Patents by Inventor Freddy Vanwinkel

Freddy Vanwinkel 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 fibre sealing
    Patent number: 7447412
    Abstract: Enclosure and method for sealingly enclosing a space into and/or from which at least one optical fiber is fed to connect to at least one optical component, by providing a flexible protective sheet of substantially moisture resistant material having a pair of sealing strips; and folding and sealing the sheet around the optical component to provide an envelope enclosing the component with the optical fiber(s) sealed between the sealing strips. The invention also concerns an enclosure into and/or from which the optical fibers pass through an aperture, which is sealed by an adherent patch, or flap with the fibers sealed between the exterior surface of the enclosure and an overlying portion of the patch or flap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Inventors: Kathleen Bellekens, Paul Meurs, Freddy Vanwinkel
  • Optical fibre sealing
    Publication number: 20070160339
    Abstract: Enclosure and method for sealingly enclosing a space into and/or from which at least one optical fibre is fed to connect to at least one optical component, by providing a flexible protective sheet of substantially moisture resistant material having a pair of sealing strips; and folding and sealing the sheet around the optical component to provide an envelope enclosing the component with the optical fibre(s) sealed between the sealing strips. The invention also concerns an enclosure into and/or from which the optical fibres pass through an aperture, which is sealed by an adherent patch, or flap with the fibres sealed between the exterior surface of the enclosure and an overlying portion of the patch or flap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2007
    Publication date: July 12, 2007
    Inventors: Kathleen Bellekens, Paul Meurs, Freddy Vanwinkel
  • Envelope for optical fibres
    Patent number: 7215865
    Abstract: Enclosure and method for sealingly enclosing a space into and/or from which at least one optical fibre is fed to connect to at least one optical component, by providing a flexible protective sheet of substantially moisture resistant material having a pair of sealing strips; and folding and sealing the sheet around the optical component to provide an envelope enclosing the component with the optical fibre(s) sealed between the sealing strips. The invention also concerns an enclosure into and/or from which the optical fibres pass through an aperture which is sealed by all adherent patch or flap with the fibres sealed between the exterior surface of the enclosure and an overlying portion of the patch or flap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2007
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Raychem NV
    Inventors: Kathleen Bellekens, Paul Meurs, Freddy Vanwinkel
  • Envelope for optical fibres
    Publication number: 20050213918
    Abstract: Enclosure and method for sealingly enclosing a space into and/or from which at least one optical fibre is fed to connect to at least one optical component, by providing a flexible protective sheet of substantially moisture resistant material having a pair of sealing strips; and folding and sealing the sheet around the optical component to provide an envelope enclosing the component with the optical fibre(s) sealed between the sealing strips. The invention also concerns an enclosure into and/or from which the optical fibres pass through an aperture which is sealed by all adherent patch or flap with the fibres sealed between the exterior surface of the enclosure and an overlying portion of the patch or flap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2003
    Publication date: September 29, 2005
    Inventors: Kathleen Bellekens, Paul Meurs, Freddy Vanwinkel