Patents by Inventor Gerald J. Davis

Gerald J. Davis 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).

  • Patent number: 8879881
    Abstract: A rotatable routing guide assembly for fiber optic cables routed in a fiber optic equipment shelf is disclosed. The assembly comprises a guide portion, an attachment feature and a keyed receiver. The guide portion has a bottom, a top, a deformable first wall, a deformable second wall and a third wall forming a plurality of segments, and is configured to receive fiber optic cables of different sizes by different ones of the plurality of segments. The attachment feature removably attaches the guide portion to the shelf. The attachment feature has a first tab forming a first notch with the guide portion, and a second tab forming a second notch with the guide portion. The keyed receiver is located in the shelf and has a lip extending partially around an interior edge. The lip is received in at least one of the first notch and the second notch and friction fit between at least one of the first tab and the second tab and the guide portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Corning Cable Systems LLC
    Inventors: Monique L. Cote, Gerald J. Davis, Brent M. Frazier, William J. Giraud, Raymond G. Jay, Brian D. Kingsbury
  • Publication number: 20140226946
    Abstract: High-density fiber optic modules and fiber optic module housings and related equipment are disclosed. In certain embodiments, a front opening of a fiber optic module and/or fiber optic module housing is configured to receive fiber optic components. The width and/or height of the front opening can be provided according to a designed relationship to a width and/or height, respectively, of a front side of a main body of the fiber optic module and/or fiber optic module housing. In this manner, a high density of fiber optic components and/or connections for a given space of the front side of the fiber optic module can be supported by the fiber optic module and/or fiber optic module housing. The fiber optic modules and fiber optic module housings disclosed herein can be disposed in fiber optic equipment including but not limited to a fiber optic chassis and a fiber optic equipment drawer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: CORNING OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Terry L. Cooke, Gerald J. Davis, David L. Dean, Marco Antonio Gonzalez Garcia, Tory A. Klavuhn, Manuel Alejandro Lopez Sanchez, Brian K. Rhoney, Alan W. Ugolini
  • Patent number: 8712206
    Abstract: High-density fiber optic modules and fiber optic module housings and related equipment are disclosed. In certain embodiments, a front opening of a fiber optic module and/or fiber optic module housing is configured to receive fiber optic components. The width and/or height of the front opening can be provided according to a designed relationship to a width and/or height, respectively, of a front side of a main body of the fiber optic module and/or fiber optic module housing. In this manner, a high density of fiber optic components and/or connections for a given space of the front side of the fiber optic module can be supported by the fiber optic module and/or fiber optic module housing. The fiber optic modules and fiber optic module housings disclosed herein can be disposed in fiber optic equipment including but not limited to a fiber optic chassis and a fiber optic equipment drawer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Corning Cable Systems LLC
    Inventors: Terry L. Cooke, Gerald J. Davis, David L. Dean, Jr., Marco A. Gonzalez Garcia, Tory A. Klavuhn, Manuel A. Lopez Sanchez, Brian K. Rhoney, Alan W. Ugolini
  • Patent number: 8285104
    Abstract: A clip for securing one or more fiber optic cable assemblies having respective furcation bodies is disclosed along with related assemblies. The clip includes one or more attachment features disposed on a bottom surface for mounting the clip. The bottom surface of the clip provides an anti-rotation feature for the clip and the fiber optic cable assembly by abutting with the complementary mounting surface. In one embodiment, the clip has a cover that attaches to a portion of the clip for securing a portion of the furcation plug within a cavity of the clip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Corning Cable Systems LLC
    Inventors: Gerald J. Davis, Daniel S. McGranahan
  • Publication number: 20110268413
    Abstract: A rotatable routing guide assembly for fiber optic cables routed in a fiber optic equipment shelf is disclosed. The assembly comprises a guide portion, an attachment feature and a keyed receiver. The guide portion has a bottom, a top, a deformable first wall, a deformable second wall and a third wall forming a plurality of segments, and is configured to receive fiber optic cables of different sizes by different ones of the plurality of segments. The attachment feature removably attaches the guide portion to the shelf. The attachment feature has a first tab forming a first notch with the guide portion, and a second tab forming a second notch with the guide portion. The keyed receiver is located in the shelf and has a lip extending partially around an interior edge. The lip is received in at least one of the first notch and the second notch and friction fit between at least one of the first tab and the second tab and the guide portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Inventors: Monique L. Cote, Gerald J. Davis, Brent M. Frazier, William J. Giraud, Raymond G. Jay, Brian D. Kingsbury
  • Publication number: 20100322579
    Abstract: High-density fiber optic modules and fiber optic module housings and related equipment are disclosed. In certain embodiments, a front opening of a fiber optic module and/or fiber optic module housing is configured to receive fiber optic components. The width and/or height of the front opening can be provided according to a designed relationship to a width and/or height, respectively, of a front side of a main body of the fiber optic module and/or fiber optic module housing. In this manner, a high density of fiber optic components and/or connections for a given space of the front side of the fiber optic module can be supported by the fiber optic module and/or fiber optic module housing. The fiber optic modules and fiber optic module housings disclosed herein can be disposed in fiber optic equipment including but not limited to a fiber optic chassis and a fiber optic equipment drawer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Inventors: Terry L. Cooke, Gerald J. Davis, David L. Dean, JR., Marco A. Gonzalez Garcia, Tory A. Klavuhn, Manuel A. Lopez Sanchez, Brian K. Rhoney, Alan W. Ugolini
  • Publication number: 20100183270
    Abstract: A clip for securing one or more fiber optic cable assemblies having respective furcation bodies is disclosed along with related assemblies. The clip includes one or more attachment features disposed on a bottom surface for mounting the clip. The bottom surface of the clip provides an anti-rotation feature for the clip and the fiber optic cable assembly by abutting with the complementary mounting surface. In one embodiment, the clip has a cover that attaches to a portion of the clip for securing a portion of the furcation plug within a cavity of the clip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2009
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Inventors: Gerald J. Davis, Daniel S. McGranahan
  • Patent number: 5704624
    Abstract: An improved cart is provided to transport objects, particularly scuba diving equipment, over different surfaces such as asphalt and sand. The cart includes a two portion housing, one portion of which is constructed as a hull-like member which is removably mountable to a second portion constructed as a platform adapted to retain the equipment. A surface of the platform is provided with a roller system. The cart can be inverted to bring either the hull or the roller system into contact with the underlying surface over which the cart is to be transported to facilitate movement of the cart along the particular composition of underlying surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1998
    Inventor: Gerald J. Davis