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Patent Issued for Fiber Optic Module

2012 AUG 22 (VerticalNews) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Telecommunications Weekly -- ADC Telecommunications, Inc. (Eden Prairie, MN) has been issued patent number 8238708, according to news reporting originating out of Alexandria, Virginia, by VerticalNews editors.

The patent's inventors are Rapp, David E. (Eden Prairie, MN); Bolster, Kristofer (Jordan, MN).

This patent was filed on February 28, 2011 and was cleared and issued on August 7, 2012.

From the background information supplied by the inventors, news correspondents obtained the following quote: "As demand for telecommunications increases, fiber optic networks are being extended in more and more areas. With the extension of optical fiber networks, there is a need for peripheral equipment that can efficiently extend the fiber optic service into areas where current and future customers are located. In addition, there is a need to detect potential fiber optic service interruptions before fiber optic service is lost.

"As demand for telecommunications increases, fiber optic networks are being extended in more and more areas. With the extension of optical fiber networks, there is a need for peripheral equipment that can efficiently extend the fiber optic service into areas where current and future customers are located. In addition, there is a need to detect potential fiber optic service interruptions before fiber optic service is lost."

Supplementing the background information on this patent, VerticalNews reporters also obtained the inventors' summary information for this patent: "An aspect of the present disclosure relates to a fiber optic module having a housing that defines an interior region. A bulkhead assembly is in engagement with the housing and includes a plurality of input adapter ports, a plurality of output adapter ports, and a plurality of monitor ports. A high-density planar lightwave circuit chip is disposed in the interior region of the housing.

"Another aspect of the present disclosure relates to a fiber optic module having a housing that defines an interior region of the housing. A bulkhead assembly is in engagement with the housing. The bulkhead assembly includes a plurality of input adapter ports, a plurality of output adapter ports, and a plurality of monitor ports. A high-density planar lightwave circuit chip is disposed in the interior region of the housing. The high-density planar lightwave circuit chip includes optical splitters that are in optical communication with the input adapter ports, the output adapter ports, and the monitor ports.

"Another aspect of the present disclosure relates to a fiber optic module having a housing that defines an interior region of the housing. A bulkhead assembly is in connected engagement with the housing. The bulkhead assembly includes a plurality of input adapter ports, a plurality of output adapter ports, and a plurality of monitor ports. A high-density planar lightwave circuit chip is disposed in the interior region of the housing. The high-density planar lightwave circuit chip includes optical splitters. At least one optical flex circuit in communication with the high-density planar lightwave circuit chip and the output adapter ports and the monitor ports is disposed in the interior region.

"Another aspect of the present disclosure relates to a fiber optic module having a housing defining an interior region. A bulkhead assembly is in engagement with the housing. The bulkhead assembly includes a bulkhead plate, a plurality of input adapter ports, a plurality of output adapter ports, and a plurality of monitor ports. The monitor ports are dual LC-type adapters. A high-density planar lightwave circuit chip is disposed in the interior region of the housing. The high-density planar lightwave circuit chip includes at least thirty-six optical splitters. At least one optical flex circuit in communication with the high-density planar lightwave circuit chip and the output adapter ports and the monitor ports is disposed in the interior region.

"A variety of additional inventive aspects will be set forth in the description that follows. The inventive aspects can relate to individual features and to combinations of features. It is to be understood that both the forgoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the broad inventive concepts upon which the embodiments disclosed herein are based."

For the URL and additional information on this patent, see: Rapp, David E.; Bolster, Kristofer. Fiber Optic Module. U.S. Patent Number 8238708, filed February 28, 2011, and issued August 7, 2012. Patent URL: http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=34&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1700&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20120807.PD.&OS=ISD/20120807&RS=ISD/20120807

Keywords for this news article include: ADC Telecommunications Inc..