Patents by Inventor Harold Edward Hudson, II
Harold Edward Hudson, II 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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Patent number: 11880079Abstract: An optical communication cable includes a jacket having an interior surface that defines a cable jacket internal cross-sectional area and a plurality of optical fibers, wherein less than 60% of the cable jacket internal cross-sectional area is occupied by the cross-sectional area of the plurality of optical fibers. A scaffolding structure is provided adjacent to and supporting the jacket such that when the jacket is subjected to a burn and melts, the melted jacket material bonds to the scaffolding structure rather than sloughing off.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2022Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONInventors: Mark Hanson Bushnell, Bradley Grant Chapman, Harold Edward Hudson, II, Toua Lo
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Publication number: 20230161124Abstract: An optical fiber cable that includes subunits is provided. Optical fiber cables are used to transmit data over distance. Generally, large distribution cables that carry a multitude of optical fibers from a hub are sub-divided at network nodes into subunits. To furcate the subunits, the respective jackets of the subunits must balance many different characteristics, including flexibility, temperature tolerance, and safety properties.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2023Publication date: May 25, 2023Inventors: Mark Hanson Bushnell, Harold Edward Hudson, II, Wesley Brian Nicholson
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Publication number: 20230152544Abstract: An optical fiber cable that includes subunits is provided. The cable has an outer jacket having a thickness of at least 2.0 millimeters and that is made from a fire retardant polymer material having a PHRR value of 222 kw/m2 when tested in a cone calorimeter measured according to ASTM E1354 with a heat flux of 50 kW/m2. The cable meets the requirement of UL 1666 burn test for riser cables and the requirements of EN 50399 burn test for CPR class Cca cables.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2023Publication date: May 18, 2023Inventors: George Cornelius Abernathy, Mark Hanson Bushnell, Harold Edward Hudson, II, William Carl Hurley, Toua Lo, William Welch McCollough
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Patent number: 11630275Abstract: Embodiments of an optical fiber cable are provided. The optical fiber cable includes an outer jacket, an inner jacket, a porous insulating layer, and at least one optical fiber. The outer jacket has a first thickness between its inner surface and its outer surface. The inner jacket has a second thickness between its inner surface and its outer surface. The inner jacket is disposed within the outer jacket. The porous insulating layer is disposed between the inner jacket and the outer jacket. The porous insulating layer is configured to reduce the transfer of heat to the inner jacket during combustion of the outer jacket. The optical fiber is disposed within the inner jacket. In the optical fiber cable, the first thickness is less than the second thickness, and each of the outer jacket and the inner jacket include at least one flame retardant additive.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2022Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONInventors: Harold Edward Hudson, II, William Carl Hurley
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Publication number: 20230109527Abstract: An optical cable is provided. The optical cable includes an outer cable body jacket and a plurality of optical fiber subunits. The optical fibers within each subunit are stranded relative to each other and are located within a thin subunit jacket. A plurality of unstranded optical fiber subunits are located within the cable jacket.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2022Publication date: April 6, 2023Inventors: Bradley Jerome Blazer, Harold Edward Hudson, II, Christopher Mark Quinn, David Alan Seddon, Kenneth Darrell Temple, JR.
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Patent number: 11543608Abstract: An optical cable is provided. The optical cable includes an outer cable body jacket and a plurality of optical fiber subunits. The optical fibers within each subunit are stranded relative to each other and are located within a thin subunit jacket. A plurality of unstranded optical fiber subunits are located within the cable jacket.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2021Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONInventors: Bradley Jerome Blazer, Harold Edward Hudson, II, Christopher Mark Quinn, David Alan Seddon, Kenneth Darrell Temple, Jr.
