Patents Issued in May 12, 2020
  • Patent number: 10649131
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a lighting device having a light emission surface, a center directive light refraction member imparting a refraction effect to light exiting through the light emission surface to be directed to a middle section of the display panel to generate a much light emission angle range where an emission light quantity is much and a less light emission angle range where the light emission quantity is less in a luminance angle distribution, and an asymmetric light refraction member configured to impart an asymmetric refraction effect to the emission light such that among emission light rays exiting the center directive light refraction member, light rays in the less light emission angle range is directed toward the less light emission angle range while a part of light rays in the much light emission angle range is directed toward the less light emission angle range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naru Usukura, Takafumi Shimatani
  • Patent number: 10649132
    Abstract: A diffusion sheet, a backlight module and a double-sided display device are provided. A transflective layer is provided on one surface of a substrate layer. On one hand, a portion of the light incident from an opposite side of the substrate layer is transmitted to a first display panel via the diffusion sheet; on the other hand, another portion of the light is reflected back to the light guide plate and enters a second display panel on another side of the double-sided backlight module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE SPECIAL DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xing Zhao
  • Patent number: 10649133
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lighting system for an interior module of a vehicle, comprising at least one light source (17), at least one light guide (3), and at least one emission element (5). The at least one light guide (3) consists at least partly of silicone, and the at least one emission element (5) is optically connected to the at least one light guide (3) on at least one side. During the operation of the lighting system, the at least one emission element (5) is provided with light generated by the at least one light source (17) by means of the at least one light guide (3). The lighting system (1) is flexibly designed such that upon being connected to a support layer (25), the lighting system (1) adapts to the shape of the support layer (25).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Audi AG
    Inventors: Oliver Kautz, Daniel Schlüter
  • Patent number: 10649134
    Abstract: There are provided a circuit device for emitting heat to the outside and a backlight unit including the same. The present invention relates to a display device, a backlight unit connected to a display panel, or a constituent element thereof. The circuit device generates heat, and one or more heat emitting units for emitting heat generated from the light source of the backlight unit to the outside are added to the circuit device, and the backlight unit controlled by the aforementioned circuit device is provided. Each of the heat emitting units according to one embodiment of the present invention includes two or more different material layers to fix the circuit device and provide a heat emitting/directing function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyunmin Park, SangChul Ryu, RokHee Lee, Suhun Lee
  • Patent number: 10649135
    Abstract: A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a display panel; a light guide plate configured to guide light to the display panel and disposed behind the display panel; a light source configured to emit light to a lateral surface of the light guide plate; a diffusion plate disposed between the display panel and the light guide plate; and at least one support member configured to support the diffusion plate and disposed to pass through the light guide plate, wherein a light transmittance of a portion of the at least one support member at a side of the support member facing the light source is different from a light transmittance of a remaining portion of the at least one support member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyung-ki Kim, Dae-young Kim, Yong-sung Yoo, Kil-hong Lee, Duk-jin Jeon, Tae-hee Jeon
  • Patent number: 10649136
    Abstract: The invention comprises a delivery fiber assembly suitable for delivering broad band light and comprising a delivery fiber and a connector member. The delivery fiber has a length, an input end for launching light and a delivery end for delivering light. The delivery fiber comprises along its length a core region and a cladding region surrounding the core region wherein the cladding region comprises a cladding background material having a refractive index Nbg and a plurality of microstructures in the form of inclusions of solid material having refractive index up to Ninc and extending in the length of the longitudinal axis of the delivery fiber, wherein Ninc<Nbg. The plurality of inclusions in the cladding region is arranged in a cross-sectional pattern comprising at least two rings of inclusions surrounding the core region. The connector member is mounted to the delivery fiber at a delivery end section of the delivery fiber comprising the delivery end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: NKT PHOTONICS A/S
    Inventors: Johannes Weirich, Martin Dybendal Maack
  • Patent number: 10649137
