Patents by Inventor Christopher M. Warnes
Christopher M. Warnes 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).
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Patent number: 7572063Abstract: The device includes a housing, an insert, a first ferrule, a second ferrule, a first ball lens, a second ball lens, a first contact pin, a second contact pin, a first contact socket, a second contact socket, an alignment pin, and an alignment socket. The housing has a first key and a second key. The insert is mounted in the housing. The first ferrule is mounted in the insert. The second ferrule is mounted in the insert. The first ball lens is mounted in the insert, and the first ball lens is in optical communication with the first ferrule. The second ball lens is mounted in the insert, and the first ball lens is in optical communication with the second ferrule. The first and second contact pins, and the first and second contact sockets are mounted in the insert.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2005Date of Patent: August 11, 2009Assignee: Stratos International, Inc.Inventors: Geoffrey Neil Mynott, Christopher M. Warnes, Graham Woolmer
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Patent number: 6955478Abstract: A device includes a stub, and an optical fiber. The stub has an aperture, and a first end and a second end. The optical fiber is mounted in the aperture of the stub. The optical fiber has a first end and a second end. The first end of the optical fiber is polished so as to be flush with the first end of the stub. The second end of the optical fiber is cleaved at a predetermined position so as to provide for a predetermined length of the optical fiber measured from the first end of the optical fiber to the second end of the optical fiber.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2004Date of Patent: October 18, 2005Assignee: Stratos International, Inc.Inventors: Richard C. E. Durrant, Aleksandr Lantsman, David G. Mead, Christopher M. Warnes, Theodore Washburn
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Patent number: 6939055Abstract: A device includes a stub, and an optical fiber. The stub has an aperture, and a first end and a second end. The optical fiber is mounted in the aperture of the stub. The optical fiber has a first end and a second end. The first end of the optical fiber is polished so as to be flush with the first end of the stub. The second end of the optical fiber is cleaved at a predetermined position so as to provide for a predetermined length of the optical fiber measured from the first end of the optical fiber to the second end of the optical fiber.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2004Date of Patent: September 6, 2005Assignee: Stratos International, Inc.Inventors: Richard C. E. Durrant, Aleksandr Lantsman, David G. Mead, Christopher M. Warnes, Theodore Washburn
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Publication number: 20040247253Abstract: A device includes a stub, and an optical fiber. The stub has an aperture, and a first end and a second end. The optical fiber is mounted in the aperture of the stub. The optical fiber has a first end and a second end. The first end of the optical fiber is polished so as to be flush with the first end of the stub. The second end of the optical fiber is cleaved at a predetermined position so as to provide for a predetermined length of the optical fiber measured from the first end of the optical fiber to the second end of the optical fiber.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2004Publication date: December 9, 2004Applicant: Stratos International, Inc.Inventors: Richard C.E. Durrant, Aleksandr Lantsman, David G. Mead, Christopher M. Warnes, Theodore Washburn
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Publication number: 20040240795Abstract: A device includes a stub, and an optical fiber. The stub has an aperture, and a first end and a second end. The optical fiber is mounted in the aperture of the stub. The optical fiber has a first end and a second end. The first end of the optical fiber is polished so as to be flush with the first end of the stub. The second end of the optical fiber is cleaved at a predetermined position so as to provide for a predetermined length of the optical fiber measured from the first end of the optical fiber to the second end of the optical fiber.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2004Publication date: December 2, 2004Applicant: Stratos International, Inc.Inventors: Richard C.E. Durrant, Aleksandr Lantsman, David G. Mead, Christopher M. Warnes, Theodore Washburn
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Publication number: 20040234212Abstract: A device includes a stub, and an optical fiber. The stub has an aperture, and a first end and a second end. The optical fiber is mounted in the aperture of the stub. The optical fiber has a first end and a second end. The first end of the optical fiber is polished so as to be flush with the first end of the stub. The second end of the optical fiber is cleaved at a predetermined position so as to provide for a predetermined length of the optical fiber measured from the first end of the optical fiber to the second end of the optical fiber.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2004Publication date: November 25, 2004Applicant: Stratos International, Inc.Inventors: Richard C.E. Durrant, Aleksandr Lantsman, David G. Mead, Christopher M. Warnes, Theodore Washburn
