Patents by Inventor Jason Thomas Fralin

Jason Thomas Fralin 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).

  • Apparatus and method for tensioning and threading optical fiber
    Patent number: 10968070
    Abstract: An apparatus for tensioning and threading an optical fiber includes a first roller, a second roller, a belt that wraps around the first and second rollers, and a third roller. The belt may be in direct physical contact with the first and second rollers. The third roller may be movable between an engaged and a disengaged configuration relative to the belt. Alternatively, the first roller, second roller, and belt may be movable between the engaged and the disengaged configuration relative to the third roller. Actuation from the disengaged to the engaged configuration captures an optical fiber between the third roller and the belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Kirk Patton Bumgarner, Bret Cooper Faler, Jason Thomas Fralin, Kelvin Nguyen, Ashley Danielle Perritt
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TENSIONING AND THREADING OPTICAL FIBER
    Publication number: 20190193982
    Abstract: An apparatus for tensioning and threading an optical fiber includes a first roller, a second roller, a belt that wraps around the first and second rollers, and a third roller. The belt may be in direct physical contact with the first and second rollers. The third roller may be movable between an engaged and a disengaged configuration relative to the belt. Alternatively, the first roller, second roller, and belt may be movable between the engaged and the disengaged configuration relative to the third roller. Actuation from the disengaged to the engaged configuration captures an optical fiber between the third roller and the belt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Kirk Patton Bumgarner, Bret Cooper Faler, Jason Thomas Fralin, Kelvin Nguyen, Ashley Danielle Perritt