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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:
Jun. 06, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2013
Applicant:
Ofs Fitel, Llc, Norcross, GA (US);
Inventors:
William R Holland, Upper Black Eddy, PA (US);
Sean Sullivan, Keansburg, NJ (US);
William J Strachan, Hillsborough, NJ (US);
Assignee:
OFS FITEL, LLC, Norcross, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/255 (2006.01); G02B 6/28 (2006.01); G01K 11/32 (2006.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/255 (2013.01); G01K 11/32 (2013.01); G02B 6/2856 (2013.01); G06F 11/3041 (2013.01); G06F 11/3058 (2013.01); G06F 11/3093 (2013.01);
Abstract
The disclosed embodiments show a fused fiber combiner with sensors that are strategically located at various locations, thereby permitting performance monitoring of the fused fiber combiner. Additionally, the disclosed embodiments show various processes for determining causes of any performance degradations.