Patents by Inventor Darren J.M. Adams

Darren J.M. Adams 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).

  • Secure SC optical fiber connector and removal tools
    Patent number: 9726832
    Abstract: An optical plug having an anti-snag guide to prevent the plug from being caught on corners and edges when an attached cable is being pulled around corners and edges during installation and removal of the optical plug. The optical plug includes a unique arrangement of different width apertures corresponding to a removal tool having corresponding different width prongs to be received by the apertures to release the optical plug from an optical receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Optical Fiber Packaging Corp.
    Inventors: Richard C. E. Durrant, Darren J. M. Adams
  • Secure SC optical fiber connector and removal tools
    Patent number: 9588304
    Abstract: An optical fiber connector plug having an anti-snag guide to prevent the plug from being caught on corners and edges when an attached cable is being pulled around corners and edges during installation and removal of the optical fiber connector plug. The optical fiber connector plug includes a unique arrangement of different width apertures corresponding to a removal tool having corresponding different width prongs to be received by the apertures to release the optical fiber connector plug from a coupling adapter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Optical Fiber Packaging Corp.
    Inventors: Richard C. E. Durrant, Darren J. M. Adams
  • SECURE SC OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTOR AND REMOVAL TOOLS
    Publication number: 20160299299
    Abstract: An optical plug having an anti-snag guide to prevent the plug from being caught on corners and edges when an attached cable is being pulled around corners and edges during installation and removal of the optical plug. The optical plug includes a unique arrangement of different width apertures corresponding to a removal tool having corresponding different width prongs to be received by the apertures to release the optical plug from an optical receptacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Applicant: Advanced Fiber Products, LLC
    Inventors: Richard C. E. Durrant, Darren J. M. Adams
  • Socket panel for receiving connector plugs with latch guards comprising a security cover plate
    Patent number: 9331426
    Abstract: A modular connector is provided having a connector plug, which may be inserted into an associated socket in a first longitudinal direction, a resilient leg, depending at a first end thereof from the connector plug, and having a depressible part, distal therefrom, depressible towards the connector plug, and a guard cover, configured to prevent access to the depressible part of the resilient leg in its direction of depression, but to permit access to the resilient leg in the longitudinal direction through an access aperture, the access aperture being aligned with the depressible part of the resilient leg on an axis parallel with the longitudinal direction, to allow depression of the resilient leg through the access aperture directly. Corresponding extraction tool and methods, loopback connector, blanking plug, keyed protrusions and notches, security gasket, and blanking plate and patch panel also are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Optical Fiber Packaging Corporation
    Inventors: Darren J. M. Adams, Richard C. E. Durrant
  • SECURE SC OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTOR AND REMOVAL TOOLS
    Publication number: 20160116686
    Abstract: An optical fiber connector plug having an anti-snag guide to prevent the plug from being caught on corners and edges when an attached cable is being pulled around corners and edges during installation and removal of the optical fiber connector plug. The optical fiber connector plug includes a unique arrangement of different width apertures corresponding to a removal tool having corresponding different width prongs to be received by the apertures to release the optical fiber connector plug from a coupling adapter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Applicant: Advanced Fiber Products, LLC
    Inventors: Richard C. E. Durrant, Darren J. M. Adams
  • Plug Connector With Keyed Removals Tools and Socket Gasket
    Publication number: 20140057474
    Abstract: A modular connector is provided having a connector plug, which may be inserted into an associated socket in a first longitudinal direction, a resilient leg, depending at a first end thereof from the connector plug, and having a depressible part, distal therefrom, depressible towards the connector plug, and a guard cover, configured to prevent access to the depressible part of the resilient leg in its direction of depression, but to permit access to the resilient leg in the longitudinal direction through an access aperture, the access aperture being aligned with the depressible part of the resilient leg on an axis parallel with the longitudinal direction, to allow depression of the resilient leg through the access aperture directly. Corresponding extraction tool and methods, loopback connector, blanking plug, keyed protrusions and notches, security gasket, and blanking plate and patch panel also are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: Advanced Fiber Products Limited
    Inventors: Darren J.M. Adams, Richard C. E. Durrant