Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
385094000 | Sealed from environment | 35 |
20080298753 | Optical Waveguide Connector - Optical waveguide connector for use mainly in water with a socket part ( | 12-04-2008 |
20090162018 | Hermetically Sealing Member Having Optical Transmission Means, Optoelectronic Apparatus, and Optical Transmission Method - A hermetically sealing member with an optical transmission means transmits an optical signal economically and practically between the inside and the outside of a shielding member covering a printed-circuit board while sustaining the hermetically sealed state certainly. An optoelectronic device and an optical transmission method are also provided. A hermetically sealing member ( | 06-25-2009 |
20090310923 | TELECOMMUNICATIONS CONNECTOR PROTECTIVE DEVICE - A fiber optic connector assembly includes a fiber optic connector mounted to a fiber optic cable having a ferrule with an end face terminating an optical fiber. The fiber optic cable is terminated with the fiber optic connector in a clean environment protected against airborne contaminants. A seal is placed about the ferrule within the clean environment to protect the polished end face of the ferrule including the end of the optical fiber against airborne contaminants. The seal is removable to make a fiber optic communications linkage without cleaning the end face of the optical ferrule. | 12-17-2009 |
20100054674 | OPTICAL ASSEMBLIES - Provided are optical assemblies which allow for optical and mechanical connection between an optical bench and an optical fiber connector. The invention finds particular applicability in the optoelectronics industry in forming micro-optical components. | 03-04-2010 |
20100183269 | ENVIRONMENTALLY ROBUST LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMER COATED OPTICAL FIBER CABLE AND ITS USE IN HERMETIC PACKAGING - The invention relates to high-strength, abrasion-resistant optical fiber cable having a supplemental layer consisting essentially of a liquid crystal polymer (LCP) to enhance the cable's tensile strength and hermetically seal it, and an outermost encasing layer to protect the LCP supplemental layer from damage that could otherwise diminish the tensile strength or destroy the moisture barrier properties of the cable gained by adding the supplemental liquid crystal polymer layer. The encasing layer is preferably a thin layer of a smooth, non-crystalline thermoplastic that can be easily removed with chemicals that do not affect the properties of the supplemental layer so that the supplemental layer can be made accessible for promoting the formation of hermetically sealed interfaces between the cable and other structures. Cross-head extrusion methods for coating optical fibers with LCP and encasing layers are described along with laser and ultrasonic bonding techniques for fabricating hermetic packages. | 07-22-2010 |
20100239213 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR - An optical connector in which a seal member is difficult to be damaged during assembly. A seal member-accommodating portion that accommodates the seal member in a compressed state is formed as an intermediate portion of a through hole of a housing. When an insertion member is inserted into the through hole, an insertion portion of the insertion member presses the seal member into the seal member-accommodating portion. | 09-23-2010 |
20100254667 | DUSTPROOF OPTICAL CONNECTOR - An optical connector defining a receiving space for receiving a corresponding plug includes an insulative housing, an optical module mounted to the insulative housing, a rotary door retained at a rear side of the receiving space and a slider engaging with the door. The optical module has a light receiving element forwardly exposed to the receiving space and shielded by the door. The slide can drive the door moving along an inserting direction, and rotating along an anticlockwise direction at the same time to make the light receiving element of the optical module be exposed to the receiving space when the plug is inserted into the receiving space and pushes the slider backwardly. | 10-07-2010 |
20100266246 | EMI SHIELDING AND/OR GROUNDING GASKETS - An electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding and/or grounding gasket generally includes one or more sides and slots along the one or more sides. Finger elements are defined by the slots. The finger elements include contact portions for electrically contacting at least one electrically conductive surface adjacent to a mounting surface when the gasket is mounted thereto with its one or more sides disposed about and in electrical contact with the mounting surface. The gasket may thus be operable for establishing an electrically conductive pathway between the electrically-conductive surface and the mounting surface. | 10-21-2010 |
