G02B 6/3834
Means for centering or aligning the light guide within the ferrule
Official title: {Means for centering or aligning the light guide within the ferrule}
G02B6/3834 (Means for centering or aligning the light guide within the ferrule) appears on 1,687 US grants and 1,021 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Methods of optical fiber reshaping for direct locking optical fibers and correcting core-to-ferrule eccentricity errors1 Sep 2026US 12,724,207 B2Corning Research & Development Corporation
- Precision non-contact measurement of core-to-ferrule offset vectors for fiber optic assemblies25 Aug 2026US 12,716,809 B2Corning Research & Development Corporation
- Ferrule for optical connector, optical connector, and method for manufacturing optical connector18 Aug 2026US 12,710,600 B2Fujikura Ltd.
- Multiports and other devices having connection ports with securing features and methods of making the same4 Aug 2026US 12,699,231 B2Corning Research & Development Corporation
- Optical fiber support structure28 Jul 2026US 12,693,476 B2US Conec Ltd.
- Optical interconnect with tandem ferrule8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309929 A13M Innovative Properties Company
- Method For Orienting And Terminating Polarization-Maintaining (PM) Optical Fiber And Forming A PM Optical Fiber Assembly1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299213 A1OpTek Systems, Inc.
- Optical connector, ferrule, and optical connector module17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276901 A1Enplas Corporation
- Optical fiber ferrule type connectors and fabrication method17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276902 A1Samba Photonics Lab Inc.
- Counterbalancing Torque Element for Fiber Optic Components10 Sep 2026US 2026/0267077 A1Legrand DC, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Optical fiber ferrule connector having enhanced provisions for tuning418US 5,212,752 AAT&T Bell Laboratories · 1993
- Connector for optical fiber402US 5,481,634 AAT&T Corp. · 1996
- Fiber optic connector receptacle assembly385US 6,079,881 AMolex Incorporated · 2000
- Fiber optic connector and connector sleeve assembly344US 5,971,626 ASiecor Corporation · 1999
- Fiber optic light delivery apparatus and medical instrument utilizing same293US 4,273,109 ACavitron Corporation · 1981