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Granted Patent B2
US 9,753,229 · App. 14/432,038 · Granted Sep 5, 2017

Manufacture and testing of fiber optic cassette

Inventors: David Patrick Murray (Bristol, GB); Ton Bolhaar (BP Ophemert, NL); Paul Schneider (Germonde, NL); Rafael Mateo (Barcelona, ES); Luis Cabacho (Barcelona, ES); Michael Wentworth (Belle Plaine, MN); Steven J. Brandt (Savage, MN); Marcellus P J Buijs (ET Ede, NL); Alexander Dorrestein (NR Helmond, NL); Jan Willem Rietveld (Benschop, NL)
Assignees: CommScope Connectivity UK Limited; Commscope Connectivity Spain, S.L.; CommScope Asia Holdings B.V.; CommScope Technologies LLC
G02B6/3608G02B6/3861G02B6/3863G02B6/3878G02B6/3897G02B6/4453G02B6/4471G02B6/3885Y10T29/4981
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,753,229
App. No.
14/432,038
Filed
Mar 27, 2015
Granted
Sep 5, 2017
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2883
USPC
385/14
Abstract

A double flexible optical circuit includes: a flexible substrate supporting a plurality of optical fibers; a first connector terminating the optical fibers at a first end of the double flexible optical circuit; and a second connector terminating the optical fibers at a second end of the double flexible optical circuit. Each of the optical fibers is positioned in one of a plurality of separate extensions formed by the flexible substrate as the optical fibers extend from the first connector to the second connector. The first and second connectors are configured to be tested when the first and second connectors are connected through the double flexible optical circuit. The double flexible optical circuit is configured to be divided in half once the testing is complete to form two separate flexible optical circuits.

Claims (5)

1. A fixture for a flexible optical circuit, the fixture comprising:

a main body having a base defining a plurality of holes sized to receive ferrules and a plurality of channels positioned to receive extensions of the flexible optical circuit, with the extensions of the flexible optical circuit being terminated by the ferrules;

the base being sized to receive a substrate of the flexible optical circuit, the substrate being coupled to the extensions of the flexible optical circuit; and

a clamp member positioned to hold the ferrules in place within the holes during assembly of the flexible optical circuit.

2. The fixture of claim 1 , further comprising a member sized to hold a connector positioned at an end of the flexible optical circuit opposite to that of the extensions.

Assignments (23)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST AT REEL/FRAME 049905/0504 Recorded Dec 19, 2024
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC (F/K/A ARRIS ENTERPRISES, INC.); ARRIS TECHNOLOGY, INC.; ARRIS SOLUTIONS, INC.; COMMSCOPE, INC. OF NORTH CAROLINA; COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC; RUCKUS WIRELESS, LLC (F/K/A RUCKUS WIRELESS, INC.)
Reel/Frame 071477/0255 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 17, 2024
From: ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC; COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC; COMMSCOPE INC., OF NORTH CAROLINA; OUTDOOR WIRELESS NETWORKS LLC; RUCKUS IP HOLDINGS LLC
To: APOLLO ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCY LLC
Reel/Frame 069889/0114 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 19, 2021
From: ARRIS SOLUTIONS, INC.; ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC; COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC; COMMSCOPE, INC. OF NORTH CAROLINA; RUCKUS WIRELESS, INC.
To: WILMINGTON TRUST
Reel/Frame 060752/0001 →
TERM LOAN SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jul 3, 2019
From: COMMSCOPE, INC. OF NORTH CAROLINA; COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC; ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC; ARRIS TECHNOLOGY, INC.; RUCKUS WIRELESS, INC.; ARRIS SOLUTIONS, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 049905/0504 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jul 3, 2019
From: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 049892/0051 →
ABL SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jul 3, 2019
From: COMMSCOPE, INC. OF NORTH CAROLINA; COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC; ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC; ARRIS TECHNOLOGY, INC.; RUCKUS WIRELESS, INC.; ARRIS SOLUTIONS, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 049892/0396 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 9, 2019
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
To: REDWOOD SYSTEMS, INC.; ALLEN TELECOM LLC; ANDREW LLC; COMMSCOPE, INC. OF NORTH CAROLINA; COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Reel/Frame 049260/0001 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 9, 2019
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
To: REDWOOD SYSTEMS, INC.; ALLEN TELECOM LLC; ANDREW LLC; COMMSCOPE, INC. OF NORTH CAROLINA; COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Reel/Frame 048840/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 26, 2017
From: TYCO ELECTRONICS UK LTD.
To: COMMSCOPE CONNECTIVITY UK LIMITED
Reel/Frame 043105/0253 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 26, 2017
From: TE CONNECTIVITY NEDERLAND B.V.
To: COMMSCOPE ASIA HOLDINGS B.V.
Reel/Frame 043105/0345 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 26, 2017
From: TE CONNECTIVITY BROADBAND SOLUTIONS SPAIN, S.L.U.
To: COMMSCOPE CONNECTIVITY SPAIN, S.L.
Reel/Frame 043350/0143 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 26, 2017
From: TE CONNECTIVITY AMP ESPAÑA, S.L.U.,
To: TE CONNECTIVITY BROADBAND SOLUTIONS SPAIN, S.L.U.
Reel/Frame 043350/0296 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT (TERM) Recorded Jan 13, 2016
From: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 037513/0709 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT (ABL) Recorded Jan 13, 2016
From: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 037514/0196 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 29, 2015
From: COMMSCOPE EMEA LIMITED
To: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Reel/Frame 037012/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2015
From: TYCO ELECTRONICS SERVICES GMBH
To: COMMSCOPE EMEA LIMITED
Reel/Frame 036956/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 21, 2015
From: ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.; TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GMBH
To: TYCO ELECTRONICS SERVICES GMBH
Reel/Frame 036908/0443 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 11, 2015
From: TYCO ELECTRONICS NEDERLAND B.V.
To: TE CONNECTIVITY NEDERLAND B.V.
Reel/Frame 036328/0606 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 11, 2015
From: TYCO ELECTRONICS UK LTD.
To: TYCO ELECTRONICS UK INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED
Reel/Frame 036328/0499 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 27, 2015
From: MURRAY, DAVID PATRICK
To: TYCO ELECTRONICS UK LTD.
Reel/Frame 035276/0430 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 27, 2015
From: BOLHAAR, TON; SCHNEIDER, PAUL; BUJIS, MARCELLUS PJ; DORRESTEIN, ALEXANDER; RIETVELD, JAN WILLEM
To: TYCO ELECTRONICS NEDERLAND BV
Reel/Frame 035276/0385 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 27, 2015
From: MATEO, RAFAEL; COBACHO, LUIS
To: TE CONNECTIVITY AMP ESPANA, S.L.U.
Reel/Frame 035276/0284 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 27, 2015
From: WENTWORTH, MICHAEL
To: ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.
Reel/Frame 035276/0243 →
Continuity (2)
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