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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:
Apr. 18, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2016
Applicant:
Ipg Photonics Corporation, Oxford, MA (US);
Inventors:
Mark W. Byer, Mountain View, CA (US);
Manuel J. Leonardo, San Francisco, CA (US);
Gregory L. Keaton, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
IPG PHOTONICS CORPORATION, Oxford, MA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/38 (2006.01); G02B 6/32 (2006.01); G02B 6/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/3809 (2013.01); G02B 6/32 (2013.01); G02B 6/3817 (2013.01); G02B 6/3628 (2013.01);
Abstract
A universal fiber optic connector includes a housing and a fiber attachment element configured to attach an optical fiber in the housing. The attachment element positions the optical fiber such that an end face of the fiber is held within the housing. The fiber end face is positioned such that a beam of light emerging from the fiber end face has a defined wavefront located at a specified interface.