Patents by Inventor Thao Thi Thanh Nguyen

Thao Thi Thanh Nguyen 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).

  • CAP
    Publication number: 20230333326
    Abstract: A cap attachable to an optical connector including a ferrule and a housing that slidably houses the ferrule, includes: a body part configured to attach to the optical connector and configured to cover a connecting end face of the ferrule projecting from the housing and a side surface of the ferrule projecting from the housing; a housing contact part configured to contact the housing inside the body part; and a ferrule contact part configured to contact the side surface of the ferrule in a state where the housing contact part is in contact with the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: Fujikura Ltd.
    Inventors: Thao Thi Thanh Nguyen, Shigeo Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11719884
    Abstract: An optical fiber alignment tool includes a fiber aligner that includes: separators that assort optical fibers; and fiber insertion portions each disposed between a respective pair of the separators and that align the optical fibers in an alignment direction in a predetermined order when the optical fibers are inserted into the fiber insertion portion; and a fiber holding portion that includes a mount surface on which the optical fibers are mounted. The fiber aligner and the fiber holding portion are relatively movable in the alignment direction of the optical fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Fujikura Ltd.
    Inventors: Thao Thi Thanh Nguyen, Junya Watanabe, Kunihiko Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20220082758
    Abstract: An optical fiber alignment tool includes a fiber aligner that includes: separators that assort optical fibers; and fiber insertion portions each disposed between a respective pair of the separators and that align the optical fibers in an alignment direction in a predetermined order when the optical fibers are inserted into the fiber insertion portion; and a fiber holding portion that includes a mount surface on which the optical fibers are mounted. The fiber aligner and the fiber holding portion are relatively movable in the alignment direction of the optical fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIKURA LTD.
    Inventors: Thao Thi Thanh Nguyen, Junya Watanabe, Kunihiko Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 10782488
    Abstract: A connector-attached optical fiber cord includes: an optical fiber cord including a coated optical fiber and a sheath surrounding a circumference of the coated optical fiber; a ferrule attached to a front end of the coated optical fiber; a housing that houses the ferrule and the optical fiber cord such that the ferrule is exposed to an exterior of the housing at a front end of the housing while the optical fiber cord extends out of a rear end of the housing; a protective tube attached to a portion of the optical fiber cord in which the coated optical fiber is exposed; and a boot attached to the rear end of the housing and that allows the portion of the optical fiber cord to be inserted through the boot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Fujikura Ltd.
    Inventors: Thao Thi Thanh Nguyen, Kunihiko Fujiwara, Junya Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20190310430
    Abstract: A connector-attached optical fiber cord includes: an optical fiber cord including a coated optical fiber and a sheath surrounding a circumference of the coated optical fiber; a ferrule attached to a front end of the coated optical fiber; a housing that houses the ferrule and the optical fiber cord such that the ferrule is exposed to an exterior of the housing at a front end of the housing while the optical fiber cord extends out of a rear end of the housing; a protective tube attached to a portion of the optical fiber cord in which the coated optical fiber is exposed; and a boot attached to the rear end of the housing and that allows the portion of the optical fiber cord to be inserted through the boot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: FUJIKURA LTD.
    Inventors: Thao Thi Thanh Nguyen, Kunihiko Fujiwara, Junya Watanabe