Patents by Inventor Lou Guzzo

Lou Guzzo 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: 11994732
    Abstract: A fiber optic tray system includes a tray. The tray includes a tray body, the tray body extending along a longitudinal axis between a front and a rear and extending along a lateral axis between a first side and a second side. The tray further includes a plurality of alignment rails, each of the plurality of alignment rails protruding from the tray body along a transverse axis. The tray further includes a plurality of retainer features disposed at the rear of the tray body. The fiber optic tray system further includes a fiber optic module, the fiber optic module including an outer housing and at least one retainment feature. The at least one retainment feature is interfaced with at least one of the plurality of retainer features to retain the fiber optic module on the tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: AFL Telecommunications LLC
    Inventor: Lou Guzzo
  • Publication number: 20230228961
    Abstract: A fiber optic tray system includes a tray. The tray includes a tray body, the tray body extending along a longitudinal axis between a front and a rear and extending along a lateral axis between a first side and a second side. The tray further includes a plurality of alignment rails, each of the plurality of alignment rails protruding from the tray body along a transverse axis. The tray further includes a plurality of retainer features disposed at the rear of the tray body. The fiber optic tray system further includes a fiber optic module, the fiber optic module including an outer housing and at least one retainment feature. The at least one retainment feature is interfaced with at least one of the plurality of retainer features to retain the fiber optic module on the tray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventor: Lou Guzzo
  • Patent number: 11693202
    Abstract: A fiber optic tray system includes a tray. The tray includes a tray body, the tray body extending along a longitudinal axis between a front and a rear and extending along a lateral axis between a first side and a second side. The tray further includes a plurality of alignment rails, each of the plurality of alignment rails protruding from the tray body along a transverse axis. The tray further includes a plurality of retainer features disposed at the rear of the tray body. The fiber optic tray system further includes a fiber optic module, the fiber optic module including an outer housing and at least one retainment feature. The at least one retainment feature is interfaced with at least one of the plurality of retainer features to retain the fiber optic module on the tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: AFL Telecommunications LLC
    Inventor: Lou Guzzo
  • Patent number: 11619791
    Abstract: A fiber optic tray system includes a tray. The tray includes a tray body, the tray body extending along a longitudinal axis between a front and a rear and extending along a lateral axis between a first side and a second side. The tray further includes a plurality of alignment rails, each of the plurality of alignment rails protruding from the tray body along a transverse axis. The tray further includes a plurality of retainer features disposed at the rear of the tray body. The fiber optic tray system further includes a fiber optic module, the fiber optic module including an outer housing and at least one retainment feature. The at least one retainment feature is interfaced with at least one of the plurality of retainer features to retain the fiber optic module on the tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: AFL TELECOMMUNICATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Lou Guzzo
  • Publication number: 20220404573
    Abstract: A fiber optic tray system includes a tray. The tray includes a tray body, the tray body extending along a longitudinal axis between a front and a rear and extending along a lateral axis between a first side and a second side. The tray further includes a plurality of alignment rails, each of the plurality of alignment rails protruding from the tray body along a transverse axis. The tray further includes a plurality of retainer features disposed at the rear of the tray body. The fiber optic tray system further includes a fiber optic module, the fiber optic module including an outer housing and at least one retainment feature. The at least one retainment feature is interfaced with at least one of the plurality of retainer features to retain the fiber optic module on the tray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventor: Lou Guzzo
  • Publication number: 20220382009
    Abstract: A fiber optic tray system includes a tray. The tray includes a tray body, the tray body extending along a longitudinal axis between a front and a rear and extending along a lateral axis between a first side and a second side. The tray further includes a plurality of alignment rails, each of the plurality of alignment rails protruding from the tray body along a transverse axis. The tray further includes a plurality of retainer features disposed at the rear of the tray body. The fiber optic tray system further includes a fiber optic module, the fiber optic module including an outer housing and at least one retainment feature. The at least one retainment feature is interfaced with at least one of the plurality of retainer features to retain the fiber optic module on the tray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventor: Lou Guzzo
  • Publication number: 20220236510
