ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,721, issued on March 18, was assigned to VIAVI Solutions Inc. (Chandler, Ariz.).
"Lighting and processing for microscopic measurement of a polish radius and an apex offset of a fiber optic connector" was invented by Jay Gregory Brace (Seattle), Kevin Cassady (Monroe, Wash.) and Robert Matthew Adams (Ottawa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microscope may receive a fiber optic connector via a connector adapter that includes an opening and may align a ferrule of the fiber optic connector with the opening of the connector adapter, where the ferrule includes a ferrule endface. The microscope may transmit light onto the ferrule endface an...