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公开(公告)号:US10830970B2
公开(公告)日:2020-11-10
申请号:US16725862
申请日:2019-12-23
Applicant: COMMSCOPE CONNECTIVITY BELGIUM BVBA
Inventor: Jan Watté , Danny Willy August Verheyden , Marc Schouteden , Peter Verschraegen , Marc Eugène Bervoets
Abstract: An optical fiber alignment mechanism (100) operates to align optical fibers (102). The mechanism can include a key element (120, 130) arranged on the cladding (112) of an optical fiber (102). The key element (120, 130) can engage with a corresponding element of another optical fiber (102) to align the cores (108) of the mating optical fibers. The key element (120) of an optical fiber (102) can also be inserted into a corresponding keyway (226) of a fiber alignment hole (222) of a ferrule (200) such that the optical fiber (102) is oriented properly within the ferrule (200).
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公开(公告)号:US11966080B2
公开(公告)日:2024-04-23
申请号:US18046331
申请日:2022-10-13
Applicant: COMMSCOPE CONNECTIVITY BELGIUM BVBA
Inventor: Stefano Beri , Danny Willy August Verheyden , Jan Watté , Roel Modest Willy Bryon , Kristof Vastmans , Johan Geens
CPC classification number: G02B6/2558 , G02B6/2556 , G02B6/3801 , G02B6/4454
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an optical splice package for splicing together first and second optical fibers or first and second sets of optical fibers. The optical fibers have elastic bending characteristics. The splice package includes a splice housing including a mechanical alignment feature for co-axially aligning ends of the first and second optical fibers or sets of optical fibers within the splice housing. The splice housing contains adhesive for securing the ends of the first and second optical fibers or sets of optical fibers within the splice housing. The optical package has a weight less than a spring force corresponding to the elastic bending characteristics of the first and second optical fibers or sets of optical fibers.
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公开(公告)号:US11474295B2
公开(公告)日:2022-10-18
申请号:US16328474
申请日:2017-08-24
Applicant: COMMSCOPE CONNECTIVITY BELGIUM BVBA
Inventor: Stefano Beri , Danny Willy August Verheyden , Jan Watté , Roel Modest Willy Bryon , Kristof Vastmans , Johan Geens
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an optical splice package for splicing together first and second optical fibers or first and second sets of optical fibers. The optical fibers have elastic bending characteristics. The splice package includes a splice housing including a mechanical alignment feature for co-axially aligning ends of the first and second optical fibers or sets of optical fibers within the splice housing. The splice housing contains adhesive for securing the ends of the first and second optical fibers or sets of optical fibers within the splice housing. The optical package has a weight less than a spring force corresponding to the elastic bending characteristics of the first and second optical fibers or sets of optical fibers.
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公开(公告)号:US10924182B2
公开(公告)日:2021-02-16
申请号:US15770446
申请日:2016-10-21
Applicant: COMMSCOPE CONNECTIVITY BELGIUM BVBA
Inventor: Jan Watté , Cristina Lerma Arce , Stefano Beri , Jan Jozef Julia Maria Erreygers , Koen Huybrechts
IPC: H04B10/071 , H04J14/02 , H04Q11/00
Abstract: The invention is directed to a system and method for troubleshooting in an optical data network that has a laser transmitter/receiver unit that outputs a data signal and an OTDR unit that produces an OTDR probe signal. The data and OTDR probe signals, typically at different wavelengths, are coupled into one end of a trunk fiber which is coupled at its far end to an optical circuit that includes a number of wavelength-selective optical switches and has multiple outputs that are directed to different end users. The optical switches are configurable so as to provide the OTDR probe signal to only one of the optical circuit's outputs while maintaining the data signal at the same output, while also maintaining the data signal, without the OTDR probe signal, at other outputs.
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公开(公告)号:US10564372B2
公开(公告)日:2020-02-18
申请号:US15773937
申请日:2016-11-04
Applicant: COMMSCOPE CONNECTIVITY BELGIUM BVBA
Inventor: Jan Watté , Danny Willy August Verheyden , Marc Schouteden , Peter Verschraegen , Marc Eugène Bervoets
Abstract: An optical fiber alignment mechanism (100) operates to align optical fibers (102). The mechanism can include a key element (120, 130) arranged on the cladding (112) of an optical fiber (102). The key element (120, 130) can engage with a corresponding element of another optical fiber (102) to align the cores (108) of the mating optical fibers. The key element (120) of an optical fiber (102) can also be inserted into a corresponding keyway (226) of a fiber alignment hole (222) of a ferrule (200) such that the optical fiber (102) is oriented properly within the ferrule (200).
