Patents by Inventor John A. Nevers

John A. Nevers 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: 20030057363
    Abstract: An optical power control system is provided that may be used in connection with an optical transmitter, receiver or transceiver module. The optical power control system comprises: (1) an array of optoelectronic devices; (2) an array of optical elements; (3) the array of optical elements optically aligned to the array of optoelectronic devices in such a manner that one or more optical elements is optically aligned to one or more optoelectronic devices; (4) a light-receiving device; and (5) a reflector proximate to the array of optical elements, the reflector optically orientated with the array of optoelectronic devices and the light-receiving device such that some emission from at least one optoelectronic device is reflected on at least a portion of the light-receiving device. The optical elements may be optical fibers and may be packaged in a ferrule. The light-receiving device may be a photo-detector or a light pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2000
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Inventors: Gene R. Anderson, Marcelino G. Armendariz, Robert P. Bryan, Richard F. Carson, Edwin B. Duckett, Shanalyn Adair Kemme, Frederick B. McCormick, John A. Nevers, David W. Peterson