    Abstract: There are disclosed herein various implementations of a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) die including a light emitting layer pedestal-aligned with a light receiving segment, as well as methods for fabricating such an SOI die. The SOT die includes a pedestal region of the SOI die having a pedestal including a thin top silicon segment, a buried oxide (BOX) segment, and a handle wafer segment. The SOI die also includes an integrated circuit (IC) region having a thin silicon waveguide that is aligned with the thin top silicon segment in the pedestal region. A light emitting layer is situated over the pedestal in the pedestal region, the light emitting layer being aligned with the light receiving segment to situated over the thin silicon waveguide in the IC region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Newport Fab, LLC
    Inventors: Edward Preisler, Oleg Martynov, Farnood Rezaie
  • Patent number: 10649138
    Abstract: A photonic chip having a photonic-circuit layer supported on a substrate, the photonic-circuit layer including a suspended portion that extends beyond the outline of the substrate on the photonic-circuit layer. In various embodiments, the suspended portion may host one or more functional optical elements, such as an on-chip grating coupler, an on-chip microring resonator, and an on chip optical waveguide, that can be used to couple light in and out of the photonic chip. The geometry of the suspended portion enables unencumbered (e.g., double-sided) access to the one or more functional optical elements located therein and can advantageously be used to place an optical fiber and/or a second photonic chip sufficiently close to those functional optical elements to achieve a high chip-to-fiber or chip-to-chip optical-coupling efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
    Inventors: Po Dong, Kwangwoong Kim, Argishti Melikyan
  • Patent number: 10649139
    Abstract: An optical waveguide structure includes a substrate and a core structure disposed on the substrate. The substrate includes a first waveguide region, a second waveguide region, and a transition region between the first waveguide region and the second waveguide region. The core structure includes first core segments arranged in a first direction and a second direction crossing the first direction on the transition region. The core structure includes second core segments arranged in the first direction and the second direction on the second waveguide region. The first direction and the second direction are parallel to a top surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Duk Jun Kim, Young-Ho Ko, Dong-Young Kim, Jong-Hoi Kim, Yongsoon Baek, Jung-Ho Song, Dong Hyo Lee, Byung-Seok Choi, Won Seok Han
  • Patent number: 10649140
    Abstract: Structures including a waveguide core and methods of fabricating a structure including a waveguide core. A back-end-of-line interconnect structure includes a cap layer, an interlayer dielectric layer, and one or more metal features embedded in the interlayer dielectric layer. The interlayer dielectric layer is stacked in a vertical direction with the cap layer. The one or more metal features have an overlapping arrangement in a lateral direction with the waveguide core, which is arranged under the back-end-of-line interconnect structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
    Inventors: Yusheng Bian, Ajey Poovannummoottil Jacob, Abu Thomas
  • Patent number: 10649141
    Abstract: A manufacturing system performs a deposition of an etch-compatible film over a substrate. The etch-compatible film includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The manufacturing system performs a partial removal of the etch-compatible film to create a surface profile on the first surface with a plurality of etch heights relative to the substrate. The manufacturing system performs a lithographic patterning of a photoresist deposited over the created profile in the etch-compatible film to obtain the plurality of etch heights and one or more duty cycles corresponding to the etch-compatible film deposited over the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew E. Colburn, Giuseppe Calafiore, Matthieu Charles Raoul Leibovici, Nihar Ranjan Mohanty
  • Patent number: 10649142
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for splicing crystal fibers to silica glass fibers. Embodiments of the present disclosure provide mechanically stable bonds with negligible optical transmission loss by splicing fibers through a thermally enhanced reaction bonding process at lower temperatures than the melting point of the crystal. In an embodiment, mixing of the materials at elevated temperatures forms a stable intermediary material which enhances strength and reduces the transmission losses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Rajesh Thapa, Rafael R. Gattass, Daniel J. Gibson, Woohong Kim, L. Brandon Shaw, Jasbinder S. Sanghera
  • Patent number: 10649143
    Abstract: An optical device for polarizing light including a polarization altering element operatively coupled to a light path associated with the first light coupling device and the second light coupling device is described. The optical device may further include a first waveguide portion including a first layer having parallel plane surfaces with the first waveguide portion having a first light coupling device. The optical device may also include a second waveguide portion including a second layer having parallel plane surfaces with the second waveguide portion having a second light coupling device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Akonia Holographics LLC
