Patents by Inventor Leon B. Dent

Leon B. Dent 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: 6895671
    Abstract: A metal tube slitter is presented. A housing includes a drive shaft for moving cable through the housing and a blade truck. The blade truck houses a blade used for penetrating the cable. A shoulder screw adjusts the blade truck and as a result adjusts the penetration of the blade into the cable. The drive shaft is attached to a drive knob. As the drive knob is rotated the drive shaft also rotates and moves the cable through the metal tube slitter. After the blade penetrates the cable, the blade cuts the cable as the cable is moved through the metal tube slitter by the drive shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignee: AT&T Corp.
    Inventors: Michael Shane Belew, Leon B. Dent, Hossein Eslambolchi, John Sinclair Huffman
  • Patent number: 6758499
    Abstract: A system and method for making a repair to a damaged section of a conduit includes a pair of couplers, which securely mate, with undamaged sections of the conduit, which straddle the damaged section of the conduit; and a bridging duct, which replaces the damaged section. In one embodiment, the couplers are placed around the undamaged section of the conduit and the bridging duct is placed around the couplers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2004
    Assignee: AT&T Corp.
    Inventors: Michael Shane Belew, Leon B. Dent, Hossein Eslambolchi, John Sinclair Huffman
  • Patent number: 6644869
    Abstract: A conductive splint for repairing a damaged metallic sheath of a fiber optic cable includes a C-shaped stabilization element that spans the damaged area and a conductive stabilization component that attaches to the C-shaped stabilization element and provides for electrical connection across the section of damaged sheath. The conductive stabilization component includes a pair of end clamps that have an inner barbed surface for penetrating into and contacting the metallic sheath, and a conductive brace that is coupled between the clamps, the combination of the clamps and brace forming an electrical path across the damaged section. A heat shrink blanket is used to encapsulate the combination of the C-shaped element and conductive stabilization component, preventing further corrosion in the damaged section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Assignee: AT&T Corp.
    Inventors: Michael Shane Belew, Leon B. Dent, Hossein Eslambolchi, John Sinclair Huffman