Patents by Inventor Matthew Ryan Drake

Matthew Ryan Drake 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: 20240254034
    Abstract: A method of making a multicore optical fiber preform, the method including consolidating a preform assembly to form the multicore optical fiber preform, the preform assembly including a plurality of core canes such that each core cane is disposed within an axial hole of a sleeve, each core cane including a core section of alkali doped silica glass such that the silica glass has a maximum alkali concentration between about 0.10 wt. % and about 10 wt. %, the core section of each core cane being encased by the sleeve along a height of the core cane and by covers disposed at first and second axial ends of the core section, and the covers including silica glass having a chlorine concentration of about 0.05 wt. % or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2024
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventors: Leon Devone, JR., Matthew Ryan Drake, Rostislav Radiyevich Khrapko, Pushkar Tandon, Matthew Artus Tuggle
  • Publication number: 20240150218
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a preform, the method including positioning at least one glass tube in a glass outer cladding to form a preform precursor, the glass tube comprising a first open end and a second open end, forming a preform from the preform precursor, and thermally treating at least one of the preform precursor and the preform. The thermally treating including sealing the first open end and the second open end of the glass tube to form a closed tube and heating and/or cooling the glass tube to manipulate gas pressure within the closed glass tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Paulo Clovis Dainese, JR., Matthew Ryan Drake, Richard Michael Fiacco, Brian Lee Harper, Ming-Jun Li, Silver Nyambo, Matthew John Rice, Jeffery Scott Stone, Matthew Artus Tuggle
  • Publication number: 20240036249
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to various embodiments of methods for making an optical fiber. The methods may include drawing an optical fiber from a hollow-core preform. The hollow-core preform may include an annular support structure with an inner surface defining an interior cavity. The interior cavity may include a tube in direct contact with the inner surface of the annular support structure. The tube may include a wall defining an internal opening, the internal opening having a sealed end. The drawing may include regulating a pressure of the internal cavity to a predetermined pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Matthew Ryan Drake, Richard Michael Fiacco, Sushmit Sunil Kumar Goyal, Brian Lee Harper, Ming-Jun Li, Matthew John Rice, Matthew Artus Tuggle
  • Publication number: 20230393328
    Abstract: An optical fiber is provided that includes a core region, a cladding region having a radius less than about 62.5 microns; a polymer coating comprising a high-modulus layer and a low-modulus layer, wherein a thickness of the low-modulus inner coating layer is in a range of 4 microns to 20 microns, the modulus of the low-modulus inner coating layer is less than or equal to about 0.35 MPa, a thickness of the high-modulus coating layer is in a range of 4 microns to 20 microns, the modulus of the high-modulus inner coating layer is greater than or equal to about 1.6 GPa, and wherein a puncture resistance of the optical fiber is greater than 20 g, and wherein a microbend attenuation penalty of the optical fiber is less than 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Scott Robertson Bickham, Matthew Ryan Drake, Shandon Dee Hart, Ming-Jun Li, Joseph Edward McCarthy, Weijun Niu, Pushkar Tandon
  • Patent number: 11782207
    Abstract: An optical fiber is provided that includes a core region, a cladding region having a radius less than about 62.5 microns; a polymer coating comprising a high-modulus layer and a low-modulus layer, wherein a thickness of the low-modulus inner coating layer is in a range of 4 microns to 20 microns, the modulus of the low-modulus inner coating layer is less than or equal to about 0.35 MPa, a thickness of the high-modulus coating layer is in a range of 4 microns to 20 microns, the modulus of the high-modulus inner coating layer is greater than or equal to about 1.6 GPa, and wherein a puncture resistance of the optical fiber is greater than 20 g, and wherein a microbend attenuation penalty of the optical fiber is less than 0.03 dB/km, and wherein an outer diameter of the coated optical fiber is less than or equal to 175 microns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Scott Robertson Bickham, Matthew Ryan Drake, Shandon Dee Hart, Ming-Jun Li, Joseph Edward McCarthy, Weijun Niu, Pushkar Tandon
