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Daniel D. Kurtz — 27 Patents

UCUs Conec: 21 patents #9 of 66Top 15%
HEHewlett Packard Enterprise: 2 patents #1,282 of 4,473Top 30%
Huntersville, NC: #18 of 456 inventorsTop 4%
North Carolina: #1,521 of 45,564 inventorsTop 4%
Overall (All Time): #142,059 of 4,157,543Top 4%
27 Patents All Time
Daniel D. Kurtz has been granted 27 US patents while listed as an inventor at Us Conec. The first was granted in 2006 and the most recent in August 2025. Daniel D. Kurtz ranks #142,059 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.4%). Patent records list Daniel D. Kurtz in Huntersville, NC, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2006 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 6 patents in 2024.peak 62006: 1 patents20062007: 2 patents2009: 1 patents20092017: 1 patents2018: 1 patents20182019: 1 patents2020: 4 patents20202021: 1 patents2022: 1 patents20222023: 3 patents2024: 6 patents20242025: 5 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 27 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
12392975 Optical connector assembly connectorized for non-permanent attachment to an optoelectronic substrate assembly Paul Kessler Rosenberg, George Panotopoulos, Kent Devenport, Darrell R. Childers, Cecil D. Hastings, Jr. 2025-08-19
12379549 Miniature multi-fiber ferrule Jason Higley, Darrell R. Childers, Sherri Reed, Craig M. Conrad, Jillcha F. Wakjira 2025-08-05
12353022 Multi-fiber ferrule with improved eye safety Darrell R. Childers, Michael E. Hughes 2025-07-08
12326601 Alignment structure for a fiber optic ferrule and mechanical-optical interface Darrell R. Childers, Brent D. Henley 2025-06-10
12222557 Ferrule with molded internal tilted refractive surfaces Ke Wang, Darrell R. Childers 2025-02-11
12164155 Lensed ferrule with low back reflection Darrell R. Childers, Ke Wang 2024-12-10
12147079 Lens plate for ferrules Darrell R. Childers, Sherri Reed 2024-11-19
12019278 Miniature multi-fiber ferrule Jason Higley, Darrell R. Childers, Sherri Reed, Craig M. Conrad, Jillcha F. Wakjira 2024-06-25
12007608 Multi-fiber ferrule with improved eye safety Darrell R. Childers, Michael E. Hughes 2024-06-11
11953739 Alignment structure for a fiber optic ferrule and mechanical-optical interface Darrell R. Childers, Brent D. Henley 2024-04-09
11880077 Optical connector assembly connectorized for non-permanent attachment to an optoelectronic substrate assembly Paul Kessler Rosenberg, George Panotopoulos, Kent Devenport, Darrell R. Childers, Cecil D. Hastings, Jr. 2024-01-23
11768335 Lensed fiber optic ferrule with simplified molding Ke Wang, Darrell R. Childers 2023-09-26
11614588 Multi-fiber ferrule with improved eye safety Darrell R. Childers, Michael E. Hughes 2023-03-28
11573386 Fiber optic connector assembly, apparatus for forming a transceiver interface, and ferrule Darrell R. Childers, Michael E. Hughes 2023-02-07
11249265 Optical connector assembly connectorized for non-permanent attachment to an optoelectronic substrate assembly Paul Kessler Rosenberg, George Panotopoulos, Kent Devenport, Darrell R. Childers, Cecil D. Hastings, Jr. 2022-02-15
11086084 Lensed ferrule with low back reflection Darrell R. Childers, Ke Wang 2021-08-10
10877222 Multi-fiber ferrule with improved eye safety Darrell R. Childers, Michael E. Hughes 2020-12-29
10705303 Optical connector assembly connectorized for non-permanent attachment to an optoelectronic substrate assembly Paul Kessler Rosenberg, George Panotopoulos, Kent Devenport, Darrell R. Childers, Cecil D. Hastings, Jr. 2020-07-07
10684431 Fiber optic connector assembly, apparatus for forming a transceiver interface, and ferrule Darrell R. Childers, Michael E. Hughes 2020-06-16
10585248 Lensed ferrule with low back reflection Darrell R. Childers, Ke Wang 2020-03-10
10197743 Multi-fiber ferrule with improved eye safety Darrell R. Childers, Michael E. Hughes 2019-02-05
9939598 Fiber optic connector assembly, apparatus for forming a transceiver interface, and ferrule Darrell R. Childers, Michael E. Hughes 2018-04-10
9618711 Apparatus for forming a transceiver interface, ferrule, and optical transceiver component Darrell R. Childers, Michael E. Hughes 2017-04-11
D603295 Vehicle body portions and wing Daniel Barry Honeycutt, Donald E. Krueger 2009-11-03
D555548 Vehicle frame rail Gary A. Nelson 2007-11-20