Patents Assigned to PPC Broadband, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20230213719
    Abstract: A cable storage container may include a base portion having a cavity and a base opening portion, a cover portion that may be configured to be attached to the base portion so as to cover the base opening portion, and a module portion that may be configured to be removed from and replaced in the base portion. The module portion may include a plurality of cable bundle receptacles that each may be configured to receive a portion of a cable bundle, and each two adjacent ones of the cable bundle receptacles may be separated by a separating wall portion, and the module portion may be configured to support the cable bundle in one of the cable bundle receptacles so as to restrict the cable bundle from expanding and interfering with contents of the base portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: PPC BROADBAND, INC.
    Inventors: Michael LANGMAN, Peter CARAPELLA, Gerald Joseph MEIER
  • Publication number: 20230216257
    Abstract: A connector assembly that may include a connector portion and an adapter portion that are configured to be coupled to each other. The connector and adapter portions may include first and second conductor portions that are configured to be electrically connected to each other. The first and second conductor portions each may include perimeter end portions that are configured to contact each other when the connector portion and the adapter portion are coupled to each other. One of either the first conductor portion or the second conductor portions may include a perimeter end portion and a radially inward extending end portion that may be configured to extend radially inward from the perimeter end portion of the one conductor and may be axially spaced apart in an axial direction from an inward extremity end portion of the other conductor when the connector portion and the adapter portion are coupled to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: PPC BROADBAND, INC.
    Inventors: Daniel DAOUST, Jay KISSELSTEIN
  • Publication number: 20230216220
    Abstract: An assembly for covering at least a portion of a connector portion and at least a portion of a cable includes: a temperature sensitive portion; and a cord portion. The temperature sensitive portion is configured to have a pre-shrink length prior to being heated and a post-shrink length after being heated; wherein the post-shrink length is smaller than the pre-shrink length; the cord portion is configured to have a length after the temperature sensitive portion is heated that is greater than the post-shrink length of the temperature sensitive portion; and a difference between the post-shrink length of the temperature sensitive portion and the length of the cord portion after the heating permits a user to remove the temperature sensitive portion from a connector portion and a cable without using a sharp tool and thereby avoid cutting the connector portion or the cable when removing the temperature sensitive portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: PPC BROADBAND, INC.
    Inventor: Roger MATHEWS
  • Publication number: 20230208460
    Abstract: A multi-level signal distribution device provides different enhanced isolation levels at a plurality of different frequency bands and may include an input port, a plurality of output ports, a splitter configured to be connected between the input port and the output ports and a filter. The filter is configured to provide the plurality of enhanced isolation levels between the input port and the output ports. The device is also configured to provide enhanced isolation levels between adjacent output ports and between distant output ports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: PPC BROADBAND, INC.
    Inventor: Paul BAILEY
  • Patent number: 11689004
    Abstract: A connector includes a first connector body and a second connector body configured to be coupled to one another. The first connector body has a through hole and a cavity. The through hole and the cavity are configured to receive a shield of a hardline coaxial cable. A first washer is disposed in the first connector body and is configured to permit the shield to be pushed in a first direction through the through hole and into the cavity while resisting movement of the shield in a second direction opposite to the first direction. The second connector body has a through hole and a cavity. The through hole and the cavity of the second connector body are configured to receive a tubular member. A second washer is disposed in the second connector body and is configured to permit the tubular member to be pushed in the second direction through the through hole of the second connector body and into the cavity of the second connector body while resisting movement of the tubular member in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: PPC BROADBAND, INC.
    Inventor: Eric J. Purdy
  • Publication number: 20230194793
    Abstract: An optical fiber connector sub-assembly for an optical fiber connector includes a ferrule configured to hold an optical fiber therein along an axis of the ferrule and a ferrule holder configured to hold the ferrule. The ferrule has an end face at which the optical fiber is terminated, and the ferrule holder includes a base in which the ferrule is configured to be seated. The sub-assembly includes a ferrule basket including an inner sleeve slidably coupled with an outer sleeve and configured to isolate a front end of the connector from a rear end of the connector such that the ferrule is isolated from movement of the rear end of the connector. The ferrule basket is configured to receive the ferrule holder therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: PPC BROADBAND, INC.
