US 12,147,079 B2
Lens plate for ferrules
Daniel D. Kurtz, Huntersville, NC (US); Darrell R. Childers, Hickory, NC (US); and Sherri Reed, Charlotte, NC (US)
Assigned to US Conec Ltd., Hickory, NC (US)
Filed by US Conec, Ltd, Hickory, NC (US)
Filed on Apr. 24, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/857,868.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/837,834, filed on Apr. 24, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0341199 A1, Oct. 29, 2020
Int. Cl. G02B 6/32 (2006.01); G02B 6/38 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 6/322 (2013.01) [G02B 6/3825 (2013.01); G02B 6/3882 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A lens plate for a fiber-optic ferrule comprising:
a main body having an outer side and an inner side;
the outer side configured to mate with another lens plate or another fiber optic ferrule and facing in a direction opposite the inner side; and
the inner side having a plurality of lenses on an inner base in an inner central recessed portion of the inner side, the inner side facing an end face of the fiber-optic ferrule, and
a tab integrally formed along a top edge of the lens plate to aid in handling the lens plate;
wherein at least one of the plurality of lenses are configured to collimate an optical beam received thereupon, and
wherein an adhesive is applied to the inner side between the inner side and the end face of the fiber-optic ferrule to attach the lens plate to the fiber optic ferrule, and wherein the inner side has an inner face and the inner central recessed portion is fully circumscribed by the inner face without any openings when the lens plate is attached to the fiber-optic ferrule.