Patents by Inventor Christopher Mark Quinn
Christopher Mark Quinn 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).
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Publication number: 20230109527Abstract: An optical cable is provided. The optical cable includes an outer cable body jacket and a plurality of optical fiber subunits. The optical fibers within each subunit are stranded relative to each other and are located within a thin subunit jacket. A plurality of unstranded optical fiber subunits are located within the cable jacket.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2022Publication date: April 6, 2023Inventors: Bradley Jerome Blazer, Harold Edward Hudson, II, Christopher Mark Quinn, David Alan Seddon, Kenneth Darrell Temple, JR.
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Patent number: 11543608Abstract: An optical cable is provided. The optical cable includes an outer cable body jacket and a plurality of optical fiber subunits. The optical fibers within each subunit are stranded relative to each other and are located within a thin subunit jacket. A plurality of unstranded optical fiber subunits are located within the cable jacket.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2021Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONInventors: Bradley Jerome Blazer, Harold Edward Hudson, II, Christopher Mark Quinn, David Alan Seddon, Kenneth Darrell Temple, Jr.
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Patent number: 11487069Abstract: An optical cable and method for forming an optical cable is provided. The cable includes a cable jacket including an inner surface defining a channel and an outer surface and also includes a plurality of optical fibers located within the channel. The cable includes a seam within the cable jacket that couples together opposing longitudinal edges of a wrapped thermoplastic sheet which forms the cable jacket and maintains the cable jacket in the wrapped configuration around the plurality of optical fibers. The method includes forming an outer cable jacket by wrapping a sheet of thermoplastic material around a plurality of optical core elements. The method includes melting together portions of thermoplastic material of opposing longitudinal edges of the wrapped sheet such that a seam is formed holding the sheet of thermoplastic material in the wrapped configuration around the core elements.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2021Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONInventors: Joel Patrick Carberry, David Wesley Chiasson, Anping Liu, Eric Raymond Logan, Barada Kanta Nayak, Christopher Mark Quinn
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Publication number: 20220043227Abstract: An optical cable is provided. The optical cable includes an outer cable body jacket and a plurality of optical fiber subunits. The optical fibers within each subunit are stranded relative to each other and are located within a thin subunit jacket. A plurality of unstranded optical fiber subunits are located within the cable jacket.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2021Publication date: February 10, 2022Inventors: Bradley Jerome Blazer, Harold Edward Hudson, II, Christopher Mark Quinn, David Alan Seddon, Kenneth Darrell Temple, JR.
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Patent number: 11169343Abstract: An optical cable is provided. The optical cable includes an outer cable body jacket and a plurality of optical fiber subunits. The optical fibers within each subunit are stranded relative to each other and are located within a thin subunit jacket. A plurality of unstranded optical fiber subunits are located within the cable jacket.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2020Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONInventors: Bradley Jerome Blazer, Harold Edward Hudson, II, Christopher Mark Quinn, David Alan Seddon, Kenneth Darrell Temple, Jr.
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Publication number: 20210263256Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure relate to an optical fiber cable. The optical fiber cable includes a cable jacket having a first inner surface and a first outer surface. The first inner surface defines a central bore along a longitudinal axis of the optical fiber cable. The optical fiber cable also includes optical fibers disposed within the central bore and a buffer tube surrounding the optical fibers. The buffer tube has a second inner surface and a second outer surface. The optical fiber cable also includes an armor layer disposed between the first inner surface of the cable jacket and the second outer surface of the buffer tube and a water-blocking adhesive disposed between the armor layer and the first outer surface of the buffer tube. The water-blocking adhesive extends along the longitudinal axis of the optical fiber cable and around a circumference of the buffer tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2021Publication date: August 26, 2021Inventors: Bradley Jerome Blazer, Yangbin Chen, Allen Michael Miller, Christopher Mark Quinn, Randy Curtis Smith
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Publication number: 20210263250Abstract: An optical cable and method for forming an optical cable is provided. The cable includes a cable jacket including an inner surface defining a channel and an outer surface and also includes a plurality of optical fibers located within the channel. The cable includes a seam within the cable jacket that couples together opposing longitudinal edges of a wrapped thermoplastic sheet which forms the cable jacket and maintains the cable jacket in the wrapped configuration around the plurality of optical fibers. The method includes forming an outer cable jacket by wrapping a sheet of thermoplastic material around a plurality of optical core elements. The method includes melting together portions of thermoplastic material of opposing longitudinal edges of the wrapped sheet such that a seam is formed holding the sheet of thermoplastic material in the wrapped configuration around the core elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2021Publication date: August 26, 2021Inventors: Joel Patrick Carberry, David Wesley Chiasson, Anping Liu, Eric Raymond Logan, Barada Kanta Nayak, Christopher Mark Quinn
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Publication number: 20200310058Abstract: An optical cable is provided. The optical cable includes an outer cable body jacket and a plurality of optical fiber subunits. The optical fibers within each subunit are stranded relative to each other and are located within a thin subunit jacket. A plurality of unstranded optical fiber subunits are located within the cable jacket.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2020Publication date: October 1, 2020Inventors: Bradley Jerome Blazer, Harold Edward Hudson, II, Christopher Mark Quinn, David Alan Seddon, Kenneth Darrell Temple, JR.
