Patents by Inventor Clinton E. Clyburn, III

Clinton E. Clyburn, 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).

  • Optical cable incorporating loose buffer tubes coated with a moisture-absorptive material
    Patent number: 5684904
    Abstract: An optical fiber cable includes optical fibers loosely housed within a buffer tube. The buffer tube includes an inner coating, an outer coating, or both inner and outer coatings of moisture-absorptive material. The moisture-absorptive material may be a mixture of a moisture-absorptive powder and a thermoplastic resin; or a thermally crosslinked polymer; or a mixture of a moisture-absorptive resin and a resin cured by ultraviolet light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 4, 1997
    Assignee: Siecor Corporation
    Inventors: Anne G. Bringuier, Larry W. Field, Clinton E. Clyburn, III
  • Cable utilizing wetted superabsorbent powder or water soluble adhesive
    Patent number: 5649041
    Abstract: A telecommunication cable includes a layer comprising wetted water-absorptive powder on the surface of a substrate element, thereby avoiding the use of adhesives to bind the dry superabsorbent powder. The water-absorptive powder may be adhered to the surface of the substrate element by a water-soluble adhesive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 15, 1997
    Assignee: Siecor Corporation
    Inventors: Clinton E. Clyburn, III, Anne G. Bringuier