The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Sep. 18, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2006
Chuck Stahulak, Chicago, IL (US);
Bruce Barnes, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Wayne Heinmiller, Elgin, IL (US);
Shadi Khoshaba, Skokie, IL (US);
Nikhil Marathe, Chicago, IL (US);
Henry Towster, Barrington, IL (US);
Chuck Stahulak, Chicago, IL (US);
Bruce Barnes, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Wayne Heinmiller, Elgin, IL (US);
Shadi Khoshaba, Skokie, IL (US);
Nikhil Marathe, Chicago, IL (US);
Henry Towster, Barrington, IL (US);
SBC Knowledge Ventures, L.P., Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
An optical fiber for information transmission contains a glass tube core wrapped in a sheath of conductive material attachable to a power source such as a battery or generator to transmit power via the conductive sheath of the fiber. Methods to transmit power via an optical fiber, together with fiber optic networks are described.