    Abstract: A fiber optic tray system includes a tray. The tray includes a tray body, the tray body extending along a longitudinal axis between a front and a rear and extending along a lateral axis between a first side and a second side. The tray further includes a plurality of alignment rails, each of the plurality of alignment rails protruding from the tray body along a transverse axis. The tray further includes a plurality of retainer features disposed at the rear of the tray body. The fiber optic tray system further includes a fiber optic module, the fiber optic module including an outer housing and at least one retainment feature. The at least one retainment feature is interfaced with at least one of the plurality of retainer features to retain the fiber optic module on the tray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventor: Lou Guzzo
  • Patent number: 11327263
    Abstract: A fiber optic tray system includes a tray. The tray includes a tray body, the tray body extending along a longitudinal axis between a front and a rear and extending along a lateral axis between a first side and a second side. The tray further includes a plurality of alignment rails, each of the plurality of alignment rails protruding from the tray body along a transverse axis. The tray further includes a plurality of retainer features disposed at the rear of the tray body. The fiber optic tray system further includes a fiber optic module, the fiber optic module including an outer housing and at least one retainment feature. The at least one retainment feature is interfaced with at least one of the plurality of retainer features to retain the fiber optic module on the tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: AFL TELECOMMUNICATIONS LCC
    Inventor: Lou Guzzo
  • Publication number: 20210173164
    Abstract: A fiber optic tray system includes a tray. The tray includes a tray body, the tray body extending along a longitudinal axis between a front and a rear and extending along a lateral axis between a first side and a second side. The tray further includes a plurality of alignment rails, each of the plurality of alignment rails protruding from the tray body along a transverse axis. The tray further includes a plurality of retainer features disposed at the rear of the tray body. The fiber optic tray system further includes a fiber optic module, the fiber optic module including an outer housing and at least one retainment feature. The at least one retainment feature is interfaced with at least one of the plurality of retainer features to retain the fiber optic module on the tray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventor: Lou Guzzo
  • Patent number: 10969554
    Abstract: A fiber optic tray system includes a tray. The tray includes a tray body, the tray body extending along a longitudinal axis between a front and a rear and extending along a lateral axis between a first side and a second side. The tray further includes a plurality of alignment rails, each of the plurality of alignment rails protruding from the tray body along a transverse axis. The tray further includes a plurality of retainer features disposed at the rear of the tray body. The fiber optic tray system further includes a fiber optic module, the fiber optic module including an outer housing and at least one retainment feature. The at least one retainment feature is interfaced with at least one of the plurality of retainer features to retain the fiber optic module on the tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: AFL Telecommunications LLC
    Inventor: Lou Guzzo
  • Publication number: 20200310060
    Abstract: A fiber optic tray system includes a tray. The tray includes a tray body, the tray body extending along a longitudinal axis between a front and a rear and extending along a lateral axis between a first side and a second side. The tray further includes a plurality of alignment rails, each of the plurality of alignment rails protruding from the tray body along a transverse axis. The tray further includes a plurality of retainer features disposed at the rear of the tray body. The fiber optic tray system further includes a fiber optic module, the fiber optic module including an outer housing and at least one retainment feature. The at least one retainment feature is interfaced with at least one of the plurality of retainer features to retain the fiber optic module on the tray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventor: Lou Guzzo
  • Patent number: 10247894
    Abstract: A pressure housing assembly according to exemplary aspects includes: a saddle assembly configured to encase a midpoint access section of a cable; and a pressure housing configured to be mounted on the saddle assembly. The saddle assembly has a first cable SSTL tube opening where a first seal member is provided; and a second cable SSTL tube opening where a second seal member is provided. The pressure housing has a corresponding first cable SSTL tube opening where a third seal member is provided; a second cable SSTL tube opening where a fourth seal member is provided; and a port configured to allow at least one penetrator to be inserted therethrough. The saddle assembly comprises a seal block configured to at least partially surround the midpoint access section of the cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: AFL Telecommunications LLC
    Inventors: Eddie Kimbrell, John Toth, Lou Guzzo, Ted Lichoulas, Alan Knowlton, Ed Austin
  • Publication number: 20180031793
    Abstract: A pressure housing assembly according to exemplary aspects includes: a saddle assembly configured to encase a mid-point access section of a cable; and a pressure housing configured to be mounted on the saddle assembly. The saddle assembly has a first cable SSTL tube opening where a first seal member is provided; and a second cable SSTL tube opening where a second seal member is provided. The pressure housing has a corresponding first cable SSTL tube opening where a third seal member is provided; a second cable SSTL tube opening where a fourth seal member is provided; and a port configured to allow at least one penetrator to be inserted therethrough. The saddle assembly comprises a seal block configured to at least partially surround the mid-point access section of the cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Eddie Kimbrell, John Toth, Lou Guzzo, Ted Lichoulas, Alan Knowlton, Ed Austin
