Patents by Inventor Roger Kevin Helmick

Roger Kevin Helmick 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).

  • Flex tactical cable splice
    Patent number: 9063286
    Abstract: A splice protector is provided having a trough configuration body form a chamber therein with first and second openings at opposing ends of the body, and first and second end caps coupled to the first and second openings of the body of the splice protector, the first and second separable end caps each including at least one channel for passing through an optical fiber. At least one optical core having been coupled using fusion splicing, passes through the channels of the first and second end caps and the chamber, wherein the splice is located within the chamber, and a flexible filler is filled within the chamber to secure the spliced fibers therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Advanced Fiber Products, Limited
    Inventors: Richard Colin Edward Durrant, Roger Kevin Helmick
  • Flex Tactical Cable Splice
    Publication number: 20130074303
    Abstract: A splice protector is provided having a trough configuration body form a chamber therein with first and second openings at opposing ends of the body, and first and second end caps coupled to the first and second openings of the body of the splice protector, the first and second separable end caps each including at least one channel for passing through an optical fiber. At least one optical core having been coupled using fusion splicing, passes through the channels of the first and second end caps and the chamber, wherein the splice is located within the chamber, and a flexible filler is filled within the chamber to secure the spliced fibers therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: Advanced Fiber Products Limited
    Inventors: Richard Colin Edward Durrant, Roger Kevin Helmick