Patents by Inventor Stefano Beri
Stefano Beri 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).
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Patent number: 11966080Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an optical splice package for splicing together first and second optical fibers or first and second sets of optical fibers. The optical fibers have elastic bending characteristics. The splice package includes a splice housing including a mechanical alignment feature for co-axially aligning ends of the first and second optical fibers or sets of optical fibers within the splice housing. The splice housing contains adhesive for securing the ends of the first and second optical fibers or sets of optical fibers within the splice housing. The optical package has a weight less than a spring force corresponding to the elastic bending characteristics of the first and second optical fibers or sets of optical fibers.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: COMMSCOPE CONNECTIVITY BELGIUM BVBAInventors: Stefano Beri, Danny Willy August Verheyden, Jan Watté, Roel Modest Willy Bryon, Kristof Vastmans, Johan Geens
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Publication number: 20230296848Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to ferrule-less fiber optic connectors, systems, and methods for enhancing the physical contact or connection interface between a first plurality of optical fibers and a second plurality of optical fibers after a cleaving process. The present disclosure is directed at ensuring proper alignment and performance of mated optical fibers by controlling the orientation of major flared sides relative to a connector keying feature.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2021Publication date: September 21, 2023Inventors: Stefano BERI, Danny Willy August VERHEYDEN, Jozef Christiaan Mathieu VERSLEEGERS, Thierry DECLERCK, Alfons Rudi HERMANS
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Publication number: 20230251433Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to a positioning arrangement for positioning optical fibers. The positioning arrangement can include a positioning substrate with a plurality of fiber receiving locations arranged in a row. Each of the fiber receiving locations can be configured to receive one of the optical fibers. Each of the fiber receiving locations can include a first fiber contact surface and a second fiber contact surface that are each adapted to contact a corresponding one of the optical fibers when the optical fiber is received in the fiber receiving location. The first and second fiber contact surfaces of each of the fiber receiving locations can be relatively oriented to define a fiber receiving angle that is greater than 90 degrees. The positioning arrangement can also include a pressing structure with pressing surfaces for opposing the row of fiber receiving locations to press the optical fibers within the fiber receiving locations.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2023Publication date: August 10, 2023Inventors: Danny Willy August VERHEYDEN, Jozef Christiaan Mathieu VERSLEEGERS, Marc SCHOUTEDEN, Peter VERSCHRAEGEN, Stefano BERI, Thierry Mike DECLERCK
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Patent number: 11709322Abstract: A portable device for attaching a connector to an optical fiber, the optical fiber having an end, the device comprising means for receiving the optical fiber at the end of the optical fiber; and a connector station for autonomously attaching the connector to the optical fiber.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2020Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignees: CommScope Connectivity Belgium BVBA, CommScope Technologies LLCInventors: Danny Willy August Verheyden, David Donald Erdman, Michael Gurreri, Randall Bobby Paul, Jan Watté, Robert Charles Flaig, Alan Edward Plotts, Michael Aaron Kadar-Kallen, Shelly Ann Buchter, Jan Vandenbroeck, Patrick Billet, Stefano Beri, André Johannes Maria Hilderink, Hernes Jacobs, Petrus Theodorus Rutgers, Petrus Theodorus Krechting, Martijn Johannes Wolbers, Walter Mattheus, Cristian-Radu Radulescu, Paul Vits, Karel Johannes Van Assenbergh, Pieter Cornelis Johan De Jager, Henk Jan Theodoor Van Der Pol
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Publication number: 20230176288Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an optical splice package for splicing together first and second optical fibers or first and second sets of optical fibers. The optical fibers have elastic bending characteristics. The splice package includes a splice housing including a mechanical alignment feature for co-axially aligning ends of the first and second optical fibers or sets of optical fibers within the splice housing. The splice housing contains adhesive for securing the ends of the first and second optical fibers or sets of optical fibers within the splice housing. The optical package has a weight less than a spring force corresponding to the elastic bending characteristics of the first and second optical fibers or sets of optical fibers.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2022Publication date: June 8, 2023Applicant: COMMSCOPE CONNECTIVITY BELGIUM BVBAInventors: Stefano BERI, Danny Willy August VERHEYDEN, Jan WATTÉ, Roel Modest Willy BRYON, Kristof VASTMANS, Johan GEENS
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Patent number: 11668883Abstract: The present disclosure relates to system and method for cleaning an end face of a bare optical fiber (100). The system and methods include inserting the end face of the bare optical fiber (100) through a layer of material (500) that includes electrospun fibers.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2021Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Inventors: Jan Watte, Stefano Beri, Danny Willy August Verheyden, Sangram Keshari Samal, Ana Margarida Doamaral Cardoso Dos Santos, Peter Martha Dubruel, Ana Nedelcheva Hristova
