Robert M Roach

US Patent:

7330627, Feb 12, 2008

Filed:

May 12, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/433109

Inventors:

Julian Mullaney - Raleigh NC, US
Robert A. Roach - Garner NC, US
Robert Nguyen - Clayton NC, US
Roy Keller Thompson - Apex NC, US
Eric Alston - Fuquay Varina NC, US

Assignee:

Tyco Electronics Corporation - Middletown PA

International Classification:

G02B 6/00

US Classification:

385135, 385134

Abstract:

Cable arrangements include a length of springy cable looped in a arrangement with an intermediate cross-over section between respective first and second looped sections of the cable. The arrangement enables withdrawal of the cable from the arrangement with no more than a single twist of the cable to limit accumulated net linear twist of the cable while linearly extending the cable. The first and second looped sections may be positioned overlapping each other to provide a substantially toroidal shaped cable arrangement. An optical device may be provided on one or both of the ends of the length of cable. The springy cable may be a fiber optic cable, such as flat drop cable. Cable products, enclosures and methods of forming a cable arrangement are also provided.

US Patent:

20210119424, Apr 22, 2021

Filed:

Jun 12, 2019

Appl. No.:

17/251713

Inventors:

- Hickory NC, US
Pieter DOULTREMONT - Kermt-Hasselt, BE
Johan GEENS - Bunsbeek, BE
Robert A. ROACH - Garner NC, US

Assignee:

COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC - Hickory NC

International Classification:

H02B 1/38
G02B 6/44
H05K 5/06

Abstract:

The present disclosure relates to a telecommunications enclosures that can be customizable to include a hinge. That is, a separate hinge may be utilized as an add-on feature for telecommunications enclosures. The hinge can be attached to at least two different sides of an enclosure or may not be utilized at all. Such a configuration allows for flexibility of a variety of designs for a telecommunications enclosure. The hinge can be mountable to interfaces of first and second housing pieces of an enclosure. The hinge can have rotational features and/or translational features for pivoting first and second housing pieces of an enclosure between first and second positions.