Patents by Inventor Charles L. Bass, III

Charles L. Bass, III 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).

  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ARRAYING OPTICAL FIBERS SIDE BY SIDE ON A PITCH GREATER THAN THE DIAMETER OF THE FIBER
    Publication number: 20220146758
    Abstract: An optical fiber arranging tool has a base, a top surface, and a recessed channel extending along the base and has a plurality of ribs disposed within the recessed channel. The plurality of ribs have a pitch of 250 microns creating a plurality of grooves for receiving the optical fibers. The tool may also have a latch extending from the top surface of the base on one side of the recessed channel and across the recessed channel to a second side of the recessed channel, there being a slot between the top surface of the base and an underside of the latch and in communication with the recessed channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Darrell R. Childers, Jillcha F. Wakjira, Craig M. Conrad, Arnold Deal, III, Charles L. Bass, III
  • Apparatus and method for arraying optical fibers side by side on a pitch greater than the diameter of the fiber
    Patent number: 11231553
    Abstract: An optical fiber arranging tool has a base, a top surface, and a recessed channel extending along the base and has a plurality of ribs disposed within the recessed channel. The plurality of ribs have a pitch of 250 microns creating a plurality of grooves for receiving the optical fibers. The tool may also have a latch, there being a slot between the top surface of the base and an underside of the latch and in communication with the recessed channel. A method for aligning the optical fibers includes sliding individual optical fibers into a slot and the recessed channel, moving an object along the optical fibers in the recessed channel, passing the individual optical fibers through a respective one of a plurality of grooves created by ribs within the recessed channel and maintaining the individual optical fibers at a distance of 0.250 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: US Conec, Ltd.
    Inventors: Darrell R. Childers, Jillcha F. Wakjira, Craig M. Conrad, Arnold Deal, III, Charles L. Bass, III
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ARRAYING OPTICAL FIBERS SIDE BY SIDE ON A PITCH GREATER THAN THE DIAMETER OF THE FIBER
    Publication number: 20210333480
    Abstract: An optical fiber arranging tool has a base, a top surface, and a recessed channel extending along the base and has a plurality of ribs disposed within the recessed channel. The plurality of ribs have a pitch of 250 microns creating a plurality of grooves for receiving the optical fibers. The tool may also have a latch, there being a slot between the top surface of the base and an underside of the latch and in communication with the recessed channel. A method for aligning the optical fibers includes sliding individual optical fibers into a slot and the recessed channel, moving an object along the optical fibers in the recessed channel, passing the individual optical fibers through a respective one of a plurality of grooves created by ribs within the recessed channel and maintaining the individual optical fibers at a distance of 0.250 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Darrell R. Childers, Jillcha F. Wakjira, Craig M. Conrad, Arnold Deal, III, Charles L. Bass, III