RANDALL B PAUL
Engineers in Elizabethville, PA

5643064, Jul 1, 1997

Jun 19, 1996

8/668028

Soren Grinderslev - Hummelstown PA
Nancy Lebeis Miller - Harrisburg PA
Randall B. Paul - Elizabethville PA

The Whitaker Corporation - Wilmington DE

B24B 1900

451378

A polishing fixture (20) for use with a polishing machine comprises a plurality of clamping assemblies (41) (22). The fixture (20) includes a connector holder plate (28) which has a perimeter edge (30). A plurality of slots (42) obliquely extend inwardly from the perimeter edge (30) through the plate (28). A force transmitting body (26) having an internal rim (32) is positioned around the perimeter edge (30) of the connector holder plate (28) so as to provide a camming action against convex cam surfaces (52). The camming action of the internal rim (32) of the force transmitting body (26) and the convex cam surface (52) on the perimeter (30) of the connector holder plate (28) deflect a corresponding beam (44) inwardly to clamp a connector (49) positioned in a corresponding one of the camping assemblies (41).

5720653, Feb 24, 1998

Aug 30, 1996

8/705931

Nancy Lebeis Miller - Harrisburg PA
Randall B. Paul - Elizabethville PA
Marinus Hendrikus Johannes Kreijveld - Sint-Oedenrode, NL

The Whitaker - Wilmington DE

B24B 722

451278

An optical fiber connector polishing fixture (20) for use with a polishing machine (22). The polishing machine polishes optical fiber connectors which are retained in such fixture by clamping a ferrule of the connector in a connector clamping assembly (32). The fixture (20) includes a plate portion (24) which has a perimeter edge. A plurality of arms (28) extend from the plate portion (24) for attachment to a polishing machine (22). A plurality of segments (30) of said plate portion are defined by areas between neighboring arms (28). A plurality of connector clamping assemblies (32) are positioned within each segment (30) of the plate portion (24). These connector clamping assemblies (32) are generally, radially oriented within the corresponding segment (30). Each clamping assembly (32) includes a nest (46) for retaining a connector, a primary slot (48) extending from the perimeter of the plate portion through the nest (46), and a secondary slot (50) spaced away from the primary slot (48) and extending from the perimeter of the plate portion to a position proximate to the nest (46). A moveable beam (52) is defined between the primary slot (48) and the secondary slot (50) and is displaceable relative to the plate portion by a clamping mechanism (44) attached thereto for clamping a connector within the nest.

5243681, Sep 7, 1993

Apr 13, 1992

7/867582

Terry P. Bowen - Etters PA
Gregory A. Livingston - Highspire PA
Randall B. Paul - Elizabethville PA
Robert W. Roff - Westfield NJ

AMP Incorporated - Harrisburg PA

G02B 632

385140

A connector assembly (10) for connecting a laser diode (14) and an optical fiber (12). The assembly (10) includes an optical connector subassembly (26) having an input for collecting optical energy emitted by the laser diode (14) and an output for transmitting a beam of the collected optical energy to the optical fiber (12), and attenuation means (24) between the input and the output for reducing the power of the beam of collected optical energy at the output to be transmitted to the optical fiber (12). A connector assembly of the present invention is effective in transmitting energy from a light source to an optical fiber with the same accuracy of alignment as a coupling of an optical fiber to an optical fiber; and, at the same time, is effective in controlling the power of the transmitted energy to protect against accidental injury due to inadvertent viewing of the light source when the optical fiber is disconnected from the assembly and to control the power of the optical energy entering the optical fiber.

5711701, Jan 27, 1998

Nov 26, 1996

8/756465

Soren Grinderslev - Hummelstown PA
Randall B. Paul - Elizabethville PA

The Whitaker Corporation - Wilmington DE

B24B 100

451378

A polishing fixture (20) having nests (48) for releasably holding optical fiber connectors during polishing, inclined beams (44a) being deflectable to narrow the nests (48) and hold optical fiber connectors received in the nests (48), and a force transmitting body (26) avoiding jamming against the inclined beams (44a) by being moveable beside each of the beams (44a) in a direction that unopposes the direction toward which deflected portions of the inclined beams (44a) point.

7044661, May 16, 2006

Jan 29, 2002

10/470328

John Rowlette - Fremont CA, US
Richard Buterbaugh - Middletown PA, US
Robert Fair - York PA, US
Randall Paul - Elizabethville PA, US

Tyco Electronics Corporation - Middletown PA

G02B 6/255, G02B 6/44, G02B 6/00

385 94, 385100, 385147

An optical package () suitable for use in a moist environment, the assembly comprising: (a) an optical component (); (b) a housing () defining at least a main compartment containing the optic al component () and at least one access route along which ambient moisture must travel to reach the optical component (); and (c) a desiccant material () disposed along the access route such that moisture entering the housing () contacts the desiccant material () before reaching the optical component ().

7722261, May 25, 2010

Jul 30, 2007

11/881975

Michael Aaron Kadar-Kallen - Harrisburg PA, US
Soren Grinderslev - Hummelstown PA, US
Randall Bobby Paul - Elizabethville PA, US

Tyco Electronics Corporation - Middletown PA

G02B 6/38

385 74, 385 72, 385 79

An optical connector comprising: (a) a lens; (b) a ferrule assembly comprising a ferrule with an endface and at least one fiber in the ferrule having a fiber end presented at the endface; (c) a housing for holding the ferrule assembly and the lens in a certain axial and radial relationship; and (d) a glass element having a first and second surface, the first surface affixed to the endface such that it is in physical contact with the fiber end, the second surface having an AR coating and defining a space between it and the lens.

8511909, Aug 20, 2013

Apr 8, 2010

12/756600

Michael Aaron Kadar-Kallen - Harrisburg PA, US
Soren Grinderslev - Hummelstown PA, US
Randall Bobby Paul - Elizabethville PA, US

Tyco Electronics Corporation - Berwyn PA

G02B 6/38

385 74, 156160, 29428, 385 72, 385 80

An optical connector comprising: (a) a lens; (b) a ferrule assembly comprising a ferrule with an endface and at least one fiber in the ferrule having a fiber end presented at the endface; (c) a housing for holding the ferrule assembly and the lens in a certain axial and radial relationship; and (d) a glass element having a first and second surface, the first surface affixed to the endface such that it is in physical contact with the fiber end, the second surface having an AR coating and defining a space between it and the lens.