Patents Assigned to PPC
  • Flexible channel molding assemblies
    Patent number: 11368004
    Abstract: A flexible channel molding assembly may include a plurality of molding members. Each of the molding members defines a channel configured to receive a cable, and the plurality of molding members are configured to be pivotally coupled to one another along an axial direction to conform to a surface having a complex geometry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: PPC BROADBAND, INC.
    Inventor: Brian K. Hanson
  • Fiber distribution hub with swiveling frame body
    Patent number: 11353671
    Abstract: A fiber distribution hub configured to house a patch panel includes a plurality of walls forming a chamber, a first shelf attached to a first wall of the plurality of walls in the chamber, a first track supported by the first shelf, and a frame body configured to support the patch panel and to be coupled with the first shelf via the first track. The frame body is configured to shift along the first track between a stored position, a front-exposed position, and a back-exposed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: PPC BROADBAND, INC.
    Inventors: Randall D. Hutchison, Robert Schiffbauer
  • MODULAR RF DEVICES
    Publication number: 20220166175
    Abstract: A modular RF apparatus includes an RF portal and an RF expansion module configured to be coupled with the RF portal. The modular RF apparatus is configured to expand the number of outputs of the RF portal by adding the RF expansion module in a manner that minimizes an increase in the spatial footprint of the modular RF apparatus while allowing easy access to all ports of the modular RF apparatus. The RF portal and the RF expansion module are configured to interlock to create an integrated functional block. The modular RF apparatus are configured to permit upgrading of the RF portal by adding the RF expansion module without disrupting existing connections to the RF portal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: PPC BROADBAND, INC.
    Inventors: David BARANY, Cameron James ADAMS, Noah P. MONTENA
  • CABLE SPOOL AND STORAGE
    Publication number: 20220155546
    Abstract: Systems and methods of dispensing telecommunications cable from a network component are provided. A system includes a housing, an axle, and a spool. The housing defines an interior region and includes a cable storage portion and a mounting surface defining a receptacle. The axle is configured to removably attach to the receptacle. The spool is configured to be disposed on the axle, and has a first flange proximal to the mounting surface and a removable second flange distal to the mounting surface when the spool is disposed on the axle. The spool has a drum portion configured to support a coiled fiber optic cable and dispense the fiber optic cable as the spool rotates on the axle. Undispensed cable can be removed from the spool with the second flange removed. The cable storage portion of the housing is configured to receive the undispensed coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: PPC BROADBAND, INC.
    Inventors: Nicholas B. LARSSON, George I. WAKILEH
  • Fiber optic connector preventing relative rotation between components
    Patent number: 11327245
    Abstract: An optical fiber connector sub-assembly for an optical fiber connector includes a ferrule configured to hold an optical fiber therein, a ferrule holder configured to hold the ferrule, a retaining tube configured to hold the ferrule holder and receive a fiber optic cable, and a connecting tube configured to be rotatingly coupled with the ferrule holder and slidingly received by the retaining tube. The ferrule holder, the retaining tube, and the connecting tube are configured to receive an optical fiber, and the retaining tube and the connecting tube are configured to cooperate with one another to prevent relative rotation between the ferrule holder and the retaining tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: PPC BROADBAND FIBER LTD.
    Inventor: Kim Leeson
  • Network interface device
    Patent number: 11323655
    Abstract: A network interface device includes a passive path between an entry port and a first port. The network interface device also includes an active path between the entry port and a second port. The network interface device also includes a buffer in the active path configured to absorb, attenuate, terminate, or isolate radio-frequency (RF) signals. The network interface device also includes a switching element in the active path configured to cause the RF signals to bypass the buffer when the network interface is in a first state that exists during powered operation of the network interface device, and direct the RF signals to the buffer when the network interface device is in a second state that exists during non-powered operation or faulted operation of the network interface device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: PPC BROADBAND, INC.
    Inventor: Paul Bailey
  • Cable carrying case
    Patent number: 11319142
    Abstract: A cable carrying case, in one embodiment, includes a first halve and a second halve that are coupled together by a fastener. The first and second halves pivot between an open and a closed position around the fastener. The cable carrying case has a releasable support member that is configured to support the weight of a spool of cable. The spool of cable may rotate about the support member to dispense the cable from within the case through a slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: PPC BROADBAND, INC.
