Patents by Inventor Karen Elizabeth Williams

Karen Elizabeth Williams 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: 9915792
    Abstract: Fiber optic cable demarcations inhibiting movements of optical fibers relative to strength members, and related cable assemblies and methods, are disclosed. By bonding optical fibers to strength members with a bonding agent received into at least one cavity, a demarcation may be formed inside the cable jacket at a cable jacket interface. The at least one cavity may be disposed within a cable jacket of a fiber optic cable and at the cable jacket interface. The demarcation may bond at least one optical fiber and at least one strength member together to inhibit longitudinal movement of the at least one optical fiber relative to the at least one strength member. In this manner, the demarcation may inhibit optical fiber movement within the fiber optic connector, which may cause tensile forces and/or buckling of the optical fiber resulting in optical fiber damage and/or optical attenuation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Corning Optical Communications LLC
    Inventors: Marisol Aponte Cervantes, Michael Travis Hundley, Gregory Alan Lochkovic, Francisco Luna Pina, Sherrh Clint Reinhardt, Thomas Theuerkorn, Karen Elizabeth Williams
  • Publication number: 20180031785
    Abstract: Fiber optic cable demarcations inhibiting movements of optical fibers relative to strength members, and related cable assemblies and methods, are disclosed. By bonding optical fibers to strength members with a bonding agent received into at least one cavity, a demarcation may be formed inside the cable jacket at a cable jacket interface. The at least one cavity may be disposed within a cable jacket of a fiber optic cable and at the cable jacket interface. The demarcation may bond at least one optical fiber and at least one strength member together to inhibit longitudinal movement of the at least one optical fiber relative to the at least one strength member. In this manner, the demarcation may inhibit optical fiber movement within the fiber optic connector, which may cause tensile forces and/or buckling of the optical fiber resulting in optical fiber damage and/or optical attenuation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Marisol Aponte Cervantes, Michael Travis Hundley, Gregory Alan Lochkovic, Francisco Luna Pina, Sherrh Clint Reinhardt, Thomas Theuerkorn, Karen Elizabeth Williams
  • Patent number: 9810857
    Abstract: Fiber optic cable demarcations inhibiting movements of optical fibers relative to strength members, and related cable assemblies and methods, are disclosed. By bonding optical fibers to strength members with a bonding agent received into at least one cavity, a demarcation may be formed inside the cable jacket at a cable jacket interface. The at least one cavity may be disposed within a cable jacket of a fiber optic cable and at the cable jacket interface. The demarcation may bond at least one optical fiber and at least one strength member together to inhibit longitudinal movement of the at least one optical fiber relative to the at least one strength member. In this manner, the demarcation may inhibit optical fiber movement within the fiber optic connector, which may cause tensile forces and/or buckling of the optical fiber resulting in optical fiber damage and/or optical attenuation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Corning Optical Communications LLC
    Inventors: Marisol Aponte Cervantes, Michael Travis Hundley, Gregory Alan Lochkovic, Francisco Luna Pina, Sherrh Clint Reinhardt, Thomas Theuerkorn, Karen Elizabeth Williams
  • Publication number: 20160223764
    Abstract: Fiber optic cable demarcations inhibiting movements of optical fibers relative to strength members, and related cable assemblies and methods, are disclosed. By bonding optical fibers to strength members with a bonding agent received into at least one cavity, a demarcation may be formed inside the cable jacket at a cable jacket interface. The at least one cavity may be disposed within a cable jacket of a fiber optic cable and at the cable jacket interface. The demarcation may bond at least one optical fiber and at least one strength member together to inhibit longitudinal movement of the at least one optical fiber relative to the at least one strength member. In this manner, the demarcation may inhibit optical fiber movement within the fiber optic connector, which may cause tensile forces and/or buckling of the optical fiber resulting in optical fiber damage and/or optical attenuation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2014
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Applicant: CORNING OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Marisol Aponte Cervantes, Michael Travis Hundley, Gregory Alan Lochkovic, Francisco Luna Pina, Sherrh Clint Reinhardt, Thomas Theuerkorn, Karen Elizabeth Williams