- Patent Title: Flexible lensed optical interconnect device for signal distribution
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Application No.: US16027946Application Date: 2018-07-05
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Publication No.: US10451809B2Publication Date: 2019-10-22
- Inventor: James Joseph Eberle, Jr. , Bruce Eltringham Barry
- Applicant: CommScope Technologies LLC
- Applicant Address: US NC Hickory
- Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
- Current Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Hickory
- Agency: Merchant & Gould P.C.
- Main IPC: G02B6/36
- IPC: G02B6/36 ; G02B6/32 ; G02B6/44 ; G02B6/38

Abstract:
A method and device for interconnecting optical components, such as optical fibers and optical circuits, in a flexible, repeatable, and cost-effective manner. Two or more optical components are interconnected by a flexible optical circuit substrate bearing one or more embedded optical fibers with a lens at each end of each fiber. The flexible optical circuit may be incorporated into a housing bearing apertures for receiving the optical connectors of the optical components that are to be interconnected with the device. The lensed ends of the fibers embedded in the flexible optical circuit are positioned adjacent to the apertures for optically connecting to the fibers within the connectors installed in the apertures without conventional mating connectors disposed inside the housing.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190018200A1 FLEXIBLE LENSED OPTICAL INTERCONNECT DEVICE FOR SIGNAL DISTRIBUTION Public/Granted day:2019-01-17
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