G02B 6/3887
Anchoring optical cables to connector housings
Official title: {Anchoring optical cables to connector housings, e.g. strain relief features}
G02B6/3887 (Anchoring optical cables to connector housings) appears on 1,902 US grants and 1,524 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
- Fiber optic adapter assembly8 Sep 2026US 12,730,267 B2CommScope Connectivity Belgium BVBA
- 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
- Push-pull type MPO connector28 Jul 2026US 12,693,480 B1
- Optical cable assembly with mismatched fiber length14 Jul 2026US 12,681,241 B23M Innovative Properties Company
- Clamping cable for connector units and cable connector unit comprising such a clamping element23 Jun 2026US 12,665,349 B2Neutrik AG
- Fiber optic connectors having one or more optical terminals24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287826 A1Corning Research & Development Corporation
- Co-packaged optics structure with optical connectors having waveguide stress relief features24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287830 A1International Business Machines Corporation
- Arrangement for Strain Relief of a Cable, Plug Connector Arrangement, and Method for Mounting a Cable in a Plug Connector17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276904 A1Rosenberger Hochfrequenztechnik GmbH & Co. KG
- Connector10 Sep 2026US 2026/0267076 A1Sumitomo Electric Optifrontier Co., Ltd.
- Fiber optic connector with boot or coupler that is removeable and/or mountable after affixation of the fiber optic connector to a cable10 Sep 2026US 2026/0267081 A1CommScope Technologies LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Fiber optic plug571US 6,648,520 B2Corning Cable Systems LLC · 2003
- Preconnectorized fiber optic drop cables and assemblies422US 7,090,406 B2Corning Cable Systems LLC · 2006
- Optical fiber ferrule connector having enhanced provisions for tuning418US 5,212,752 AAT&T Bell Laboratories · 1993
- Fiber optic drop cables and preconnectorized assemblies having toning portions407US 7,113,679 B2Corning Cable Systems LLC · 2006
- Connector for optical fiber402US 5,481,634 AAT&T Corp. · 1996