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Patent number: 11561357Abstract: Telecommunications assemblies and modules incorporating demateable fiber optic connection interfaces for coupling non-ferrulized optical fibers.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2018Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: CommScope Connectivity Belgium BVBAInventors: Stefano Beri, Jan Watté, Danny Willy August Verheyden, David Jan Irma Van Baelen
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Patent number: 11543597Abstract: The present disclosure relates to using a coating to protect a portion of an optical fiber that is intended to buckle within a fiber optic connector. The fiber optic connector can include a bare fiber optical connector.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2019Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLCInventors: Stefano Beri, Jan Watté, Valja Everaert
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Patent number: 11489591Abstract: A system for monitoring a signal on an optical fiber includes a fiber optic connector having a housing couplable to a receptacle. An optical fiber that transmits a first optical signal has first fiber core at least partially surrounded by a cladding and has a first end terminating proximate the housing. The first optical signal is transmitted along the first fiber core. An optical tap has a first tap waveguide arranged and is configured to receive at least part of the first optical signal as a first tap signal. The first tap waveguide comprises an output port for the first tap signal for directing the tap signal to a detector unit. In other embodiments, a detector unit detects light from the optical signal that is propagating along the fiber cladding.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2020Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: COMMSCOPE CONNECTIVITY BELGIUM BVBAInventors: Koen Huybrechts, Jan Watté, Stefano Beri
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Patent number: 11474295Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an optical splice package for splicing together first and second optical fibers or first and second sets of optical fibers. The optical fibers have elastic bending characteristics. The splice package includes a splice housing including a mechanical alignment feature for co-axially aligning ends of the first and second optical fibers or sets of optical fibers within the splice housing. The splice housing contains adhesive for securing the ends of the first and second optical fibers or sets of optical fibers within the splice housing. The optical package has a weight less than a spring force corresponding to the elastic bending characteristics of the first and second optical fibers or sets of optical fibers.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2017Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: COMMSCOPE CONNECTIVITY BELGIUM BVBAInventors: Stefano Beri, Danny Willy August Verheyden, Jan Watté, Roel Modest Willy Bryon, Kristof Vastmans, Johan Geens
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Publication number: 20210382242Abstract: A self-centering structure (300) for aligning optical fibers (308) desired to be optically coupled together is disclosed. The self-centering structure (300) including a body (310) having a first end (312) and a second end (314). The first end (312) defines a first opening (303) and the second end (314) defines a second opening (304). The self-centering structure (300) includes a plurality of groove structures (306) integrally formed in the body (310) of the self-centering structure for receiving the optical fibers (308) and a fiber alignment region (305) positioned at an intermediate location between the first and second ends (312, 314) to facilitate centering and alignment of the optical fibers (308). The plurality of cantilever members (322) is flexible and configured for urging the optical fibers (308) into their respective groove structures (306).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2021Publication date: December 9, 2021Applicant: CommScope Connectivity Belgium BVBAInventors: Jan WATTÉ, Stefano BERI, Danny Willy August VERHEYDEN, Marcos SAMPAIO, João DE OLIVEIRA CORTEZ, Juergen Albert Jan VAN ERPS, Evert Ludwig Bert EBRAERT, Yu LU
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Publication number: 20210333481Abstract: The present disclosure relates to system and method for cleaning an end face of a bare optical fiber (100). The system and methods include inserting the end face of the bare optical fiber (100) through a layer of material (500) that includes electrospun fibers.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2021Publication date: October 28, 2021Applicant: CommScope Connectivity Belgium BVBAInventors: Jan WATTE, Stefano BERI, Danny Willy August VERHEYDEN, Sangram Keshari SAMAL, Ana Margarida DOAMARAL CARDOSO DOS SANTOS, Peter Martha DUBRUEL, Ana NEDELCHEVA HRISTOVA
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Patent number: 11131819Abstract: Aspects and techniques of the present disclosure relate to handheld tools for assisting in routing optical fiber, and including advantageous features and methods usable with handheld tools. Disclosed features and techniques relate to: a splicing station, a spool, a groove plate; a substrate; a fiber management device; a tool; and flexible organizers.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2020Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: CommScope Connectivity Belgium BVBAInventors: Roel Modest Willy Bryon, Kristof Vastmans, Stefano Beri
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Publication number: 20210278594Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an optical splice package for splicing together first and second optical fibers or first and second sets of optical fibers. The optical fibers have elastic bending characteristics. The splice package includes a splice housing including a mechanical alignment feature for co-axially aligning ends of the first and second optical fibers or sets of optical fibers within the splice housing. The splice housing contains adhesive for securing the ends of the first and second optical fibers or sets of optical fibers within the splice housing. The optical package has a weight less than a spring force corresponding to the elastic bending characteristics of the first and second optical fibers or sets of optical fibers.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2017Publication date: September 9, 2021Inventors: Stefano BERI, Danny Willy August VERHEYDEN, Jan WATTÉ, Roel Modest Willy BRYON, Kristof VASTMANS, Johan GEENS