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Publication number: 20220404572Abstract: Embodiments of an optical fiber cable are provided. The optical fiber cable includes an outer jacket, an inner jacket, a porous insulating layer, and at least one optical fiber. The outer jacket has a first thickness between its inner surface and its outer surface. The inner jacket has a second thickness between its inner surface and its outer surface. The inner jacket is disposed within the outer jacket. The porous insulating layer is disposed between the inner jacket and the outer jacket. The porous insulating layer is configured to reduce the transfer of heat to the inner jacket during combustion of the outer jacket. The optical fiber is disposed within the inner jacket. In the optical fiber cable, the first thickness is less than the second thickness, and each of the outer jacket and the inner jacket include at least one flame retardant additive.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2022Publication date: December 22, 2022Inventors: Harold Edward Hudson, II, William Carl Hurley
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Patent number: 11448841Abstract: Embodiments of an optical fiber cable are provided. The optical fiber cable includes an outer jacket, an inner jacket, a porous insulating layer, and at least one optical fiber. The outer jacket has a first thickness between its inner surface and its outer surface. The inner jacket has a second thickness between its inner surface and its outer surface. The inner jacket is disposed within the outer jacket. The porous insulating layer is disposed between the inner jacket and the outer jacket. The porous insulating layer is configured to reduce the transfer of heat to the inner jacket during combustion of the outer jacket. The optical fiber is disposed within the inner jacket. In the optical fiber cable, the first thickness is less than the second thickness, and each of the outer jacket and the inner jacket include at least one flame retardant additive.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2021Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONInventors: Harold Edward Hudson, II, William Carl Hurley
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Publication number: 20220214511Abstract: An optical communication cable includes a jacket having an interior surface that defines a cable jacket internal cross-sectional area and a plurality of optical fibers, wherein less than 60% of the cable jacket internal cross-sectional area is occupied by the cross-sectional area of the plurality of optical fibers. A scaffolding structure is provided adjacent to and supporting the jacket such that when the jacket is subjected to a burn and melts, the melted jacket material bonds to the scaffolding structure rather than sloughing off.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2022Publication date: July 7, 2022Inventors: Mark Hanson Bushnell, Bradley Grant Chapman, Harold Edward Hudson, II, Toua Lo
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Publication number: 20220043227Abstract: An optical cable is provided. The optical cable includes an outer cable body jacket and a plurality of optical fiber subunits. The optical fibers within each subunit are stranded relative to each other and are located within a thin subunit jacket. A plurality of unstranded optical fiber subunits are located within the cable jacket.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2021Publication date: February 10, 2022Inventors: Bradley Jerome Blazer, Harold Edward Hudson, II, Christopher Mark Quinn, David Alan Seddon, Kenneth Darrell Temple, JR.
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Patent number: 11169343Abstract: An optical cable is provided. The optical cable includes an outer cable body jacket and a plurality of optical fiber subunits. The optical fibers within each subunit are stranded relative to each other and are located within a thin subunit jacket. A plurality of unstranded optical fiber subunits are located within the cable jacket.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2020Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONInventors: Bradley Jerome Blazer, Harold Edward Hudson, II, Christopher Mark Quinn, David Alan Seddon, Kenneth Darrell Temple, Jr.
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Patent number: 11079561Abstract: An optical communication cable is provided. The optical communication cable includes a cable jacket and a plurality of optical fiber subunits surrounded by the cable jacket. Each optical fiber subunit includes a subunit jacket and a plurality of optical fibers located within the subunit passage. Each optical fiber includes an outer polymer buffer coating, such as a tight buffer coating. The outer cable jacket and/or the outer polymer buffer coating of the optical fibers is formed from a halogen containing polymer material including a fire retardant material, and the subunit jacket is formed from a polyolefin polymer material including a fire retardant material.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2018Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: CORNING OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS LLCInventors: Harold Edward Hudson, II, William Carl Hurley
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Publication number: 20210149138Abstract: Embodiments of an optical fiber cable are provided. The optical fiber cable includes an outer jacket, an inner jacket, a porous insulating layer, and at least one optical fiber. The outer jacket has a first thickness between its inner surface and its outer surface. The inner jacket has a second thickness between its inner surface and its outer surface. The inner jacket is disposed within the outer jacket. The porous insulating layer is disposed between the inner jacket and the outer jacket. The porous insulating layer is configured to reduce the transfer of heat to the inner jacket during combustion of the outer jacket. The optical fiber is disposed within the inner jacket. In the optical fiber cable, the first thickness is less than the second thickness, and each of the outer jacket and the inner jacket include at least one flame retardant additive.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2021Publication date: May 20, 2021Inventors: Harold Edward Hudson, II, William Carl Hurley
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Publication number: 20200310058Abstract: An optical cable is provided. The optical cable includes an outer cable body jacket and a plurality of optical fiber subunits. The optical fibers within each subunit are stranded relative to each other and are located within a thin subunit jacket. A plurality of unstranded optical fiber subunits are located within the cable jacket.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2020Publication date: October 1, 2020Inventors: Bradley Jerome Blazer, Harold Edward Hudson, II, Christopher Mark Quinn, David Alan Seddon, Kenneth Darrell Temple, JR.
