US Patent Issued to US Conec on Feb. 4 for "External laser source physical contact verification of a fiber optic ferrule" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,216,316, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to US Conec Ltd. (Hickory, N.C.).

"External laser source physical contact verification of a fiber optic ferrule" was invented by Michael E. Hughes (Hickory, N.C.) and Darrell R. Childers (Hickory, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fiber optic ferrule having an angled endface is used in a system where the system can detect back reflection if there is an air gap but not if the fiber optic ferrule is physically mated to another optical device such as a fiber optic ferrule or transceiver. The angle of the end face is preferably between 3 and 5deg and most preferably about 4deg for most systems. No s...