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Patent number: 11073660Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for cleaving an optical fiber. The method includes providing an optical fiber (62), which is a bend-insensitive, single-mode optical fiber having a depressed index cladding layer that does not include any air inclusions. The method further includes applying energy to a section of the optical fiber (62) between a first location of the optical fiber and a second location of the optical fiber. The method also includes mechanically cleaving the optical fiber between the first and second locations of the optical fiber to provide cleaved optical fiber ends.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2018Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: CommScope Connectivity Belgium BVBAInventors: Marc Eugène Willem Bervoets, Jozef Christiaan Mathieu Versleegers, Marc M. Vanbergen, Alfons Rudi Hermans, Heidi Kemps, Stefano Beri
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Patent number: 11002922Abstract: The present disclosure relates to system and method for cleaning an end face of a bare optical fiber (100). The system and methods include inserting the end face of the bare optical fiber (100) through a layer of material (500) that includes electrospun fibers.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2020Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: CommScope Connectivity Belgium BVBAInventors: Jan Watte, Stefano Beri, Danny Willy August Verheyden, Sangram Keshari Samal, Ana Margarida Doamaral Cardoso Dos Santos, Peter Martha Dubruel, Ana Nedelcheva Hristova
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Publication number: 20210075508Abstract: A system for monitoring a signal on an optical fiber includes a fiber optic connector having a housing couplable to a receptacle. An optical fiber that transmits a first optical signal has first fiber core at least partially surrounded by a cladding and has a first end terminating proximate the housing. The first optical signal is transmitted along the first fiber core. An optical tap has a first tap waveguide arranged and is configured to receive at least part of the first optical signal as a first tap signal. The first tap waveguide comprises an output port for the first tap signal for directing the tap signal to a detector unit. In other embodiments, a detector unit detects light from the optical signal that is propagating along the fiber cladding.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2020Publication date: March 11, 2021Applicant: COMMSCOPE CONNECTIVITY BELGIUM BVBAInventors: Koen HUYBRECHTS, Jan WATTÉ, Stefano BERI
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Patent number: 10924182Abstract: The invention is directed to a system and method for troubleshooting in an optical data network that has a laser transmitter/receiver unit that outputs a data signal and an OTDR unit that produces an OTDR probe signal. The data and OTDR probe signals, typically at different wavelengths, are coupled into one end of a trunk fiber which is coupled at its far end to an optical circuit that includes a number of wavelength-selective optical switches and has multiple outputs that are directed to different end users. The optical switches are configurable so as to provide the OTDR probe signal to only one of the optical circuit's outputs while maintaining the data signal at the same output, while also maintaining the data signal, without the OTDR probe signal, at other outputs.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2016Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: CommScope Connectivity Belgium BVBAInventors: Jan Watté, Cristina Lerma Arce, Stefano Beri, Jan Jozef Julia Maria Erreygers, Koen Huybrechts
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Publication number: 20210026077Abstract: A portable device for attaching a connector to an optical fiber, the optical fiber having an end, the device comprising means for receiving the optical fiber at the end of the optical fiber; and a connector station for autonomously attaching the connector to the optical fiber.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2020Publication date: January 28, 2021Applicants: CommScope Connectivity Belgium BVBA, CommScope Technologies LLCInventors: Danny Willy August VERHEYDEN, David Donald ERDMAN, Michael GURRERI, Randall Bobby PAUL, Jan WATTÉ, Robert Charles FLAIG, Alan Edward PLOTTS, Michael Aaron KADAR-KALLEN, Shelly Ann BUCHTER, Jan VANDENBROECK, Patrick BILLET, Stefano BERI, André Johannes Maria HILDERINK, Hernes JACOBS, Petrus Theodorus RUTGERS, Petrus Theodorus KRECHTING, Martijn Johannes WOLBERS, Walter MATTHEUS, Cristian-Radu RADULESCU, Paul VITS, Karel Johannes VAN ASSENBERGH, Pieter Cornelis Johan DE JAGER, Henk Jan Theodoor VAN DER POL
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Patent number: 10862584Abstract: A system for monitoring a signal on an optical fiber includes a fiber optic connector having a housing couplable to a receptacle. An optical fiber that transmits a first optical signal has first fiber core at least partially surrounded by a cladding and has a first end terminating proximate the housing. The first optical signal is transmitted along the first fiber core. An optical tap has a first tap waveguide arranged and is configured to receive at least part of the first optical signal as a first tap signal. The first tap waveguide comprises an output port for the first tap signal for directing the tap signal to a detector unit. In other embodiments, a detector unit detects light from the optical signal that is propagating along the fiber cladding.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2020Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: CommScope Connectivity Belgium BVBAInventors: Koen Huybrechts, Jan Watté, Stefano Beri