Patents by Inventor Joseph A. Weeks

Joseph A. Weeks 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).

  • Removably mountable fiber optic terminal
    Patent number: 8520996
    Abstract: A zero-U, high-density fiber optic terminal for data centers and central offices is disclosed. The terminal may be used for optical fiber interconnection and/or optical fiber and fiber optic cable storage. The terminal is removably mountable to a cable tray above fiber optic equipment, in a subfloor below fiber optic equipment or on a wall in proximity of fiber optic equipment. Additionally, the terminal may have an adapter panel with fiber optic adapters for optically connecting the optical fiber of a first fiber optic cable received from the cable tray and the optical fiber of a second fiber optic cable. The second fiber optic cable is intended to extend to the fiber optic equipment. The adapter panel and the fiber optic adapters are angled generally in the direction in which the second fiber optic cable is intended to extend.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Corning Cable Systems LLC
    Inventors: Andrew P. Cowen, Marcel G. Mures, Karyne P. Prevratil, Joseph A. Weeks
  • REMOVABLY MOUNTABLE FIBER OPTIC TERMINAL
    Publication number: 20100247053
    Abstract: A zero-U, high-density fiber optic terminal for data centers and central offices is disclosed. The terminal may be used for optical fiber interconnection and/or optical fiber and fiber optic cable storage. The terminal is removably mountable to a cable tray above fiber optic equipment, in a subfloor below fiber optic equipment or on a wall in proximity of fiber optic equipment. Additionally, the terminal may have an adapter panel with fiber optic adapters for optically connecting the optical fiber of a first fiber optic cable received from the cable tray and the optical fiber of a second fiber optic cable. The second fiber optic cable is intended to extend to the fiber optic equipment. The adapter panel and the fiber optic adapters are angled generally in the direction in which the second fiber optic cable is intended to extend.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Inventors: Andrew P. Cowen, Marcel G. Mures, Karyne P. Prevratil, Joseph A. Weeks