Patents by Inventor Rudolph D. Sullivan, Jr.

Rudolph D. Sullivan, Jr. 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: 5886294
    Abstract: A flexible cable boot for external installation around a cable connector of the type being coaxial, triaxial, copper twisted pair, or fiber optic in nature. The cable boot would include a flexible, closely fit external sleeve having a compressive end for supporting a cable against excessive flexing and having on its second end an inwardly extending disc, deformable so that it can be screwed onto the external threads of a connector to form a seal, and including an internal shield to prevent EMI leakage radiation. The product would further includes a main body of thermoplastic rubber material which is ozone resistant. Contained within the body of the cable boot would be provided a metal based lining shielding bonded to the inner wall of the cable boot body with an adhesive material. The assembly is especially suitable for enclosing and protecting cable television coaxial connectors which would be mounted outside of a building such as on a pole or at a distribution splitter outside of a home.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1999
    Inventors: James Michael Scrimpshire, Rudolph D. Sullivan, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5631443
    Abstract: A flexible cable boot for external installation around a cable connector of the type being coaxial, triaxial, copper twisted pair, or fiber optic in nature. The cable boot would include a flexible, closely fit external sleeve having a compressive end for supporting a cable against excessive flexing and having on its second end an inwardly extending disc, deformable so that it can be screwed onto the external threads of a connector to form a seal, and including an internal shield to prevent EMI leakage radiation. The product would further include a main body of EDPM (ethylene-propylene diene monomer) material which is ozone resistant. Contained within the body of the cable boot would be provided a foil/film/foil shielding tape of aluminum polypropylene aluminum bonded to the inner wall of the cable boot body with an adhesive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 20, 1997
    Inventors: James M. Scrimpshire, Rudolph D. Sullivan, Jr.