Patents by Inventor Laurens Izaäk VAN WUIJCKHUIJSE
Laurens Izaäk VAN WUIJCKHUIJSE 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).
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Publication number: 20250130388Abstract: A method of separating a ribbon of optical fibers held together by bonding material. The method includes the steps of routing a thread around each of the optical fibers and moving the thread in a first direction to bread the bonding material between the optical fibers.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2022Publication date: April 24, 2025Applicant: CommScope Technologies LLCInventors: Paige E. CANZONIERI, Chinmay M. BENDALE, Jaime GONZALEZ BATISTA, Scott L. CARLSON, Laurens Izaäk VAN WUIJCKHUIJSE
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Patent number: 12276858Abstract: A method of preparing a preformed fiber optic circuit for later termination to at least one fiber optic connector includes providing a substrate for supporting a plurality of optical fibers, the substrate including at least one layer of flexible foil, wherein the flexible foil may be formed from polyethylene terephthalate (PET) according to one example and peeling a layer including at least the optical fibers from the at least one layer of flexible foil.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2023Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLCInventors: Thomas Marcouiller, Paula Lockhart, Wouter Vranken, Koen Vuerinckx, Laurens Izaäk Van Wuijckhuijse
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Publication number: 20230417997Abstract: Flexible optical circuits and methods of providing the same in which routing of optical fibers on a flexible substrate is performed after optical fiber ends have been processed. In some embodiments, the methods include fiber splicing operations that can be performed on the pre-processed optical fibers before or after the fibers have been routed on the flexible substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2023Publication date: December 28, 2023Applicant: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLCInventors: Laurens Izaäk VAN WUIJCKHUIJSE, Pieter STIENSTRA, Adrianus Wilhelmus VAN UDEN, Johan GEENS
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Publication number: 20230288657Abstract: A method of preparing a preformed fiber optic circuit for later termination to at least one fiber optic connector includes providing a substrate for supporting a plurality of optical fibers, the substrate including at least one layer of flexible foil, wherein the flexible foil may be formed from polyethylene terephthalate (PET) according to one example and peeling a layer including at least the optical fibers from the at least one layer of flexible foil.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2023Publication date: September 14, 2023Applicant: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLCInventors: Thomas MARCOUILLER, Paula LOCKHART, Wouter VRANKEN, Koen VUERINCKX, Laurens Izaäk VAN WUIJCKHUIJSE
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Publication number: 20230221498Abstract: Methods and devices for assembling a fiber optic connector are provided. A device supports at least one fiber optic connector. The connector has an optical fiber inserted through the ferrule so that an exposed portion is disposed outside of the ferrule. Residual epoxy on the exposed portion is cured prior to physically manipulating the optical fiber within the ferrule. The device includes at least one heating chamber and a heat shield for curing of the residual epoxy.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2021Publication date: July 13, 2023Inventors: Chinmay M. Bendale, Samuel Taylor Finnegan, Laurens Izaäk Van Wuijckhuijse, Aaron B. Dannen, Scott L. Carlson, Richard William Bruneau, Paige E. Canzonieri, Lawrence Joseph Sorenson, Jaime Gonzalez Batista
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Patent number: 11609400Abstract: A method of preparing a preformed fiber optic circuit for later termination to at least one fiber optic connector includes providing a substrate for supporting a plurality of optical fibers, the substrate including at least one layer of flexible foil, wherein the flexible foil may be formed from polyethylene terephthalate (PET) according to one example and peeling a layer including at least the optical fibers from the at least one layer of flexible foil.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2022Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLCInventors: Thomas Marcouiller, Paula Lockhart, Wouter Vranken, Koen Vuerinckx, Laurens Izaäk Van Wuijckhuijse
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Publication number: 20220357522Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to methods for processing ferrules of fiber optic connectors such that the amount of polishing that is required is eliminated or at least reduced. In one example, a forward volume of adhesive is removed with a first laser beam having a first laser property and a front portion of the optical fiber is cleaved with a second laser beam having a second laser property that is different than the first laser property.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2020Publication date: November 10, 2022Applicant: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLCInventors: Laurens Izaäk VAN WUIJCKHUIJSE, Aaron B. DANNEN, Samuel Taylor FINNEGAN
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Publication number: 20220326466Abstract: A method of preparing a preformed fiber optic circuit for later termination to at least one fiber optic connector includes providing a substrate for supporting a plurality of optical fibers, the substrate including at least one layer of flexible foil, wherein the flexible foil may be formed from polyethylene terephthalate (PET) according to one example and peeling a layer including at least the optical fibers from the at least one layer of flexible foil.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2022Publication date: October 13, 2022Applicant: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLCInventors: Thomas MARCOUILLER, Paula LOCKHART, Wouter VRANKEN, Koen VUERINCKX, Laurens Izaäk VAN WUIJCKHUIJSE
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Patent number: 11409068Abstract: A method of preparing a preformed fiber optic circuit for later termination to at least one fiber optic connector includes providing a substrate for supporting a plurality of optical fibers, the substrate including at least one layer of flexible foil, wherein the flexible foil may be formed from polyethylene terephthalate (PET) according to one example and peeling a layer including at least the optical fibers from the at least one layer of flexible foil.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2018Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLCInventors: Thomas Marcouiller, Paula Lockhart, Wouter Vranken, Koen Vuerinckx, Laurens Izaäk Van Wuijckhuijse
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Publication number: 20220009050Abstract: A fabrication carrier for fiber optic connectors defines a body configured to removably hold a plurality of fiber optic ferrules. The body allows each of the fiber optic ferrules to be movable along its axis under a bias when the ferrules are mounted to the body. The body can be coupled to a polishing plate for use with a ferrule polishing apparatus in a polishing step. Coupling of the body to the polishing plate allows each of the ferrules to at least partially protrude past a bottom face of the polishing plate for contact with the polishing apparatus. The body of the fabrication carrier is configured as a fixture that can be used in at least one additional fabrication step aside from the polishing step when not mounted to the polishing plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2021Publication date: January 13, 2022Inventors: Mark D. NARUM, Richard William BRUNEAU, Aaron B. DANNEN, Peter J. EKOLA, Andrew G. SCHMIDT, Marlon E. HOLMQUIST, Laurens Izaäk VAN WUIJCKHUIJSE, Samuel Taylor FINNEGAN, Lawrence Joseph SORENSON
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Publication number: 20200249412Abstract: A method of preparing a preformed fiber optic circuit for later termination to at least one fiber optic connector includes providing a substrate for supporting a plurality of optical fibers, the substrate including at least one layer of flexible foil, wherein the flexible foil may be formed from polyethylene terephthalate (PET) according to one example and peeling a layer including at least the optical fibers from the at least one layer of flexible foil.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2018Publication date: August 6, 2020Applicant: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLCInventors: Thomas MARCOUILLER, Paula LOCKHART, Wouter VRANKEN, Koen VUERINCKX, Laurens Izaäk VAN WUIJCKHUIJSE
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Publication number: 20190302371Abstract: Flexible optical circuits and methods of providing the same in which routing of optical fibers on a flexible substrate is performed after optical fiber ends have been processed. In some embodiments, the methods include fiber splicing operations that can be performed on the pre-processed optical fibers before or after the fibers have been routed on the flexible substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2017Publication date: October 3, 2019Applicant: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLCInventors: Laurens Izaäk VAN WUIJCKHUIJSE, Pieter STIENSTRA, Adrianus Wilhelmus VAN UDEN, Johan GEENS