G02B 6/38875
Protection from bending or twisting
Official title: {Protection from bending or twisting}
G02B6/38875 (Protection from bending or twisting) appears on 630 US grants and 593 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Optical connector28 Apr 2026US 12,613,380 B2Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
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- 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
- Optical connector boot3 Sep 2026US 2026/0259381 A1Fujikura Ltd.
- Push-pull tail sleeve for optical fiber connectors27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251855 A1Accelink Technology Co., Limited
- Cable enclosure structurally configured to connect different fiber optic connector types with an adapter while minimizing cable bends so as to mitigate signal loss27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251876 A1Ppc Broadband, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Preconnectorized fiber optic drop cables and assemblies422US 7,090,406 B2Corning Cable Systems LLC · 2006
- 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
- Multi-fiber optic receptacle and plug assembly281US 7,264,402 B2Corning Cable Systems LLC · 2007
- Single boot for duplex fiber optic connectors250US 7,641,398 B22010