Patents by Inventor Johan Geens

Johan Geens 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: 11966093
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to a telecommunications terminal including fiber optic adapter carriers and/or modules that mount to a main body of the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Johan Geens, Pieter Doultremont, Philippe Coenegracht
  • Patent number: 11966080
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an optical splice package for splicing together first and second optical fibers or first and second sets of optical fibers. The optical fibers have elastic bending characteristics. The splice package includes a splice housing including a mechanical alignment feature for co-axially aligning ends of the first and second optical fibers or sets of optical fibers within the splice housing. The splice housing contains adhesive for securing the ends of the first and second optical fibers or sets of optical fibers within the splice housing. The optical package has a weight less than a spring force corresponding to the elastic bending characteristics of the first and second optical fibers or sets of optical fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: COMMSCOPE CONNECTIVITY BELGIUM BVBA
    Inventors: Stefano Beri, Danny Willy August Verheyden, Jan Watté, Roel Modest Willy Bryon, Kristof Vastmans, Johan Geens
  • Publication number: 20240126021
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a fiber management device or system for facilitating routing and storing optical fibers. The fiber management device includes a flexible, film-like substrate that has optical fiber management, storing functionality, and splicing functionality all on one film-like substrate. The flexible, film-like substrate can provide a routing path for routing optical fibers onto a flexible planar substrate that can be temporarily supported by, mounted on or attached to the flexible planar substrate. The flexible, film-like substrate can accommodate fibers that are in a multi-fiber (e.g., ribbon) configuration or a single fiber configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Roel Modest Willy BRYON, Jan Willem RIETVELD, Philippe COENEGRACHT, Johan GEENS, Pieter VERMEULEN
  • Publication number: 20240094496
    Abstract: A mounting system (700/900) for locking two pieces of telecommunications equipment (610/810) to prevent relative sliding therebetween and relative separation therebetween in a direction generally perpendicular to the direction of the relative sliding includes a first locking feature (701/901) defined by a stud (702/902) with a stem portion (708/908) and a flange portion (710/910) having a larger profile than the stem portion (708/908) and a second locking feature (703/903) defined by a slot (704/904) with a receiver portion (712/912) and a retention portion (714/914). The receiver portion (712/912) is sized to accommodate the flange portion (710/910) of the stud (702/902) and the retention portion (714/914) is sized to accommodate the stem portion (708/908) but not the flange portion (710/910) of the stud (702/902).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: CommScope Connectivity Belgium BVBA
    Inventors: Johan GEENS, Pieter VERMEULEN, Eric Marcel M. KEUSTERMANS
  • Patent number: 11927821
    Abstract: A hinge structure for pivotally mounting a first telecommunications element to a second telecommunications element includes a hinge pin provided on the first element and a hinge pin receiver provided on the second element. The hinge pin defines a notch separating the pin into two pin halves. The hinge pin receiver defines two sets of opposing surfaces, the two sets separated by a divider, the divider configured to be accommodated by the notch when the hinge pin is inserted into the hinge pin receiver, wherein each opposing surface set defines a slot for receiving each pin half.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: CommScope Connectivity Belgium BVBA
    Inventors: Pieter Vermeulen, Johan Geens, Peter Claes
  • Patent number: 11921327
    Abstract: A cable management arrangement (1000) is disclosed. In one aspect, a plurality of cables (1002) extending between first and second ends is provided. The arrangement (1000) can also include a supporting sheet (1004) having a first side and a second side, wherein the plurality of cables (1002) is removably adhered to the supporting sheet first side by a first adhesive (1010). A second adhesive (1012) can be provided on at least a portion of the supporting sheet second side and a protection sheet (1014) can be provided to cover the second adhesive (1012). A protection sheet (1014) can be provided that is removable from the supporting sheet (1004) to allow the supporting sheet (1004) to be adhered to a surface. A telecommunications arrangement is also disclosed in which the aforementioned cable management arrangement (1000) is mounted to a telecommunications tray (112) via the second adhesive (1012).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: CommScope Connectivity Belgium BVBA
    Inventors: Johan Geens, Pieter Vermeulen, Bart Vos
  • Patent number: 11906804
