Kenneth Franklin Jackson

Address:

480 N Rdg Dr, Lafayette, GA 30728

Phone:

7066382981

VIN:

1FTPW14V99FA99386

Make:

FORD

Model:

F-150

Year:

2009

US Patent:

6404962, Jun 11, 2002

Filed:

Sep 15, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/397385

Inventors:

Kenneth Wade Jackson - Snellville GA
Clyde Jefferson Lever - Buford GA
Richard Hartford Norris - Powder Springs GA
Jim Jenqtsong Sheu - Dunwoody GA
Carl Raymond Taylor - Lawrenceville GA
Peter A. Weimann - Atlanta GA

Assignee:

Fitel USA Corp. - Norcross GA

International Classification:

G02B 644

US Classification:

385114, 385112

Abstract:

A buffer encasement has a longitudinally extending interior surface that extends around and defines a longitudinally extending passage containing a stack of optical fiber ribbons. The interior surface closely bounds the stack, and the buffer encasement is easily removable from the stack. The buffer encasement can be is easily removable from the stack because the buffer encasement is thin and is constructed of a material that is capable of being easily torn. The buffer encasement can be is easily removable from the stack because the buffer encasement defines a longitudinally extending weakened portion that is capable of being more easily torn than the remainder of the buffer encasement. The weakened portion is operative so that when the weakened portion is torn the buffer encasement defines longitudinally extending edges on the opposite sides of the tear. The edges can be separated from one another to define an opening therebetween through which the stack of optical fiber ribbons can be accessed. The buffer encasement can be in the form of a longitudinally extending piece of tape having longitudinally extending opposite edges defining an overlapping configuration so that the tape encloses the stack of optical fiber ribbons.

US Patent:

6487348, Nov 26, 2002

Filed:

Nov 12, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/438685

Inventors:

Kenneth W. Jackson - Snellville GA

Assignee:

Fitel USA Corp. - Norcross GA

International Classification:

G02B 644

US Classification:

385114, 385104, 385107, 385110, 385111

Abstract:

A variable fiber count optical fiber cable core is disclosed. The cable core is intended for use as a part of an optical fiber cable, the optical fiber cable having an elongate cylindrical core tube formed about a longitudinal axis, and within which the cable core is received. The cable core comprises a stack of a plurality of variable fiber count optical fiber units formed about the longitudinal axis of the core tube, and housed therein. The stack of the optical fiber units will comprise at least a first optical fiber unit having a first predetermined number of fibers therein, and at least a second optical fiber unit having a second predetermined number of optical fibers therein, where the first and second predetermined numbers of optical fibers differ from one another within the stack of optical fiber units. So constructed, the number of optical fibers within selected ones of the stack of optical fiber units will be varied dependent on the position of the selected ones of the optical fiber units within the stack of optical fiber units, and so that the stack of optical fiber units takes on the approximate shape of a cylindrical cable core within the cable core tube. Each of the optical fiber units comprised a first predetermined number of optical fibers sub-units joined together, each of the optical fiber sub-units being comprised of a second predetermined number of optical fibers, where both the first and second predetermined numbers of sub-units and optical fibers, respectively, comprise integers.

US Patent:

6596203, Jul 22, 2003

Filed:

May 2, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/565291

Inventors:

David Tatwai Au - Suwanee GA
Vidyananda Bangalore Chandraiah - Lawrenceville GA
Kenneth Wade Jackson - Snellville GA
Neil Wilbur Sollenberger - Duluth GA

Assignee:

Fitel USA Corp. - Norcross GA

International Classification:

B29D 1100

US Classification:

264 127, 118 67, 264495, 4251744, 4271632

Abstract:

An assembly for curing a linear work product which is passed through a curing oven at high speed along a first path the assembly having a first path altering member, such as a sheave, re-directing the work product through the oven along at least a second path spaced from the first path. A plurality of such sheaves in a first embodiment redirect the work product through the entrance end of the oven for travel along a second path in the same direction as in the first path. In a second embodiment, the path altering members re-direct the work product into the exit end of the oven for travel in a second path in the opposite direction to the first path. Additional curing may be realized by passing the work product through the curing oven in the same or in opposite directions, as desired or as necessary.

US Patent:

6904210, Jun 7, 2005

Filed:

Sep 17, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/200681

Inventors:

Vidyananda Bangalore Chandraiah - Lawrcenville GA, US
Kyoyul Oh - Alpharetta GA, US
Kenneth Wade Jackson - Snellville GA, US

Assignee:

Fitel USA Corp. - Norcross GA

International Classification:

G02B006/44

US Classification:

385114, 385128

Abstract:

A fiber optic cable is disclosed that buffers against loss, where the cable includes an outer jacket, and an optical fiber ribbon disposed within the outer jacket, wherein the ribbon includes more than one optical fiber, and at least two distinct matrix coatings disposed on the optical fibers, the coatings having distinct characteristics. Preferably, the inner coating is relatively soft, with a lower elastic modulus than the relatively stiff, hard outer coating. Also disclosed is a method of buffering loss in an optical fiber transmission, including providing an optical fiber ribbon, wherein the ribbon includes more than one optical fiber, and at least two distinct matrix coatings disposed on the optical fibers, the coatings having distinct characteristics; and transmitting in at least one of the C-band, L-band and U-band of wavelengths.

