Terry Suzanne Cox, 60Orlando, FL

7013074, Mar 14, 2006

Feb 6, 2004

10/774266

Jennifer A. Battey - Euless TX, US
Guy Castonguay - Ft. Worth TX, US
Terry D. Cox - Keller TX, US
Brett A. Menke - Keller TX, US
Jason B. Reagan - The Colony TX, US
Chanh C. Vo - Arlington TX, US

Corning Cable Systems LLC - Hickory NC

G02B 6/00
G02B 6/36

385135, 385136, 385 76

An optical connection closure has at least one connector port located within an external wall of the closure for receiving a connectorized optical fiber of a distribution cable on the inside of the closure and a pre-connectorized fiber optic drop cable on the outside of the closure. The closure includes a base, a cover affixed to the base and movable between a closed position and an opened position, and an end wall that defines at least a portion of at least one cable opening for receiving the distribution cable in a butt-type or a through-type closure configuration. The base and the cover define an interior cavity that optionally contains a splice tray for interconnecting the optical fiber of the distribution cable with a pigtail to create the connectorized optical fiber. The connector port may be located within an end wall, a bottom wall or a top wall of the closure.

7650055, Jan 19, 2010

Jul 27, 2007

11/881518

Terry Dean Cox - Keller TX, US
Ziwei Liu - Ft. Worth TX, US
Marcel G. Mures - Ft. Worth TX, US
Diana Rodriguez - Alvarado TX, US
Howard C. Schwartz - Dallas TX, US
Kevin L. Strause - Keller TX, US

Corning Cable Systems LLC - Hickory NC

G02B 6/00
G02B 6/44
H02G 3/18
H02G 13/00
H02G 3/14
H02G 15/04
H02G 15/08

385135, 385100, 385105, 385109, 385110, 385134, 385136, 385137, 385138, 385139, 385147, 174 60, 174 63, 174 64, 174 67, 174 74 R, 174 77 R, 174 92, 174 93

An environmentally sealed closure, such as a terminal for terminated ends of fiber optic cables, includes a housing having a wall defining an interior volume. A floating sealing assembly is provided including a first plate, a seal member and a second plate arranged in a stack within the interior volume. The seal member has an outer sealing edge for contacting the wall of the housing, which may be straight and/or chamfered. Fiber optic cables extend through the sealing assembly so that the terminated ends are within the splice area. The floating sealing assembly is compressed so as to place the outer sealing edge of the seal member in sealing contact with the wall of the housing. When a pressure differential exists between the splice area and the outside of the housing only one of the first or second plates moves along the longitudinal axis to further compress the seal member and increase sealing between the outer sealing edge and the housing wall.

7664360, Feb 16, 2010

Apr 17, 2007

11/788269

Terry Dean Cox - Keller TX, US
Diana Rodriguez - Alvarado TX, US

Corning Cable Systems LLC - Hickory NC

G02B 6/00

385135, 385134

There is provided fiber drop terminal (“FDT”) assemblies for providing selective connections between optical fibers of distribution cables and optical fibers of drop cables, such as in multiple dwelling units. The FDT assemblies include a mounting plate that enables the FDT to be conveniently and securely mounted to a generally vertical surface, such as a wall. The mounting plate is structured such that the base of the FDT must be removed before the mounting plate can be removed, and the cover of the FDT is structured that neither the base nor the mounting plate can be removed without first removing the cover. The cover may be selectively locked to the base and/or mounting plate with a locking fastener; therefore, only technicians able to remove the locking fastener may remove the cover, base, and/or mounting plate of the FDT assembly.

7668431, Feb 23, 2010

May 18, 2007

11/804452

Terry Dean Cox - Keller TX, US
Omar Jaime Trevino - Fort Worth TX, US

Corning Cable Systems LLC - Hickory NY

G02B 6/00

385135, 385134

There is provided grommet and plate assemblies for sealing fiber optic closures into which and/or out of which fiber optic cables are routed. The grommet of the assembly includes a central portion with an axial opening adapted to receive the fiber optic cable through a slit in the central portion. The grommet also includes an end cap portion on an axial end of the grommet, and the end cap portion includes a deformable outer lip that overhangs an outer surface of the central portion to provide axial retention of the grommet once it is inserted into an opening of the plate. The plate includes a plurality of openings into which grommets may be selectively inserted. The plate may be received within an opening of the fiber optic closure and includes a slot for receiving a protrusion within the opening of the fiber optic closure.

