Elizabeth X Driscoll

US Patent:

6357934, Mar 19, 2002

Filed:

Jan 27, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/492606

Inventors:

Elizabeth J. Driscoll - Atlanta GA
Norman Roger Lampert - Norcross GA

Assignee:

Lucent Technologies Inc. - Murray Hill NJ

International Classification:

G02B 636

US Classification:

385 86, 385 59, 385 87

Abstract:

A connector boot for attachment to a flanged BTW-LC connector has extending at an angle therefrom a trigger member. The trigger on the boot acts as an anti-snag device and makes removal of the connector easier. The boot has a bore extending therethrough having an undercut portion for gripping the connector flange, and at least one key in the bore for mating with slots in the flange of the connector for preventing the boot and trigger from turning relative to the connector. In an embodiment of the invention, a second boot parallel to the first boot is joined thereto by a web, and a trigger member extends from the web at an angle to the boots.

US Patent:

6409392, Jun 25, 2002

Filed:

Oct 19, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/421190

Inventors:

Norman Roger Lampert - Norcross GA
Elizabeth J. Driscoll - Atlanta GA
Troy Barry Mock - Lawrenceville GA

Assignee:

Fitel USA Corp. - Norcross GA

International Classification:

G02B 638

US Classification:

385 56, 385 59, 385 76, 385 78

Abstract:

A duplex clip for clipping a pair of simplex connectors together to form a duplex connector. Simplex connectors typically comprise a generally rectangular housing having a plug end for insertion into a mating receptacle or adapter, a cable entrance end for receiving a cable containing a transmission medium, and a boot attached at one end of the boot about the cable entrance end of the housing and at a second end of the boot to the cable. The cable passes through the opening formed in the boot and into the cable entrance end of the housing. The duplex clip of the present invention comprises a clip body that is adapted to receive and grip outer surfaces of the boots of the pair of simplex connectors to hold the simplex connectors in close spatial proximity to one another to thereby form a duplex connector. Two generally cylindrical bores are formed in the clip body and the inner surfaces of each of the bores are adapted to grip the outer surfaces of the boots. Slots are formed in the clip body to provide the bores with generally C-shaped cross-sections.

US Patent:

62508172, Jun 26, 2001

Filed:

Oct 19, 1999

Appl. No.:

9/420683

Inventors:

Norman Roger Lampert - Norcross GA
Elizabeth J. Driscoll - Atlanta GA
Troy Barry Mock - Lawrenceville GA

Assignee:

Lucent Technologies Inc. - Murray Hill NJ

International Classification:

G02B 638

US Classification:

385 56

Abstract:

A device adapted to be attached to the buffer adapter, also known as the boot, of an optical fiber simplex connector to provide the connector with ant-snagging characteristics and/or to enable the polarity of an optical fiber cable terminated by the connector to be ascertained. In accordance with the preferred embodiment, the device is a duplex clip that comprises a clip body that is adapted to receive and grip the outer surfaces of the boots of a pair of simplex connectors to hold the simplex connectors in close spatial proximity to one another to thereby form a duplex connector. Two generally cylindrical bores are formed in the clip body and the inner surfaces of the bores are adapted to grip the outer surfaces of the boots. Slots are formed in the clip body to provide the bores with generally C-shaped cross-sections. Cables can be passed through the slots to enable the clip to be attached to a pair of simplex connectors when the simplex connectors are either coupled to or decoupled from a receptacle or adapter.

US Patent:

56470436, Jul 8, 1997

Filed:

Oct 12, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/545042

Inventors:

Jerry Max Anderson - Austell GA
Ray R. Cammons - Woodstock GA
Elizabeth J. Driscoll - Atlanta GA
Norman Roger Lampert - Norcross GA

Assignee:

Lucent Technologies, Inc. - Murray Hill NJ

International Classification:

G02B 600
G02B 636

US Classification:

385 78

Abstract:

A one-piece (unipartite) jack receptacle 40 is molded from thermoplastic material into a generally rectangular shape to provide a compact structure for high-density optical terminations. The receptacle includes a pair of cavities 460, each having an opening in its front end, and each having an opening 422 in its back end for receiving a cylindrical alignment sleeve 440. A U-shaped opening extends from a top-side surface 415 of the receptacle into each cavity to form a cantilever 410, which may be used to hold the receptacle within a panel 200. Molded into the sidewalls of each cavity are retaining surfaces 432 for holding an optical connector within the cavity. The retaining surfaces are located directly beneath the U-shaped opening 463 to facilitate molding. Heretofore, comparable jack receptacles have been assembled from multiple parts; and this has become more costly and complex as the size of jack receptacles has decreased. In one application of the invention, a pair of the jack receptacles are joined together, back-to-back, to form an adapter 400.

US Patent:

62937103, Sep 25, 2001

Filed:

Oct 6, 1999

Appl. No.:

9/413431

Inventors:

Norman Roger Lampert - Norcross GA
Elizabeth J. Driscoll - Atlanta GA
John Francis May - Omaha NE
Jeffrey Dale Nielson - Elkhorn NE
Naif Taleb Subh - Lawrenceville GA

Assignee:

Lucent Technologies Inc. - Murray Hill NJ

International Classification:

G02B 636

US Classification:

385 78

Abstract:

The present invention provides a connector for terminating an optical fiber. The connector comprises a one-piece housing, a ferrule assembly and an insert. The insert has keys formed thereon that are adapted to mate with keyways formed in the housing. The housing has a first opening formed therein that first receives the ferrule assembly and then the insert and a second opening opposite the first opening. The end of the ferrule assembly that holds the end of the optical fiber protrudes through the second opening. The insert has a flange thereon that has two oppositely located flat surfaces and two oppositely located keys. The keys each have a chamfered surface. The keys and the flat surfaces of the flange provide the flange with a substantially rectangular cross-section. The first opening formed in the housing has a substantially square cross-section. When the insert is inserted into the first end of the housing, the substantially square cross-section of the opening aligns with the oppositely located flat surfaces of the flange to thereby cause the keys of the flange to align with the keyways formed in the surfaces of the housing.