    Abstract: A telecommunications panel assembly (10) includes a chassis (14) defining a front (16), a top (20), a bottom (22), and two sides (24) and a plurality of adapter mounting modules (26) mounted to the chassis (14) at the front (16), each adapter mounting module (26) including a plurality of fiber optic adapters (36) mounted in a line. At least one of the adapter mounting modules (26) is mounted to the chassis (14) with a pair of supports (50) that are pivotable with respect to the at least one adapter module (26) such that the at least one adapter module (26) is removable from the chassis (14) and remountable at a position spaced linearly apart from another of the adapter mounting modules (26), wherein all of the adapter mounting modules (26) are also pivotally mounted about horizontal rotation axes (42) extending parallel to the top (20) and bottom (22) and transversely to the sides (24).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: CommScope Connectivity Belgium BVBA
    Inventors: Johan Geens, Pieter Vermeulen, Bart Vos
  • Patent number: 11892696
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a sealed closure having modular components, enhanced cable sealing, modular connection interfaces, enhanced cable anchoring and enhanced fiber management.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Johan Geens, Philippe Coenegracht, Pieter Doultremont, William B. Bryan, William Alan Carrico, Eddy Luc Cams, Erik David Bishop, Thomas Ross Marmon, Bart Mattie Claessens, Alan Armando Garcia Gonzalez, Roel Modest Willy Bryon, Roger Alaerts, Conny Van De Velde, Jos Brants, El Moïz Mohammed Michel Ghammam, Jozef Christiaan Mathieu Versleegers, Marc Eugène Willem Bervoets, Barry Wayne Allen, Maarten Aerts
  • Patent number: 11892683
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a fiber management device or system for facilitating routing and storing optical fibers. The fiber management device includes a flexible, film-like substrate that has optical fiber management, storing functionality, and splicing functionality all on one film-like substrate. The flexible, film-like substrate can provide a routing path for routing optical fibers onto a flexible planar substrate that can be temporarily supported by, mounted on or attached to the flexible planar substrate. The flexible, film-like substrate can accommodate fibers that are in a multi-fiber (e.g., ribbon) configuration or a single fiber configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Roel Modest Willy Bryon, Jan Willem Rietveld, Philippe Coenegracht, Johan Geens, Pieter Vermeulen
  • Patent number: 11874517
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to a telecommunications terminal including fiber optic adapters mounted to or integrated with a side wall of a housing of the telecommunications terminal. The telecommunications terminal also includes an output stub cable having a free end located outside the housing. The fiber optic adapters include ruggedized first demateable fiber optic connection locations accessible from outside the housing and the free end of the stub cable includes a second demateable fiber optic connection location accessible from outside the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Johan Geens, Philippe Coenegracht, Pieter Doultremont
  • Patent number: 11867962
    Abstract: Devices, assemblies and methods for fixing telecommunications cables. The cable fixation assemblies include cable support bodies adapted to anchor yarn strength members. A rod strength member adapter can be coupled to the cable support body to anchor a rod strength member such that the same cable support body is adapted to fix both a cable having a yarn strength member and a cable having a rod strength member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Eddy Luc Cams, Johan Geens
  • Publication number: 20240004157
    Abstract: A fiber optic splice organizer includes a mounting bracket, and at least one tray of a first type attached to the mounting bracket. The first type of tray has a first length and an interior volume for storing fiber optic splices. At least one tray of a second type is attached to the mounting bracket. The second type of tray has a second length and an interior volume for storing a different quantity of fiber optic splices than the first type of tray. A modular extension is attachable to the first or second types of trays to increase their respective lengths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Johan GEENS, Pieter VERMEULEN, Bart VOS, Bart Mattie CLAESSENS
  • Patent number: 11860436
    Abstract: Aspects and techniques of the present disclosure relate to an enclosure including a housing, a volume of sealant that defines a port in communication with an interior of the housing, and a fiber optic connection module including a sleeve that mounts within the port with the volume of sealant forming a seal about an exterior of the sleeve. The sleeve includes an inner end adjacent the interior of the housing and an outer end outside the housing. The fiber optic connection module also includes a demateable fiber optic connection interface adjacent the outer end of the sleeve. The demateable fiber optic connection interface includes a fiber optic connector. Other aspects of the present disclosure relate to fiber optic connection modules having features that make such modules suitable to be mounted within a port defined by a volume of sealant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Inventors: Johan Geens, Bart Vos
