G02B 6/362
Vacuum holders for optical elements
Official title: {Vacuum holders for optical elements}
G02B6/362 (Vacuum holders for optical elements) appears on 80 US grants and 64 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 80
- Published applications
- 64
- Assignees
- 54
- Inventors
- 192
- Latest grant
- 13 Jan 2026
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| 2026 | 1 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Apparatus and method for holding optical fiber and fiber arrays via vacuum for fiber alignment and attaching13 Jan 2026US 12,523,822 B2The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
- Optical module11 Mar 2025US 12,248,181 B2Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
- Fixture and method for attaching fibers to V-grooves of photonic integrated circuit13 Aug 2024US 12,061,368 B2Google Inc.
- Fixture and method for attaching fibers to V-grooves of photonic integrated circuit4 Jul 2023US 11,693,197 B2Google Inc.
- Tray and clip structure for optomechanical components21 Mar 2023US 11,609,382 B2Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Fixture and associated methods for hermetic feedtrhough assembly17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276899 A1Corning Research & Development Corporation
- Fiber positioning apparatus utilizing vacuum-assisted retention27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251853 A1Hyperlume Inc.
- Compliant process for high-level planar assembly9 Apr 2026US 2026/0099019 A1International Business Machines Corporation
- Apparatus and method for holding optical fiber and fiber arrays via vacuum for fiber alignment and attaching27 Feb 2025US 2025/0067940 A1Government of the United States as Represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
- Automated fiber preparation and welding methods and system20 Feb 2025US 2025/0060533 A1RAM Photonics Industrial, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Optical fiber alignment method78US 5,135,590 AAT&T Bell Laboratories · 1992
- Optical alignment system77US 6,590,658 B2CyberOptics Corporation · 2003
- System and method for aligning and attaching optical fibers to optical waveguides, and products obtained thereby64US 5,926,594 ALitton Systems, Inc. · 1999
- Optical fiber alignment apparatus including guiding and securing plates62US 5,185,846 AAT&T Bell Laboratories · 1993
- Optical filter fabrication method using fiber holder with spiral groove and phase mask with spiral diffraction grating56US 6,174,648 B1Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. · 2001