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Patent number: 10663681Abstract: An optical fiber ribbon and a related cable are provided. The ribbon includes a first group of at least one optical fiber and a second group of at least two optical fibers coupled together. The ribbon includes a first hinge coupling the first group to the second group. The hinge allows movement of the first group and the second group of optical fibers relative to each other such that the ribbon is moveable between an aligned position and a collapsed position. The number of optical fibers in the first group is less than the number of optical fibers in second group.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2019Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: CORNING OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS LLCInventors: David Wesley Chiasson, Christopher Mark Quinn, Rebecca Elizabeth Sistare, Kenneth Darrell Temple, Jr.
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Publication number: 20190179094Abstract: An optical fiber ribbon and a related cable are provided. The ribbon includes a first group of at least one optical fiber and a second group of at least two optical fibers coupled together. The ribbon includes a first hinge coupling the first group to the second group. The hinge allows movement of the first group and the second group of optical fibers relative to each other such that the ribbon is moveable between an aligned position and a collapsed position. The number of optical fibers in the first group is less than the number of optical fibers in second group.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2019Publication date: June 13, 2019Inventors: David Wesley Chiasson, Christopher Mark Quinn, Rebecca Elizabeth Sistare, Kenneth Darrell Temple, JR.
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Patent number: 10078191Abstract: An optical cable is provided. The optical cable includes a tubular, elongate body having an inner surface defining a cavity extending between first and second ends of the elongate body and an optical transmission element located with the cavity. The optical cable includes a coupling or bonding structure non-permanently and non-rigidly joining the outer surface of the optical transmission element to the elongate body at a plurality of periodic contact zones such that relative movement between the optical transmission element and the elongate body is resisted.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2016Date of Patent: September 18, 2018Assignee: Corning Optical Communications LLCInventors: Bradley Jerome Blazer, Yangbin Chen, Ching-Kee Chien, Julian Latelle Greenwood, III, Jason Clay Lail, Warren Welborn McAlpine, Christopher Mark Quinn, David Alan Seddon
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Patent number: 10031302Abstract: An optical communication cable and related method is provided. The cable includes a cable body and a plurality of optical transmission elements surrounded by the cable body. The cable includes a reinforcement layer surrounding the plurality of optical transmission elements and located between the cable body and the plurality of optical transmission elements. The reinforcement layer includes an outer surface and a channel defined in the outer surface that extends in the longitudinal direction along at least a portion of the length of the cable. The cable includes an elongate strength element extending in the longitudinal direction within the channel.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2017Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: Corning Optical Communications LLCInventors: Lei Ji, Eric Raymond Logan, Nikolay Anatolyevich Panin, Christopher Mark Quinn
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Publication number: 20170343752Abstract: An optical communication cable and related method is provided. The cable includes a cable body and a plurality of optical transmission elements surrounded by the cable body. The cable includes a reinforcement layer surrounding the plurality of optical transmission elements and located between the cable body and the plurality of optical transmission elements. The reinforcement layer includes an outer surface and a channel defined in the outer surface that extends in the longitudinal direction along at least a portion of the length of the cable. The cable includes an elongate strength element extending in the longitudinal direction within the channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2017Publication date: November 30, 2017Inventors: Lei Ji, Eric Raymond Logan, Nikolay Anatolyevich Panin, Christopher Mark Quinn
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Patent number: 9690062Abstract: A flame-retardant fiber optic cable includes core elements, a film surrounding the core elements, and a jacket surrounding the film. The core elements include one or more optical fibers and at least one tube surrounding the one or more optical fibers. The material composition of the film differs from the jacket and the film is relatively thin.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2016Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: CORNING OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS LLCInventors: William Carl Hurley, Ravinder Kumar Kinnera, Warren Welborn McAlpine, Joel Laine Parker, Christopher Mark Quinn
