Richard B Roth, 8138 E Harrisville Rd, Dublin, NH 03444

6762941, Jul 13, 2004

Jul 15, 2002

10/195288

Richard F. Roth - Brookline NH

Teradyne, Inc. - Boston MA

H05K 114

361736, 361752, 361753, 361796, 361754, 361756, 361759, 361825, 361683

A latching apparatus has a guide member, a circuit board attachment member which is configured to attach to a circuit board, and a control assembly. The control assembly is configured to (i) retain the circuit board attachment member within a retaining range of the guide member when the guide member is unlocked from a receptacle member, and (ii) un-restrict the circuit board attachment member such that the circuit board attachment member is movable outside of the retaining range of the guide member when the guide member is locked with the receptacle member.

6776645, Aug 17, 2004

Dec 20, 2002

10/326480

Richard F. Roth - Brookline NH
Richard P. Saulnier - Londonderry NH

Teradyne, Inc. - Boston MA

H01R 13627

439352, 439159

A latch and release system for a connector disposable within a mating receptacle is provided, where the connector includes a body having a latch portion and a movable release portion, with the movable release portion having a biasing member. The latch and release system also includes an engaging member attached to the mating receptacle, with the engaging member having an engaging portion to engage the latch portion of the connector body when the connector is disposed in the mating receptacle. An abutment portion of the mating receptacle abuts the movable release portion of the connector body when the connector is disposed in the mating receptacle to cause the biasing member of the movable release portion to be biased. The latch and release system further includes a release member having an actuatable portion, where the actuatable portion is actuatable by a user to cause the engaging portion of the engaging member to disengage from the latch portion of the connector body and to cause the biasing member of the movable release portion to become unbiased, whereby this unbiasing of the biasing member creates a force to automatically eject the connector from the mating receptacle.

6832858, Dec 21, 2004

Sep 13, 2002

10/243458

Richard F. Roth - Brookline NH
Sepehr Kiani - Watertown MA
Joe J. George - Amherst NH
William E. Howard - Richmond VT

Teradyne, Inc. - Boston MA

G02B 638

385 71, 385 72, 385 77

A module houses a set of fiber optic interfaces. The module includes a fiber optic interface holder, which is configured to hold the set of fiber optic interfaces, and a shroud coupled to the fiber optic interface holder. The shroud is configured to move relative to the fiber optic interface holder along an axis defined by the fiber optic interface holder such that, when the fiber optic interface holder holds the set of fiber optic interfaces, the shroud (i) protects the set of fiber optic interfaces when the shroud is in a first location along the axis defined by the fiber optic interface holder, and (ii) exposes the set of fiber optic interfaces when the shroud is in a second location along the axis defined by the fiber optic interface holder.

6986607, Jan 17, 2006

Sep 26, 2003

10/672779

Richard F. Roth - Brookline NH, US
Joseph J. George - Amherst NH, US
Sepehr Kiani - Watertown MA, US
John A. Lehman - Bedford NH, US
Mark G. Vitello - Lowell MA, US

G02B 6/38
H01R 9/22

385 55, 385 73, 439717

An optical interconnection system, particularly useful in a backplane arrangement in an electronic assembly. The interconnection system includes “dual-use” protective covers for protection from damage and/or cleaning within backplane and daughter card style connectors. The protective covers are modular for easy use. Some versions contain adhesive members that can remove contaminates from various portions of the connector assembly. The protective covers can be inserted into a backplane connector of an electronic assembly using a tool or as part of a “dummy board. ”.

7073953, Jul 11, 2006

Jul 16, 2002

10/195960

Richard F. Roth - Brookline NH, US
Sepehr Kiani - Watertown MA, US

Amphenol Corporation - Wallingford CT

G02B 6/36
G02B 6/42

385 88, 385 53, 385 56, 385 59, 385 89

In one embodiment of a fiber optic connection system of the present invention, there is provided a first fiber optic connector attachable to a first printed circuit board and a second fiber optic connector attachable to a second printed circuit board and mateable to the first fiber optic connector. The first fiber optic connector has separable first wafer modules, each of which hold at least one optical fiber, and separable first latching modules removably attached to the separable first wafer modules. The second fiber optic connector includes separable second wafer modules, each of which hold at least one optical fiber, and separable second latching modules removably attached to the separable second wafer modules. The separable second latching modules are engageable to the separable first latching modules to mate the first and second fiber optic connectors. Although not required, the fiber optic connection system can also include a first module carrier, to which is attachable the separable first wafer modules and the separable first latching modules, and a second module carrier, to which is attachable the separable second wafer modules and the separable second latching modules.

