Patents by Inventor Raymond JOHNSON, IV

Raymond JOHNSON, IV 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).

  • Actively monitored optical fiber panel
    Patent number: 9525483
    Abstract: An optical fiber panel unit includes multiple fiber input ports, each configured to connect to a different one of multiple optical fibers. Each fiber input port includes a connector port configured to connect to a respective fiber panel optical path, an optical tap and a photo-detector. The optical tap is configured to couple to the respective optical path. The photo-detector couples to the optical tap to detect optical signals carried over the respective optical path, and to produce electrical signals that correspond to the detected optical signals. A telemetry circuit analyzes the electrical signals that correspond to the detected optical signals of each respective optical path, and determines at least one of a loss of signal (LOS) or loss of light (LOL) at each of the fiber input ports based on the analysis of the electrical signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond Johnson, IV, Daniel L. Peterson, Jr.
  • ACTIVELY MONITORED OPTICAL FIBER PANEL
    Publication number: 20160277103
    Abstract: An optical fiber panel unit includes multiple fiber input ports, each configured to connect to a different one of multiple optical fibers. Each fiber input port includes a connector port configured to connect to a respective fiber panel optical path, an optical tap and a photo-detector. The optical tap is configured to couple to the respective optical path. The photo-detector couples to the optical tap to detect optical signals carried over the respective optical path, and to produce electrical signals that correspond to the detected optical signals. A telemetry circuit analyzes the electrical signals that correspond to the detected optical signals of each respective optical path, and determines at least one of a loss of signal (LOS) or loss of light (LOL) at each of the fiber input ports based on the analysis of the electrical signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Raymond JOHNSON, IV, Daniel L. PETERSON, JR.