G02B 6/3829
Bent or angled connectors
Official title: {Bent or angled connectors (G02B6/3827 takes precedence)}
G02B6/3829 (Bent or angled connectors) appears on 250 US grants and 228 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 250
- Published applications
- 228
- Assignees
- 121
- Inventors
- 468
- Latest grant
- 14 Jul 2026
Filings by year
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| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 4 | 2 |
| 2002 | 11 | 9 |
| 2003 | 6 | 3 |
| 2004 | 9 | 9 |
| 2005 | 6 | 6 |
| 2006 | 4 | 6 |
| 2007 | 4 | 5 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4 |
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| 2010 | 4 | 6 |
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| 2012 | 2 | 5 |
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| 2014 | 4 | 16 |
| 2015 | 3 | 10 |
| 2016 | 20 | 23 |
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| 2018 | 16 | 12 |
| 2019 | 9 | 8 |
| 2020 | 9 | 11 |
| 2021 | 8 | 18 |
| 2022 | 13 | 11 |
| 2023 | 9 | 10 |
| 2024 | 13 | 13 |
| 2025 | 4 | 5 |
| 2026 | 3 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Optical cable assembly with mismatched fiber pitch16 Dec 2025US 12,498,525 B23M Innovative Properties Company
- Angled multifiber ferrule and optical fiber connectors4 Nov 2025US 12,461,319 B2Senko Advanced Components, Inc.
- Detachable optical interface with self-locking mirrors8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309935 A1Intel Corporation
- Molded Light Pipe Optical Turn30 Jul 2026US 2026/0219458 A1
- Lensed fiber optic ferrule with simplified molding21 May 2026US 2026/0140328 A1US Conec Ltd.
- A fibre optic connector body, a kit of parts, a fibre optic connector and use of the same5 Mar 2026US 2026/0063852 A1Ridgemount Technologies Limited
- Connector for avoiding debris ingress into hollow core optical fibers in cable assemblies and related method5 Feb 2026US 2026/0036761 A1Corning Research & Development Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Dielectric transmission medium connector and methods for use therewith479US 9,853,342 B2AT&T Intellectual Property I, L. P. · 2017
- Fiber optic connector assembly and wall outlet thereof223US 4,611,887 AAMP Incorporated · 1986
- Fiber optic cable guide213US 6,134,370 ASiecor Operations, LLC · 2000
- Optical fiber connecting ferrule including flexible intermediate section154US 5,218,657 AHonda Tsushin Kogyo Co., Ltd. · 1993
- Fiber optic cable and plug assembly147US 7,146,090 B2Corning Cable Systems LLC · 2006