Patents by Inventor Shirley J. Fogg

Shirley J. Fogg 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).

  • Apparatus and method for detecting optical energy in an optical fiber
    Patent number: 8729459
    Abstract: An apparatus for optical signal detection may include a housing in which a channel may be defined to receive an optical fiber in a bent configuration. The channel may have a predetermined radius of curvature to cause optical energy to escape from the fiber when an optical signal is being conveyed in the fiber and be detected at a photodetector arranged at the predetermined radius of curvature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Conolog Corporation
    Inventors: Marc Benou, Shirley J. Fogg
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING OPTICAL ENERGY IN AN OPTICAL FIBER
    Publication number: 20110309273
    Abstract: An apparatus for optical signal detection may include a housing in which a channel may be defined to receive an optical fiber in a bent configuration. The channel may have a predetermined radius of curvature to cause optical energy to escape from the fiber when an optical signal is being conveyed in the fiber and be detected at a photodetector arranged at the predetermined radius of curvature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: CONOLOG CORPORATION
    Inventors: Marc Benou, Thomas Fogg, Shirley J. Fogg