    Inventors: Mark R. Ayres, Friso Schlottau, Adam Urness, Kenneth E. Anderson
  • Patent number: 10649144
    Abstract: Provided is an optical multiplexing circuit. The waveguide width of each waveguide is set such that the effective refractive index of a first optical waveguide with a first light beam in the 0-th order mode is equal to the effective refractive index of a MM conversion waveguide with the first light beam in the higher order mode and that the effective refractive indexes of the MM conversion waveguide with second and third light beams in the higher order mode are not equal to the effective refractive indexes of a second optical waveguide with the second and third light beams in the 0-th order mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junji Sakamoto, Kei Watanabe, Toshikazu Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 10649145
    Abstract: Light detection devices and corresponding methods are provided. The devices include a reaction structure to contain a reaction solution and at least one reaction site that generates light emissions in response to incident excitation light after treatment with the reaction solution. The devices also include a plurality of light sensors and device circuitry. The devices further include a plurality of light guides extending toward at least one corresponding light sensor from input regions that receive the excitation light and the light emissions from at least one corresponding reaction recess. The light guides comprise a first filter region that filters the excitation light and permits the light emissions of a first wavelength to pass to the at least one corresponding light sensor, and a second filter region that filters the excitation light and the permits light emissions of a second wavelength to pass to the at least one corresponding light sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: ILLUMINA, INC.
    Inventor: Xiuyu Cai
  • Patent number: 10649146
    Abstract: An optical coupling device including, in sequence, a focusing lens and an optical coupling network, the coupling device being symmetric with respect to a plane, the focusing lens formed in a core layer, as a front face, perpendicular to the plane, the optical coupling network including a plurality of trenches, formed on the front face, and convex in shape, the optical coupling network including, in sequence, a first sub-network and a contiguous second sub-network, respectively delimited, by a first contour and a second contour, the first and second contours extending in a divergent manner and convergent manner respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Karim Hassan, Salim Boutami
  • Patent number: 10649147
    Abstract: An optical module that is connectable to an optical fiber array and that can be packaged in a high density. Two package modules are mounted on a board, and optical waveguides in a Si photonic lightwave circuit mounted on the package module are connected to an optical fiber array fixed to an optical fiber block. Moreover, output end surfaces of the optical waveguides in the Si photonic lightwave circuit are perpendicular to a mount surface of the package module. The optical waveguides in the Si photonic lightwave circuit may be tilted at an appropriate angle with respect to a direction perpendicular to a right end surface. Moreover, the optical fiber block fixes optical fibers with the optical fibers tilted with respect to a direction perpendicular to an end surface connected to the Si photonic lightwave circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignees: NTT ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiro Nakanishi, Teruaki Sato, Motohaya Ishii, Satoru Konno, Yuichi Suzuki, Shigeo Nagashima, Shinji Mino, Shuichiro Asakawa, Hiroshi Fukuda, Shin Kamei, Shunichi Soma, Ken Tsuzuki, Mitsuo Usui, Takashi Saida
  • Patent number: 10649148
    Abstract: A device is provided for optical mode spot size conversion to optically couple a semiconductor waveguide with an optical fiber. The device includes a waveguide comprising a waveguide taper region, which comprises a shoulder portion and a ridge portion above the shoulder portion. The ridge portion has a width that tapers to meet a width of the shoulder portion. The waveguide taper region comprises a first material. The device also has a mode converter coupled to the waveguide. The mode converter includes a plurality of stages, and each of the plurality of stages tapers in a direction similar to a direction of taper of the waveguide taper region. The mode converter is made of a second material different from the first material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Skorpios Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Majid Sodagar, Stephen B. Krasulick, John Zyskind, Paveen Apiratikul, Luca Cafiero
  • Patent number: 10649149
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a plurality of connector track elements, each extending substantially perpendicularly from a coupling plane, wherein a particular connector track element of the plurality of connector track elements includes a distribution of at least two magnets adjacent unattached end thereof, a polarity of the magnets on the particular connector track element being selected to provide magnetic repulsion as to at least one adjacent connector track element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: TELESCENT INC.
