G02B 6/3817
Containing optical and electrical conductors
Official title: {containing optical and electrical conductors (cables including electrical and optical conductors H01B11/22; G02B6/3816 takes precedence)}
G02B6/3817 (Containing optical and electrical conductors) appears on 804 US grants and 779 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 804
- Published applications
- 779
- Assignees
- 383
- Inventors
- 1,394
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
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| 2026 | 16 | 25 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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- Hybrid fiber and electrical connector and termination tube18 Jun 2026US 2026/0169228 A1Panduit Corp.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Optical fiber connection monitoring apparatus, patch panel control system and method of using same341US 5,394,503 AData Switch Corporation · 1995
- Multi-port pluggable transceiver (MPPT) with multiple LC duplex optical receptacles287US 7,090,509 B1Stratos International, Inc. · 2006
- Distribution frame and optical connector holder combination254US 5,265,187 ANorthern Telecom Limited · 1993
- Removable transceiver module and receptacle254US 5,879,173 AMethode Electronics, Inc. · 1999
- Optical fiber cable tracing system218US 6,456,768 B1Fitel USA Corp. · 2002