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Patent number: 10663683Abstract: An optical communication cable bundle is provided. The cable bundle includes a bundle jacket having an inner surface defining a bundle passage and an outer surface defining an exterior surface of the cable bundle, and a plurality of optical fiber subunits located within the bundle passage and surrounded by the bundle jacket, each optical fiber subunit having a subunit jacket defining a subunit passage and a plurality of optical fibers located with the subunit passage. A thickness of the bundle jacket is less than a thickness of each of the subunit jackets and the bundle jacket is extruded tight around the subunit jackets to couple the subunits and the bundle jacket.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2019Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: CORNING OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS LLCInventors: Harold Edward Hudson, II, William Carl Hurley
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Publication number: 20190361185Abstract: An optical communication cable is provided. The optical communication cable includes a cable jacket forming a central bore, a plurality of subunits having subunit sheaths, and a furcation plug coupled to the cable jacket, wherein the cable jacket defines an outer surface of the optical communication cable on an upstream side of the furcation plug and the plurality of subunits extend beyond the central bore and are exposed on a downstream side of the furcation plug such that the subunit sheaths define the outer surface of the optical communication cable. A plurality of connectors are coupled to the downstream ends of the plurality of subunits.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2019Publication date: November 28, 2019Inventors: Cory Fritz Guenter, Harold Edward Hudson, II, William Carl Hurley, Rebecca Elizabeth Sistare
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Patent number: 10393977Abstract: An optical communication cable is provided. The optical communication cable includes an outer cable layer and a plurality of optical fiber bundles surrounded by the outer cable laver. Each optical fiber bundle includes a bundle jacket surrounding a plurality of optical fiber subunits located within the bundle passage. The plurality of optical subunits are wrapped around each other within the bundle passage forming a wrapped pattern. Each optical fiber subunit includes a subunit jacket surrounding a elongate optical fiber located within the subunit passage. The cable jacket, bundle jacket and subunit jacket may be fire resistant, and strength strands of differing lengths may be located in the bundles and the subunits.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2018Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Corning Optical Communications LLCInventors: Cory Fritz Guenter, Harold Edward Hudson, II, William Carl Hurley, Rebecca Elizabeth Sistare
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Publication number: 20190250348Abstract: An optical communication cable bundle is provided. The cable bundle includes a bundle jacket having an inner surface defining a bundle passage and an outer surface defining an exterior surface of the cable bundle, and a plurality of optical fiber subunits located within the bundle passage and surrounded by the bundle jacket, each optical fiber subunit having a subunit jacket defining a subunit passage and a plurality of optical fibers located with the subunit passage. A thickness of the bundle jacket is less than a thickness of each of the subunit jackets and the bundle jacket is extruded tight around the subunit jackets to couple the subunits and the bundle jacket.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2019Publication date: August 15, 2019Inventors: Harold Edward Hudson, II, William Carl Hurley
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Patent number: 10338332Abstract: An optical communication cable bundle is provided. The cable bundle includes a bundle jacket having an inner surface defining a bundle passage and an outer surface defining an exterior surface of the cable bundle, and a plurality of optical fiber subunits located within the bundle passage and surrounded by the bundle jacket, each optical fiber subunit having a subunit jacket defining a subunit passage and a plurality of optical fibers located with the subunit passage. A thickness of the bundle jacket is less than a thickness of each of the subunit jackets and the bundle jacket is extruded tight around the subunit jackets to couple the subunits and the bundle jacket.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2018Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: Corning Optical Communications LLCInventors: Harold Edward Hudson, II, William Carl Hurley
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Patent number: 10288828Abstract: An optical communication cable bundle is provided. The cable bundle includes a bundle jacket having an inner surface defining a bundle passage and an outer surface defining an exterior surface of the cable bundle, and a plurality of optical fiber subunits located within the bundle passage and surrounded by the bundle jacket, each optical fiber subunit having a subunit jacket defining a subunit passage and a plurality of optical fibers located with the subunit passage. A thickness of the bundle jacket is less than a thickness of each of the subunit jackets and the bundle jacket is extruded tight around the subunit jackets to couple the subunits and the bundle jacket.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2018Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: Corning Optical Communications LLCInventors: Harold Edward Hudson, II, William Carl Hurley