Patents by Inventor Robert B. Acuna

Robert B. Acuna 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 element with mechanical alignment and method of making same
    Patent number: 9103983
    Abstract: A product and process for fabricating an optical element from a capillary ferrule includes fusing the optical element onto an optical fiber. The optical element starts with a capillary ferrule that is sculpted on one end to form an optical property such as a flat window, ball lens, angled endface or other sculpted shape. The ferrule is fused onto an optical fiber that has been inserted into the ID of the capillary ferrule. As a result, the ferrule serves as a mechanical aligner for the optical element to fiber fusion process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: POLYMICRO TECHNOLOGIES
    Inventor: Robert B. Acuna
  • Optical Element with mechanical alignment and method of making same
    Publication number: 20110235973
    Abstract: A product and process for fabricating an optical element from a capillary ferrule includes fusing the optical element onto an optical fiber. The optical element starts with a capillary ferrule that is sculpted on one end to form an optical property such as a flat window, ball lens, angled endface or other sculpted shape. The ferrule is fused onto an optical fiber that has been inserted into the ID of the capillary ferrule. As a result, the ferrule serves as a mechanical aligner for the optical element to fiber fusion process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: Polymicro Technologies
    Inventor: Robert B. Acuna