  • Patent number: 9731338
    Abstract: A wire bending apparatus and a method for bending a wire and creating a loop in the wire is provided. The wire bending apparatus includes an anvil block that is connectable to a wire bending portion and connectable to a loop bending portion, such that the wire bending portion and the loop bending portion are rotatable. The anvil block includes a gap for holding a wire and the wire bending portion includes a groove for positioning the wire to be parallel to the direction of the wire when the wire bending portion is connected to the anvil block and rotated to form the bend in the wire. The loop bending portion includes a channel for engaging the wire when the loop bending portion is connected to the anvil block and rotated to form a loop in the wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: AFL Telecommunications LLC
    Inventor: Lou Guzzo
  • Patent number: 9696509
    Abstract: An armored cable termination/fiber-optic seal which connects a fiber optic cable—the fiber optic cable including one or more armor wires and one or more cable tubes—to a pressure housing, the armored cable termination/fiber-optic seal including: an armored termination which locks the one or more armor wires in a conical cavity; sealing paths which block water from traveling in the interstitial space between the one or more armor wires and the one or more cable tubes into the pressure housing; and fiber feed-through tubes which block water from traveling in the interior of the one or more cable tubes into the pressure housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: AFL Telecommunications LLC
    Inventors: Eddie Kimbrell, John Toth, Ted Lichoulas, Lou Guzzo
  • Patent number: 9279950
    Abstract: An exterior distribution pedestal cabinet includes an enclosure having a top, a bottom and first and second sides extending between the top and the bottom, a door disposed on a front side of the enclosure, a cable management bracket within the enclosure, a plurality of splitter modules mounted within the enclosure at the cable management bracket, a connector holder bracket, a plurality of connector holders mounted at the connector holder bracket; and a pass-through connector adaptor plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: AFL Telecommunications LLC
    Inventors: Ted Lichoulas, Lou Guzzo
  • Publication number: 20150367401
    Abstract: A wire bending apparatus and a method for bending a wire and creating a loop in the wire is provided. The wire bending apparatus includes an anvil block that is connectable to a wire bending portion and connectable to a loop bending portion, such that the wire bending portion and the loop bending portion are rotatable. The anvil block includes a gap for holding a wire and the wire bending portion includes a groove for positioning the wire to be parallel to the direction of the wire when the wire bending portion is connected to the anvil block and rotated to form the bend in the wire. The loop bending portion includes a channel for engaging the wire when the loop bending portion is connected to the anvil block and rotated to form a loop in the wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Applicant: AFL Telecommunications LLC
    Inventor: Lou GUZZO
  • Patent number: 9134497
    Abstract: An optical module is provided. The optical module includes a base module and a cable management bracket removably attached to the base module. The base module includes a first adapter configured to interface with a first cable. The base module further includes a plurality of second adapters configured to interface with a plurality of optical fibers and a plurality of second cables. The cable management bracket includes a plurality of cable routing slots for routing the plurality of second cables. A fiber optic panel is also provided. The fiber optic panel includes a base, a plurality of module guides removably attached to the base, and a plurality of the optical modules slid between the module guides. A fiber management system is further provided. The fiber management system includes a rack and the fiber optic panel mounted on the rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: AFL Telecommunications LLC
    Inventors: Lou Guzzo, Ted Lichoulas, Chris Donaldson, Chuck Turner, Run Ron, Matthew Johnston, Eddie Kimbrell
  • Publication number: 20140233898
    Abstract: An armored cable termination/fiber-optic seal which connects a fiber optic cable—the fiber optic cable including one or more armor wires and one or more cable tubes—to a pressure housing, the armored cable termination/fiber-optic seal including: an armored termination which locks the one or more armor wires in a conical cavity; sealing paths which block water from traveling in the interstitial space between the one or more armor wires and the one or more cable tubes into the pressure housing; and fiber feed-through tubes which block water from traveling in the interior of the one or more cable tubes into the pressure housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: TGS GEOPHYSICAL COMPANY (UK) LIMITED
    Inventors: Eddie Kimbrell, John Toth, Ted Lichoulas, Lou Guzzo
  • Patent number: 8770525
    Abstract: A bracket for routing cables in a cable management system that has a mounting portion which is used to mount the bracket to the cable management system and is provided on a mounting end of the bracket. The bracket also has a holding portion that has a plurality of apertures which are to hold the cables. Each of the apertures are provided at a different distance from the mounting end of the bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: AFL Telecommunications LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Donaldson, Ted Lichoulas, Lou Guzzo