Patents by Inventor Richard Alan Oftedahl

Richard Alan Oftedahl 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).

  • Fiber trough coupling
    Patent number: 5752781
    Abstract: A coupling for a cable routing system includes wall guides spaced apart by a thickness equal to a thickness of the walls of fiber troughs to be joined by the coupling. The wall guides carry a fastener system including a bracket disposed to oppose an external surface of a trough or fitting attached to the coupling. A fastener is carried on the bracket and is axially drivable to pierce and penetrate into the wall thickness of a coupled trough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Jon Haataja, Thomas Walter Kampf, Richard Alan Oftedahl, Wayne Albin Johnson, Gary F. Nault