Patents by Inventor Carrie Lynn Elder

Carrie Lynn Elder has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Fiber optic cable wall mount housing
    Patent number: 6201920
    Abstract: A fiber optic connector unit has a housing with a provider port and a customer port. The ports provide access for fiber optic cables. A fiber optic connector panel is mounted inside the housing. The connector panel has apertures for mounting connectors to optically interconnect the fibers of a provider cable with the fibers of a customer cable. A slack holder is mounted in the housing for being wrapped with slack of the provider cable. Curved guide walls are located adjacent to the slack holder and adjacent to the provider and customer sides of the connector panel for guiding fibers without excessively bending them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignee: Siecor Operations, LLC
    Inventors: Jennifer D. Noble, Carrie Lynn Elder