Patents by Inventor Blake Paul Lee

Blake Paul Lee 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).

  • Fiber optic terminals and tools and methods for adjusting a split ratio of a fiber optic terminal
    Patent number: 11947167
    Abstract: Fiber optic terminals, tools and methods for adjusting a split ratio of a fiber optic terminal are disclosed. In one embodiment, a tool for adjusting a split ratio of a fiber optic terminal includes an axle for insertion into a port of the fiber optic terminal, and a terminal engagement body disposed about the axle. The terminal engagement body includes a terminal engagement feature for engaging an alignment feature within the fiber optic terminal, wherein the axle is free to rotate with respect to the terminal engagement body, and a set-point indicator. The tool further includes an end piece coupled to the axle, and a plurality of set-point markers, wherein rotation of the end piece causes rotation of the axle and an alignment between one set-point marker of the plurality of set-point markers with the set-point indicator indicates the split ratio of the fiber optic terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jody Todd Bliss, Douglas Llewellyn Butler, Agnivo Gosai, Martin Hempstead, Blake Paul Lee, William James Miller, Pinhas Yehuda Rosenfelder, Peter Gerard Wigley
  • FIBER OPTIC TERMINALS AND TOOLS AND METHODS FOR ADJUSTING A SPLIT RATIO OF A FIBER OPTIC TERMINAL
    Publication number: 20220381989
    Abstract: Fiber optic terminals, tools and methods for adjusting a split ratio of a fiber optic terminal are disclosed. In one embodiment, a tool for adjusting a split ratio of a fiber optic terminal includes an axle for insertion into a port of the fiber optic terminal, and a terminal engagement body disposed about the axle. The terminal engagement body includes a terminal engagement feature for engaging an alignment feature within the fiber optic terminal, wherein the axle is free to rotate with respect to the terminal engagement body, and a set-point indicator. The tool further includes an end piece coupled to the axle, and a plurality of set-point markers, wherein rotation of the end piece causes rotation of the axle and an alignment between one set-point marker of the plurality of set-point markers with the set-point indicator indicates the split ratio of the fiber optic terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Jody Todd Bliss, Douglas Llewellyn Butler, Agnivo Gosai, Martin Hempstead, Blake Paul Lee, William James Miller, Pinhas Yehuda Rosenfelder, Peter Gerard Wigley