Kenneth Lavern Jackson

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:

6485193, Nov 26, 2002

Filed:

Oct 25, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/426287

Inventors:

Vidyananda Bangalore Chandraiah - Lawrenceville GA
Kenneth Wade Jackson - Snellville GA

Assignee:

Fitel USA Corporation - Norcross GA

International Classification:

G02B 638

US Classification:

385 75, 385 85, 15 971

Abstract:

The present invention provides an apparatus for cleaning an optical fiber ribbon without splitting the ribbon. The apparatus comprises a first element that has a channel formed therein, which preferably has a width that is substantially equal to the width of an optical fiber ribbon. A ribbon is cleaned by disposing it in the channel and by pulling it through the channel while applying a force to the top surface of the ribbon. The force may be applied, for example, by a user who applies a cleaning cloth to the top surface of the ribbon as it is pulled through the channel. The contact between the channel, the cleaning device and the exterior surface of the ribbon effectuates removal of foreign material from the exterior surface of the ribbon. In accordance with the preferred embodiment, the apparatus further comprises a second element. The second element includes a bottom surface that is disposed over the channel when the first and second elements are placed in their operative positions.

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:

6600859, Jul 29, 2003

Filed:

Jul 2, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/897684

Inventors:

Vidyananda B. Chandraiah - Lawrenceville GA
Kenneth W. Jackson - Snellville GA
Kariofilis Konstadinidis - Decatur GA
Richard Dalton Small - Lilburn GA

Assignee:

Fitel USA Corp. - Norcross GA

International Classification:

G02B 644

US Classification:

385114, 385100, 385127, 385128, 385141

Abstract:

A composite modular optical fiber ribbon structure has one or more separate sub-ribbons, each encased in a first matrix having a relatively high elastic modulus at room temperature. The sub-ribbons are assembled in a planar array which is encased in a second matrix having a relatively low elastic modulus at room temperature.

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:

60350881, Mar 7, 2000

Filed:

Sep 18, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/154670

Inventors:

Vidyananda Bangalore Chandraiah - Lawrenceville GA
Kenneth Wade Jackson - Snellville GA
Richard D. Small - Lilburn GA
Neil Wilbur Sollenberger - Duluth GA

Assignee:

Lucent Technologies Inc. - Murray Hill NJ

International Classification:

G02B 644

US Classification:

385114

Abstract:

A method for performing fiber break-out in an optical fiber ribbon, which does not require shutting down the fibers in the ribbon while break-out is being performed, includes the step of placing the ribbon on a smooth surface that is either flat or curved with a radius much greater than the critical bend radius after the matrix material of the ribbon has been softened and swollen. The ribbon is temporarily affixed to the surface, and the softened matrix is then pulled away therefrom. The ribbon is then turned over and temporarily affixed to the surface and the remaining matrix is removed. The fibers that remain are then cleaned with an alcohol solution. In a variation of the method, the matrix is removed by rubbing or abrading it with a textured cloth or pad.

US Patent:

47380551, Apr 19, 1988

Filed:

Nov 12, 1986

Appl. No.:

6/929444

Inventors:

Kenneth W. Jackson - Lawrenceville GA
Norman R. Lampert - Norcross GA
Harold F. Muth - Roswell GA

Assignee:

American Telephone and Telegraph Company, AT&T Bell Laboratories - Murray Hill NJ
AT&T Technologies, Inc. - Berkeley Heights NJ

International Classification:

B24B 100

US Classification:

51281R

Abstract:

An alignment sleeve (66) for holding two conically shaped portions (30-30) of plugs (24-24) each of which terminates an optical fiber (25) includes two conically shaped cavities (68, 70) communicating through a common minimal diameter plane (72). After the sleeve has been molded, a tool (100) faced with an abrasive material is inserted into each cavity of the sleeve and turned rotatably while a force is applied in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of the tool. This causes material to be removed from the walls defining the cavities so that when the two plugs are inserted into the cavities, the axes of the fibers will be aligned coaxially and the end faces of the fibers will have a predetermined separation. The methods of this invention also may be used to adjust a length measurement of plugs. This is accomplished by inserting a plug into a conically shaped cavity of a tool.