G02B 6/422
Active alignment, i.e. moving the elements in response to the detected degree
Official title: {Active alignment, i.e. moving the elements in response to the detected degree of coupling or position of the elements (G02B6/4233, G02B6/4234 take precedence)}
G02B6/422 (Active alignment, i.e. moving the elements in response to the detected degree) appears on 1,722 US grants and 1,377 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Granted patents
Recent patents
- Method and system for aligning and splicing polarization maintaining fibers15 Sep 2026US 12,736,750 B2RAM Photonics Interconnects, LLC
- Methods for aligning an optical connector with an optical component18 Aug 2026US 12,710,605 B2Mellanox Technologies, Ltd.
- Laser apparatus and laser machining apparatus using same18 Aug 2026US 12,710,620 B2Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Optical devices, systems, and methods for waveguide alignment4 Aug 2026US 12,699,236 B2Mellanox Technologies, Ltd.
- Photonic integrated circuit chip4 Aug 2026US 12,699,242 B2Wistron Corporation
- Optical component8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309939 A1NTT, Inc.
- Optical fiber positioning device17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276912 A1GLOBALFOUNDRIES U. S. Inc.
- Laser source transmission system and manufacturing method of the same17 Sep 2026US 2026/0280715 A1AuthenX Inc.
- Optoelectrical connector for intravascular lithotripsy device10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263150 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Bonding structure, photonic integrated circuit, and method for active alignment of optical axis of semiconductor optical device with optical axis of optical circuit on substrate27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251848 A1
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By later US patents
- Method of manufacturing surface textured high-efficiency radiating devices and devices obtained therefrom275US 6,504,180 B1Bruseel · 2003
- High frequency emmitter and detector packaging scheme for 10GB/S transceiver224US 7,008,120 B2Intel Corporation · 2006
- Oscillating fiber optic display and imager201US 5,727,098 A1998
- Thermal arched beam microelectromechanical switching array171US 5,955,817 AMcnc · 1999
- Method and system for optically coupling a laser with a transducer in an energy assisted magnetic recording disk drive158US 8,593,914 B2Western Digital (Fremont), LLC · 2013