Patents by Inventor Darren James Michael Adams

Darren James Michael Adams 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).

  • Patent number: 9316791
    Abstract: An optical fiber connector plug having an anti-snag guide to prevent the plug from being caught on corners and edges when an attached cable is being pulled around corners and edges during installation and removal of the optical fiber connector plug. The optical fiber connector plug includes a unique arrangement of different width apertures corresponding to a removal tool having corresponding different width prongs to be received by the apertures to release the optical fiber connector plug from a coupling adapter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Optical Fiber Packaging Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Colin Edward Durrant, Darren James Michael Adams
  • Publication number: 20140205257
    Abstract: An optical fiber connector plug having an anti-snag guide to prevent the plug from being caught on corners and edges when an attached cable is being pulled around corners and edges during installation and removal of the optical fiber connector plug. The optical fiber connector plug includes a unique arrangement of different width apertures corresponding to a removal tool having corresponding different width prongs to be received by the apertures to release the optical fiber connector plug from a coupling adapter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: Advanced Fiber Products, LLC
    Inventors: Richard Colin Edward Durrant, Darren James Michael Adams
  • Publication number: 20130077914
    Abstract: An optical switching apparatus comprising a housing with first and second optical ports on the housing for receiving optical connectors, wherein the first and second optical ports are optically connected in a first state. A third and fourth optical port for receiving optical connectors are provided in the housing for which are optically connected in a first state. An optical switch within the housing optically connects the first optical port to the third optical port and optically connects that the second optical port to the fourth optical port in a second state, wherein the optical switch is mechanically actuated due to insertion of an optical connector in at least one of the first and second optical ports. A sliding cam against a ball bearing accurately re-aligns two fiber optic arrays to switch from a first state to a second state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: Advanced Fiber Products Limited
    Inventors: Richard Colin Edward Durrant, Darren James Michael Adams, Justin Daniel Noble