  • Publication number: 20230236356
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a thin coated optical fiber that enables connector assembly without stripping the optical fiber. In particular, the thin coating comprises a hard coating, a dye concentrate, and an adhesion promoter. The formulation of the coating promotes adhesion to a glass cladding of the optical fiber and to a ferrule bore (into which the optical fiber is inserted) by not causing silane decomposition of the coating. Moreover, the coating is colored to enable, among other things, fiber identification within a connector. The thin coated optical fibers exhibit good mechanical and optical performance properties as discussed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Jeffrey Scott Clark, Matthew Ryan Drake, Yunfeng Gu, Ming-Jun Li, Joseph Edward McCarthy, Randy LaRue McClure, Weijun Niu, Qi Wu
  • Patent number: 11243348
    Abstract: A high-density optical fiber ribbon is formed by two or more cladding-strengthened glass optical fibers each having an outer surface and that do not individually include a protective polymer coating. A common protective coating substantially surrounds the outer surfaces of the two or more cladding-strengthened glass optical fibers so that the common protective coating is common to the two or more cladding-strengthened glass optical fibers. A fiber ribbon cable is formed by adding a cover assembly to the fiber ribbon. A fiber ribbon interconnect is formed adding one or more optical connectors to the fiber ribbon or fiber ribbon cable. Optical data transmission systems that employ the fiber ribbon to optically connect to a photonic device are also disclosed. Methods of forming the cladding-strengthened glass optical fibers and the high-density optical fiber ribbons are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Philip Simon Brown, Matthew Ryan Drake, Richard Michael Fiacco, Mandakini Kanungo, Ming-Jun Li, Jeffery Scott Stone, Qi Wu, Haitao Zhang
  • Publication number: 20220026604
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a thin coated optical fiber that enables connector assembly without stripping the optical fiber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Jeffrey Scott Clark, Matthew Ryan Drake, Shandon Dee Hart, Ming-Jun Li, Randy LaRue McClure, Weijun Niu, Qi Wu, Yali Zhang
  • Publication number: 20220026627
    Abstract: An optical fiber is provided that includes a core region, a cladding region having a radius less than about 62.5 microns; a polymer coating comprising a high-modulus layer and a low-modulus layer, wherein a thickness of the low-modulus inner coating layer is in a range of 4 microns to 20 microns, the modulus of the low-modulus inner coating layer is less than or equal to about 0.35 MPa, a thickness of the high-modulus coating layer is in a range of 4 microns to 20 microns, the modulus of the high-modulus inner coating layer is greater than or equal to about 1.6 GPa, and wherein a puncture resistance of the optical fiber is greater than 20 g, and wherein a microbend attenuation penalty of the optical fiber is less than 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Scott Robertson Bickham, Matthew Ryan Drake, Shandon Dee Hart, Ming-Jun Li, Joseph Edward McCarthy, Weijun Niu, Pushkar Tandon
  • Publication number: 20200192023
    Abstract: A high-density optical fiber ribbon is formed by two or more cladding-strengthened glass optical fibers each having an outer surface and that do not individually include a protective polymer coating. A common protective coating substantially surrounds the outer surfaces of the two or more cladding-strengthened glass optical fibers so that the common protective coating is common to the two or more cladding-strengthened glass optical fibers. A fiber ribbon cable is formed by adding a cover assembly to the fiber ribbon. A fiber ribbon interconnect is formed adding one or more optical connectors to the fiber ribbon or fiber ribbon cable. Optical data transmission systems that employ the fiber ribbon to optically connect to a photonic device are also disclosed. Methods of forming the cladding-strengthened glass optical fibers and the high-density optical fiber ribbons are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Philip Simon Brown, Matthew Ryan Drake, Richard Michael Fiacco, Mandakini Kanungo, Ming-Jun Li, Jeffery Scott Stone, Qi Wu, Haitao Zhang