    Inventors: Carl Crossett, Cary Lynne Mullin, Jacqueline Busco, Brian Keith Hanson
  • Pushable Optical Connector With Connector-Integrated Articulation
    Publication number: 20220128771
    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: May 19, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: PPC Broadband, Inc.
    Inventors: William L. Crawford, Noah P. Montena
  • Optical fiber device having annular and axial grooves
    Patent number: 11300743
    Abstract: A fiber optic cable assembly includes a fiber optic cable and a fiber optic connector. The fiber optic cable has an outer surface that includes a plurality of annular grooves spaced apart from one another in an axial direction of the fiber optic cable, and a plurality of axial grooves that extend in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: PPC BROADBAND, INC.
    Inventors: Nicholas V. Claver, Daniel Daoust, Steve Stankovski
  • Coaxial cable connectors having port grounding
    Patent number: 11296435
    Abstract: A nut assembly for a coaxial cable connector includes a nut configured to engage an interface port and a cap encircling the nut. The nut includes an internal threaded portion configured to engage external threads of the interface port and at least one resilient finger extending in an axial direction from the internal threaded portion toward a forward end of the nut. The forward end includes a tooth extending radially inward, the tooth is configured to contact a surface of a thread of the external threads when the nut is coupled to the interface port, and the tooth is configured to provide ground continuity between the nut and the interface port before the internal threaded portion of the nut is coupled with the external threads. The internal threaded portion and the external threads are configured to provide a retention force between the nut and the interface port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: PPC BROADBAND, INC.
    Inventors: Harold J. Watkins, Noah P. Montena, Steven Stankovski, Jeremy Amidon
  • PACKAGING FOR REEL-LESS BUNDLE OF CABLE
    Publication number: 20220097900
    Abstract: A packaging arrangement for a bundle of cable includes a planar packaging blank extending in a longitudinal direction from a first end to a second end. The blank includes a middle region extending from the first end to the second end between a first fold line and a second fold line, a first side extending from the first end to the second end and including a plurality of first flaps extending from the first fold line in a direction away from the second side in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, and a second side extending from the first end to the second end and including a plurality of second flaps extending from the second fold line in a direction away from the first side in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. The blank is configured to be rolled into a cylindrical shape such that the first end overlaps the second end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: PPC BROADBAND, INC.
    Inventors: Andriy Lozhko, Noah P. Montena, Jay A. Kisselstein, Brian K. Hanson
  • REUSABLE REEL
    Publication number: 20220098002
    Abstract: A reel includes a first reel member and a second reel member. The first reel member includes a first barrel portion, a first flange portion, and a first hub portion, and the second reel member includes a second barrel portion, a second flange portion, and a second hub portion. The first barrel portion and the second barrel portion are configured to be coupled with one another. The first barrel portion includes an inner wall and an outer wall that are spaced apart from one another in a radial direction of the first barrel portion, and the first barrel portion, the first flange portion, and the first hub portion are portions of a first single piece structure of unitary construction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: PPC BROADBAND, INC.
    Inventors: Jay A. Kisselstein, Richard Maroney, Noah P. Montena, Brian K. Hanson
  • COAXIAL CABLE BONDING/GROUNDING BLOCKS
    Publication number: 20220094079
    Abstract: A ground block may include a metal ground plate and a ground wire fixedly coupled with the metal ground plate. The ground wire is configured to be non-detachable from the ground block during normal use of the ground block. The ground block may be formed by soldering, brazing, or clamping the ground wire to the metal ground plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: PPC BROADBAND, INC.
    Inventors: Roger MATHEWS, Brian K. HANSON
  • COAXIAL CABLE CONNECTORS HAVING A GROUNDING MEMBER
    Publication number: 20220094083
    Abstract: A coupler for a coaxial cable connector includes a coupler including an internally internal portion and an extension portion extending forwardly from the internal portion; and a grounding cage slidingly coupled with the coupler. An inner surface of the extension portion includes an annular groove, the grounding cage includes a rear ring portion disposed in the annular groove and configured to slide in the annular groove, and a forward portion of the grounding cage is configured to extend forwardly beyond a forward end of the coupler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: PPC BROADBAND, INC.
