G02B 6/3809
Without a ferrule embedding the fibre end, i.e. with bare fibre end
Official title: {without a ferrule embedding the fibre end, i.e. with bare fibre end}
G02B6/3809 (Without a ferrule embedding the fibre end, i.e. with bare fibre end) appears on 234 US grants and 215 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 234
- Published applications
- 215
- Assignees
- 132
- Inventors
- 430
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
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| 2024 | 8 | 4 |
| 2025 | 7 | 4 |
| 2026 | 2 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Multi-fiber reusable splicing systems21 Oct 2025US 12,449,610 B2CommScope Technologies LLC
- Multi-fiber semi-permanent splicing systems30 Sep 2025US 12,429,652 B2CommScope Technologies LLC
- High-density optical connector and optical module including the same11 Jun 2026US 2026/0160954 A1Senko Advanced Components, Inc.
- Automatic shutter assembly for multi-fiber connection systems4 Jun 2026US 2026/0153684 A1CommScope Technologies LLC
- Multi-fiber reusable splicing systems16 Apr 2026US 2026/0104549 A1CommScope Technologies LLC
- Coupling fiber optic strands by aligning the ends of the fiber optic strands5 Feb 2026US 2026/0036751 A1AT&T Intellectual Property I, L. P.
- Optical coupling device with alignment features2 Oct 2025US 2025/0306317 A1Intel Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Self-aligning optical fiber connector205US 4,354,731 AE. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company · 1982
- Cable termination assembly and method for connectors100US 9,268,102 B2Tyco Electronics Raychem BVBA · 2016
- Connector construction79US 4,225,214 ATRW Inc. · 1980
- Optical fiber connector79US 8,864,390 B2Molex Incorporated · 2014
- Connectors for plastic optical fiber78US 6,325,549 B1Lucent Technologies Inc. · 2001