    Inventor: Anthony Stephen Kewitsch
  • Patent number: 10649150
    Abstract: A fiber optic interface includes a first fiber optic connector and a second fiber optic connector. The first fiber optic connector has a ferrule extending from a distal end to a proximal end. The ferrule includes a contact interface defined at the proximal end of the ferrule. A first optical fiber extends within the ferrule and terminates at a first fiber end. The first fiber end is spaced apart from the contact interface towards the distal end of the ferrule by a distance of at least five microns. The second fiber optic connector includes a second optical fiber extending within the second fiber optic connector and terminating at a second fiber end. The ferrule of the first fiber optic connector includes an end face which faces the second fiber optic connector when mated and consists of a single face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: AFL Telecommunications LLC
    Inventors: Bin Liu, Scott Prescott, Dale Eddy, Shawn P. Collins
  • Patent number: 10649151
    Abstract: An adapter structure for use with a telecommunications module that is configured to be slidably inserted into a first type of telecommunications chassis comprises a body configured to be mounted to the telecommunications module. The body of the adapter structure is configured for mounting the telecommunications module to a second type of telecommunications chassis that is different than the first type of telecommunications chassis, wherein the telecommunications module is not configured to be mounted to the second type of telecommunications chassis without the adapter structure. The adapter structure includes at least one fiber optic connector protruding outwardly from the body for receiving a fiber optic signal to be relayed to fiber optic equipment of the telecommunications module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Yuanzhe Zhang
  • Patent number: 10649152
    Abstract: The connector system of the present invention includes a crimp housing and a floating block. A passage extending in a longitudinal direction is formed in the crimp housing. The floating block is disposed in the passage of the crimp housing and has an interior passage extending in the longitudinal direction for receiving a back post of a connector. The floating block may make limited three-dimensional movements with respect to the crimp housing. The connectors seated in the connector system of the present invention may be independently moved with respect to each other thereby properly aligning with an adapter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Inventor: Muh-Chen Yang
  • Patent number: 10649153
    Abstract: A light coupling unit includes a first major surface comprising one or more substantially parallel first grooves oriented along a first direction for receiving one or more optical waveguides. A second major surface for slidably contacting a mating light coupling unit comprises an optically transmitting window for propagating an optical signal therethrough, and a region of second grooves and lands configured to capture particulate contaminants in the second grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: James M. Nelson, Michael A. Haase, Terry L. Smith
  • Patent number: 10649154
    Abstract: An adapter for converting the field of view (FOV) of a connector endface inspector includes a housing with a front end for connecting with a fitting tip for interfacing with a fiber-optic connector, a rear end for connecting to a front portion of the inspector, and an internal light passage. A relay lens system including a front lens group and a rear lens group is embedded inside the housing across the light passage. To achieve a converted FOV, the optical working distance of the relay lens system is made the same as the optical working distance of the connector inspector's microscope objective, and the front focal length is made larger or smaller than the rear focal length of the relay lens system. The rear lens group may be embedded in a portion of the housing that may be detached and replaced to vary the size of the converted FOV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: LIGHTEL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: GE Zhou, Shangyuan Huang
  • Patent number: 10649155
    Abstract: A connector member for an optical waveguide includes a housing provided with a space portion for holding an end portion of an optical waveguide. In the housing, protruding portions serving as a positioner are provided on left-hand and right-hand side wall portions defining the space portion. Notches in the optical waveguide are fitted on the protruding portions, whereby a front end surface of the end portion of the optical waveguide is positioned at a location a predetermined distance inward from a front end surface of the housing. This configuration achieves optical coupling without bringing the end surface of the optical waveguide into direct abutment with an end surface of a target optical connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoto Konegawa, Yuichi Tsujita
  • Patent number: 10649156
