Patents by Inventor SUSAN ELIZABETH SEMMLER

SUSAN ELIZABETH SEMMLER 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: 9720197
    Abstract: A transition box for a fiber optic network for a multiple distribution unit (MDU) is disclosed. The transition box comprises an enclosure a fiber optic adapter removably mounted in the enclosure. The fiber optic adapter is configured to receive one or more optical fibers of a riser cable to provide optical communication service from a service provider to a subscriber premises. A payout reel removably mounted in the enclosure stores slack of the riser cable paid out to at least one of one or more distribution levels in the MDU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Corning Optical Communications LLC
    Inventors: Terry Dean Cox, Mark Robert Dagley, Lee Wayne Nored, Susan Elizabeth Semmler, Antwan Joco'ques Works
  • Patent number: 9547145
    Abstract: A local convergence point for a fiber optic network is disclosed. The local convergence panel has an enclosure with an interior. An adapter panel separates the interior into a first section and a second section. An interior panel removably mounts in the interior in at least one of the first section and the second section. At least one optical component removably mounts to the interior panel. The optical component may be a splitter module, a splice holder, a routing guide, furcation devices, a ribbon fan-out body, a wave division multiplexer and/or a coarse wave division multiplexer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Corning Optical Communications LLC
    Inventors: Terry Dean Cox, William Julius McPhil Giraud, Daniel Scott McGranahan, Lee Wayne Nored, Susan Elizabeth Semmler
  • Patent number: 9042701
    Abstract: A collapsible cable reel comprising a frame assembly having with a first end and a second end and at least one cable support is disclosed. A first end assembly releasably connects to the first end of the frame assembly and a second end assembly releasably connects to the second end of the frame assembly. At least one cable support extends from the frame assembly to the first end assembly and is adapted to support a length of cable wound around the collapsible cable reel. The length of the at least one cable support and the frame assembly are shortenable allowing the first end assembly to move closer to the second end assembly and the collapsible cable reel to move from a first position to a second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Corning Cable Systems LLC
    Inventors: Mark Robert Dagley, Susan Elizabeth Semmler, Antwan Joco'ques Works
  • Publication number: 20120104145
    Abstract: A collapsible cable reel comprising a frame assembly having with a first end and a second end and at least one cable support is disclosed. A first end assembly releasably connects to the first end of the frame assembly and a second end assembly releasably connects to the second end of the frame assembly. At least one cable support extends from the frame assembly to the first end assembly and is adapted to support a length of cable wound around the collapsible cable reel. The length of the at least one cable support and the frame assembly are shortenable allowing the first end assembly to move closer to the second end assembly and the collapsible cable reel to move from a first position to a second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Inventors: Mark Robert Dagley, Susan Elizabeth Semmler, Antwan Joco'ques Works
  • Publication number: 20120093473
    Abstract: A transition box for a fiber optic network for a multiple distribution unit (MDU) is disclosed. The transition box comprises an enclosure a fiber optic adapter removably mounted in the enclosure. The fiber optic adapter is configured to receive one or more optical fibers of a riser cable to provide optical communication service from a service provider to a subscriber premises. A payout reel removably mounted in the enclosure stores slack of the riser cable paid out to at least one of one or more distribution levels in the MDU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Inventors: TERRY DEAN COX, MARK ROBERT DAGLEY, LEE WAYNE NORED, SUSAN ELIZABETH SEMMLER, ANTWAN JOCO'QUES WORKS
  • Publication number: 20120093474
    Abstract: A local convergence point for a fiber optic network is disclosed. The local convergence panel has an enclosure with an interior. An adapter panel separates the interior into a first section and a second section. An interior panel removably mounts in the interior in at least one of the first section and the second section. At least one optical component removably mounts to the interior panel. The optical component may be a splitter module, a splice holder, a routing guide, furcation devices, a ribbon fan-out body, a wave division multiplexer and/or a coarse wave division multiplexer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Inventors: Terry Dean Cox, William Julius McPhil Giraud, Daniel Scott McGranahan, Lee Wayne Nored, Susan Elizabeth Semmler