Patents by Inventor Clint Anderson

Clint Anderson 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).

  • Optical Fiber Ribbon and a Method and System of Producing the Same
    Publication number: 20230013589
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical fiber ribbon, comprising a plurality of adjacent optical fiber units extending in a longitudinal direction and arranged in parallel forming an optical fiber assembly having a width, each of the optical fiber units comprising either a single fiber or a group of at most three optical fibers, preferably two optical fibers, encapsulated with a matrix material; and a plurality of successive elongated rectilinear beads of a bonding material being arranged along a length of said assembly; each of said plurality of beads being configured to form an elongated bond between two adjacent optical fiber units of the plurality of optical fiber units. The present invention moreover relates to a method of producing such an optical fiber ribbon. A fluorescent tracer is present in the beads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Ehsan Fallahmohammadi, Brian G. Risch, John R. Sach, Jeffrey Scott Barker, Clint Anderson
  • Optical fiber ribbon and a method and system of producing the same
    Patent number: 11500171
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical fiber ribbon, comprising a plurality of adjacent optical fiber units extending in a longitudinal direction and arranged in parallel forming an optical fiber assembly having a width, each of the optical fiber units comprising either a single fiber or a group of at most three optical fibers, preferably two optical fibers, encapsulated with a matrix material; and a plurality of successive elongated rectilinear beads of a bonding material being arranged along a length of said assembly; each of said plurality of beads being configured to form an elongated bond between two adjacent optical fiber units of the plurality of optical fiber units; wherein a first bead forming a first bond connects a first pair of adjacent optical fiber units while the successive bond formed by the successive bead, connects a further pair of adjacent optical fiber units, wherein at least one optical fiber unit of the further pair differs from the optical fiber units of the first pair; wherein at
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Prysmian S.p.A.
    Inventors: Ehsan Fallahmohammadi, Brian G. Risch, John R. Sach, Jeffrey Scott Barker, Clint Anderson
  • An Optical Fiber Ribbon and a Method and System of Producing the Same
    Publication number: 20210063664
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical fiber ribbon, comprising a plurality of adjacent optical fiber units extending in a longitudinal direction and arranged in parallel forming an optical fiber assembly having a width, each of the optical fiber units comprising either a single fiber or a group of at most three optical fibers, preferably two optical fibers, encapsulated with a matrix material; and a plurality of successive elongated rectilinear beads of a bonding material being arranged along a length of said assembly; each of said plurality of beads being configured to form an elongated bond between two adjacent optical fiber units of the plurality of optical fiber units; wherein a first bead forming a first bond connects a first pair of adjacent optical fiber units while the successive bond formed by the successive bead, connects a further pair of adjacent optical fiber units, wherein at least one optical fiber unit of the further pair differs from the optical fiber units of the first pair; wherein at
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Ehsan Fallahmohammadi, Brian G. Risch, John R. Sach, Jeffrey Scott Barker, Clint Anderson
  • Self-contained modular actuator
    Patent number: 8966888
    Abstract: Pneumatic actuator apparatuses with expandable chambers, and methods of using same. In some embodiments, the apparatuses are self-contained and/or self-inflating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Inventors: Jason C. Weaver, Misty Whitcomb, Clint Anderson
  • SELF-CONTAINED MODULAR ACTUATOR
    Publication number: 20120124987
    Abstract: Pneumatic actuator apparatuses with expandable chambers, and methods of using same. In some embodiments, the apparatuses are self-contained and/or self-inflating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Inventors: Jason C. Weaver, Misty Whitcomb, Clint Anderson