US Patent Issued to VIAVI Solutions on April 29 for "Monitoring air pressure and flow in a fiber cleaning device" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,783, issued on April 29, was assigned to VIAVI Solutions Inc. (Chandler, Ariz.).

"Monitoring air pressure and flow in a fiber cleaning device" was invented by Gordon MacKay (Seattle), Kevin Cassady (Monroe, Wash.), Peter Kriofske (Seattle), William Shawn Rosenau (Everett, Wash.) and Brad Basler (Everett, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for cleaning an end face of an optical fiber may receive a first pressure signal from a first pressure sensor, wherein the device includes a pneumatic circuit, wherein the pneumatic circuit includes: one or more circuit components, the first pressure sensor, and a second pressure sensor. T...