Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
385071000 | Plural fiber-to-fiber connections | 27 |
20080304792 | ADAPTER FIXATION STRUCTURE, ADAPTER FIXATION METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH ADAPTER FIXATION STRUCTURE - The present invention is to provide an adapter mounting structure in which the degree of freedom of mounting an adapter is high, which has a mechanism simple and uncomplicated in the structure, in which adapter mounting and assembly work are easily performed, and which can be manufactured at low cost, an adapter mounting method, and an electronic device with the adapter mounting structure. An adapter fixation structure for fixing an adapter | 12-11-2008 |
20090060421 | OPTICAL FIBER CABLE INLET DEVICE - An inlet device is described for inserting a cable containing optical fibers into a telecommunications enclosure. The inlet device includes a housing with a strength member securing section configured to fasten at least one strength member to the housing. The inlet device further includes a fiber guide device. The inlet device may be used in a single fiber optical cable assembly or multi-fiber optical cable assembly. A method for preparing a cable assembly is described. A telecommunications enclosure including an inlet device is also described. | 03-05-2009 |
20090097800 | Multi-Fiber Ferrules for Making Physical Contact and Method of Determining Same - A multi-fiber ferrule and optical fibers therein make easier contact with other multi-fiber ferrules and connectors with a small fiber tip radius and a modulus of elasticity. A method for qualifying multi-fiber ferrules (and connectors) is also disclosed. | 04-16-2009 |
20090214163 | Loop Back Device and Method of Fabrication - Methods tune all fiber loops in a loop back device to an established insertion loss value to produce a consistent overall loss of the loop back device. One method involves establishing a desired loss for fiber loops, securing the fiber loops to a MT ferrule, measuring an actual loss associated with each of the fiber loops, and comparing the actual loss with the desired loss. The method further involves changing a radius of a bend in any fiber loop where the actual loss is greater than or less than the desired loss until the actual loss associated with that fiber loop is substantially equal to the desired loss. Once the actual loss measured for the fiber loop is substantially equal to the established desired loss, the method secures the fiber loop to prevent a change in any radius of the bends. | 08-27-2009 |
20090220198 | OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER MODULE AND DUPLEX FIBER OPTIC CONNECTOR - Various embodiments of duplex fiber optic connectors and optical transceiver modules are provided. One embodiment comprises an optical transceiver module comprising: an integrally-formed housing having a duplex front port with a pair of alignment holes for receiving a pair of ferrules from a duplex fiber optic connector, the duplex front port having an upper flexible retaining element and a lower flexible retaining element for retaining the pair of ferrules from the duplex fiber optic connector; an opto-electronic assembly contained within the housing; and an electrical interface extending from the integrally-formed housing. | 09-03-2009 |
20090226137 | MINIATURE MECHANICAL TRANSFER OPTICAL COUPLER - A miniature mechanical transfer (MT) optical coupler (“MMTOC”) for optically connecting a first plurality of optical fibers with at least one other plurality of optical fibers. The MMTOC may comprise a beam splitting element, a plurality of collimating lenses, and a plurality of alignment elements. The MMTOC may optically couple a first plurality of fibers disposed in a plurality of ferrules of a first MT connector with a second plurality of fibers disposed in a plurality of ferrules of a second MT connector and a third plurality of fibers disposed in a plurality of ferrules of a third MT connector. The beam splitting element may allow a portion of each beam of light from the first plurality of fibers to pass through to the second plurality of fibers and simultaneously reflect another portion of each beam of light from the first plurality of fibers to the third plurality of fibers. | 09-10-2009 |
20100080512 | PATCH PANEL ASSEMBLY - A patch panel assembly including a cable manager, a front panel, and a cable grip holder having adjustable holding elements for securing a cable. The front panel is pivotable between a normal position and a pivoted position. | 04-01-2010 |
20100158447 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR - An optical connector | 06-24-2010 |
20100316333 | FIBER OPTIC ADAPTER AND CONNECTOR ASSEMBLIES - A fiber optic assembly comprising an adapter assembly defining an internal cavity, a first end for a receiving a first fiber optic connector, and a second end for receiving a second fiber optic connector, wherein the first and the second fiber optic connectors are dissimilar. A fiber optic connection comprising a first fiber optic connector comprising a connector housing, a first multi-fiber ferrule, and a clearance about an end face of the first multi-fiber ferrule for clearing a ferrule surround during connector mating, and a second connector that is a FOCIS 5 compliant MTP connector. | 12-16-2010 |