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a communication system, a sensing device, and a semiconductor device, among other things. One example of the disclosed sensing device includes a semiconductor die having a photodetector, an optical element optically coupled to and disposed on the photodetector, at least one support structure substantially surrounding the optical element, and a top metal portion disposed on the semiconductor die adjacent to but distanced away from the optical element and the at least one support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited
    Inventors: Gim Hong Koh, Ramana Murty, Ching Kean Chia
  • Patent number: 10649157
    Abstract: A freeform DOE for use in an optical transmitter and a method of designing and manufacturing the DOE are provided. The freeform DOE is capable of achieving the same, or nearly the same, functionality as that of a glass DOE, but has a design that has been transformed to make the surface profile of the DOE compatible with a molding process that can be used to manufacture the DOE with high quality at low costs. The method of designing and manufacturing the DOE includes preselecting a CGH that will obtain a target freeform DOE design, using a preselected smoothing function to smooth the surface profile of the target freeform DOE design to transform the design into a DOE design that is compatible with a molding process, and using a fabrication process to manufacture a freeform DOE that is based on the transformed DOE design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Foxconn Interconnect Technology Limited
    Inventors: Dongqing Cao, Ye Chen, Bing Shao, Andrew Schmit, Li Ding
  • Patent number: 10649158
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include an optoelectronic package that allows for in situ alignment of optical fibers. In an embodiment, the optoelectronic package may include an organic substrate. Embodiments include a cavity formed into the organic substrate. Additionally, the optoelectronic package may include an actuator formed on the organic substrate that extends over the cavity. In one embodiment, the actuator may include a first electrode, a piezoelectric layer formed on the first electrode, and a second electrode formed on the piezoelectric layer. According to an additional embodiment of the invention, the actuator may include a first portion and a second portion. In order to allow for resistive heating and actuation driven by thermal expansion, a cross-sectional area of the first portion of the beam may be greater than a cross-sectional area of the second portion of the beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Johanna M. Swan, Aleksandar Aleksov, Sasha N. Oster, Feras Eid, Baris Bicen, Thomas L. Sounart, Shawna M. Liff, Valluri R. Rao
  • Patent number: 10649159
    Abstract: A semiconductor package including: a chip having a first surface; a mold having a first surface and a second surface configured to encapsulate the chip; a conduction structure electrically connecting the first surface and the second surface of the mold; an optical device arranged on the first surface of the mold to be electrically connected to the conduction structure; a wiring pattern configured to electrically connect the conduction structure and a pad formed on the first surface of the chip, and perform electrical connection in the semiconductor package; and an external connection terminal configured to electrically connect the semiconductor package to the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Lipac Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sang Don Lee
  • Patent number: 10649160
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to optical systems and methods for their manufacture. An example system includes a first substrate that has at least one bridge structure. The bridge structure has a first surface with one or more light-emitter devices disposed on it. The system also includes a second substrate that has a mounting surface that defines a reference plane. The second substrate includes a structure and an optical spacer on the mounting surface. The first and second substrates are coupled together such that the first surface of the first substrate faces the second substrate at an angle with respect to the reference plane. The system also includes at least one spacer coupled to the mounting surface. The at least one spacer is in physical contact with the one or more light-emitter devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: Pierre-Yves Droz, David Schleuning, Augusto Tazzoli
  • Patent number: 10649161
    Abstract: A hermetic optical fiber alignment assembly, including a first ferrule portion having a first surface provided with a plurality of grooves receiving the end sections of optical fibers, wherein the grooves define the location and orientation of the end sections with respect to the first ferrule portion, and a second ferrule portion having a second surface facing the first surface of the first ferrule, wherein the first ferrule portion is attached to the second ferrule portion with the first surface against the second surface, wherein a cavity is defined between the first ferrule portion and the second ferrule portion, wherein the cavity is wider than the grooves, and wherein a suspended section of each optical fiber is suspended in the cavity, and wherein the cavity is sealed with a sealant. The sealant extends around the suspended sections of the optical fibers within the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: CUDOQUANTA FLORIDA, INC.
