Patents by Inventor Alejandro L. Tapia

Alejandro L. Tapia 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).

  • Publication number: 20030147604
    Abstract: A grounding and transition assembly for providing combined electrical grounding and distributed transition of a bundle of fiber optic strands associated with a fiber optic cable. The assembly includes a three dimensional housing having an assembleable top and bottom and defining a first section proximate an inlet end for seating an inserting end of the fiber optic cable. The assembleable top and bottom further defining a second substantially open interior section communicable with the first section and extending to an open outlet end. A grounding cable has a first end secured to the three dimensional housing, a second end of the grounding cable securing to a remote location from said housing and providing for conducting of electrical charge associated with the fiber optic cable away from the housing. A three dimensional insert sealingly engages within the second interior section and includes a plurality of interiorly defined apertures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2002
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Inventors: Alejandro L. Tapia, Conley L. McGee, Kenneth A. Lane