James K Dacey, 541031 N Cottonwood Rd, North Chesterfield, VA 23236

7374149, May 20, 2008

Aug 26, 2005

11/213586

James P. Dacey - Taunton MA, US

Verizon New England Inc. - Boston MA

B66F 3/00

254134, 2541343 R

A road crossing tool to assist in, and enable, a one-person installation of fiber optic cable which must be connected to a utility pole first, before being connected to a house on the opposite side of the road. Since fiber optic cable is not readily spliced in the field, as compared to copper wire cable which is readily spliceable, the fiber cable is supplied pre-connectorized with fixed lengths. This causes slack, or un-necessary cable length, which must be stored at the building/house site rather than atop the utility pole. This tool permits the installer to have good visibility of the roadway after making the cable connection to the utility pole and prior to hoisting the cable to its intended elevated height over the roadway before making the cable connection to the house and storing the slack at the house. This eliminates the need for a two person installation which would otherwise be required.

7406241, Jul 29, 2008

Apr 4, 2007

11/696517

Robert E. Opaluch - East Providence RI, US
James P. Dacey - Taunton MA, US

Verizon Laboratories Inc. - Waltham MA
Verizon New England Inc. - Boston MA

G02B 6/00
H02G 3/14
H05K 5/03

385135, 385134, 385147, 2541343 R, 174 50, 174 53, 174 56, 174 59, 174 66, 174 67, 174480, 174481, 174504

Methods and devices for the installation of a fiber optic cable to a house or other building structure are provided. The method may include identifying a preferred location of a customer through an indication left by the customer either on the interior side or exterior side of a wall, forming a through opening in the wall near or at the preferred location, and installing the in-wall termination device in the opening. The in-wall termination device may include a wall plate for attaching to an interior surface of the wall. The wall plate includes one or more connectors for receiving ends of cables extending from the exterior and connecting those cables to other cables extending through the interior of the building structure. The method may allow for the installation of the cable without requiring the presence of the customer or requiring access to the interior of the building structure.

8500099, Aug 6, 2013

Jul 28, 2008

12/181105

Robert E. Opaluch - East Providence RI, US
James P. Dacey - Taunton MA, US

Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. - Basking Ridge NJ
Verizon New England Inc. - Boston MA

H02G 1/08

2541343R, 2541343 FT

Methods and devices for the installation of a fiber optic cable to a house or other building structure are provided. The method may include identifying a preferred location of a customer through an indication left by the customer either on the interior side or exterior side of a wall, forming a through opening in the wall near or at the preferred location, and installing the in-wall termination device in the opening. The in-wall termination device may include a wall plate for attaching to an interior surface of the wall. The wall plate includes one or more connectors for receiving ends of cables extending from the exterior and connecting those cables to other cables extending through the interior of the building structure. The method may allow for the installation of the cable without requiring the presence of the customer or requiring access to the interior of the building structure.

7316513, Jan 8, 2008

Dec 30, 2005

11/320723

James P. Dacey - Taunton MA, US

Verizon Corporate Services Group Inc. - New York NY

G02B 6/255

385 95, 385 98, 385 99, 65501

A portable optical-fiber cutter is used to slice a first optical-fiber at an advantageous angle to control reflections and at a suitable length to mate with a similar second optical-fiber that was pre-sliced at a complementary angle in the factory and configured as a receptacle for the first optical-fiber. This technique avoids the need for installation of two-ended, factory pre-connectorized optical-fiber cable and permits usage of a narrow-diameter protective “microduct” to enclose the optical fiber cable rather than requiring large-diameter protective duct to allow passage of a pre-connectorized connector there-through. Space is saved, particularly in large multi-unit apartment buildings where available space may be at a premium for large bundles of multiple optical cables. This technique also results in saving large amounts of technician-installer time when compared with the current time-consuming technique of fusion splicing.