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Publication number: 20170139167Abstract: An optical cable is provided. The optical cable includes a tubular, elongate body having an inner surface defining a cavity extending between first and second ends of the elongate body and an optical transmission element located with the cavity. The optical cable includes a coupling or bonding structure non-permanently and non-rigidly joining the outer surface of the optical transmission element to the elongate body at a plurality of periodic contact zones such that relative movement between the optical transmission element and the elongate body is resisted.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2016Publication date: May 18, 2017Inventors: Bradley Jerome Blazer, Yangbin Chen, Ching-Kee Chien, Julian Latelle Greenwood, III, Jason Clay Lail, Warren Welborn McAlpine, Christopher Mark Quinn, David Alan Seddon
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Publication number: 20160313529Abstract: An optical communication cable includes a central strength member, at least one optical fiber, a buffer tube surrounding the at least one optical fiber; and at least one non-solid filler tube defining a cavity, wherein the cavity contains a water-blocking component and no optical fibers, and wherein the buffer tube and the filler tube are stranded about the central strength member.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2016Publication date: October 27, 2016Inventors: James Lee Baucom, Leigh Rooker Josey, Christopher Mark Quinn, David Alan Seddon, Kimberly Wilbert Smith, Catharina Lemckert Tedder
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Publication number: 20160306129Abstract: A flame-retardant fiber optic cable includes core elements, a film surrounding the core elements, and a jacket surrounding the film. The core elements include one or more optical fibers and at least one tube surrounding the one or more optical fibers. The material composition of the film differs from the jacket and the film is relatively thin.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2016Publication date: October 20, 2016Inventors: William Carl Hurley, Ravinder Kumar Kinnera, Warren Welborn McAlpine, Joel Laine Parker, Christopher Mark Quinn
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Patent number: 9459423Abstract: A fire resistant optical communication cable is provided. The fire-resistant optical communication cable includes an extruded cable body including an inner surface defining a passage in the cable body and an outer surface. The fire-resistant optical communication cable includes a plurality of elongate optical transmission elements located within the passage of the cable body. The fire-resistant optical communication cable includes a layer of intumescent particles embedded in the material of the cable body forming an intumescent layer within the cable body. The cable may include one or more elements having flame resistant coatings that, upon exposure to heat, form a ceramic layer increasing the combustion time of the coated element.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2013Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: CORNING CABLE SYSTEMS LLCInventors: Emanuela Gallo, William Carl Hurley, Christopher Mark Quinn, Waldemar Stöcklein
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Patent number: 9329351Abstract: A drop cable includes a jacket, first and second support members, and at least one optical fiber. The jacket has a oval-shaped cavity defined therein, where the minor dimension of the cavity is as small as about 0.25 mm and wherein the major dimension of the cavity is in a range of 0.25 mm to 10 mm. The first and second support members are arranged on opposing sides of the cavity and run generally longitudinally. The optical fiber is within the cavity and has a length greater than a length of the drop cable. Further, the optical fiber is in a substantially serpentine configuration in the cavity, where the serpentine configuration is substantially along a plane defined by a major axis of the oval-shape of the cavity.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2014Date of Patent: May 3, 2016Assignee: CORNING OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS LLCInventors: George Cornelius Abernathy, Riley Saunders Freeland, Christopher Mark Quinn, David Alan Seddon, Kenneth Darrell Temple, Jr.
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Publication number: 20150301296Abstract: A drop cable includes a jacket, first and second support members, and at least one optical fiber. The jacket has a oval-shaped cavity defined therein, where the minor dimension of the cavity is as small as about 0.25 mm and wherein the major dimension of the cavity is in a range of 0.25 mm to 10 mm. The first and second support members are arranged on opposing sides of the cavity and run generally longitudinally. The optical fiber is within the cavity and has a length greater than a length of the drop cable. Further, the optical fiber is in a substantially serpentine configuration in the cavity, where the serpentine configuration is substantially along a plane defined by a major axis of the oval-shape of the cavity.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2014Publication date: October 22, 2015Inventors: George Cornelius Abernathy, Riley Saunders Freeland, Christopher Mark Quinn, David Alan Seddon, Kenneth Darrell Temple, JR.