Patents by Inventor Jose Piffaretti

Jose Piffaretti 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).

  • Method for aligning fiber optics
    Patent number: 5497439
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a method for aligning fiber optics. The device used to implement the method comprises an inclined support (16) for a fiber optic (15) to be aligned with one or more fibers (11) in a flat ribbon (10), and an inclined contact element (12) supporting a gripping means (9) attached to the flat ribbon. The fiber extremities engage in V-shaped guide grooves (13) having a central alignment zone (14). Alignment occurs when the fiber to be aligned and the fibers in the flat ribbon are placed in the alignment zone by sliding each of them in one of the V-shaped grooves and inwardly curving a predetermined length thereof so that the fiber extremities are placed in immediate proximity to one another and are essentially tangential to said V-shaped groove only in the area of their extremities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1996
    Assignee: Cabloptic S.A.
    Inventors: Jose/ Piffaretti, Bernard Jenzer
  • Automatic optical fiber alignment instrument
    Patent number: D319792
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1991
    Assignee: CABLOPTIC S.A.
    Inventors: Olivier Rickli, Jose Piffaretti