Wesley Alan Raider

US Patent:

7331718, Feb 19, 2008

Filed:

Jul 23, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/897741

Inventors:

Akihiko Yazaki - Tokyo, JP
Takaya Yamauchi - Kanagawa, JP
James R. Bylander - Austin TX, US
Eric M. Morgan - Apex NC, US
Wesley A. Raider - Baldwin WI, US
Kirk L. Taylor - Austin TX, US

Assignee:

3M Innovative Properties Company - St. Paul MN

International Classification:

G02B 6/36

US Classification:

385 78

Abstract:

A plug-type optical connector is provided with a ferrule and an aligning sleeve member. The aligning sleeve member receives a portion of the ferrule including an abutting end face inside a bore to prevent staining and damage and uses a movable shutter to prevent light emitted through the ferrule from leaking to the outside. The socket type optical connector is provided with a ferrule and a holding section. The optical connector is not provided with an aligning sleeve member and further can hold a coated optical fiber by a holding section behind the ferrule by a radius of curvature of at least a prescribed minimum radius of curvature. Optical loss in the coated optical fiber can be reduced while effectively reducing the external dimensions in the direction of extension of the ferrule at the time of use. An optical fiber connecting device that includes a combination of a pair of optical connectors is also provided to be suitably applied to an optical transmission line laid indoors.

US Patent:

7369738, May 6, 2008

Filed:

Oct 23, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/551760

Inventors:

Donald K. Larson - Cedar Park TX, US
Paul N. Winberg - Rollingwood TX, US
Wesley A. Raider - Hudson WI, US
Chansool Park - Seoul, KR
Wai-Fung Mak - North Point, HK
James B. Carpenter - Austin TX, US
Frank J. Glatzl - Cedar Park TX, US

Assignee:

3M Innovative Properties Company - St. Paul MN

International Classification:

G02B 6/36
G02B 6/00

US Classification:

385134, 385 99, 385 95, 385 97, 385 87, 385 78, 385 60, 385 62

Abstract:

An optical connector for terminating an optical fiber comprises a housing configured to mate with a receptacle and a collar body disposed in the housing. The collar body includes a fiber stub disposed in a first portion of the collar body, the fiber stub including a first optical fiber mounted in a ferrule and having a first end proximate to an end face of the ferrule and a second end. The collar body also includes a mechanical splice disposed in a second portion of the collar body, the mechanical splice configured to splice the second end of the fiber stub to a second optical fiber. The collar body also includes a buffer clamp configured within a third portion of the collar body, the buffer clamp configured to clamp at least a portion of a buffer cladding of the second fiber upon actuation. A fiber distribution unit is also provided.

US Patent:

D610430, Feb 23, 2010

Filed:

Jun 18, 2009

Appl. No.:

29/338780

Inventors:

Peter J. Fritz - Minneapolis MN, US
Nathan A. Abel - Minneapolis MN, US
Matthew D. Chaffee - White Bear Lake MN, US
Michael J. Annen - Hudson WI, US
Adam M. Spah - Blaine MN, US
Wesley A. Raider - Hudson WI, US

Assignee:

3M Innovative Properties Company - St. Paul MN

International Classification:

0805

US Classification:

D 8 70, D15139

US Patent:

D619100, Jul 6, 2010

Filed:

Oct 21, 2009

Appl. No.:

29/345705

Inventors:

Donald K. Larson - Cedar Park TX, US
Wesley A. Raider - Hudson WI, US

Assignee:

3M Innovative Properties Company - St. Paul MN

International Classification:

1303

US Classification:

D13154

US Patent:

D628049, Nov 30, 2010

Filed:

Nov 24, 2009

Appl. No.:

29/350830

Inventors:

Donald K. Larson - Cedar Park TX, US
Wesley A. Raider - Hudson WI, US

Assignee:

3M Innovative Properties Company - St. Paul MN

International Classification:

0805

US Classification:

D 8356

US Patent:

7942589, May 17, 2011

Filed:

Feb 18, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/032918

Inventors:

Akihiko Yazaki - Tokyo, JP
Takaya Yamauchi - Kanagawa, JP
James R. Bylander - Austin TX, US
Eric M. Morgan - Apex NC, US
Wesley A. Raider - Baldwin WI, US
Kirk L. Taylor - Austin TX, US

Assignee:

3M Innovative Properties Company - St. Paul MN

International Classification:

G02B 6/36
G02B 6/38

US Classification:

385 78, 385 53, 385 72, 385 85

Abstract:

A plug-type optical connector is provided with a ferrule and an aligning sleeve member. The aligning sleeve member receives a portion of the ferrule including an abutting end face inside a bore to prevent staining and damage and uses a movable shutter to prevent light emitted through the ferrule from leaking to the outside. The socket type optical connector is provided with a ferrule and a holding section. The optical connector is not provided with an aligning sleeve member and further can hold a coated optical fiber by a holding section behind the ferrule by a radius of curvature of at least a prescribed minimum radius of curvature. Optical loss in the coated optical fiber can be reduced while effectively reducing the external dimensions in the direction of extension of the ferrule at the time of use. An optical fiber connecting device that includes a combination of a pair of optical connectors is also provided to be suitably applied to an optical transmission line laid indoors.

US Patent:

8070367, Dec 6, 2011

Filed:

Apr 23, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/428729

Inventors:

Paul N. Winberg - Rollingwood TX, US
Donald K. Larson - Cedar Park TX, US
Wesley A. Raider - Hudson WI, US

Assignee:

3M Innovative Properties Company - St. Paul MN

International Classification:

G02B 6/36
G02B 6/38
G02B 6/255

US Classification:

385 81, 385 55, 385 56, 385 58, 385 60, 385 62, 385 66, 385 68, 385 69, 385 70, 385 72, 385 75, 385 76, 385 77, 385 78, 385 84, 385 95, 385 99

Abstract:

An LC format optical connector for terminating an optical fiber includes a housing configured to mate with an LC receptacle, the housing including a shell, a first resilient latch disposed on a surface of the shell, and a backbone. The LC format connector also includes a collar body disposed in the housing and retained between the outer shell and the backbone, wherein the collar body includes a fiber stub disposed in a first portion of the collar body. The collar body further includes a mechanical splice disposed in a second portion of the collar body, the mechanical splice configured to splice the second end of the fiber stub to a second optical fiber. The LC format connector further includes a trigger coupled to an outer surface of the housing backbone, the trigger including a second latch that engages the first latch when acted upon by a pressing force. An optical connector with a single piece latch structure is also provided.

US Patent:

D681195, Apr 30, 2013

Filed:

Dec 9, 2011

Appl. No.:

29/408302

Inventors:

Thomas G. Skulley - St. Paul MN, US
Elizabeth D. Cadogan - Minneapolis MN, US
Stephan A. Hawthorne - Minneapolis MN, US
Chin-Yee Ng - Oakdale MN, US
Wesley A. Raider - Hudson WI, US

Assignee:

3M Innovative Properties Company - St. Paul MN

International Classification:

2402

US Classification:

D24113