    Inventors: Shuhe Li, Robert Ryan Vallance, Michael K. Barnoski
  • Patent number: 10649162
    Abstract: A laser delivery device may include a connector portion at a proximal end of the laser delivery device and an optical fiber connecting the connector portion to a distal end of the laser delivery device. The connector portion may include a capillary at least partially surrounding a proximal portion of the optical fiber, and the capillary may include dimples on at least a portion of a circumferential surface thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Yihlih Peng, Wen-Jui Ray Chia, Thomas Charles Hasenberg
  • Patent number: 10649163
    Abstract: A rollable optical fiber ribbon utilizing low attenuation, bend insensitive fibers and cables incorporating such rollable ribbons are provided. The optical fibers are supported by a ribbon body, and the ribbon body is formed from a flexible material such that the optical fibers are reversibly movable from an unrolled position to a rolled position. The optical fibers have a large mode filed diameter, such as ?9 microns at 1310 nm facilitating low attenuation splicing/connectorization. The optical fibers are also highly bend insensitive, such as having a macrobend loss of ?0.5 dB/turn at 1550 nm for a mandrel diameter of 15 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dana Craig Bookbinder, Ming-Jun Li, Pushkar Tandon
  • Patent number: 10649164
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, an apparatus comprises a fiber-breakout transition configured to break out optical fiber sets from a first end of an optical fiber cable. The fiber-breakout transition comprises a first channel configured to receive an end segment of the optical fiber cable. The fiber-breakout transition further comprises a plurality of second channels. Each of the plurality of second channels is configured to receive and mechanically attach a buildup tube for holding one or more optical fibers. The transition has an interior cavity connecting the first channel to the plurality of second channels. Some of the channels have cross-sections whose diameters increase in a stepped manner with distance away from the interior cavity of the transition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: NOKIA SHANGHAI BELL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Asaad Elsaadani, Andrei Vankov
  • Patent number: 10649165
    Abstract: A flat drop cable has notches or other structures for enhancing the stripability of the jacket from a core of the flat drop cable. The notches can have an angled configuration with surfaces that converge as the notches extend into the jacket. Inner edges, or rounded valleys, at the bottoms of the notches can be positioned along a tear path that intersects the core of the flat drop cable at an angle relative to a major axis of the flat drop cable. For example, the notches can be offset from a minor axis of the flat drop cable a sufficient distance such that the notches are positioned outside a central boundary region that extends tangent to sides of the core and parallel to a minor axis of the flat drop cable. The shoulders of the notches, where the notches transition to an outer jacket wall, may also include a radius of curvature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Norin Paul Pausan, David John Walker, Kevin Vincent Bate
  • Patent number: 10649166
    Abstract: A communications panel includes a chassis configured to receive at least one spool arrangement. Each spool arrangement includes a spool and at least one optical termination port that rotates in unison with the spool. PLM can be provided at the communications panel so that PLI stored electronically on optical connectors received at the optical termination ports can be provided to a data management network via the panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Dennis Krampotich, Kevin John Thompson, Timothy Haataja, Matthew Holmberg
  • Patent number: 10649167
    Abstract: A fiber management tray (10) is disclosed. The fiber management tray (10) can have a body (12) including a bottom wall (14) with side walls (16) extending outwardly from the bottom wall (14). The fiber management tray (10) can include a termination region (18) that has a first side (24) and a second side (26). The termination region (18) includes a termination panel (13) that holds connectors (20). The fiber management tray (10) can include a hinge area (56) for mounting said tray (10) to a tray tower (58) and a storage basket (32) located between the termination region (18) and the hinge area (56). The storage basket (32) can include a first pocket (44) that communicates with the second side (26) of the termination region (18) and an opposite second pocket (48) that communicates with the first side (24) of the termination region (18). The fiber management tray (10) can define at least one fiber routing path on each of the first and second pockets (44, 48) of the storage basket (32).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: CommScope Connectivity Belgium BVBA
