US 12,326,595 B2
Optical signal device
Takuya Ninomiya, Natick, MA (US)
Assigned to Senko Advanced Components, Inc., Hudson, MA (US)
Appl. No. 17/814,898
Filed by Senko Advanced Components, Inc., Hudson, MA (US)
PCT Filed Feb. 25, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/019601
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 26, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/173793, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 2, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/981,448, filed on Feb. 25, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0231000 A1, Jul. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. G02B 6/30 (2006.01); G02B 6/38 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 6/30 (2013.01) [G02B 6/3817 (2013.01); G02B 6/3897 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An optical signal device for connecting to a receptacle of an optical motherboard, the optical signal device comprising:
an optical module; and
an optical connector coupled to the optical module, the optical connector configured to attach to the receptacle of the optical motherboard to optically connect the optical module to the optical motherboard, the optical connector having a first optical interface axis and a second optical interface axis different from the first optical interface axis, wherein the optical connector is configured to convey optical signals to and/or from the optical motherboard along at least one of the first or second optical interface axes,
wherein the optical connector includes a second window aligned with the second optical interface axis such that the optical signals pass through the second window when the optical signals travel to and/or form the optical motherboard along the second optical interface axis,
wherein the optical connector includes an optical waveguide extending from the optical module to toward the second window, and a mirror aligned with the second window along the second optical interface axis.