US Patent Issued to VIAVI SOLUTIONS on March 3 for "Oblique lighting system for inspection of end connectors of fiber optic cables by microscope" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,566,105, issued on March 3, was assigned to VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC. (Chandler, Ariz.).

"Oblique lighting system for inspection of end connectors of fiber optic cables by microscope" was invented by Joshua Benjamin Julius Philipson (Ottawa), Kevin Cassady (Monroe, Wash.), Nicklos Joseph Bulitka (Stittsville, Canada), Christopher Russell Wagner (Kanata, Canada) and Christian Richard Comtois-Arnaldo (Ottawa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and devices for inspection, under a microscope, of end connectors of fiber optic cables are provided. In one aspect, a light ring including a circular array of light sources provides darkfiel...