Patents by Inventor Anselm F. Varni

Anselm F. Varni 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: 5590229
    Abstract: A connector for making and securing low loss optical contact between a first plurality of optical fibers, each including a ferrule-encapsulated terminal end, and a second plurality of optical fibers, each also including a ferrule-encapsulated terminal end. Each of the ferrules is individually fixed to a cap that includes an asymmetrical keying member. Male and female connector members include internal channels for accepting ferrule-fixed cups with predetermined angular orientations. Springs are axially aligned within the channels for independently urging each cup-fixed ferrule into optical contact with a mating ferrule. In this way, multiple rotational and axial alignments are simultaneously and independently achieved and maintained between mated pairs of optical fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1996
    Assignee: Litton Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert P. Goldman, Akbar Arab-Sadeghabadi, Anselm F. Varni