20100272404 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR WITH A PROTECTING MECHANISM FOR PROTECTING AN OPTICAL MODULE THEREOF - An optical connector defining a receiving space for receiving a corresponding plug includes an insulative housing, an optical module mounted to the insulative housing, and a protecting mechanism assembled into the receiving space. The insulative housing has a front surface at a rear side of the receiving space. The optical module has a light receiving element located behind the front surface and forwardly exposed to the receiving space. The protecting mechanism has a door lying in a vertical plane in front of the front surface to shield the light receiving element along an insertion direction when the plug is not inserted into the receiving space, and moving downwardly out of the receiving space to unveil said light receiving element in said insertion direction when the plug is inserted into the receiving space. | 10-28-2010 |
20100303425 | Protected Fiber Optic Assemblies and Methods for Forming the Same - Fiber optic assemblies are disclosed that include a protecting material that encapsulates a portion of a fiber optic connector for protecting the same in the field until needed by the craft. In one embodiment, the fiber optic assembly includes a protective barrier such as a tape, foil, or the like disposed about the fiber optic connector. In other embodiments, the fiber optic assembly includes structure for removing the protecting material such as a ripcord or a notch in the protecting material. Additionally, the protecting material may include carbon black for providing UV protection. | 12-02-2010 |
20100310216 | Optical Apparatus, Sealing Substrate, and Method of Manufacturing Optical Apparatus - An optical apparatus includes an element substrate on whose surface an optical element is provided; a wiring board disposed so as to face the optical element; a sealing member and a conductive member provided between the element substrate and the wiring board. The sealing member surrounds and hermetically seals the optical element. The conductive member electrically connects the optical element and the wiring board. The wiring board has a light-transmitting area transmitting light to the optical element. | 12-09-2010 |
20110135258 | OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER WITH A SHIELD MEMBER BETWEEN TWO OSAS - An optical transceiver provides a TOSA, a ROSA, a base member, a circuit board and a shield member. The shield member is formed by cutting and bending a metal sheet without welding or soldering. The shield member includes a center partition and a pair of sides, which forms two spaces each receiving the TOSA or the ROSA. The center partition has a V-shaped cross section which is able to be inserted into a cut of the circuit board so as to shield the ROSA from the TOSA. The shield member provides a frame ground by being in the bottom of the center partition in contact with the base member and also in contact with the cover. | 06-09-2011 |
20110158594 | OPTICAL MODULE WITH FIBER FEEDTHROUGH - A molded ceramic or glass ferrule has at least one longitudinal passage, which enables an optical fiber feed through, sealed into a metal housing with glass solder. The metal material in the housing has a slightly higher coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) than the ferrule material and the sealing glass so that hermetic seal is maintained by a compression stress applied to the ferrule and sealing glass by the housing at operating conditions. When the housing has to be fabricated from a low CTE material, e.g. metal or ceramic, a metal sleeve and stress relief bracket is used to apply the compression stress. | 06-30-2011 |
20110170833 | HERMETIC SEAL BETWEEN A PACKAGE AND AN OPTICAL FIBER - The invention relates to a hermetic feedthrough of an optical fiber into a package for an optical module, that includes a package ferrule hermetically attached to the package or integral therewith, a fiber ferrule hermetically sealed around the optical fiber, and a compression sleeve hermetically sealed around the package ferrule. The compression sleeve is hermetically sealed to the fiber ferrule or integral therewith, and wherein a coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) of the compression sleeve is greater than a CTE of the package ferrule so that a joint between the compression sleeve and the package ferrule is under compressive stress. | 07-14-2011 |
20110188818 | CONNECTOR WITH A DUSTPROOF COVER - A connector includes a connector body, a cover movably attached to the connector body, and a limiting mechanism retaining the cover to the connector body. The connector has a mating port for receiving a mating connector, a tongue with a number of contacts exposed to the mating port, and an optical module forwardly exposed to a rear side of the mating port. The cover has a base to cover a front end of the mating port, and an insertion portion extending into the mating port to cover the contacts along an up to down direction and the optical module along a front to back direction. The limiting mechanism can prevent the cover from detaching from the connector body when the cover is pulled out of the mating port. | 08-04-2011 |
20110200288 | HERMETIC PACKAGE WITH LEADED FEEDTHROUGHS FOR IN-LINE FIBER OPTIC DEVICES AND METHOD OF MAKING - An inventive hermetically sealed leaded package for in-line fiber optic devices, such as an optical fiber tap, is described. The package advantageously employs electrical feedthroughs that are compatible with batch processing of micromachined silicon wafers. | 08-18-2011 |
