Patents by Inventor Gary W. Adams
Gary W. 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).
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Publication number: 20190315931Abstract: Methods and compositions are provided for preparation of thermoplastic gels. The compositions have a base composition including a thermoplastic gel and a softener oil and the gel has a hardness between 15 Shore 000 and 65 Shore 000. The gel may also include an additive, such as a mineral filler, an anti-tack agent, and a mixture of a mineral filler and an anti-tack agent. The softener oil may be a high molecular weight oil having a molecular weight greater than about 250 g/mol.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicants: Commscope Connectivity Belgium BVBA, Commscope Technologies LLCInventors: Bjorn OVERDULVE, Chris Radelet, Gary W. Adams, William B. Bryan, Marie-Christine Dela Ruelle, Nathalie Jeanne Hendrickx
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Patent number: 10316152Abstract: Methods and compositions are provided for preparation of thermoplastic gels. The compositions have a base composition including a thermoplastic gel and a softener oil and the gel has a hardness between 15 Shore 000 and 65 Shore 000. The gel may also include an additive, such as a mineral filler, an anti-tack agent, and a mixture of a mineral filler and an anti-tack agent. The softener oil may be a high molecular weight oil having a molecular weight greater than about 250 g/mol.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2015Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignees: Commscope Connectivity Belgium BVBA, Commscope Technologies LLCInventors: Bjorn Overdulve, Chris Radelet, Gary W. Adams, William B. Bryan, Marie-Christine Dela Ruelle, Nathalie Jeanne Hendrickx
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Patent number: 10277024Abstract: A telecommunications enclosure is provided with reliable sealing around cables entering therein. The enclosure includes one or more cable ports with cable seals made from a material that includes an oil-bleed silicone rubber. The cable ports may also have a convoluted or serrated inner surface configured to engage and support the cable seals.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2018Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLCInventors: Roy Keller Thompson, Gary W. Adams, Thomas Ross Marmon
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Publication number: 20180254622Abstract: A telecommunications enclosure is provided with reliable sealing around cables entering therein. The enclosure includes one or more cable ports with cable seals made from a material that includes an oil-bleed silicone rubber. The cable ports may also have a convoluted or serrated inner surface configured to engage and support the cable seals.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2018Publication date: September 6, 2018Applicant: CommScope Technologies LLCInventors: Roy Keller THOMPSON, Gary W. ADAMS, Thomas Ross MARMON
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Patent number: 10058001Abstract: Methods, compositions, apparatuses, and systems are provided for a hybrid thermoplastic gel or sealant. The methods comprise providing (a) a base polymer having at least one functional group capable of crosslinking, (b) a functionalized extender, and (c) heat, and reacting the base polymer and functionalized extender in the presence of the heat to form the hybrid thermoplastic gel. The gel composition may comprise 5-40 wt % of a base polymer, 60-95 wt % of a functionalized extender, and 0-10 wt % of a crosslinker. A closure or interconnect system may comprise a housing, a cable, and a hybrid thermoplastic gel or sealant. A telecommunications apparatus may comprise a telecommunications component and a sealant that forms a seal with the telecommunications component. The sealant may comprise a sealant material having a first range of elongation followed by a second range of elongation.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2017Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLCInventors: Gary W. Adams, Julian S. Mullaney, Michael A. Oar
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Patent number: 9966751Abstract: A telecommunications enclosure is provided with reliable sealing around cables entering therein. The enclosure includes one or more cable ports with cable seals made from a material that includes an oil-bleed silicone rubber. The cable ports may also have a convoluted or serrated inner surface configured to engage and support the cable seals.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2015Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: CommScope Technologies, LLCInventors: Roy Keller Thompson, Gary W. Adams, Thomas Ross Marmon
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Publication number: 20180041018Abstract: A telecommunications enclosure is provided with reliable sealing around cables entering therein. The enclosure includes one or more cable ports with cable seals made from a material that includes an oil-bleed silicone rubber. The cable ports may also have a convoluted or serrated inner surface configured to engage and support the cable seals.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2015Publication date: February 8, 2018Applicant: CommScope Technologies LLCInventors: Roy Keller THOMPSON, Gary W. ADAMS, Thomas Ross MARMON