US Patent:

63210134, Nov 20, 2001

Filed:

Sep 15, 1999

Appl. No.:

9/397444

Inventors:

Nathan E. Hardwick - Dunwoody GA
Kenneth Wade Jackson - Snellville GA
Clyde Jefferson Lever - Buford GA
Richard Hartford Norris - Powder Springs GA
Jim Jenqtsong Sheu - Dunwoody GA
Richard Dalton Small - Lilburn GA
Carl Raymond Taylor - Lawrenceville GA
Peter A. Weimann - Atlanta GA

Assignee:

Lucent Technologies, Inc. - Murray Hill NJ

International Classification:

G02B 644

US Classification:

385114

Abstract:

An optical module includes a stack of optical fiber ribbons that are within a buffer encasement, such as a thin sheath, that closely bounds the periphery of the stack. The optical modules can be rectangular, so that the optical modules can be readily stacked in a manner that results in a very space efficient fiber optic cable. The optical modules can be tested prior to being incorporated into the fiber optic cable so as to maximize the probability of the fiber optic cable being fully operable. The sheath cushions all of the sides of the stack. In some optical modules, the stack is movable relative to the sheath and the optical fiber ribbons are movable relative to one another. The sheath is preferably sufficiently rigid to maintain the stack in a stacked configuration, and sufficiently flexible to allow the optical fiber ribbons to slide laterally relative to one another so that, in an end elevation view of the stack, the stack and the sheath can transition from a non-skewed configuration to a skewed configuration. The lateral displacement between the optical fiber ribbons in the skewed configuration is different from the lateral displacement between the optical fiber ribbons in the non-skewed configuration. The stack can be in a longitudinally twisted configuration, and the sheath is sufficiently rigid to hold the stack in the longitudinally twisted configuration.

US Patent:

61343641, Oct 17, 2000

Filed:

Oct 21, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/176715

Inventors:

Raymond Peter DeFabritis - Lilburn GA
Kenneth Wade Jackson - Snellville GA
Kariofilis Konstadinidis - Decatur GA
Shahabuddin Siddiqui - Lawrenceville GA
Neil Wilbur Sollenberger - Duluth GA
Carl Raymond Taylor - Lawrenceville GA
John Michael Turnipseed - Lilburn GA

Assignee:

Lucent Technologies Inc. - Murray Hill NJ

International Classification:

G02B 644

US Classification:

385114

Abstract:

An optical fiber ribbon in which a plurality of optical fibers are held in an array has a matrix material for bonding to the fibers to form the ribbon. The matrix material has certain characteristics which serve to enhance fiber access, among which are an elastic modulus from 600 to 1200 MPa at room temperature, from 100 to 280 MPa at 100. degree. C. , and from 15 to 45 MPa at temperatures greater than 170. degree. C. The matrix material swells in ethanol more than 15% by volume within 20 minutes, and is virtually immune to the action of cleaning solvents. The matrix material has a surface tension of 20-35 mJ/m. sup. 2 as do the color coding inks which identify the fibers.

US Patent:

59150629, Jun 22, 1999

Filed:

Jul 1, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/886794

Inventors:

Kenneth Wade Jackson - Snellville GA
Clyde Jefferson Lever - Buford GA

Assignee:

Lucent Technologies Inc. - Murray Hill NJ

International Classification:

G02B 636

US Classification:

385137

Abstract:

An optical fiber storage reel has a central axis of rotation and a plurality of arcuate surface members extending radially and spaced about the axis of rotation. Each arcuate surface has a radius of curvature that is equal to or greater than the critical bend radius of the optical fiber. The arcuate surfaces are spaced from the axis of rotation a distance such that a cable wound on the reel has a substantially straight line path between the arcuate surfaces, with the sum total of the straight line distances being sufficient to reduce the false loss readings on the cable which can occur when a cable is wound upon a circular drum or hub.

US Patent:

63175428, Nov 13, 2001

Filed:

Sep 15, 1999

Appl. No.:

9/396305

Inventors:

Nathan E. Hardwick - Dunwoody GA
Kenneth Wade Jackson - Snellville GA
Clyde Jefferson Lever - Buford GA
Richard Hartford Norris - Powder Springs GA
Jim Jenqtsong Sheu - Dunwoody GA
Richard Dalton Small - Lilburn GA
Carl Raymond Taylor - Lawrenceville GA
Peter A. Weimann - Atlanta GA

Assignee:

Lucent Technologies, Inc. - Murray Hill NJ

International Classification:

G02B 644

US Classification:

385114

Abstract:

A fiber optic cable includes multiple differently sized stacks of optical fiber ribbons. The stacks include a central stack that is approximately centrally located in a jacket passage and peripheral stacks positioned radially around the central stack. A difference exists between the dimensions of the central stack and the dimensions of one or more of the peripheral stacks. Another fiber optic cable has multiple longitudinally extending stacks of optical fiber ribbons that are within a jacket passage. The stacks include a central stack that is approximately centrally located in the jacket passage, and peripheral stacks positioned radially around the central stack. Buffer encasements that respectively contain the peripheral stacks are longitudinally stranded around the central stack. Each buffer encasement includes a longitudinally extending interior surface that extends around and defines a longitudinally extending passage that contains the respective peripheral stack, and each interior surface closely bounds and engages a substantial portion of the periphery of the respective peripheral stack. Another fiber optic cable includes multiple optical modules within a longitudinally extending jacket and longitudinally stranded around a central member.