneficially lend themselves to highly reproducible fabrication processes, which can advantageously be used to achieve a relatively high yield of the corresponding PICs during manufacture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
    Inventor: Alessandro Aimone
  • Patent number: 11860433
    Abstract: An optical module includes a housing; an optical adapter arrangement disposed at the housing; a cable inlet leading from an exterior of the housing to the interior of the housing; and a splice location disposed within the interior of the housing. Optical pigtails extend from the optical adapter arrangement to the splice location. Certain types of modules have a removable splice tray having a bend radius limiting arrangement surrounding multiple splice channels. Certain types of modules have first and second chambers separated by a wall defining a pass-through aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Rodney C. Schoenfelder, David J. Johnsen, Matthew J. Holmberg, Jackson Ray Pomroy
  • Patent number: 11855408
    Abstract: In various embodiments, the beam parameter product and/or beam shape of a laser beam is adjusted by coupling the laser beam into an optical fiber of a fiber bundle and directing the laser beam onto one or more in-coupling locations on the input end of the optical fiber. The beam emitted at the output end of the optical fiber may be utilized to process a workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Panasonic Connect North America, Division of Panasonic Corporation of North America
    Inventors: Wang-Long Zhou, Bien Chann, Francisco Villarreal-Saucedo, Parviz Tayebati
  • Patent number: 11835783
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to optical fiber cable manufacturing equipment for long distance wiring, and a traceable optical fiber cable manufactured thereby, and more particularly, to optical fiber cable manufacturing equipment which makes it easy to trace a burying position, considering a maintenance and repair operation of a cable even when the cable is buried deeply, and a traceable optical fiber cable manufactured thereby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: HYESUNG CABLE & COMMUNICATION INC.
    Inventor: Young Bin Song
  • Patent number: 11835782
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to optical fiber cable manufacturing equipment and a traceable optical fiber cable manufactured thereby, and more particularly, to optical fiber cable manufacturing equipment which facilitates a sheath stripping operation for an intermediate branch or end connecting operation in the field, and also, makes it easy to trace a burying position, and a traceable optical fiber cable manufactured thereby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: HYESUNG CABLE & COMMUNICATION INC.
    Inventor: Young Bin Song
  • Patent number: 11835779
    Abstract: The disclosure provides optical fiber cable manufacturing equipment including a collective core portion including a plurality of optical fibers, a metal tape disposed outside the collective core portion, and a sheath portion disposed outside the metal tape, the optical fiber cable manufacturing equipment including: a pre-bonding portion configured to pre-bond the metal tape to the outside of the collective core portion; a first coating portion disposed behind the pre-bonding portion to coat a first adhesive over at least part of both ends of the metal tape; a bonding portion disposed behind the pre-bonding portion to bond the metal tape to the outside of the collective core portion with the both ends of the metal tape overlapping each other; a second coating portion disposed behind the bonding portion to coat a second adhesive over the outside of the metal tape; and a sheath fabrication portion disposed behind the second coating portion to cover the collective core portion to which the metal tape is bonded, w
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: HYESUNG CABLE & COMMUNICATION INC.
    Inventor: Young Bin Song
  • Patent number: 11828996
    Abstract: An optical fiber ribbon comprises a plurality of optical fibers arranged in parallel and a connecting resin layer containing a ribbon resin for coating and connecting the plurality of optical fibers, wherein each of the plurality of optical fibers has an outer diameter of 220 ?m or less; each of the plurality of optical fibers includes a glass fiber, a primary resin layer, and a colored secondary resin layer; the colored secondary resin layer contains a cured product of a resin composition containing 2,4,6-trimethylbenzoyldiphenylphosphine oxide; and a content of phosphorus in the colored secondary resin layer is 0.03 mass % or more and 0.30 mass % or less, and an amount of a phosphorus-tin complex at the surface of the colored secondary resin layer is 300 ppm or more and 7000 ppm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Noriaki Iwaguchi, Takashi Fujii, Fumiaki Sato