    Inventors: William L. CRAWFORD, Noah P. MONTENA
  • Publication number: 20230194796
    Abstract: A fiber optic connector includes a body portion and a coupling portion configured to be coupled with the body portion. The body portion is configured to receive a fiber optic cable, and the coupling portion is configured to radially compress a portion of the body portion onto an outer jacket of a fiber optic cable to clamp the outer jacket and to prevent relative axial movement between the fiber optic cable and the connector when the coupling portion is coupled with the body portion so as to mechanically couple the body portion with the fiber optic cable without having to use a crimping tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: PPC BROADBAND, INC.
    Inventors: Nicholas V. CLAVER, William CRAWFORD, Peter CARAPELLA, Brian HONSINGER
  • Publication number: 20230187868
    Abstract: A hardline connector for providing high frequency performance includes a body portion configured to be coupled with an interface port. The body portion is configured to house a collet and an insulator, the collet includes a pin portion and a gripping portion that is configured to receive a center conductor of a hardline coaxial cable, and the gripping portion is configured to define a forward facing surface at a forward end of the gripping portion of the collet. The body portion is configured to minimize peaks and valleys of impedance levels within the connector relative to a desired 75 ohm impedance such that the hardline connector is configured to improve return loss performance over a wider frequency bandwidth without degrading electrical, mechanical, and environmental performance of the connector by minimizing peaks and valleys of impedance levels within the connector relative to a desired 75 ohm impedance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: PPC BROADBAND, INC.
    Inventors: Eric PURDY, Jordan CAVINESS
  • Patent number: 11675140
    Abstract: A fiber optic connector includes a ferrule holder configured to receive a ferrule that terminates an optical fiber cable, a connector sub-assembly configured to receive an optical fiber cable and to hold the ferrule holder, a connector body configured to hold the connector sub-assembly, a shroud configured to encircle the connector body, and a housing configured to encircle a portion of the shroud. The connector body is configured to include a first mating member and a second mating member. The first mating member is configured to include a cantilevered flange, and the second mating member is configured to include a groove on an inner surface of the second mating member. The cantilevered flange is configured to engage with the groove to securely fasten the first mating member with the second mating member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: PPC BROADBAND, INC.
    Inventors: William Crawford, Peter Carapella, Noah Montena, Tom Carpenter
  • Publication number: 20230176309
    Abstract: A connector storage includes a storage block including a plurality of chambers. Each of the plurality of chambers includes an open first end at a front wall and a substantially closed second end at a rear wall. The storage block is configured to include first voids and/or second voids between adjacent ones of the plurality of chambers. Each of the plurality of chambers includes a substantially circular perimeter wall that includes first and second wall portions between the respective chamber and respective ones of the first and second voids. The perimeter wall is configured to have a first diameter that is smaller than a second diameter of a circle that circumscribes corners of the fiber optic connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: PPC BROADBAND, INC.
    Inventors: Robert SCHIFFBAUER, Peter CARAPELLA, Steven M. WALDREN
  • Publication number: 20230178907
    Abstract: A connector includes: (i) an inner conductor engager comprising at least one tab being flexible to define an opening engager, (ii) a driver configured to drive the inner conductor engager to a desired position along the inner conductor, and (iii) a housing coupled to the inner conductor engager. The opening is configured to receive an inner conductor of a coaxial cable and extends through the entire inner conductor engager thus allowing the inner conductor to electrically connect to an interface port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: PPC BROADBAND, INC.
    Inventors: Timothy N. Tremba, Harold J. Watkins
  • Publication number: 20230176287
    Abstract: A splice enclosure that may include a body portion, a lower portion, an adapter portion, and a splice portion. The adapter portion may be configured to pivot relative to the body portion between a first adapter portion position and a second adapter portion position. The splice portion may be configured to pivot relative to the body portion between a first splice portion position and a second splice portion position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: PPC BROADBAND, INC.
    Inventors: Stefan DONCHEV, Afzal VA
  • Patent number: 11656421
    Abstract: A telecommunications box includes a first housing portion, a second housing portion pivotally coupled with the first housing portion, an adapter panel removably coupled with the first housing portion, and an inner cover pivotally coupled with the first housing portion and removably coupled with the adapter panel. The adapter panel is configured to be uncoupled from the first housing so as to be pivotal with the inner cover relative to the first housing portion to a raised configuration that provides a technician with improved access to the adapter panel, and the adapter panel is configured to be uncoupled from the inner cover while remaining coupled with the first housing portion in a stowed configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: PPC BROADBAND, INC.
