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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2023
Applicant:
Corning Research & Development Corporation, Corning, NY (US);
Inventors:
James Ronald Merriken, Granite Falls, NC (US);
Charles Gregory Stroup, Lincolnton, NC (US);
Assignee:
CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, Corning, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/3885 (2013.01); G02B 6/3833 (2013.01); G02B 6/3855 (2013.01); G02B 6/3863 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a multi-fiber optical ferrule that includes a protrusion on the ferrule end face that surrounds and encompasses ferrule microholes on the ferrule end face. The protrusion is shaped and is deformable upon contact with a contact target such that alignment of optical fibers within the ferrule can be controlled. Stated another way, the protrusion enables precision control of the fiber position relative to the ferrule end face.