US Patent Issued to AFL Telecommunications on Aug. 11 for "Wavelength-detecting optical fiber identifier apparatus and method" (Massachusetts, New Hampshire Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,691, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to AFL Telecommunications LLC (Duncan, S.C.).

"Wavelength-detecting optical fiber identifier apparatus and method" was invented by Bin Liu (Chestnut Hill, Mass.), Dale Eddy (Gilford, N.H.), Magdy Sadek (Nashua, N.H.), Scott Prescott (Belmont, N.H.) and Dan Farley (Westminister, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical fiber identifier apparatus and system are provided. The apparatus includes a housing forming a pathway at which an optical fiber is positionable. The housing forms a tip end that forms a bend of the optical fiber at the pathway. At least two lenses are positioned parallel to o...