    Inventors: Kurt Cornelissen, Erwin Beckers, Robert Vanhentenrijk, Conny Van de Velde, Daniel Francois Daems
  • Patent number: 10649168
    Abstract: An illuminated tracer cable system includes a signal carrying cable comprising a signal connector on each end of the signal carrying cable, an electroluminescent (EL) wire coupled to the signal carrying cable, and a magnetic power connector coupled to an end of the EL wire configured to provide power to the EL wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignees: Molex, LLC, Mertek Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas R. Marrapode, Chris Scherer, Jon K. Sholtis
  • Patent number: 10649169
    Abstract: A cable clamp for clamping drop cables to main span cables. The cable clamp has a frame, a jaw assembly and a stem. The frame has a main body, a drop cable body and a main cable body. The jaw assembly is operatively coupled to the main body and has a drop cable jaw and a main cable jaw. The drop cable jaw is movable along the main body between an open position and a closed position. The main cable jaw is movable along the main body between an open position and a closed position. The main cable jaw can be automatically moved from the open position to the closed position. The stem is operatively coupled to the main body and the jaw assembly so that the stem can selectively block the main cable jaw in the open position and release the main cable jaw so that can automatically move to the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: HUBBELL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Rabih M. Al Ghossein, Adrian Beau Candelaria, Seydou Diop
  • Patent number: 10649170
    Abstract: A light source assembly includes a substrate, a fixing base, an adjusting frame, an adjusting plate and a lens plate. The substrate includes a plurality of light-emitting units. The fixing base is fixed onto the substrate and comprising a bottom and at least one wall, wherein a recess is formed at least by the bottom and the at least one wall. The adjusting frame is movably disposed in the recess and having an opening. The adjusting plate is movably disposed in the opening of the adjusting frame. The lens plate is fixed onto the adjusting plate and includes a plurality of lenses, wherein a plurality of first through-holes are formed in the bottom of the fixing base and a plurality of second through-holes are formed in the adjusting plate such that the plurality of light-emitting units are exposed from the adjusting plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventor: Shou-Cheng Huang
  • Patent number: 10649171
    Abstract: A follow focus, comprising a main bridge including a transmission housing and an output gear, a removable arm including an input gear and a lens turning gear or an interface capable of receiving a lens gear, an axial securement means that is operable by hand to engage to prevent axial movement between the arm and the transmission housing, and disengages to allow the arm to be rotated and/or removed, such that between the arm and the main bridge there is provided a first engagement element having a substantially axial face having projections and a second engagement element substantially axial face having corresponding indentations, wherein either the first or the second engagement element has a threaded outer circumference and may be fixably rotated, and wherein the first engagement element is borne by the arm, and the second engagement element is borne on the transmission housing such that the axial securement means may be operated to secure the arm to the main bridge so that the projections and corresponding
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Inventor: James Elias
  • Patent number: 10649172
    Abstract: A lens driving module for holding and moving a lens is provided, including a lens holder, a first electromagnetic driving assembly disposed on the lens holder, a base, a second electromagnetic driving assembly disposed on the base, and a first elastic member. The lens holder has an accommodating space and a first surface, and the lens is disposed in the accommodating space. The base has a connecting surface and a first contacting surface. The connecting surface and the first contacting surface are coplanar. The second electromagnetic driving assembly is adjacent to the first electromagnetic driving assembly, and the first elastic member is connected to the connecting surface and the lens holder. When the lens holder contacts the base, the first surface contacts the first contacting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: TDK TAIWAN CORP.