20110085766 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR WITH IMPROVED POSITION MECHANISM FOR HOLDING AN OPTICAL MODULE THEREOF - An optical connector includes an insultive housing, and an optical module disposed on the insulative housing. The insulative housing has a top surface, a bottom surface, a cavity and a number of slim slots recessed from the bottom surface. The slim slots extend along a front to back direction and located behind the cavity. The optical module has a base received in the cavity and a number of fibers retained on the base and extending along a front to back direction. Each fiber has a coupling portion retained in the base, a positioning portion behind the coupling portion, and a connecting portion backwardly extending out of the insulative housing. The positioning portions are respectively positioned in the slim slots for holding the base to prevent the base from overly moving along a transverse direction. | 04-14-2011 |
20120057824 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR AND OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An optical connector that is optically connected to another optical connector inside a connector adapter includes: a housing that receives a ferrule; and plural first keys that protrude from an outer surface of the housing and that extends in a coupling direction. Here, at least one of the plural first keys is disposed outside two points corresponding to both ends in the width direction of a key groove of a standardized connector adapter. At least one groove formed between the plural first keys is disposed inside two points corresponding to both ends in the width direction of a key of a standardized optical connector. | 03-08-2012 |
20120106895 | Optical Module - An optical module | 05-03-2012 |
20120237168 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR, OPTICAL FIBER INCORPORATING METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC INFORMATION EQUIPMENT - An optical connector includes a fiber holder with guide holes for guiding optical fibers, a space communicating with the guide holes and to accommodate the optical fibers, and a deformable member that forms at least a part of the fiber holder and causes the space to deform or displace to allow a part or all of the optical fibers to bend in the space. | 09-20-2012 |
20120257857 | High Density Optical Packaging Header Apparatus - The inventive high density optical packaging header apparatus, in various embodiments thereof, provides configurable, modular, and highly versatile solutions for simultaneously connecting multiple optical fibers/waveguides to optical-fiber-based electronic systems, components, and devices, and is readily usable in a variety of applications involving highly flexible and modular connection of multiple optical fibers/waveguides assembled in a header block configuration to optical-fiber-based system/component backplanes, while providing advantageous active and passive alignment features. | 10-11-2012 |
20120321253 | METHOD OF CONNECTING OPTICAL FIBER AND CONNECTING STRUCTURE OF OPTICAL FIBER - An optical fiber connecting method and optical fiber connecting structure which can efficiently connect a multicore fiber to a plurality of single-core fibers with high accuracy. The method comprises preparing an MT ferrule for holding an MCF, axially rotating and positioning the MCF with respect to the MT ferrule, and then fixing the MCF to the MT ferrule; preparing an MT ferrule for holding a plurality of SCFs, positioning them such that cores are arranged at respective positions corresponding to arrangements of a plurality of cores in the MCF, and then fixing the plurality of SCFs to the MT ferrule; and positioning and joining the MT ferrules such that the plurality of cores face the respective single cores, so as to connect the MCF to the plurality of SCFs. | 12-20-2012 |
20130129283 | ACTIVE OPTICAL CABLE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - An active optical cable has a connector containing an electrical-to-optical and optical-to-electrical (EO/OE) conversion processing chip. The EO/OE conversion processing chip has a TXin+ pin and a TXin− pin to be coupled to a TX+ terminal and a TX− terminal of an USB connector of an apparatus. The pair of pins TXin+ and TXin−, for a differential transmission signal, are provided base on a common mode impedance structure, to charge capacitors carried by the TX+ and TX− terminals and, according to the charging status of the capacitors, it is determined whether the active optical cable is connected to the apparatus. | 05-23-2013 |
20130136398 | FERRULES WITH COMPLIMENTARY MATING GEOMETRY AND RELATED FIBER OPTIC CONNECTORS - Optical fiber ferrules with complementary mating geometry that are suitable for making optical connections are disclosed along with fiber optic connectors and cable assemblies using the same. In one embodiment, the fiber optic ferrule includes a body having a plurality of optical pathways and a mating geometry that has at least one guide pin that is monolithically formed in the body of the fiber optic ferrule and at least one spring retention feature disposed on a rear portion of the ferrule. The ferrule reduces the number of parts required for a fiber optic connector and allows quick and easy assembly. The disclosure is also directed to fiber optic connectors and cable assemblies using the ferrule. | 05-30-2013 |
20130216187 | DISTRIBUTED PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORKS - A passive optical network includes one or more multi-service terminals each having a housing and a plurality of ruggedized plug-receiving distribution ports accessible from outside the housing. The multi-service terminals also each include an optical power splitter or wave division multiplexer for splitting an optical signal and directing the split signal to the plug-receiving distribution ports. Some of the multi-service terminals provide a different power split ratio from others of the multi-service terminals. | 08-22-2013 |