20110206328 | OPTOELECTRONIC MODULE WITH EMI SHIELD - An optoelectronic module for converting and coupling an information-containing electrical signal with an optical fiber including a housing having an electrical input for coupling with an external electrical cable or information system device and for transmitting and receiving information-containing electrical signals over such input, and a fiber optic connector adapted for coupling with an external optical fiber for transmitting and receiving an optical signal; an electro-optical subassembly coupled to the information containing electrical signal and converting it to and/or from a modulated optical signal corresponding to the electrical signal; and an electromagnetic shield including (i) a latchable top cover; (ii) an O-ring metallic seal surrounding the optical ports; and (iii) a spring-clip finger shaped sleeve circumferentially surrounding the optical ports. | 08-25-2011 |
20110268397 | PROTECTIVE SOCKET FOR USE WITH A PARALLEL OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER MODULE FOR PROTECTING COMPONENTS OF THE MODULE FROM AIRBORNE MATTER - A protective socket is provided for use with a parallel optical transceiver module. When the parallel optical transceiver module is seated within a receptacle of the protective socket, the side walls and bottom that define the receptacle of the protective socket protect the internal components of the parallel optical transceiver module from dirt, dust, gases, and other airborne matter. | 11-03-2011 |
20110280524 | OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER WITH ENHANCED PRODUCTIVITY - An optical transceiver with an enhanced productivity is disclosed. The optical transceiver of the invention includes a plurality of OSAs, an optical component of an optical multiplexer or an optical de-multiplexer, and inner fibers connecting the OSAs with the optical component. The optical transceiver further includes a gasket to shield the inside of the housing and put the inner fibers therein to guide them. | 11-17-2011 |
20110299817 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL MODULE - A method of the present invention is a method for manufacturing an optical module ( | 12-08-2011 |
20110305422 | Cable Enclosure Systems, Plugs and Methods for Using the Same - An enclosure system for receiving a cable includes an enclosure having an inner chamber and an open position exposing the inner chamber and a closed position covering the inner chamber. A cable receiving port in a wall of the enclosure extends along a longitudinal axis from outside of the enclosure into the inner chamber. The cable receiving port is configured to receive a cable therein when the cable is advanced axially into the port without rotation of the cable when the enclosure is in the closed position. A mating member is associated with the cable receiving port that limits rotation of the cable when the cable is advanced axially into the port. An axial retention member is associated with the cable receiving port that limits axial movement of the cable out of the port when the cable is advanced axially into the port to a lock position. | 12-15-2011 |
20110311188 | MODULAR CONNECTOR SYSTEM HAVING ELECTRICAL AND OPTICAL LINKS - An opto-electronic module connector system is mountable on a system substrate, such as a printed circuit board, in a variety of configurations or orientations and includes an electromagnetic interference (EMI)-shielding enclosure, a connector assembly, and a socket. The connector assembly includes a connector body, a connector printed circuit board, a substantially planar contact holder, electrical contact fingers mounted on the contact holder, and an opto-electronic module. When the EMI-shielding enclosure and socket are mounted on the system substrate, a user can readily insert the connector assembly into the EMI-shielding enclosure and plug it into the socket. A user can likewise readily remove the connector assembly from the EMI-shielding enclosure and socket for maintenance, cleaning, repair or other purposes. | 12-22-2011 |
20120288244 | SHIELDING STRUCTURE FOR OPTICAL SUB-ASSEMBLY FOR TRANSCEIVERS - A shielding structure for optical sub-assembly for transceivers includes a housing and a movable board. The housing has a bottom board, a front end board upward extending from a front end of the bottom board and two sideboards upward extending from a left side and a right side of the bottom board. The movable cover includes a plate main body. The plate main body has a connection end connected with the front end board of the housing and a press end opposite to the connection end. The movable cover further includes two sideboards downward extending from a left side and a right side of the plate main body. When installing the optical sub-assembly for transceivers into the shielding structure, the press end of the movable cover is pressed down until the movable cover is engaged with the housing in a closed state so as to avoid electromagnetic interference. | 11-15-2012 |