    Inventors: Harold WATKINS, Steve STANKOVSKI, Richard MARONEY
  • Fiber splice closure having a raised deck covering a splitter
    Patent number: 11280976
    Abstract: A fiber splice closure for housing an optical connection between a distribution cable and at least one drop cable of an optical network includes a base and an insert. The base includes round drop cable ports configured to receive a drop cable containing a first optical fiber. Screw holes are arranged in a radial side wall of the drop cable ports and receive a fixing device to secure the drop cable. A round port receives a distribution cable containing a second optical fiber. A clamp secures the distribution cable to the base. An insert has first and second wrap guides that house excess first optical fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: PPC BROADBAND FIBER LTD.
    Inventors: Shaun Trezise, Kim Leeson
  • Torque-limiting torque sleeve with fail-safe failure mode
    Patent number: 11283217
    Abstract: A torque-limiting torque sleeve may include an inner sleeve and an outer sleeve configured to be coupled to one another in a coaxial arrangement such that the outer sleeve is fixed relative to the inner sleeve in the longitudinal direction. A first end of the outer sleeve overlies a first end of the inner sleeve, and a second end of the inner sleeve extends from the outer sleeve. A torque limiting feature is configured such that rotation of the outer member in a first direction enables tightening of a coupler on an interface port up to a predetermined torque limit, and rotation of the outer member in a second direction opposite to the first direction loosens the coupler on the interface port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: PPC BROADBAND, INC.
    Inventors: Noah P. Montena, Jeremy J. Amidon
  • Grounding member for coaxial cable connector
    Patent number: 11283226
    Abstract: A connector including coupling and sleeve flanges defining opposing recesses separated by an axial gap along an elongate axis. The connector also includes a arcuate bridge member radially biased outwardly against at least one of the internal contact surfaces of the opposing recesses and spanning the axial gap. The arcuate bridge member maintains electrical conductivity across the axial gap even when the sleeve does not electrically contact the coupling member. At least one of the contact surfaces defines a conical surface which is responsive to the radially biased conductive bridge member to produce a radial force against the internal contact surfaces. The radial force produces an axial force component along the elongate axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: PPC BROADBAND, INC.
    Inventors: Noah P. Montena, Robert M. Parker
  • Cable clips
    Patent number: 11274772
    Abstract: A cable clip including a base member along a bottom of the cable clip and a pair of c-shaped holding members for receiving a cable. Each of the c-shaped holding members includes a circumferentially-extending raised rib on an inner surface thereof. The raised ribs are configured to engage corresponding grooves of a cable or duct to prevent relative sliding movement between the clip and the cable or duct in a longitudinal direction of the cable or duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: PPC BROADBAND FIBER LTD.
    Inventor: Kim Leeson
  • FIBER OPTIC STORAGE DEVICES FOR FIBER DISTRIBUTION HUBS
    Publication number: 20220075122
    Abstract: A fiber optic storage module configured to be coupled with a fiber distribution hub includes a first wall and a second wall that extends from a first end of the first wall in a direction perpendicular to the first wall. The first wall includes a retaining structure configured to receive and retain a cable portion of a fiber optic cable, and the second wall includes a cutout configured to receive a dust cap coupled with a connector that terminates the fiber optic cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: PPC BROADBAND, INC.
    Inventors: Robert SCHIFFBAUER, Steven M. WALDREN
  • STACKABLE SPLITTERS
    Publication number: 20220057591
    Abstract: Examples of optical splitter systems, methods and modules enable the stacking and interconnecting of one or more optical splitter modules. One example of a splitter module has a housing and one or more connection members for connecting to adjacent instances of like splitter modules. The housing includes a plurality of cable ports providing access to an optical splitter storage area. Each connection member includes a tab and a slot, the tab configured to slidingly engage with the slot of an adjacent connection member. Sliding engagement of adjacent instances of splitter modules can form a stack of splitter modules along a stacking axis. In some cases a splitter module includes a latching mechanism to removably engage an adjacent splitter module. The latching mechanism can restrict sliding engagement and thus decoupling of the adjacent splitter modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: PPC BROADBAND, INC.
    Inventors: Nicholas B. LARSSON, George I. WAKILEH, Joselyn Gabriela GAMBOA