Patents by Inventor Benjamin Traenkle

Benjamin Traenkle 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).

  • Publication number: 20260118596
    Abstract: An optical fiber plug connector configured to connect a first optical conductor to a second optical conductor. The fiber plug connector including: a cleaning device, which is disposed such that it can rotate about a rotational axis, wherein the cleaning device comprises a cleaning element, wherein the cleaning element is designed to rotate about the rotational axis with the cleaning device when a plug connection is being established between the first optical conductor and the second optical conductor, so that the cleaning element comes into contact with a first cable end of the first optical conductor and a second cable end of the second optical conductor in order to clean the first and the second cable end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2025
    Publication date: April 30, 2026
    Inventors: Benjamin Traenkle, Markus Kroeckel, Matthias Mahlich