Gary A Gibbs

US Patent:

8346047, Jan 1, 2013

Filed:

Feb 26, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/713386

Inventors:

Gary F. Gibbs - Wylie TX, US
Gil Ruiz - McKinney TX, US

Assignee:

CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina - Hickory NC

International Classification:

G02B 6/00

US Classification:

385138, 385135

Abstract:

A fiber management component includes a housing having an interior, a floor in the interior and a first wall having an aperture communicating with the interior. A platform is connected to the housing, which platform has a first portion with a bore that has a first end facing the aperture and a second portion forming a channel extending toward the bore. The channel is configured to releasably secure a spring push of a fiber optic connector to the platform and the bore is configured to slidably support a ferrule of a fiber optic connector.

US Patent:

8348517, Jan 8, 2013

Filed:

Feb 16, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/706071

Inventors:

Ronald Mudd - Richardson TX, US
Joseph Livingston - Frisco TX, US
Brad Billman - Denton TX, US
Thomas Crain - Melissa TX, US
Aly Fahd - Dallas TX, US
Gary Gibbs - Wylie TX, US
Jeffrey Dale Nielson - Wylie TX, US
Gil Ruiz - McKinney TX, US
Wade James Womack - Allen TX, US

Assignee:

CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina - Hickory NC

International Classification:

G02B 6/36

US Classification:

385 53, 385 55, 385 88, 385 92

Abstract:

A fiber optic component includes a body having at least one receptacle configured to receive a fiber optic connector, a shutter base mounted to the body at a mounting location adjacent to the at least one receptacle, and a first shutter connected to the shutter base by a first hinge. The first shutter, first hinge and shutter base are unitarily formed, and the first shutter is shiftable from a first position biased against the body and covering the at least one receptacle to a second position biased to an angularly spaced position relative to the first position.

US Patent:

8393804, Mar 12, 2013

Filed:

Dec 17, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/337212

Inventors:

Jeffrey D. Nielson - Wylie TX, US
Gary Gibbs - Wylie TX, US
Matthew Cruz - Council Bluffs IA, US
Timothy W. Anderson - Omaha NE, US

Assignee:

CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina - Hickory NC

International Classification:

G02B 6/36
G02B 6/32
G02B 6/26

US Classification:

385 79, 385 35, 385 39, 385 80, 385 84

Abstract:

A terminus for a fiber optic cable includes a ferrule. In one embodiment, an optical fiber of the cable passes through a central bore of the ferrule and is attached to a lens seated in a conical or cylindrical seat formed in an end surface of the ferrule by an epoxy. In a second embodiment, an optical fiber of the cable passes through the central bore of the ferrule. Next, a cap sleeve with a lens therein is slid over and attached to the ferrule such that the lens abuts or is attached to the optical fiber. In either embodiment, an inspection slot may optionally be formed in the ferrule and/or the cap sleeve to allow a technician to inspect the state of the attachment and/or abutment and/or spacing of the optical fiber and lens.

US Patent:

8422846, Apr 16, 2013

Filed:

Feb 17, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/706986

Inventors:

Gil Ruiz - McKinney TX, US
Thomas Crain - Melissa TX, US
Gary F. Gibbs - Wylie TX, US
Joseph C. Livingston - Frisco TX, US
Aly Fahd - Dallas TX, US

International Classification:

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

US Classification:

385135, 385 53, 385 59, 385136

Abstract:

A fiber management device includes a first member having a floor, a first end, a second end and first and second sides, the first end including at least one holder for securing at least one optical fiber adapter to the first member, the second end including a frame holding a plurality of fiber optic connectors, the first side and second sides including first and second fiber guide structures. A first optical fiber connector is in the at least one holder, and includes a first plurality of optical fibers forming a first loop on the floor that contacts the first fiber guide structure and the second fiber guide structure. A second member includes a housing releasably connected to the first member and defining with the first member an enclosure for the first loop.

US Patent:

20130177280, Jul 11, 2013

Filed:

Mar 1, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/782759

Inventors:

Gary Gibbs - Wylie TX, US
Matthew Cruz - Council Bluffs IA, US
Timothy W. Anderson - Omaha NE, US

Assignee:

COMMSCOPE, INC. OF NORTH CAROLINA - Hickory NC

International Classification:

G02B 6/36

US Classification:

385 79

Abstract:

A terminus for a fiber optic cable includes a ferrule. In one embodiment, an optical fiber of the cable passes through a central bore of the ferrule and is attached to a lens seated in a conical or cylindrical seat formed in an end surface of the ferrule by an epoxy. In a second embodiment, an optical fiber of the cable passes through the central bore of the ferrule. Next, a cap sleeve with a lens therein is slid over and attached to the ferrule such that the lens abuts or is attached to the optical fiber. In either embodiment, an inspection slot may optionally be formed in the ferrule and/or the cap sleeve to allow a technician to inspect the state of the attachment and/or abutment and/or spacing of the optical fiber and the lens.

US Patent:

20210124136, Apr 29, 2021

Filed:

Apr 12, 2019

Appl. No.:

17/047159

Inventors:

- Hickory NC, US
Sander Johannes FLORIS - Lennisheuvel, NL
Gary Federico GIBBS - Wylie TX, US
Bradley Scott BILLMAN - Sachse TX, US

Assignee:

COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC - Hickory NC

International Classification:

G02B 6/42
G02B 6/028
G01M 11/00

Abstract:

A light source unit generates an optical signal out of a bend-insensitive (“BI”) optical fiber that is compliant with a desired encircled flux (“EF”). The unit includes a light source to generate an optical light signal and a conventional multimode optical fiber coupled to receive the optical light signal from the light source at a first end. A modal conditioner is arranged to condition the optical light signal propagating along different modes of the conventional multimode fiber. A first bend-insensitive (BI) multimode optical fiber has an input end, the input end of the first BI multimode optical fiber being coupled at a second end of the conventional multimode optical fiber to receive the conditioned optical light signal from the conventional multimode fiber. The output from the first BI multimode optical fiber outputs an optical signal having the desired EF.

US Patent:

20200355872, Nov 12, 2020

Filed:

May 8, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/870341

Inventors:

- Hickory NC, US
Gary Federico Gibbs - Wylie TX, US

International Classification:

G02B 6/38

Abstract:

The present disclosure relates to a converter including an elongate sleeve having a first and an opposite second end. The converter also includes first and second multi-fiber connectors respectively mounted at the first and second ends.

US Patent:

20190285810, Sep 19, 2019

Filed:

May 30, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/427300

Inventors:

- Hickory NC, US
Paul F. KOLESAR - McKinney TX, US
Gary F. GIBBS - Wylie TX, US
Bradley BILLMAN - Sachse TX, US
Richard L. CASE - Omaha NE, US

International Classification:

G02B 6/38
G02B 6/44
G02B 6/02

Abstract:

A method and system connects multiple cores within one fiber, e.g., a multi-core fiber (MCF), to multiple fibers with single-cores. The single-core fibers can then be terminated by traditional envelopes, such as a single core LC envelope. A connector holds the single-core fibers into a pattern that matches a pattern of all, or a sub group, of the individual cores of the MCF. The single-core fibers may all be terminated to individual connectors to form a fanout or breakout cable. Alternatively, the single-core fibers may extend to another connector wherein the single-core fibers are regrouped into a pattern to mate with the cores of another MCF, hence forming a jumper. One or more of the single core fibers may be terminated along the length of the jumper to form a jumper with one or more tap accesses.