7204016, Apr 17, 2007

Dec 20, 2002

10/324816

Richard F. Roth - Brookline NH, US
Joseph J. George - Amherst NH, US
Sepehr Kiani - Watertown MA, US

Amphenol Corporation - Wallington CT

B23P 19/00

29749, 29751, 29753, 385 60

A ferrule assembly for terminating at least one fiber of a ribbon cable in a ferrule, where the ferrule assembly is disposable in a housing of an optical connector, is provided. The ferrule assembly includes the ferrule having a mating face, at least one groove for receiving the fiber and at least one through-hole. The ferrule assembly also includes an alignment member holder having at least one alignment member and providing a first channel for the ribbon cable, the alignment member being insertable in the through-hole of the ferrule and having a first length such that an end of the alignment member extends beyond the mating face of the ferrule when the ferrule assembly is assembled. The ferrule assembly further includes a carrier body attachable to the alignment member holder, the carrier body having at least two biasing member capture portions, each of the biasing member capture portions providing an opening for capturing a biasing member therein when the alignment member holder and the carrier body are attached. The carrier body further provides a second channel for the ribbon cable, the second channel being disposed between the biasing member capture portions of the carrier body and being contiguous with the first channel when the alignment member holder and the carrier body are attached.

7845859, Dec 7, 2010

Apr 16, 2007

11/785130

Richard F. Roth - Brookline NH, US
Joseph J. George - Amherst NH, US
Sepehr Kiani - Watertown MA, US

Amphenol Corporation - Wallingford CT

G02B 6/38
B23P 19/00

385 60, 385 52, 385 53, 385 76, 385 77, 29749, 29751, 29753

A ferrule assembly for terminating at least one fiber of a ribbon cable in a ferrule, where the ferrule assembly is disposable in a housing of an optical connector, is provided. The ferrule assembly includes the ferrule having a mating face, at least one groove for receiving the fiber and at least one through-hole. The ferrule assembly also includes an alignment member holder having at least one alignment member and providing a first channel for the ribbon cable, the alignment member being insertable in the through-hole of the ferrule and having a first length such that an end of the alignment member extends beyond the mating face of the ferrule when the ferrule assembly is assembled. The ferrule assembly further includes a carrier body attachable to the alignment member holder, the carrier body having at least two biasing member capture portions, each of the biasing member capture portions providing an opening for capturing a biasing member therein when the alignment member holder and the carrier body are attached. The carrier body further provides a second channel for the ribbon cable, the second channel being disposed between the biasing member capture portions of the carrier body and being contiguous with the first channel when the alignment member holder and the carrier body are attached.

8083547, Dec 27, 2011

Oct 1, 2008

12/243841

Richard F. Roth - Brookline NH, US
Sepehr Kiani - Watertown MA, US

Amphenol Corporation - Wallingford CT

H01R 13/648

43960723, 4396071

A connector assembly is provided that includes a front end mating connector which is received in a socket. The front end mating connector includes a pluggable transceiver, latching mechanism, and passive optical connector. Standard optical ribbon fibers are provided that plug into the passive connector, which in turn plugs into the transceiver. The passive connector and the transceiver are coupled together by the latching mechanism. The coupled connector then plugs into the socket in a first direction. The socket includes electrical connector wafers. As the transceiver is plugged into the socket, circuit boards within the transceiver move in a second direction to engage the wafers. The transceiver has a circuit that converts the optical signals received by the receiver ribbons into electrical signals that are recognized by the wafers and passed to the circuit board. The circuit also converts the electrical signals received from the circuit board through the wafers in the socket into optical signals for transmission by the optical ribbon fibers.