Patents by Inventor Kimberly Ann Wilbert

Kimberly Ann Wilbert 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).

  • Bend resistant multimode optical fiber
    Patent number: 8406592
    Abstract: Bend resistant multimode optical fibers are disclosed herein. Multimode optical fibers disclosed herein comprise a core region and a cladding region surrounding and directly adjacent to the core region, the cladding region comprising a depressed-index annular portion comprising a depressed relative refractive index which is spaced from the core at least 0.5 microns and less than 4 microns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: John Steele Abbott, III, Scott Robertson Bickham, Dana Craig Bookbinder, Ming-Jun Li, Chukwuemeka Benneth Onuh, Kimberly Ann Wilbert
  • Methods For Drawing Multimode Bend Resistant Optical Fiber
    Publication number: 20110088433
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method for characterizing a multimode, bend resistant optical fiber may include determining a core refractive index profile for a core portion of a preform and determining a moat refractive index profile for a moat portion of the preform. Thereafter, a property of a multimode optical fiber is determined prior to drawing the multimode optical fiber from the preform. The property of the multimode fiber is determined based on the core refractive index profile of the preform, the moat refractive index profile of the preform, the inner radius rin and the outer radius rout of a depressed-index annular portion of the multimode optical fiber and fiber property coefficients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Inventors: Allen Eugene Allegretto, Scott Robertson Bickham, Ian D. Cook, Igor Rafaelyevich Mejouev, Snigdharaj Kumar Mishra, Kimberly Ann Wilbert
  • Bend Resistant Multimode Optical Fiber
    Publication number: 20090154888
    Abstract: Bend resistant multimode optical fibers are disclosed herein. Multimode optical fibers disclosed herein comprise a core region and a cladding region surrounding and directly adjacent to the core region, the cladding region comprising a depressed-index annular portion comprising a depressed relative refractive index which is spaced from the core at least 0.5 microns and less than 4 microns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Inventors: John Steele Abbott, III, Scott Robertson Bickham, Dana Craig Bookbinder, Ming-Jun Li, Chukwuemeka Benneth Onuh, Kimberly Ann Wilbert
  • High refractive index homogeneity fused silica glass and method of making same
    Patent number: 7506522
    Abstract: Disclosed are high purity synthetic silica glass material having a high OH concentration homogeneity in a plane perpendicular to the optical axis, and process of making the same. The glass has high refractive index homogeneity. The glass can have high internal transmission of at least 99.65%/cm at 193 nm. The process does not require a post-sintering homogenization step. The controlling factors for high compositional homogeneity, thus high refractive index homogeneity, include high initial local soot density uniformity in the soot preform and slow sintering, notably isothermal treatment during consolidation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Daniel Joseph Bleaking, Dana C. Bookbinder, Richard M. Fiacco, Kenneth E. Hrdina, Pushkar Tandon, John E. Maxon, Kimberly Ann Wilbert