20120294574 | ENVIRONMENTALLY-SEALABLE PACKAGE FOR OPTICAL ASSEMBLY - Disclosed is a high speed flex circuit electronic interface in combination with a sealed optical connectorization approach for optical coupling. In a preferred embodiment, at a front end of the connector a wedge seal ring or “press ring” is pressed into the end of a slide tube, both of which are, in a preferred embodiment, made of metal such as stainless steel. The wedge end shape of the press ring in this preferred embodiment allows it to be easily pushed into the inside diameter of the slide tube, expanding the slide tube to create a radial surface seal maintained by the hoop stress developed in the slide tube initiated by the press ring, thereby creating a hermetic seal on a cylindrical portion of the flange assembly connector. A flex-circuit sealed back-end of the connector uses, in a preferred embodiment, polymer to polymer or polymer to metal bonding to create a hermetic seal on the back end. | 11-22-2012 |
20130034329 | MODULAR OPTICAL ASSEMBLY - An assembly includes an optical device including an optical component and a plurality of supporting electrical components, a housing that is configured to house the optical component, a cap that is configured to substantially enclose the optical component in the housing, and a mounting member that is configured to removably electrically and mechanically connect the optical component to a printed board. In some examples, the housing does not house any electrical components of the optical device. The housing is physically separate from the mounting member and is configured to removably mechanically connect to the mounting member. The housing and mounting member define an electrically conductive pathway from the optical component to the printed board. When the cap is mechanically disconnected from the housing, the optical component may be exposed. The cap may also be configured to mechanically and optically connect an optical fiber assembly to the optical component. | 02-07-2013 |
20130183011 | OPTICAL MODULE WITH BARE FIBER CLAMP - An optical module includes a housing, an actuator and a fiber clamp having at least one spring member. The actuator and housing are moveable in a sliding manner relative to one another such that the actuator can assume a first actuator position or a second actuator position relative to the housing. The spring member has a first portion in sliding contact with a ramped surface of the actuator and a second portion movable between a first clamp position and a second clamp position in response to sliding movement of the actuator between the first actuator position and second actuator position, respectively. Movement of the second portion of the spring member to the second clamp position reduces a dimension of a fiber passage in the module to frictionally engage an optical fiber in the fiber passage. | 07-18-2013 |
20130188914 | PARALLEL OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM THAT INCORPORATES A METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE (EMI) CONTAINMENT - Methods and apparatuses are provided for performing electromagnetic interference (EMI) containment in a parallel optical communications system. The apparatus includes a curved surface formed in the system housing near the opening through which a stack of ribbon cables passes, and a spring device. The stack of ribbon cables is sandwiched in between the curved surface of the housing and the spring device. The spring device exerts a force on the stack of ribbon cables that presses the stack against the curved surface of the housing and forms a sharp bend in the stack just before the stack passes through the opening in the housing. Because EMI radiation is restricted to propagation along the sharply bent pathway of the stack of ribbon cables, most or all of the EMI radiation traveling along that pathway is either attenuated or reflected before it reaches the opening. | 07-25-2013 |
20130287345 | Dry Silicone Gels and Their Methods of Making Using Thiol-Ene Chemistry - Methods and systems are provided for a dry silicone gel. The dry silicone gel comprises a base polymer having a vinyl-silicone group and a crosslinker having thiol groups. The dry silicone gel may be made without the use of a catalyst by reacting the base polymer and crosslinker in the presence of a photo or thermal initiator. In some embodiments, the gel also comprises a chain extender having thiol groups. In certain embodiments, the dry silicone gel may comprise: (1) a hardness between 100 g and 300 g, (2) a stress relaxation between 30% and 60% when subjected to a deformation of 50% of the original size of the gel, (3) a compression set between 4% and 20% after 50% strain has been applied to the gel for 1000 hours at 70° C., and/or (4) less than 10% oil bleed out under compression of 1.2 atm after 60 days at 60° C. | 10-31-2013 |
20140037254 | SIDE-EDGE MOUNTABLE PARALLEL OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS MODULE, AN OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM THAT INCORPORATES THE MODULE, AND A METHOD - A side-edge mountable parallel optical communications module and an optical communications system that incorporates one or more of the modules are provided. In the optical communications system, one or more of the side-edge mountable parallel optical communications modules are side-edge mounted in respective edge card connectors, which, in turn, are mounted on a surface of a motherboard PCB. Because the modules are relatively thin and because the spacing, or pitch, between the modules can be kept very small, the system can have a very high mounting density, and consequently, a very high bandwidth. | 02-06-2014 |