7753596, Jul 13, 2010

Nov 22, 2005

11/285130

Terry D. Cox - Keller TX, US

Corning Cable Systems LLC - Hickory NC

G02B 6/38
G02B 6/36
G02B 6/00

385 57, 385 59, 385 76, 385135

A multiport includes a multiport housing top piece, and a multiport housing bottom piece welded to the housing top piece. Alternatively, a method for fabricating a multiport includes providing a multiport housing top piece, providing a multiport housing bottom piece, and welding the housing top piece to the housing bottom piece. Additionally, a method of fabricating a multiport housing piece includes providing a body, and welding a plurality of connector adapters to the body. Alternatively, an optical fiber connector closure includes a connector housing top piece, a connector housing bottom piece, and a strength seal positioned between the top piece and the bottom piece such that said connector closure has a burst test rating of about 5 to about 125 Pounds per Square Inch (PSI).

7869681, Jan 11, 2011

Jan 11, 2008

12/008488

Jennifer A. Battey - Euless TX, US
Guy Castonguay - Ft. Worth TX, US
Terry D. Cox - Keller TX, US
Brett A. Menke - Keller TX, US
Jason B. Reagan - The Colony TX, US
Chanh C. Vo - Arlington TX, US

Corning Cable Systems LLC - Hickory NC

G02B 6/00
G02B 6/36

385135

An optical connection closure has at least one connector port located within an external wall of the closure for receiving a connectorized optical fiber of a distribution cable on the inside of the closure and a pre-connectorized fiber optic drop cable on the outside of the closure. The closure includes a base, a cover affixed to the base and movable between a closed position and an opened position, and an end wall that defines at least a portion of at least one cable opening for receiving the distribution cable in a butt-type or a through-type closure configuration. The base and the cover define an interior cavity that optionally contains a splice tray for interconnecting the optical fiber of the distribution cable with a pigtail to create the connectorized optical fiber. The connector port may be located within an end wall, a bottom wall or a top wall of the closure.

7899298, Mar 1, 2011

Jan 8, 2010

12/684318

Terry Dean Cox - Keller TX, US
Diana Rodriguez - Alvarado TX, US

Corning Cable Systems LLC - Hickory NC

G02B 6/00

385135, 385134, 174 50, 2541344

There is provided fiber drop terminal (“FDT”) assemblies for providing selective connections between optical fibers of distribution cables and optical fibers of drop cables, such as in multiple dwelling units. The FDT assemblies include a mounting plate that enables the FDT to be conveniently and securely mounted to a generally vertical surface, such as a wall. The mounting plate is structured such that the base of the FDT must be removed before the mounting plate can be removed, and the cover of the FDT is structured that neither the base nor the mounting plate can be removed without first removing the cover. The cover may be selectively locked to the base and/or mounting plate with a locking fastener; therefore, only technicians able to remove the locking fastener may remove the cover, base, and/or mounting plate of the FDT assembly.

8155525, Apr 10, 2012

May 15, 2009

12/466514

Terry D. Cox - Keller TX, US

Corning Cable Systems LLC - Hickory NC

H04B 10/00

398115, 398116, 398117

Power distribution devices, systems and methods for a Radio-over-Fiber (RoF) distributed communication system are disclosed. In one embodiment, an interconnect unit is coupled between a head-end unit and one or more remote units. The interconnect unit includes a plurality of optical communication links each configured to carry RoF signals to and from a head-end unit to remote units. The RF electrical signals from the head-end unit are converted to RF optical signals and communicated over the optical communication links in the interconnect unit to the remote units. The remote units convert the optical signals to electrical signals and communicate the electrical signals to client devices. To provide power to the remote units, the interconnect unit electrically couples power from at least one power supply to a plurality of power branches. Each power branch is configured to supply power to a remote unit connected to the interconnect unit.