Patents by Inventor Aaron E. Hydrick

Aaron E. Hydrick 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).

  • THERMOPLASTIC-COATED OPTICAL ELEMENTS
    Publication number: 20240118487
    Abstract: Polymeric coated optical elements are described herein, which exhibit good optical properties, e.g., low attenuation. Some such coated optical elements comprise an optical element (e.g., an optical fiber) having an outer surface and a thermoplastic polymeric tight buffer coating on at least a portion of the outer surface of the optical element, wherein the polymer-coated optical element exhibits a first attenuation at room temperature of plus or minus about 50% the attenuation of a comparable optical element with no thermoplastic polymeric tight buffer coating thereon, and a second attenuation at room temperature after thermal cycling to a temperature of at least 170° C. that is about 2 times the first attenuation or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Brian R. Tomblin, Shannon M. Giovannini, Matthew W. Cox, Aaron E. Hydrick
  • Thermoplastic-coated optical elements
    Patent number: 11169323
    Abstract: Polymeric coated optical elements are described herein, which exhibit good optical properties, e.g., low attenuation. Some such coated optical elements comprise an optical element (e.g., an optical fiber) having an outer surface and a thermoplastic polymeric tight buffer coating on at least a portion of the outer surface of the optical element, wherein the polymer-coated optical element exhibits a first attenuation at room temperature of plus or minus about 50% the attenuation of a comparable optical element with no thermoplastic polymeric tight buffer coating thereon, and a second attenuation at room temperature after thermal cycling to a temperature of at least 170° C. that is about 2 times the first attenuation or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Zeus Industrial Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian R. Tomblin, Shannon M. Giovannini, Matthew W. Cox, Aaron E. Hydrick
  • THERMOPLASTIC-COATED OPTICAL ELEMENTS
    Publication number: 20170299807
    Abstract: Polymeric coated optical elements are described herein, which exhibit good optical properties, e.g., low attenuation. Some such coated optical elements comprise an optical element (e.g., an optical fiber) having an outer surface and a thermoplastic polymeric tight buffer coating on at least a portion of the outer surface of the optical element, wherein the polymer-coated optical element exhibits a first attenuation at room temperature of plus or minus about 50% the attenuation of a comparable optical element with no thermoplastic polymeric tight buffer coating thereon, and a second attenuation at room temperature after thermal cycling to a temperature of at least 170° C. that is about 2 times the first attenuation or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Brian R. Tomblin, Shannon M. Giovannini, Matthew W. Cox, Aaron E. Hydrick