Patents by Inventor Timothy John Loftus

Timothy John Loftus 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).

  • Optical interposer with common angled surface
    Patent number: 9151915
    Abstract: An interposer comprising a plurality of optical conduits, each having an optical axis, a substrate defining a plurality of grooves having a terminal end, each optical conduit being disposed in a single groove, and a common angled surface traversing two or more of the grooves at the terminal end, at least a portion of the angled surface proximate the optical axes of the optical conduits in the two or more grooves is reflective, and one or more optical components disposed above the angled surface, the optical components and the optical conduits being optically coupled by the angled surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Lou Castagna, Richard Dean Miller, Robert Nelson Fair, Jr., Timothy John Loftus, Terry Patrick Bowen
  • OPTICAL INTERPOSER WITH COMMON ANGLED SURFACE
    Publication number: 20130004118
    Abstract: An interposer comprising a plurality of optical conduits, each having an optical axis, a substrate defining a plurality of grooves having a terminal end, each optical conduit being disposed in a single groove, and a common angled surface traversing two or more of the grooves at the terminal end, at least a portion of the angled surface proximate the optical axes of the optical conduits in the two or more grooves is reflective, and one or more optical components disposed above the angled surface, the optical components and the optical conduits being optically coupled by the angled surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lou Castagna, Richard Dean Miller, Robert Nelson Fair, JR., Timothy John Loftus, Terry Patrick Bowen