Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
385090000 | Fiber adjustable relative to device | 20 |
20080273842 | Optical Connector - An optical connector comprising: first and second movable members | 11-06-2008 |
20080292249 | ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - There can be realized a compact optical network unit with an optical cable provided between an optical cable housing and an optical video terminal housing. When the optical video terminal housing is opened and closed by rotating 90 degrees or more about hinges connecting the two housings, the extra length of the optical cable is absorbed in an optical cable length adjustment portion of the optical video terminal housing as well as in an optical cable housing portion. Thus, the optical cable can be smoothly moved through a cable guide which is a base point of the movable portion of the optical cable, without an operation to prevent the optical cable from being stuck. | 11-27-2008 |
20090010600 | OPTICAL COMPONENT AND TRANSCEIVER PACKAGING - An optical module and packaging thereof. A high speed optical module, such as a transceiver or transponder is disclosed. A fiber assembly including a receptacle, a fiber, and a modified connector are provided and enable an optical connection from inside of the optical component to outside of the component. Internally, the fiber assembly is detachable from an internal optical component. the optical component is connected to a PCB using a ball grid array. By detaching the fiber assembly, the optical component can be changed-out without damaging the fiber. The fiber is spooled inside the module to protect the fiber around a spooling assembly that is integrated with the receptacle holders that form part of the module's ports. | 01-08-2009 |
20090097804 | Optical subassembly of optical semiconductor device module and assembly method thereof - The present invention provides an optical subassembly and the assembly method thereof. The optical subassembly includes a first base, an optical fiber module, a first optical semiconductor device module, and a second optical semiconductor device module. The optical fiber module includes an optical fiber. The first optical semiconductor device module includes at least one first optical semiconductor device. The second optical semiconductor device module includes a second base and at least one second optical semiconductor device. The method according to the invention mounts the optical fiber module on the first base, mounts the at least one first optical semiconductor device on the first base, mounts the at least one second optical semiconductor device on the second base, substantially aligns the second optical semiconductor device module to the optical fiber, and bonds the second base to the first base. | 04-16-2009 |
20100202738 | Structure and Method for Aligning an Optical Fiber and a Submicronic Waveguide - A method for aligning an optical fiber and a submicronic waveguide of an integrated optical circuit, the waveguide including a core surrounded with upper and lower layers forming an optical cladding, including the steps of: (a) forming, in the upper layer, one or several openings capable of extracting light from the waveguide; (b) roughly positioning the optical fiber to send light into the waveguide; (c) finely moving the optical fiber with respect to the waveguide and detecting the position causing the extraction of a maximum amount of light at the level of the opening(s); and (d) depositing a glue binding the optical fiber to the optical circuit and filling the opening(s). | 08-12-2010 |
20100278490 | CONNECTOR HAVING AN FLOATABLE OPTICAL MODULE - A connector ( | 11-04-2010 |
20100290745 | CONNECTOR HAVING AN FLOATABLE OPTICAL MODULE - A connector ( | 11-18-2010 |
20120020627 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POSITIONING A PROBE - An adapter couples a length of optical fiber to a hollow probe and to an optical coherence tomography instrument. The length of optical fiber may be greater than the length of the adapter itself. The optical fiber is fixed to an optical coupler at a proximal end of the adapter and may be maintained in a curved configuration by features located in an internal cavity of the adapter. An optical fiber advance mechanism be used to advance and/or retract the length of optical fiber to align it within the hollow probe. | 01-26-2012 |
20130011103 | OPTOELECTRONIC CONNECTOR HAVING IMPROVED OPTICAL MODULE - An optoelectronic connector includes a cover, a circuit board mounted in the cover, and an optical module assembled to the circuit board. The optical module includes a lens module having a U-shaped receiving space, a ferrule mounted on an end of an optical waveguide, and a locking bolt releasably inserted through the lens module and assembled into the ferrule. The ferrule has two opposite side walls and adapted to be at least partly received within the receiving space. The locking bolt is configured for securely mounting the ferrule and lens module together. | 01-10-2013 |
20130266275 | COAXIAL CONNECTOR WITH INGRESS REDUCTION SHIELD - A coaxial connector with an F female end shield is configured to restrict RF ingress. | 10-10-2013 |
20140093214 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AN OPTICAL INTERCONNECT SYSTEM - Provided are a method and a system, in which a first device aligns a chip to a socket along a first axis. A second device aligns the chip to the socket along a second axis, and a third device aligns the chip to the socket along a plane formed by the first axis and a third axis. Also provided is a system comprising a first optical element, and a second optical element, where a first elastic element is coupled to the first optical element, and a second elastic element is coupled to the second optical element, and where the first elastic element is aligned to the second elastic element via elastic coupling. | 04-03-2014 |
20140348473 | Optical Cable Assembly, an Optical Module, and a Method for Mounting an Optical Cable Assembly to an Optical Module - An optical cable assembly is provided, an optical cable provided with one or more optical fibers, a strain-relieve device mounted on the optical cable and configured to provide a strain relieve when the optical cable is fed into an optical module through an opening in a housing of the optical module, wherein the strain-relieve device is provided with an adjustment mechanism configured to adjust a distance between an end portion of the one or more optical fibers and the strain-relieve device. Furthermore, an optical module and a method for assembling an optical cable assembly are provided. | 11-27-2014 |
