Patents by Inventor Alain Flers

Alain Flers 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).

  • Patent number: 8905651
    Abstract: An optical communication system comprising: an optical circuit board comprising an optical interface having a transmission region, an optical coupling device comprising: a first optical interface having a first transmission region optically coupled to a corresponding transmission region of the optical interface of the optical circuit board, a second optical interface having a second transmission region adapted to be optically coupled to a corresponding transmission region of an optical interface of a mating optical device, a fixation part, wherein the optical communication system comprises a support element glued to the fixation part of the optical coupling device and removably mounted on the optical circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: FCI
    Inventors: Nicolas Hermeline, Alain Flers, Stephane Barlerin, Yves Stricot
  • Publication number: 20130195408
    Abstract: An optical communication system comprising: an optical circuit board comprising an optical interface having a transmission region, an optical coupling device comprising: a first optical interface having a first transmission region optically coupled to a corresponding transmission region of the optical interface of the optical circuit board, a second optical interface having a second transmission region adapted to be optically coupled to a corresponding transmission region of an optical interface of a mating optical device, a fixation part, wherein the optical communication system comprises a support element glued to the fixation part of the optical coupling device and removably mounted on the optical circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Inventors: Nicolas Hermeline, Alain Flers, Stephane Barlerin, Yves Stricot
  • Publication number: 20050220404
    Abstract: In order to make an optical interconnection of either two optical fibers to each other or of one optical fiber with an optoelectronic conversion circuit, it is planned to have a module provided with a body or package in which sections of optical fibers are overmolded. The overmolding on the one hand simplifies industrial-scale manufacture and, on the other hand, enables the adoption, for the optical fiber sections, of shapes such as flared shapes and/or lenses enabling an appropriate refocusing or collimation of the light rays conveyed by these optical fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2003
    Publication date: October 6, 2005
    Inventors: Alain Flers, Gnitaboure Yabre, Bogdan Rosinski
  • Publication number: 20050129370
    Abstract: The invention concerns an integrated intermediate ferrule comprising an optical port and optoelectronic circuits functionally interposed between the optical port and an electric port. To avoid having to place a reflecting mirror causing optical losses, the integrated circuit for detection and optoelectronic conversion is arranged perpendicular to a rectilinear path of the light signal in the ferrule. Such an arrangement eliminates the need for a mirror and makes it easy to obtain accurate setting of the alignment of the optical port and the optoelectronic conversion circuits and finally provides efficient cooling of said optoelectronic conversion circuits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2003
    Publication date: June 16, 2005
    Inventors: Yves Stricot, El Mostafa Zindine, Alain Flers, Bogdan Rosinski