  • Publication number: 20230417997
    Abstract: Flexible optical circuits and methods of providing the same in which routing of optical fibers on a flexible substrate is performed after optical fiber ends have been processed. In some embodiments, the methods include fiber splicing operations that can be performed on the pre-processed optical fibers before or after the fibers have been routed on the flexible substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Laurens Izaäk VAN WUIJCKHUIJSE, Pieter STIENSTRA, Adrianus Wilhelmus VAN UDEN, Johan GEENS
  • Patent number: 11846820
    Abstract: A fiber optic telecommunications device (2302/2402/2502) includes a first fiber optic connection location (2308) defined on the telecommunications device (2302/2402/2502), wherein a plurality of optical fibers (2307) extends into the telecommunications device (2302/2402/2502) from the first fiber optic connection location (2308). A plurality of second fiber optic connection locations (2309) are movably disposed on the telecommunications device (2302/2402/2502). A flexible substrate (2306/2506) is positioned between the first fiber optic connection location (2308) and the plurality of second fiber optic connection locations (2309), the flexible substrate (2306/2506) rigidly supporting the plurality of optical fibers (2307) and relaying the plurality of fibers (2307) from the first fiber optic connection location (2308) to each of the second fiber optic connection locations (2309).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: CommScope Connectivity Belgium BVBA
    Inventors: Johan Geens, Kristof Vastmans, Pieter Vermeulen, Eric Marcel M. Keustermans
  • Patent number: 11841543
    Abstract: Devices, assemblies and methods for anchoring and tightening strength member yarn of a telecommunications cable. The strength member yarn is routed through channels defined in a cable fixation body and pulled into one or more recesses positioned between one of the channels and the cable jacket to tightly anchor the strength member yarn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Eddy Luc Cams, Johan Geens, Matthew Campsteyn, Roel Modest Willy Bryon
  • Publication number: 20230384550
    Abstract: An enclosure for accommodating splicing between cables is disclosed. The enclosure can include a housing containing a frame (e.g., a tray) to which the cables can be affixed. The housing can have an elongate in-line configuration, a triangular configuration, or other configurations. Cable reversing configurations and moveable adapter configurations are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Roel Modest Willy BRYON, Johan GEENS, Kristof VASTMANS, Samory DE ZITTER, Bart Mattie CLAESSENS, Philippe COENEGRACHT, Jiri ZAVREL, Barry Wayne ALLEN
  • Publication number: 20230387669
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a telecommunications enclosures that can be customizable to include a hinge. That is, a separate hinge may be utilized as an add-on feature for telecommunications enclosures. The hinge can be attached to at least two different sides of an enclosure or may not be utilized at all. Such a configuration allows for flexibility of a variety of designs for a telecommunications enclosure. The hinge can be mountable to interfaces of first and second housing pieces of an enclosure. The hinge can have rotational features and/or translational features for pivoting first and second housing pieces of an enclosure between first and second positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Philippe COENEGRACHT, Pieter DOULTREMONT, Johan GEENS, Robert A. ROACH
  • Publication number: 20230324637
    Abstract: A hinge structure for pivotally mounting a first telecommunications element to a second telecommunications element includes a hinge pin provided on the first element and a hinge pin receiver provided on the second element. The hinge pin defines a notch separating the pin into two pin halves. The hinge pin receiver defines two sets of opposing surfaces, the two sets separated by a divider, the divider configured to be accommodated by the notch when the hinge pin is inserted into the hinge pin receiver, wherein each opposing surface set defines a slot for receiving each pin half.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: COMMSCOPE CONNECTIVITY BELGIUM BVBA
    Inventors: Pieter VERMEULEN, Johan GEENS, Peter CLAES
  • Publication number: 20230324640
    Abstract: An optical fiber distribution system including a rack and elements which populate the rack including fiber terminations. Each element includes a chassis and a movable tray. The movable tray includes a synchronized movement device for moving a cable radius limiter. The tray includes cable terminations which extend in a line generally parallel to a direction of movement of the movable tray. Each of the cable terminations are mounted on hinged frame members positioned on each tray. The cables entering and exiting the movable tray follow a generally S-shaped pathway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: CommScope Connectivity Belgium BVBA
    Inventors: Johan GEENS, Kristof VASTMANS, Eric Marcel M. KEUSTERMANS, Pieter VERMEULEN, Bart VOS, Dirk Jozef G. VAN DE WEYER, Lukas Desmond Elias VAN CAMPENHOUT, Yves PEETERS, Matthias Cyriel George Corneel ALDERWEIRELDT