    Inventors: Shou-Jen Liu, Chia-Hsiu Liu
  • Patent number: 10649173
    Abstract: Disclosed are a head mounted display (HMD), and a method for controlling the same. The HMD includes: a body having a display unit; a lens driving unit provided at the body, and configured to move a lens unit spaced apart from the display unit, wherein the lens driving unit includes: a lens frame having a first tube portion protruded in a first direction, and coupled to the body; a lens housing having a second tube portion protruded in the first direction and having the lens unit, the second tube portion relatively moved on the first tube portion; a link unit coupled to the lens frame and the lens housing, and configured to move the lens housing; and a driving unit provided at one side of the first tube portion, and configured to operate the link unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Minwoo Song, Youngwook Sohn, Mansoo Sin, Kyungsoo Hwang
  • Patent number: 10649174
    Abstract: Provided are a lens driving device, a camera module, and a camera-mounted device for which the miniaturization and weight reduction can be achieved and the reliability can also be improved. The lens driving device includes auto-focusing and shake-correcting driving parts utilizing a voice coil motor. A shake-correcting fixing part includes a coil board consisting of a multilayer printed wiring board in which multiple unit layers consisting of a conductor layer and an insulating layer are stacked on one another, and a base on which the coil board is placed. A shake-correcting coil part, an external terminal, and a conductor pattern including a power-supply line configured to connect the external terminal to the shake-correcting coil part are integrally formed in the coil board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiko Osaka, Atsushi Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 10649175
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a camera optical lens. The camera optical lens includes, in an order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens and a seventh lens. The first lens is made of glass material, the second lens is made of plastic material, the third lens is made of plastic material, the fourth lens is made of plastic material, the fifth lens is made of plastic material, the sixth lens is made of plastic material, and the seventh lens is made of plastic material. The camera optical lens further satisfies specific conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: AAC Technologies Pte. Ltd.
    Inventor: Rongbao Shi
  • Patent number: 10649176
    Abstract: An optical imaging system includes: a plurality of lenses disposed along an optical axis; and a reflection member closer to an object than the plurality of lenses, and including a reflection surface configured to change a path of light; wherein the plurality of lenses are spaced apart from each other by preset distances along the optical axis; and the condition 0.9<DF/DC<1.3 is satisfied, where DF is an effective aperture radius of an image-side surface of a lens closest to an image sensor among the plurality of lenses, and DC is an effective aperture radius of an object-side surface of a lens closest to the reflection member among the plurality of lenses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ho Sik Yoo
  • Patent number: 10649177
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a small-sized camera lens with good optical properties, and comprises four lenses having a bright F-number. The camera lens includes, from an object side to an image side, a first lens having a positive refractive power, a second lens having a negative refractive power, a third lens having a positive refractive power and a fourth lens having a negative refractive power. The camera lens satisfies specified relational expressions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: AAC Acoustic Technologies (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: ChiaCheng Lin, Hiroyuki Teraoka
  • Patent number: 10649178
    Abstract: An optical imaging lens includes first, second, third, fourth and fifth lens elements arranged sequentially from an object side to an image side along an optical axis. The image-side surface of the first lens element comprises a convex portion in a vicinity of its periphery. The third lens element has negative power. The object-side surface of the fifth lens element comprises a concave portion in a vicinity of its periphery. The optical imaging lens as a whole has only the five lens elements having refractive power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: GENIUS ELECTRONIC OPTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kuo-Wen Chang, Poche Lee, Sheng-Wei Hsu, I-Lung Lu
  • Patent number: 10649179
    Abstract: A photographing lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side: a first, a second, a third, a fourth, a fifth and a sixth lens elements. The first lens element with negative refractive power has an object-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof, wherein the object-side surface has at least one convex critical point in an off-axis region thereof. The third lens element has an image-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. The fourth lens element has positive refractive power. The fifth lens element with negative refractive power has an object-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof, and an image-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. The sixth lens element has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof, wherein the image-side surface has at least one convex critical point in an off-axis region thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: LARGAN Precision Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Po-Lun Hsu, Wei-Yu Chen, Kuan-Ting Yeh, Ssu-Hsin Liu
  • Patent number: 10649180
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a camera optical lens. The camera optical lens including, in an order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens having a positive refractive power, a third lens having a negative refractive power, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, and a sixth lens. The first lens is made of plastic material, the second lens is made of glass material, the third lens is made of plastic material, the fourth lens is made of plastic material, the fifth lens is made of plastic material, and the sixth lens is made of plastic material. The camera optical lens further satisfies specific conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: AAC Technologies Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Oinuma, Lei Zhang, Yanmei Wang, Wenbo Hu