Patents by Inventor Gilbert D. Ferdon

Gilbert D. Ferdon 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).

  • Method of accurately positioning fiber cables within ferrules
    Patent number: 4233724
    Abstract: An improved connector is disclosed for interconnecting a plurality of fiber optic cables with a like plurality of fiber optic cables or optical devices, the fibers of the cables being accurately positioned within the respective connectors. The subject connector can be used for either splicing or terminating individual cables, each cable including at least one fiber, as well as connecting a plurality of light transmitting fiber bundles in a single connector assembly to transmitting and receiving devices. The subject connector includes a housing with at least one cable receiving bore therein; an assembly including an annular crimping ring, a profiled ferrule member, and a helical spring member secured to an end of each cable; and a cap member securing the ferrule members in the housing member in a spring loaded condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1979
    Date of Patent: November 18, 1980
    Assignee: AMP Incorporated
    Inventors: Terry P. Bowen, Charles D. Hoover, Gilbert D. Ferdon, Robert G. Harwood
  • Light transmitting fiber cable connector
    Patent number: 4167303
    Abstract: An improved connector is disclosed for interconnecting a plurality of fiber optic cables with a like plurality of fiber optic cables or optical devices, the fibers of the cables being accurately positioned within the respective connectors. The subject connector can be used for either splicing or terminating individual cables, each cable including at least one fiber, as well as connecting a plurality of light transmitting fiber bundles in a single connector assembly to transmitting and receiving devices. The subject connector includes a housing with at least one cable receiving bore therein; an assembly including an annular crimping ring, a profiled ferrule member, and a helical spring member secured to an end of each cable; and a cap member securing the ferrule members in the housing member in a spring loaded condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1977
    Date of Patent: September 11, 1979
    Assignee: AMP Incorporated
    Inventors: Terry P. Bowen, Charles D. Hoover, Gilbert D. Ferdon, Robert G. Harwood