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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2012
Venkata Adiseshaiah Bhagavatula, Big Flats, NY (US);
Jeffery Alan Demeritt, Painted Post, NY (US);
Davide Domenico Fortusini, Ithaca, NY (US);
Jacques Gollier, Painted Post, NY (US);
James Phillip Luther, Hickory, NC (US);
Venkata Adiseshaiah Bhagavatula, Big Flats, NY (US);
Jeffery Alan DeMeritt, Painted Post, NY (US);
Davide Domenico Fortusini, Ithaca, NY (US);
Jacques Gollier, Painted Post, NY (US);
James Phillip Luther, Hickory, NC (US);
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
A receptacle ferrule assembly for a fiber optic receptacle connector. The receptacle ferrule assembly comprises a first lens with first second optical surfaces and a receptacle ferrule body having first and second ends. At least one monolithic optical system is formed in a monolithic receptacle ferrule body and includes a lens formed at the second end of monolithic receptacle ferrule body and an optical surface formed at the first end of monolithic receptacle ferrule body. The optical surface is situated adjacent to, and mated to the second optical surface of the first lens The monolithic optical system is configured, in conjunction with the first lens, to define a receptacle optical pathway from the second end of the monolithic optical system to the first surface of the first lens. According to some embodiments the first lens is a gradient index lens.