US Patent Issued to VIAVI Solutions on Feb. 24 for "Focus position encoders for optical fiber inspection device" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,561,794, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to VIAVI Solutions Inc. (Chandler, Ariz.).

"Focus position encoders for optical fiber inspection device" was invented by Kevin Cassady (Monroe, Wash.) and Jay Gregory Brace (Lynnwood, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some implementations include an opto-mechanical assembly of a microscope system for testing an end face of an optical fiber. The opto-mechanical assembly may include an imaging device configured to capture an image of an end face of an optical fiber and a focus assembly comprising a system of lenses configured to focus the image of the end face of the optical fiber for capture by ...