Patents by Inventor Donald G. Dyke

Donald G. Dyke 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).

  • Flexible seal to reduce optical component contamination
    Patent number: 6837625
    Abstract: Various embodiments of methods and systems for reducing the amount of contamination that enters the optical path of an optical device are disclosed. In one embodiment, an optical device includes a housing containing at least one optical component (active, passive, or both) that is configured to process an optical signal. The optical device also includes a first sleeve that encloses a portion of an optical fiber, an optical path configured to convey the optical signal between the optical component(s) and the end of the optical fiber. A flexible seal contacts a portion of the surface of the first sleeve and contacts the surface of a portion of the housing through which the first sleeve passes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: Finisar Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Philip Schott, Manish Sharma, Donald G. Dyke, James Douglas Struttmann, John Allen David, Theodore William Scone
  • Flexible seal to reduce optical component contamination
    Publication number: 20030235372
    Abstract: Various embodiments of methods and systems for reducing the amount of contamination that enters the optical path of an optical device are disclosed. In one embodiment, an optical device includes a housing containing at least one optical component (active, passive, or both) that is configured to process an optical signal. The optical device also includes a first sleeve that encloses a portion of an optical fiber, an optical path configured to convey the optical signal between the optical component(s) and the end of the optical fiber. A flexible seal contacts a portion of the surface of the first sleeve and contacts the surface of a portion of the housing through which the first sleeve passes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2002
    Publication date: December 25, 2003
    Inventors: Daniel Philip Schott, Manish Sharma, Donald G. Dyke, James Douglas Struttmann, John Allen David, Theodore William Scone