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Publication number: 20040234211Abstract: A device includes a stub, and an optical fiber. The stub has an aperture, and a first end and a second end. The optical fiber is mounted in the aperture of the stub. The optical fiber has a first end and a second end. The first end of the optical fiber is polished so as to be flush with the first end of the stub. The second end of the optical fiber is cleaved at a predetermined position so as to provide for a predetermined length of the optical fiber measured from the first end of the optical fiber to the second end of the optical fiber.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2004Publication date: November 25, 2004Applicant: Stratos International, Inc.Inventors: Richard C.E. Durrant, Aleksandr Lantsman, David G. Mead, Christopher M. Warnes, Theodore Washburn
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Patent number: 6805491Abstract: A device includes a stub, and an optical fiber. The stub has an aperture, and a first end and a second end. The optical fiber is mounted in the aperture of the stub. The optical fiber has a first end and a second end. The first end of the optical fiber is polished so as to be flush with the first end of the stub. The second end of the optical fiber is cleaved at a predetermined position so as to provide for a predetermined length of the optical fiber measured from the first end of the optical fiber to the second end of the optical fiber.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2002Date of Patent: October 19, 2004Assignee: Stratos International, Inc.Inventors: Richard C. E. Durrant, Aleksandr Lantsman, David G. Mead, Christopher M. Warnes, Theodore Washburn
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Publication number: 20030215192Abstract: A device includes a stub, and an optical fiber. The stub has an aperture, and a first end and a second end. The optical fiber is mounted in the aperture of the stub. The optical fiber has a first end and a second end. The first end of the optical fiber is polished so as to be flush with the first end of the stub. The second end of the optical fiber is cleaved at a predetermined position so as to provide for a predetermined length of the optical fiber measured from the first end of the optical fiber to the second end of the optical fiber.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2002Publication date: November 20, 2003Inventors: Richard C.E. Durrant, Aleksandr Lantsman, David G. Mead, Christopher M. Warnes, Theodore Washburn
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Patent number: 6474879Abstract: An assembly including a fiber optic cable assembled with a one-piece ferrule where a gap exists between the fiber optic cable and the ferrule. When the fiber optic cable is mounted to the ferrule, the optical fiber is positioned within a small opening and the sheath is positioned within a large opening of the ferrule. The gap exists between the optical fiber and the small opening. The metallic material is then adhered to a portion of the optical fiber and to a portion of the ferrule so as to form the hermetic seal at the gap. The layer of the metallic material can be deposited by way of a metal vapor deposition process. Another assembly may include multiple fiber optic cables trapped between two substrates where any gaps formed between the two substrates are hermetically sealed with a metallic material.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2000Date of Patent: November 5, 2002Assignee: Stratos Lightwave, Inc.Inventors: Christopher M. Warnes, Richard C. E. Durrant
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Patent number: 4659216Abstract: An optical fibre reflectometer in which the end of the optical fibre 4-port coupler for optical coupling to test fibres is not protected from damage by the use of a sapphire window because of the problems of unwanted reflections that this engenders. Instead the end is coupled to the test fibres by means of a replaceable slug (33) containing a stub length of fibre (20). This fibre stub (20) is intrinsically just as susceptible to cumulative damage when test fibres are repeatedly butted against its end, but it protects the coupler because it is itself butted against the coupler only once in its life. When the cumulative damage becomes excessive the slug can be replaced more simply and cheaply than replacing the whole coupler.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 1985Date of Patent: April 21, 1987Assignee: Standard Telephones and Cables Public Limited CompanyInventors: Talal I. Y. Allos, David H. Forbes, Christopher M. Warnes