20140355937 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM HAVING A FLOATABLE CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY - Communication system including a support frame having a pair of spacer walls that oppose each other. The spacer walls defines a receiving gap directly therebetween. The communication system also includes a floatable connector assembly including a connector module and a communication cable coupled to the connector module. The connector module is configured to engage a mating module along a central axis to establish a communicative connection. At least a portion of the connector assembly is disposed between the spacer walls within the receiving gap. The communication system also includes a positioning gasket having a plurality of alignment members that directly engage at least one of the connector assembly or the support frame. The alignment members permit the connector assembly to float with respect to the support frame during the mating operation in a direction that is transverse to the central axis. | 12-04-2014 |
20150147037 | OPTICAL RECEPTACLES HAVING COMPLIANCE SUPPORT INTERFACE FOR FACILITATING ALIGNMENT WITH FIBER OPTIC CONNECTORS DURING INSERTION, AND RELATED COMPONENTS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS - Optical receptacles having compliance for facilitating alignment with fiber optic connectors during insertion, and related components, systems and methods are disclosed. In one example, an optical receptacle disposed in a receptacle optical assembly optically connects to a fiber optic component, for example, a ferrule, for facilitating transmission of an optical signal from the optical receptacle to the exemplary ferrule. A support interface between the optical receptacle and receptacle housing contains a compliance feature that permits the optical receptacle to move with respect to the receptacle housing during insertion of the fiber optic connector. An insertion force of the fiber optic connector causes the optical receptacle to be able to move into optical alignment with the connector during insertion of the fiber optic connector, thereby moving ferrule(s) of the fiber optic connector into optical alignment with the ferrule(s) of the optical receptacle. | 05-28-2015 |
20150309267 | FIBER OPTIC INTERFACE DEVICES FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES - Fiber optic interface devices ( | 10-29-2015 |
20150316735 | FIBER OPTIC CONNECTOR FOR LASER SOURCES - Connectors for optically coupling radiation accurately from radiation sources into waveguides in medical applications are provided. A preferred embodiment for coupling laser sources into optical fibers provides a connector comprising an outer body for handling connector; a two-part ferrule; an inner body which protects ferrule and holds its two parts together; a collet chuck through which an optical fiber is introduced; a spring; a ferrule interlock; and bending protection with a long fiber protection end. Main features are that the inner body moves within the outer body longitudinally, the spring-loaded ferrules move against a fixed position element in the laser housing via the spring load, and their relative shapes are designed to be assembled in only one possible angle position, thus maintaining alignment of elements to reduce/avoid lost power absorbed by the connector's proximal end due to coupling. The ferrule is mounted inside the connector and does not emerge from it for protecting the ferrule. In another embodiment the connector provides an electronic signature such as an RFID tag for waveguide recognition in a position close enough to the laser source to ensure identification. Additionally, the connector has an optional electric power and signal port. | 11-05-2015 |
385091000 | Fiber permanently fixed after adjustment | 4 |
20080232747 | Optical axis adjusting method, optical module producing method, optical axis adjusting apparatus, and optical module - An optical axis adjusting method for adjusting a tilt angle of an optical axis in two regions optically coupled in a holding member includes the steps of: roughly adjusting the optical axis by irradiating a first region on the holding member with a laser beam; and finely adjusting the optical axis by irradiating a second region on the holding member with a laser beam. One of the two regions is set as a reference point. The first region is located closer to the reference point, while the second region is located further from the reference point. | 09-25-2008 |
20100310214 | OPTICAL CONNECTING STRUCTURE - An optical connecting structure has an optical fiber, a pressing member having a circular outer cross section, and an optical member, wherein the optical member has an optical element, an optical fiber stopper structure, and an optical fiber holding groove, wherein the optical fiber stopper structure is positioned between the optical element and the optical fiber holding groove, wherein the optical fiber is inserted along the optical fiber holding groove so as to contact with the optical fiber stopper structure, and wherein the pressing member is arranged on the optical fiber holding groove mutually perpendicular, the pressing member presses the upper surface of the optical fiber to a direction of a bottom of the optical fiber holding groove, and the optical fiber and the optical element are thereby optically connected. | 12-09-2010 |
20120257861 | Optical Fiber Communication Device - An optical fiber communication device is applicable to positioning an optical fiber cable having a first optical fiber connector. The optical fiber communication device includes a main body and a positioning slot. The main body has a case and a second optical fiber connector for the first optical fiber connector to be inserted therein. The positioning slot is disposed continuously around the periphery of the case of the main body in an outwardly open manner, thereby providing a space for the optical fiber cable to be received therein, and positioning the optical fiber cable. The optical fiber communication device winds up the optical fiber cable around the main body through the positioning slot, without assembling/disassembling a coiling drum, thereby efficiently simplifying the process of positioning the optical fiber cable in the optical fiber communication device. | 10-11-2012 |
20150378114 | OPTICAL TRANSMISSION AND RECEIVING DEVICE FOR IMPLEMENTING PASSIVE ALIGNMENT OF COMPONENTS AND METHOD FOR PASSIVELY ALIGNING COMPONENTS - An optical device for implementing passive alignment of parts and a method therefor, more particularly an optical device and a method therefor that utilize an alignment reference part arranged on the substrate to passively align an optical element part with a lens-optical fiber connection part. For the passive alignment of parts, connection pillars of an alignment reference part are coupled to substrate holes, one or more light-emitting elements and one or more light-receiving elements are aligned in a row in a particular interval with respect to alignment holes arranged opposite each other in the alignment reference part, a lens-optical fiber connection part is aligned with respect to the alignment holes, and an optical fiber is aligned with the optical alignment point at a surface of a prism forming a portion of the lens-optical fiber connection part. | 12-31-2015 |