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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2019
Applicant:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Anthony D. Kopinetz, York, PA (US);
Ashley J. Maker, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Jarrett S. Neiman, Coopersburg, PA (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/30 (2013.01); G02B 6/305 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of manufacturing an optical apparatus comprises forming an unfinished endface of a fiber array unit (FAU) that provides an arrangement of one or more optical fibers. The one or more optical fibers terminate at the unfinished endface. The method further comprises optically aligning the FAU with an external light-carrying medium. The one or more optical fibers are optically coupled with the external light-carrying medium through the unfinished endface.