Patents by Inventor Michael Fake

Michael Fake 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).

  • Optical waveguide adapter assembly
    Patent number: 12517303
    Abstract: An optical waveguide adapter assembly comprises a solid core optical waveguide extending between a free end and a coupled end and having a solid waveguiding core with an associated first optical mode field size; a hollow core optical waveguide extending between a free end and a coupled end and having a hollow waveguiding core with an associated second optical mode field size; and an optical mode field adapter extending between a first end and a second end and having a waveguiding core configured to change an optical mode field of a waveguided optical signal substantially between the first optical mode field size at the first end of the optical mode field adapter and the second optical mode field size at the second end of the optical mode field adapter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2026
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Thomas Harker, Michael Fake, Simon Bawn
  • OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE ADAPTER ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20240319441
    Abstract: An optical waveguide adapter assembly comprises a solid core optical waveguide extending between a free end and a coupled end and having a solid waveguiding core with an associated first optical mode field size; a hollow core optical waveguide extending between a free end and a coupled end and having a hollow waveguiding core with an associated second optical mode field size; and an optical mode field adapter extending between a first end and a second end and having a waveguiding core configured to change an optical mode field of a waveguided optical signal substantially between the first optical mode field size at the first end of the optical mode field adapter and the second optical mode field size at the second end of the optical mode field adapter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Thomas HARKER, Michael FAKE, Simon BAWN
  • Optical waveguide adapter assembly
    Patent number: 11960119
    Abstract: An optical waveguide adapter assembly comprises a solid core optical waveguide extending between a free end and a coupled end and having a solid waveguiding core with an associated first optical mode field size; a hollow core optical waveguide extending between a free end and a coupled end and having a hollow waveguiding core with an associated second optical mode field size; and an optical mode field adapter extending between a first end and a second end and having a waveguiding core configured to change an optical mode field of a waveguided optical signal substantially between the first optical mode field size at the first end of the optical mode field adapter and the second optical mode field size at the second end of the optical mode field adapter, the first end of the optical mode field adapter joined to the coupled end of the solid core optical waveguide to provide optical coupling between the waveguiding core of the solid core optical waveguide and the waveguiding core of the optical mode field adapter
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Thomas Harker, Michael Fake, Simon Bawn
  • OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE ADAPTER ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20210396931
    Abstract: An optical waveguide adapter assembly comprises a solid core optical waveguide extending between a free end and a coupled end and having a solid waveguiding core with an associated first optical mode field size; a hollow core optical waveguide extending between a free end and a coupled end and having a hollow waveguiding core with an associated second optical mode field size; and an optical mode field adapter extending between a first end and a second end and having a waveguiding core configured to change an optical mode field of a waveguided optical signal substantially between the first optical mode field size at the first end of the optical mode field adapter and the second optical mode field size at the second end of the optical mode field adapter, the first end of the optical mode field adapter joined to the coupled end of the solid core optical waveguide to provide optical coupling between the waveguiding core of the solid core optical waveguide and the waveguiding core of the optical mode field adapter
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Andrew Thomas HARKER, Michael FAKE, Simon BAWN
  • Multi-stage fibre amplifier
    Patent number: 5521753
    Abstract: A multi-stage fiber amplifier includes attenuators located between co-pumped and counter-pumped stages. The attenuators prevent transmission of pump energy between the stages and the transmission of signal energy from later to earlier stages. The attenuators substantially separate the various stages whereby unwanted interaction is substantially reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 28, 1996
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company
    Inventors: Michael Fake, Andrew T. Harker