Patents by Inventor Jeffery Emerson Schramm

Jeffery Emerson Schramm 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).

  • Optical substrate having alignment fiducials
    Patent number: 6841486
    Abstract: A process comprising: (a) applying a stop etch mask to a substrate, the mask defining the location on the substrate of a groove for receiving a waveguide and one or more fiducials for positioning the optical device on the substrate relative to the waveguide; and (b) etching the substrate to define the fiducials and the groove, the groove being dimensioned to receive at least a portion of a waveguide and the fiducials enabling the optical device to be positioned on the substrate such that it is optically aligned with the waveguide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2005
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Addison Boudreau, Christian Drabenstadt, Jeffery Emerson Schramm
  • Optical substrate having alignment fiducials
    Publication number: 20020151181
    Abstract: A process comprising: (a) applying a stop etch mask to a substrate, the mask defining the location on the substrate of a groove for receiving a waveguide and one or more fiducials for positioning the optical device on the substrate relative to the waveguide; and (b) etching the substrate to define the fiducials and the groove, the groove being dimensioned to receive at least a portion of a waveguide and the fiducials enabling the optical device to be positioned on the substrate such that it is optically aligned with the waveguide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2001
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Inventors: Robert Addison Boudreau, Christian Drabenstadt, Jeffery Emerson Schramm