G02B 6/385
Accessories for testing or observation of connectors
Official title: {Accessories for testing or observation of connectors (means for centering or aligning the light guide within the ferrule with auxiliary facilities for movably aligning or adjusting the fibre within its ferrule, measuring position, eccentricity G02B6/3843; mechanical features associated with the optical testing of optical fibres G01M11/088)}
G02B6/385 (Accessories for testing or observation of connectors) appears on 255 US grants and 287 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Precision non-contact measurement of core-to-ferrule offset vectors for fiber optic assemblies25 Aug 2026US 12,716,809 B2Corning Research & Development Corporation
- Optical test device and connector adapter11 Aug 2026US 12,704,435 B2EXFO Inc.
- Ferrule profile imaging and measurement3 Mar 2026US 12,566,300 B2Viavi Solutions Inc.
- Focus position encoders for optical fiber inspection device24 Feb 2026US 12,561,794 B2Viavi Solutions Inc.
- Active traceable fiber optic cable1 Oct 2026US 2026/0303206 A1Panduit Corp.
- Method for detecting ferrule of optical fiber, system for detecting ferrule of optical fiber, storage media, and electronic device3 Sep 2026US 2026/0259108 A1WuHan Raycus Fiber Laser Technologies CO., LTD
- Optical fibre connection fault detector20 Aug 2026US 2026/0243970 A1DexGreen Limited
- Automated inspection and cleaning of optical fiber components6 Aug 2026US 2026/0227279 A1Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Method to change reflectance of an end of an optical fiber23 Jul 2026US 2026/0211184 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Optical fiber enclosure system240US 7,068,907 B2Fiber Optic Network Solutions Corporation · 2006
- Optical fiber enclosure system216US 6,845,207 B2Fiber Optic Network Solutions Corporation · 2005
- Optical fiber connectors with identification circuits and distribution terminals that communicate therewith162US 7,123,810 B2BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation · 2006
- Radio frequency identification for transfer of component information in fiber optic testing152US 7,165,728 B2Stratos International, Inc. · 2007
- Fiber breakout with radio frequency identification device136US 7,349,605 B2ADC Telecommunications, Inc. · 2008