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Patent number: 9874713Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relates to an indexing terminal including a multi-fiber ruggedized de-mateable connection location, a first single-fiber ruggedized de-mateable connection location and a second single-fiber ruggedized de-mateable connection location. The multi-fiber ruggedized de-mateable connection location includes a plurality of fiber positions with one of the fiber positions optically coupled to the first single fiber ruggedized de-mateable connection location.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2016Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLCInventors: Thomas Marcouiller, Oscar Fernando Bran de León, Erik David Bishop, William B. Bryan, Chien-An Chen, Gary W. Adams
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Publication number: 20170311468Abstract: Methods, compositions, apparatuses, and systems are provided for a hybrid thermoplastic gel or sealant. The methods comprise providing (a) a base polymer having at least one functional group capable of crosslinking, (b) a functionalized extender, and (c) heat, and reacting the base polymer and functionalized extender in the presence of the heat to form the hybrid thermoplastic gel. The gel composition may comprise 5-40 wt % of a base polymer, 60-95 wt % of a functionalized extender, and 0-10 wt % of a crosslinker. A closure or interconnect system may comprise a housing, a cable, and a hybrid thermoplastic gel or sealant. A telecommunications apparatus may comprise a telecommunications component and a sealant that forms a seal with the telecommunications component. The sealant may comprise a sealant material having a first range of elongation followed by a second range of elongation.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2017Publication date: October 26, 2017Inventors: Gary W. Adams, Julian S. Mullaney, Michael A. Oar
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Patent number: 9736957Abstract: Methods, compositions, apparatuses, and systems are provided for a hybrid thermoplastic gel or sealant. The methods comprise providing (a) a base polymer having at least one functional group capable of crosslinking, (b) a functionalized extender, and (c) heat, and reacting the base polymer and functionalized extender in the presence of the heat to form the hybrid thermoplastic gel. The gel composition may comprise 5-40 wt % of a base polymer, 60-95 wt % of a functionalized extender, and 0-10 wt % of a crosslinker. A closure or interconnect system may comprise a housing, a cable, and a hybrid thermoplastic gel or sealant. A telecommunications apparatus may comprise a telecommunications component and a sealant that forms a seal with the telecommunications component. The sealant may comprise a sealant material having a first range of elongation followed by a second range of elongation.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2013Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLCInventors: Gary W. Adams, Julian S. Mullaney, Michael A. Oar
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Publication number: 20170059804Abstract: A method for securing a fiber optic component includes: providing a holding medium having a tack and mounted on a substrate; and placing the fiber optic component in intimate contact with the holding medium to thereby secure the fiber optic component to the substrate. The tack of the holding medium releasably bonds the fiber optic component to the holding medium and the holding medium retains its tack upon removal of the fiber optic component to permit re-placement of the fiber optic component or placement of a further fiber optic component on the holding medium to secure said fiber optic component or further fiber optic component to the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2016Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventors: William F. Wright, David Ray Radliff, William Joseph Curry, Gary W. Adams
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Patent number: 9556336Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a dry silicone gel. The dry silicone gel comprises a base polymer having a vinyl-silicone group, a crosslinker, and a chain extender. The dry silicone gel may be made by reacting (a) a first set of components comprising a base polymer having a vinyl-silicone group and an addition cure catalyst with (b) a second set of components comprising a crosslinker, a chain extender, and additional base polymer. In certain circumstances, the base polymer and additional base polymer are vinyl-terminated polydimethylsiloxane.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2011Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignees: COMMSCOPE CONNECTIVITY BELGIUM BVBA, COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLCInventors: Stephane J. G. Berghmans, Michael A. Oar, Miguel A. Morales, Gary W. Adams, Anne-Marie Prins, Nathalie Hendrickx
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Publication number: 20160347914Abstract: Methods and compositions are provided for preparation of thermoplastic gels. The compositions have a base composition including a thermoplastic gel and a softener oil and the gel has a hardness between 15 Shore 000 and 65 Shore 000. The gel may also include an additive, such as a mineral filler, an anti-tack agent, and a mixture of a mineral filler and an anti-tack agent. The softener oil may be a high molecular weight oil having a molecular weight greater than about 250 g/mol.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2015Publication date: December 1, 2016Inventors: Bjorn OVERDULVE, Chris Radelet, Gary W. ADAMS, William B. BRYAN, Marie-Christine Dela RUELLE, Nathalie Jeanne HENDRICKX
