Patents by Inventor Patrick Cigana

Patrick Cigana 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 component packaging device
    Patent number: 6974266
    Abstract: A packaging device for protectively enclosing an optical component in a substantially clean and anhydrous environment without imparting undue mechanical stresses on the optical component and adjacent segments of optical fiber coupled thereto. An intermediate component is used in combination with a sealing material for sealing the fiber aperture of a protective housing while allowing an optical fiber to extend therethrough. The protective housing is made out of a material having a coefficient of thermal expansion that closely matches that of the optical fiber. A chain of material CTE that includes the CTE of the intermediate component is used in order to circumvent the need for a sealing material having a high melting temperature. The packaging device is also designed so as to reduce water ingress by optimizing the configuration of the sealing component and adjacent structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2005
    Assignee: ITF Optical Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: François Seguin, Pierre Martineau, Denis-Alexandre Brulotte, Patrick Cigana, Pascal Octeau, Xavier Daxhelet, Sébastien Allard
  • Optical component packaging device
    Publication number: 20040052481
    Abstract: A packaging device for protectively enclosing an optical component in a substantially clean and anhydrous environment without imparting undue mechanical stresses on the optical component and adjacent segments of optical fiber coupled thereto. An intermediate component is used in combination with a sealing material for sealing the fiber aperture of a protective housing while allowing an optical fiber to extend therethrough. The protective housing is made out of a material having a coefficient of thermal expansion that closely matches that of the optical fiber. A chain of material CTE that includes the CTE of the intermediate component is used in order to circumvent the need for a sealing material having a high melting temperature. The packaging device is also designed so as to reduce water ingress by optimizing the configuration of the sealing component and adjacent structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2003
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Inventors: Francois Seguin, Pierre Martineau, Denis-Alexandre Brulotte, Patrick Cigana, Pascal Octeau, Xavier Daxhelet, Sebastien Allard