20140105551 | OPTICAL COMMUNICATION MODULE AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - An optical communication module according to the present invention includes an optical semiconductor element including an optical function region that performs light-receiving function or light-emitting function, a first resin member which covers the optical semiconductor element and is made of a resin that transmits light emitted from the optical function region or light to be received by the optical function region, and a second resin member which covers the first resin member. A portion of the first resin member is exposed from the second resin member. The optical communication module further includes an attachment hole for attaching an optical fiber. The attachment hole includes an opening that opens at the portion of the first resin member which is exposed from the second resin member. | 04-17-2014 |
20140193125 | PRESSURE RESISTANT MEDIA CONVERTER APPARATUS - A hermetically sealed media converter apparatus configured to operate in harsh high-pressure differential environments, such as deep marine environments, and oil and gas. A hermetically sealed media converter apparatus is provided having a vessel forming an inner chamber that is hermitically sealed from surrounding ambient environment outside the vessel. Media conversion circuitry is contained within the inner chamber. At least one hermetic electrical feedthrough is mounted on the vessel enabling a transmit wire and a receive wire to pass therethrough and connect to the media conversion circuitry, while maintaining the hermetic seal of the inner chamber of the vessel from the surrounding ambient environment. Similarly, a hermetic optical feedthrough also is mounted on the vessel enabling an optical fiber to pass therethrough and connect to the media conversion circuitry, while maintaining the hermetic seal of the inner chamber of the vessel from the surrounding ambient environment. | 07-10-2014 |
20150036986 | Harsh Environment Connector With Seal Closure Assisting Device - An underwater rolling seal connector assembly has releasably mateable plug and receptacle units with one or more rolling seals mounted in front faces of receptacle and plug units. The rolling seals are rotatable back and forth between a closed position sealing one or more chambers within the respective units which contain one or more contacts and an open position in which bores through the seals are open to allow contacts in one unit to pass through the seal openings and engage contact in the other unit. Actuators automatically rotate the rolling seals into the open position during mating and back into the closed position on de-mating. At least one actuator assisting device is located in at least one of the units and associated with the rolling seal in that unit to bias the seal back to the closed position during de-mating. | 02-05-2015 |
20150055917 | WATERPROOF HOUSING FOR MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND WATERPROOF ADAPTER FOR ACCESSORY DEVICE - A waterproof adapter can provide a liquid-tight seal between a waterproof housing for a mobile electronic device and an accessory connector extending from an accessory device, such as a jack plug extending from a pair of headphones. The waterproof adapter can be an integral part of the accessory connector or can be installed on the accessory connector using, for example, a threaded or bayonet-style connection. In one example, the waterproof adapter can include an exterior gasket channel circumscribing an exterior surface of its body, an exterior gasket disposed at least partially within the exterior gasket channel, thereby permitting the waterproof adapter to provide a liquid-tight seal between a connector aperture in the waterproof housing and the accessory connector. When the accessory device is disconnected from the mobile electronic device, a port-sealing bung can be inserted into the connector aperture of the waterproof housing and can provide a liquid-tight seal therewith. | 02-26-2015 |
20150346440 | OPTICAL FIBRE ALIGNMENT - Aligning an optical fibre with an optical device, component or package such as an optical transducer or sensor is disclosed, A housing for an optical device is provided having a tapered surface to receive a correspondingly tapered portion of a ferrule in which a fibre is mounted. The tapered surfaces, which may for example be frusta-conical or conical, enable the optical device and ferrule to be quickly and precisely aligned. An optical device may be provided in a cavity which may be sealed by the mating tapered surfaces. The optical device may also be provided on a mounting bracket with flexible supports connected to the housing to accommodate thermal expansion of the housing and maintain alignment. | 12-03-2015 |
20160097906 | APPARATUS WITH SUBSTANTIALLY RIGID SUPPORT - An apparatus ( | 04-07-2016 |