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Patent number: 9494765Abstract: A method for securing a fiber optic component includes: providing a holding medium having a tack and mounted on a substrate; and placing the fiber optic component in intimate contact with the holding medium to thereby secure the fiber optic component to the substrate. The tack of the holding medium releasably bonds the fiber optic component to the holding medium and the holding medium retains its tack upon removal of the fiber optic component to permit re-placement of the fiber optic component or placement of a further fiber optic component on the holding medium to secure said fiber optic component or further fiber optic component to the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2014Date of Patent: November 15, 2016Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLCInventors: William F. Wright, David Ray Radliff, William Joseph Curry, Gary W. Adams
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Publication number: 20160223759Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relates to an indexing terminal including a multi-fiber ruggedized de-mateable connection location, a first single-fiber ruggedized de-mateable connection location and a second single-fiber ruggedized de-mateable connection location. The multi-fiber ruggedized de-mateable connection location includes a plurality of fiber positions with one of the fiber positions optically coupled to the first single fiber ruggedized de-mateable connection location.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2016Publication date: August 4, 2016Inventors: Thomas Marcouiller, Oscar Fernando Bran de León, Erik David Bishop, William B. Bryan, Chien-An Chen, Gary W. Adams
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Patent number: 9394442Abstract: Methods, compositions, and systems are provided for a hybrid thermoplastic gel or sealant. The methods comprise providing (a) a styrenic block copolymer, (b) a Si-vinyl polymer, (c) heat, and optionally (d) an initiator, and reacting the styrenic block copolymer, Si-vinyl polymer, and optional initiator in the presence of the heat to form the hybrid thermoplastic gel. The gel composition may comprise 5-70 wt. % of a styrenic block copolymer, 60-95 wt. % of a Si-vinyl polymer, and 0-10 wt. % of an initiator. A closure or interconnect system may comprise a housing, a cable, and a hybrid thermoplastic gel made by reacting a styrenic block copolymer and a Si-vinyl polymer in the presence of heat.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2014Date of Patent: July 19, 2016Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLCInventors: Gary W. Adams, William B. Bryan
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Patent number: 9166330Abstract: Provided according to embodiments of the invention are thermoplastic gel compositions that include a block copolymer; a hydrocarbon tackifier resin; and a hydrocarbon oil. Further, in some embodiments, such compositions may include at least one antioxidant. Also provided are connectors that include a composition according to an embodiment of the invention.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2010Date of Patent: October 20, 2015Assignee: TYCO Electronics Services GMBHInventor: Gary W. Adams
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Publication number: 20140314381Abstract: Methods, compositions, and systems are provided for a hybrid thermoplastic gel or sealant. The methods comprise providing (a) a styrenic block copolymer, (b) a Si-vinyl polymer, (c) heat, and optionally (d) an initiator, and reacting the styrenic block copolymer, Si-vinyl polymer, and optional initiator in the presence of the heat to form the hybrid thermoplastic gel. The gel composition may comprise 5-70 wt. % of a styrenic block copolymer, 60-95 wt. % of a Si-vinyl polymer, and 0-10 wt. % of an initiator. A closure or interconnect system may comprise a housing, a cable, and a hybrid thermoplastic gel made by reacting a styrenic block copolymer and a Si-vinyl polymer in the presence of heat.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2014Publication date: October 23, 2014Applicant: Tyco Electronics CorporationInventors: Gary W. Adams, William B. Bryan
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Patent number: RE48486Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a dry silicone gel. The dry silicone gel comprises a base polymer having a vinyl-silicone group, a crosslinker, and a chain extender. The dry silicone gel may be made by reacting (a) a first set of components comprising a base polymer having a vinyl-silicone group and an addition cure catalyst with (b) a second set of components comprising a crosslinker, a chain extender, and additional base polymer. In certain circumstances, the base polymer and additional base polymer are vinyl-terminated polydimethylsiloxane.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2019Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignees: CommScope Connectivity Belgium BVBA, CommScope Technologies LLCInventors: Stephane J. G. Berghmans, Michael A. Oar, Miguel A. Morales, Gary W. Adams, Anne-Marie Prins, Nathalie Hendrickx
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Patent number: RE49827Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a dry silicone gel. The dry silicone gel comprises a base polymer having a vinylsilicone group, a crosslinker, and a chain extender. The dry silicone gel may be made by reacting (a) a first set of components comprising a base polymer having a vinylsilicone group and an addition cure catalyst with (b) a second set of components comprising a crosslinker, a chain extender, and additional base polymer. In certain circumstances, the base polymer and additional base polymer are vinyl-terminated polydimethylsiloxane.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignees: CommScope Connectivity Belgium BVBA, CommScope Technologies LLCInventors: Stephane J. G. Berghmans, Michael A. Oar, Miguel A. Morales, Gary W. Adams, Anne-Marie Prins, Nathalie Hendrickx