Patents by Inventor Robert Klaiber

Robert Klaiber 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).

  • Methods for bonding aluminized optical fiber
    Patent number: 5389193
    Abstract: Aluminized optical fiber (11) can be permanently bonded to silicon surfaces by applying both heat and pressure to the optical fiber. Thus, an optical fiber (11) can be bonded within a silicon V-groove (16) simply by applying heat and pressure, thereby to give an extremely accurate predetermined alignment of the central axis of the optical fiber within the V-groove, while avoiding the use of any potentially contaminating adhesives. This method can also be used to bond the aluminized fiber to aluminized V-grooves, as is described below.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1995
    Assignee: AT&T Corp.
    Inventors: Alexander Coucoulas, Ranjan Dutta, Robert Klaiber