US Patent Issued to Lumentum Operations on Aug. 11 for "High-brightness combiner with shaped capillary" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,679, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Lumentum Operations LLC (San Jose, Calif.).

"High-brightness combiner with shaped capillary" was invented by Richard D. Faulhaber (San Carlos, Calif.), Martin H. Muendel (Oakland, Calif.) and Jeff Gregg (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some implementations, a high-brightness combiner comprises a fiber bundle that comprises a plurality of optical fibers associated with a packing geometry that defines a shape of an outer periphery of the fiber bundle. The high-brightness combiner further comprises a capillary structure, comprising a glass enclosure surrounding the fiber bundle,...