Patents by Inventor Rudolf Falkenstein

Rudolf Falkenstein 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).

  • Patent number: 4834490
    Abstract: Transmitting/receiving device with a diode and an optical fiber optically coupled to an optical window of the diode, where the diode is positioned on a support with a lead-in for inserting the optical fiber. For such a transmitting/receiving device the optical fiber of the diode can be easily and accurately adjusted and subsequently permanently positioned. The invention makes provisions for a cone-shaped lead-in with the diode located at the larger opening of the lead-in. This results in an especially easy adjustment of the optical fiber with respect to the diode. The device can be used in opto-electronic receivers having a so-called "pigtail" connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1985
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1989
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rudolf Falkenstein, Franz Taumberger, Reiner Trommer
  • Patent number: 4707066
    Abstract: A glass fiber bushing is provided for a wall opening of a housing which has a light-transmitting or a light receiving component mounted therein, the component having an optically-active location to be optimally coupled to the tip of the glass fiber. At least in the region of the opening through the housing, the glass fiber is firmly surrounded by and is secured in a stiff tube which is inserted through the wall opening. An adjustment member which adjusts the glass fiber position is slipped with a tight clearance over the tube and/or over a transition piece which is secured to the tube. An end face of the adjustment member is oriented toward the exterior surface of the housing in the region surrounding the wall opening. At least close to the tip of the glass fiber, the outer diameter of the glass fiber or of a glass fiber protective layer is surrounded by the inner wall of the tube with so little play that the tube defines the position of the tip of the glass fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1984
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1987
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rudolf Falkenstein, Detlef Haberland, Michael Kaindl, Helmut Haltenorth, Herbert Prussas, Franz Taumberger