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公开(公告)号:US10530473B2
公开(公告)日:2020-01-07
申请号:US16075259
申请日:2017-02-03
Applicant: COMMSCOPE CONNECTIVITY BELGIUM BVBA
Inventor: Koen Huybrechts , Jan Watté , Stefano Beri
IPC: H04B10/079 , G02B6/42 , G02B6/38 , G02B6/255
Abstract: A system for monitoring a signal on an optical fiber includes a fiber optic connector having a housing couplable to a receptacle. An optical fiber that transmits a first optical signal has first fiber core at least partially surrounded by a cladding and has a first end terminating proximate the housing. The first optical signal is transmitted along the first fiber core. An optical tap has a first tap waveguide arranged and is configured to receive at least part of the first optical signal as a first tap signal. The first tap waveguide comprises an output port for the first tap signal for directing the tap signal to a detector unit. In other embodiments, a detector unit detects light from the optical signal that is propagating along the fiber cladding. The system is intended to permit a technician to easily and quickly, without having to remove a connector, determine whether an optical signal is propagating along a fiber cable.
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公开(公告)号:US10114178B2
公开(公告)日:2018-10-30
申请号:US15338003
申请日:2016-10-28
Inventor: Danny Willy August Verheyden , David Donald Erdman , Michael Gurreri , Randall Bobby Paul , Jan Watté , Robert Charles Flaig , Alan Edward Plotts , Michael Aaron Kadar-Kallen , Shelly Ann Buchter , Jan Vandenbroeck , Patrick Billet , Stefano Beri , André Johannes Maria Hilderink , Hernes Jacobs , Petrus Theodorus Rutgers , Petrus Theodorus Krechting , Martijn Johannes Wolbers , Walter Mattheus , Cristian-Radu Radulescu , Paul Vits , Karel Johannes Van Assenbergh , Pieter Cornelis Johan De Jager , Henk Jan Theodoor Van Der Pol
IPC: G02B6/32 , G02B6/38 , B29D11/00 , G02B6/245 , B29K105/00
Abstract: A portable device for attaching a connector to an optical fiber, the optical fiber having an end, the device comprising means for receiving the optical fiber at the end of the optical fiber; and a connector station for autonomously attaching the connector to the optical fiber.
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公开(公告)号:US11709322B2
公开(公告)日:2023-07-25
申请号:US17034979
申请日:2020-09-28
Inventor: Danny Willy August Verheyden , David Donald Erdman , Michael Gurreri , Randall Bobby Paul , Jan Watté , Robert Charles Flaig , Alan Edward Plotts , Michael Aaron Kadar-Kallen , Shelly Ann Buchter , Jan Vandenbroeck , Patrick Billet , Stefano Beri , André Johannes Maria Hilderink , Hernes Jacobs , Petrus Theodorus Rutgers , Petrus Theodorus Krechting , Martijn Johannes Wolbers , Walter Mattheus , Cristian-Radu Radulescu , Paul Vits , Karel Johannes Van Assenbergh , Pieter Cornelis Johan De Jager , Henk Jan Theodoor Van Der Pol
CPC classification number: G02B6/3825 , B29C65/72 , B29C66/90 , B29D11/00711 , G02B6/3866 , G02B6/3898 , B29K2995/0049 , B65H2701/32 , G02B27/0006
Abstract: A portable device for attaching a connector to an optical fiber, the optical fiber having an end, the device comprising means for receiving the optical fiber at the end of the optical fiber; and a connector station for autonomously attaching the connector to the optical fiber.
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公开(公告)号:US11428868B2
公开(公告)日:2022-08-30
申请号:US16989533
申请日:2020-08-10
Applicant: CommScope Connectivity Belgium BVBA
Inventor: Jan Watté , Koen Huybrechts
Abstract: An optical fiber connector includes a coupler having a waveguide section integrally formed with a fiber attachment section. At least one waveguide is disposed in the waveguide section and has a core dimension that is greater at the end of the waveguide at the fiber attachment section. The fiber attachment section has a first surface and at least one recess formed on the first surface for aligning one or more optical fibers with the at least one waveguide. In an optical fiber component, an optical substrate has a first end and a second end, and at least one waveguide input at the first end and at least one waveguide output at the second end. An integral input portion of the substrate at the first end has one or more input optical fiber alignment elements and an integral output portion of the substrate at the second end has one or more output optical fiber alignment elements. One or more input optical fibers are positioned in the one or more input optical fiber alignment elements. One or more output optical fibers positioned in the one or more output optical fiber alignment elements.
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公开(公告)号:US11256045B2
公开(公告)日:2022-02-22
申请号:US17091134
申请日:2020-11-06
Applicant: COMMSCOPE CONNECTIVITY BELGIUM BVBA
Inventor: Jan Watté , Danny Willy August Verheyden , Marc Schouteden , Peter Verschraegen , Marc Eugène Bervoets
Abstract: An optical fiber alignment mechanism (100) operates to align optical fibers (102). The mechanism can include a key element (120, 130) arranged on the cladding (112) of an optical fiber (102). The key element (120, 130) can engage with a corresponding element of another optical fiber (102) to align the cores (108) of the mating optical fibers. The key element (120) of an optical fiber (102) can also be inserted into a corresponding keyway (226) of a fiber alignment hole (222) of a ferrule (200) such that the optical fiber (102) is oriented properly within the ferrule (200).
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