20130236140 | Hermaphroditic Connector with Multi-Fiber Termini - A hermaphroditic connector assembly for fiber optic cables includes a base portion defining at least one passage for receiving at least one optical fiber. The connector further includes an insert cap that selectively connects to and disconnects from the base portion to receive the optical fiber. The insert cap defines a first face and a tower extending substantially perpendicularly adjacent the first face. The tower defines a cavity therein. A first ferrule is supported by and extends through the first face of the insert cap. A second ferrule is supported by and extends through the tower, and the second ferrule is within the cavity defined by the tower. The first and second ferrules define sets of socket and pin termini within the hermaphroditic connector assembly. An electrical pin terminus extends through the first face, and an electrical socket terminus extends into the tower. | 09-12-2013 |
20140064666 | MULTI-OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTOR MODULE HAVING A COVER COMPRISING UNFILLED PLASTIC HAVING DEFORMABLE FEATURES FORMED THEREIN, AND A METHOD - A multi-optical fiber connector module is provided with an unfilled plastic cover that is used to secure the ends of a plurality of optical fibers at precise locations within the connector modules. The cover has deformable features that permanently deform when the cover is secured to a housing of the connector module. The permanent deformations are caused by forces that are exerted on the deformable features by respective unjacketed optical fibers when the cover is secured to the module housing. When the features deform, they partially wrap about the respective unjacketed optical fibers such that the respective fibers are pinned between the respective deformed features and the respective V-shaped grooves of the module housing. This contact between the deformed features, the respective unjacketed optical fibers and the respective V-shaped grooves maintains the respective unjacketed optical fibers in precise locations along respective optical pathways of the connector module. | 03-06-2014 |
20140301701 | CONNECTOR INDICIA - A plurality of connector modules are disclosed. The connector modules have respective various indicia including topside indicia to indicate orientation and ferrule indicia to indicate ferrule position. Ferrules may be removably inserted into the connector modules, and may include seated indicia that indicates if the ferrules are seated. | 10-09-2014 |
20140308008 | ADAPTER FOR A MULTICONTACT CONNECTOR WITH HOUSING AND ASSOCIATED MULTICONTACT CONNECTOR - The present invention relates to an adapter ( | 10-16-2014 |
20140321810 | CONNECTOR DETECTION - A connector module includes a detection circuit. The connector module may also include an alignment detector. In various examples, the detection circuit is to detect presence of a connector, and the alignment detector is to detect alignment of a plurality of ferrules within the connector module. | 10-30-2014 |
20140348467 | TILTABLE GANG FIBER ADAPTOR ASSEMBLY - A gang adaptor assembly that comprises a plurality of adaptors positioned adjacent to one another along a longitudinal axis is disclosed A first connector is disposed at a first end of the gang adaptor assembly and configured to tiltably connect the plurality of adaptors to a cassette. A second connector is disposed at a second end of the gang adaptor assembly and configured to tiltably connect the plurality of adaptors to a cassette. A latch actuator is disposed on at least one of first and second ends. The latch mechanism has a cam surface for actuating a latch mechanism on the cassette. A stop is disposed on at least one of first and second ends. The stop is configured to prevent the plurality of adaptors for rotating within cassette beyond an angle α. | 11-27-2014 |
20150331201 | OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTOR AND FERRULE - Multi-fiber ferrules may be produced with tapered bodies and guide pin holes that have fluted internal surfaces with projections for engaging the guide pins, and channels for capturing any foreign material that may accumulate on or around the guide pins, thereby providing improved consistency in fiber connections during mating of the ferrules. | 11-19-2015 |
20150378113 | REVERSIBLE POLARITY MPO FIBER OPTIC CONNECTOR - A multi-fiber, fiber optic connector is provided having a housing having a first end for receiving a multi-fiber fiber optic cable and a second end having openings for the fibers from the cable. First and second keys for setting the polarity of the fibers within the connector located on opposing sides of the connector. The connector has either one of guide pins or guide pin receiving holes for guiding the connection with a second connector. The keys are movable between a first active position and a second retracted position, such that when one of the keys is in the first active position, the fibers are presented within the connector in a first polarity and when the second key is in the first active position, the fibers are presented within the connector in a second polarity reversed from the first polarity. | 12-31-2015 |
20160085030 | FERRULE | 03-24-2016 |