US Patent Issued to OpTek Systems on Feb. 10 for "Method for orienting and terminating polarization-maintaining (PM) optical fiber and forming a PM optical fiber assembly" (South Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,948, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to OpTek Systems Inc. (Greenville, S.C.).

"Method for orienting and terminating polarization-maintaining (PM) optical fiber and forming a PM optical fiber assembly" was invented by Duane Dinkel (Simpsonville, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of assembling polarization-maintaining (PM) optical fiber assemblies includes inserting optical fibers through channels of a receptacle with ends of extending past a front face of the receptacle. The first ends are radiated causing the initial fiber diameter to expand results in an enlarged fiber diameter and forms an enlarged portion for a desired ...