    Inventors: Jay Kisselstein, Cameron James Adams, Peter Carapella, Brian P. Honsinger
  • Publication number: 20230152526
    Abstract: A cable marking clip for securing to a connector of a cable such that axial movement of the cable marking clip relative to the connector is prevented includes an outer portion; and an inner portion attached to the outer portion at an end. The outer portion is configured to engage a connector having strain relief grooves and the inner portion is configured to be received radially between the connector and a cable so as to prevent axial movement of the cable marking clip relative to connectors with and without strain relief grooves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: PPC BROADBAND, INC.
    Inventors: Nicholas CLAVER, Noah MONTENA
  • Patent number: 11646530
    Abstract: A torque sleeve includes sleeve body configured to extend along an axis. The sleeve body is further configured to at least partially receive a coupling member of a coaxial cable connector. The sleeve body has an outer surface configured to permit a user to tighten the coupling member to an interface port up to a first torque, and the sleeve body includes a pair of opposed cutouts configured to receive a tightening tool so as to permit the tightening tool to grip the coupling member and tighten the coupling member to an interface port up to a second torque, the second torque being greater than the first torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: PPC BROADBAND, INC.
    Inventors: Harold J. Watkins, Steve Stankovski, Daniel Daoust
  • Patent number: 11647162
    Abstract: An entry device includes an entry port, a filter connected to the entry port, a plurality of first output ports, and a plurality of second output ports. A first path extends from the entry port, through the filter, to the first output ports. The first path is configured to pass cable television (CATV) signals therethrough and to prevent at least a portion of multimedia over coax alliance (MoCA) signals from passing therethrough. A second path extends from the entry port, through the filter, to the second output ports. The second path is configured to prevent at least a portion of the CATV signals and at least a portion of the MoCA signals from passing therethrough. A third path extends from the first output ports, through the filter, to the second output ports. The third path is configured to pass the MoCA signals therethrough and to prevent at least a portion of the CATV signals from passing therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: PPC BROADBAND, INC.
    Inventors: Paul Bailey, Yan Li, Chad Wells
  • Publication number: 20230133082
    Abstract: An ethernet bridge mounting arrangement includes a housing including a cover portion and a back portion and a wall mount. The housing is configured to be coupled with the wall mount, and the housing is rotatable relative to the wall mount about an axis that extends in a direction perpendicular to a rear surface of the housing between a first rotational orientation, where latching members extending from the housing can be received by and removed from latch openings in the wall mount, and a second rotational orientation, where the housing is prevented from being pulled away from the wall plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: PPC BROADBAND, INC.
    Inventors: Steve STANKOVSKI, David BARANY, Noah P. MONTENA, Harold J. WATKINS, Daniel DAOUST
  • Publication number: 20230134340
    Abstract: An optical fiber feed-through connector for optically coupling an end portion of an optical fiber cable with a non-feed-through optical fiber connector includes a feed-through duct engaging portion having a body member and a compression fitting portion configured to radially compress a portion of the body member around the free end portion of the duct and a feed-through housing portion configured to be operatively coupled to the feed-through duct engaging portion so as to allow the end portion of the optical fiber cable to be slidingly fed through the feed-through housing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: PPC BROADBAND, INC.
    Inventors: Peter A. CARAPELLA, Noah MONTENA, William CRAWFORD
  • Publication number: 20230109851
    Abstract: A cable television (CATV) entry adapter connects to a CATV network and serves as a hub in an In-Home Entertainment (IHE) network. IHE signals may be communicated between passive and active ports of an embodiment of the entry adapter through a pair of directional couplers which allow an IRE-enabled embedded multimedia terminal device (eMTA) at the passive port to communicate with multimedia devices of the IHE network connected to the active ports. An IHE frequency rejection filter is used in some embodiments to confine IHE signal to a single subscriber premise. In some embodiments a bidirectional IHE bandpass filter is used to enable IHE signals to pass between the passive and active ports of the CATV entry adapter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: PPC BROADBAND, INC.
    Inventors: Chad T. Wells, John M. Egan, Jr., Gregory F. Halik, Charles F. Newby
  • Publication number: 20230110779
    Abstract: A quad-shield coaxial cable includes an insulator portion configured to encircle an inner conductor portion, an inner conductive foil portion configured to encircle the insulator portion, an inner braided shield portion configured to encircle the inner conductive foil layer portion, an outer braided shield portion configured to encircle the inner braided shield portion, an outer conductive foil portion configured to encircle the outer braided shield portion, and a jacket portion configured to encircle the outer conductive foil portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: PPC Broadband, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael LAWRENCE