Patents by Inventor Michael Andrew Beard

Michael Andrew Beard 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).

  • Device for cleaving an optical fibre
    Patent number: 7116882
    Abstract: A device for cleaving an optical fibre includes a fixing mechanism to fix a fixing element to the optical fibre, and a cleaving mechanism to cleave the optical fibre. The fixing element may be a ferrule, and the fixing element may be fixed to the fibre such that the fibre extends through the fixing element. The cleaving mechanism cleaves the fibre preferably when the fixing element has been fixed to the fibre. The cleaving device may be a hand-held, and hand-operated, tool. The device may enable the possibility of automatic preset positioning and/or orienting of the cleaved fibre end face (which may be angled to the axis of the fibre) with respect to the fixing element. Attachments may be provided for holding the fibre and fixing element during the cleaving operation and for holding a connector body while the fixing element with the cleaved fibre is inserted into the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Raychem NV
    Inventors: Jan Watte, Luiz Neves Mendes, Lodewijk Van Noten, Thomas T. De Boer, Alan Roland Torry, Michael Andrew Beard
  • Device for cleaving an optical fibre
    Publication number: 20050226586
    Abstract: A device for cleaving an optical fibre includes a fixing mechanism to fix a fixing element to the optical fibre, and a cleaving mechanism to cleave the optical fibre. The fixing element may be a ferrule, and the fixing element may be fixed to the fibre such that the fibre extends through the fixing element. The cleaving mechanism cleaves the fibre preferably when the fixing element has been fixed to the fibre. The cleaving device may be a hand-held, and hand-operated, tool. The device may enable the possibility of automatic preset positioning and/or orienting of the cleaved fibre end face (which may be angled to the axis of the fibre) with respect to the fixing element. Attachments may be provided for holding the fibre and fixing element during the cleaving operation and for holding a connector body while the fixing element with the cleaved fibre is inserted into the connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2003
    Publication date: October 13, 2005
    Inventors: Jan Watte, Luis Mendes, Lodewijk Van Noten, Thomas De Boer, Alan, Roland Torry, Michael, Andrew Beard