Patents by Inventor Kristof Vastmans
Kristof Vastmans 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: 11966080Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 13, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: COMMSCOPE CONNECTIVITY BELGIUM BVBAInventors: Stefano Beri, Danny Willy August Verheyden, Jan Watté, Roel Modest Willy Bryon, Kristof Vastmans, Johan Geens
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Publication number: 20240077691Abstract: A cabinet includes a first compartment coupled to a second compartment with a sealed cable port arrangement separating the two compartments. The second compartment is more robustly sealed than the first compartment. A sealed splice enclosure is disposed in the first compartment. The splice enclosure is more robustly sealed against water intrusion than the second compartment.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2020Publication date: March 7, 2024Applicant: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLCInventors: Kristof VASTMANS, Jiri ZAVREL, Birgitte KOEFOED, John Townley PORSBORG
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Patent number: 11846820Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 27, 2022Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: CommScope Connectivity Belgium BVBAInventors: Johan Geens, Kristof Vastmans, Pieter Vermeulen, Eric Marcel M. Keustermans
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Publication number: 20230384550Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2021Publication date: November 30, 2023Applicant: CommScope Technologies LLCInventors: Roel Modest Willy BRYON, Johan GEENS, Kristof VASTMANS, Samory DE ZITTER, Bart Mattie CLAESSENS, Philippe COENEGRACHT, Jiri ZAVREL, Barry Wayne ALLEN
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Publication number: 20230333341Abstract: Certain types of aggregation enclosures include cable input ports and downwardly angled cable output ports. A cover is pivotally coupled to the body so that the cover moves between an open position and a closed position. A modular component panel may be disposed within the enclosure. The component panel includes one or more distribution components (e.g., fiber distribution components or power distribution components) configured to connect at least a portion of an incoming cable to at least a portion of an outgoing cable.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2023Publication date: October 19, 2023Inventors: Kristof Vastmans, Ian Miles Standish, Sven Schuemann, Eberhard Kahle, Juraj Marak, Pieter Arthur Anna De Vos
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Publication number: 20230324640Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2023Publication date: October 12, 2023Applicant: CommScope Connectivity Belgium BVBAInventors: 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
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Publication number: 20230314747Abstract: Disclosed herein are cable sealing devices having features for enhancing effective sealing, volume compensation, seal pressurization, cable size range-taking, cable installation and insert installation. Also disclosed herein is an enclosure including at least one cable sealing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicant: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLCInventors: Christiaan RADELET, Kristof VASTMANS, Jozef Christiaan Mathieu VERSLEEGERS, Maarten MICHIELS, Erwin BECKERS, Frank DE BLICK, Michael MARIS
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Publication number: 20230288656Abstract: An optical fiber distribution element (1810) includes a chassis (1820), an optical device (1900) mounted to the chassis (1820), the optical device (1900) including a plurality of cables (2134) extending from the optical device (1900) into the chassis (1820), and a cable management device (2110/2210) mounted to the chassis (1820).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2023Publication date: September 14, 2023Applicant: CommScope Connectivity Belgium BVBAInventors: Johan GEENS, Pieter VERMEULEN, Eric Marcel M. KEUSTERMANS, Kristof VASTMANS
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Publication number: 20230258880Abstract: A cable sealing device including an attaching part securable to the cable; a fixation part adapted to be mountable on the attaching part; and a sealing part. The attaching part includes outer locking faces. The fixation part has inner abutment faces adapted to co-operate with the outer locking faces to axially and rotationally lock the fixation part relative to the attaching part. The sealing part includes an inner seal and an outer seal. The sealing part also includes a second securing arrangement that is configured to engage a first securing arrangement of the fixation part to axially and rotationally lock the sealing part to the fixation part.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2023Publication date: August 17, 2023Applicant: CommScope Connectivity Belgium BVBAInventors: Dirk KEMPENEERS, Bart VOS, Kristof VASTMANS, Danny Willy August VERHEYDEN, Jos Paul G. VANDEPOEL
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Patent number: 11686905Abstract: Aspects and techniques of the present disclosure relate to a telecommunications optical fiber management tray that provides enhanced access to connectors and adapters. In one example, a fiber optic telecommunications tray is disclosed which has movable components that can configure the tray between a storage position and an access position. In the storage position, one or more fiber optic connectors and a fiber containment wall extending from a base of the tray are positioned such that a port of a connector mounted to the tray has a longitudinal axis that passes through the fiber containment wall. In the access position, the one or more fiber optic connectors and the fiber containment wall are position such that the connector port longitudinal axis does not pass through the fiber containment wall. In the access position, adapters can be inserted or removed from the tray-mounted connectors without a line-of-sight obstruction from the fiber containment wall.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2021Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: CommScope Connectivity Belgium BVBAInventors: Johan Geens, Kristof Vastmans, Eric Marcel M. Keustermans
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Publication number: 20230194815Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to a telecommunication enclosure having a configuration that can be readily customized in the factory to satisfy customer specifications and can also be readily upgraded in the field. In certain examples, the telecommunication enclosure includes a main housing defining a plurality access ports. A plurality of different add-on components can selectively be coupled to the main housing at the access ports in sealed relation to the main housing. The add-on components can include visual indicators which are visible from outside the main housing when the add-on components are mounted to the main housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2021Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicant: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLCInventors: Johan GEENS, Kristof VASTMANS, Bart VOS, Barry Wayne ALLEN, Pieter VERMEULEN
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Publication number: 20230176288Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2022Publication date: June 8, 2023Applicant: COMMSCOPE CONNECTIVITY BELGIUM BVBAInventors: Stefano BERI, Danny Willy August VERHEYDEN, Jan WATTÉ, Roel Modest Willy BRYON, Kristof VASTMANS, Johan GEENS
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Patent number: 11619790Abstract: Disclosed herein are cable sealing devices having features for enhancing effective sealing, volume compensation, seal pressurization, cable size range-taking, cable installation and insert installation. Also disclosed herein is an enclosure including at least one cable sealing device.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2019Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLCInventors: Christiaan Radelet, Kristof Vastmans, Jozef Christiaan Mathieu Versleegers, Maarten Michiels, Erwin Beckers, Frank De Blick, Michael Maris
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Patent number: 11614594Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 31, 2022Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: CommScope Connectivity Belgium BVBAInventors: 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
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Publication number: 20230072684Abstract: A communication enclosure includes a housing and a fiber optic organizer. The housing defines a plurality of ports. The fiber optic organizer includes a tower configured to hold one or more fiber management trays. The tower is mountable to the housing in one of at least two different tower positions. In the first tower position, the tower is disposed between a first of the ports and a second of the ports. In the second tower position, the tower is disposed between the second port and a third of the ports.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2021Publication date: March 9, 2023Applicant: COMMSCOPE CONNECTIVITY BELGIUM BVBAInventors: Johan GEENS, Kristof VASTMANS, Pieter VERMEULEN
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Publication number: 20230070605Abstract: A mounting bracket may reserve an installation site for a network component at a specific geographic location. The mounting bracket may bear indicia by which the mounting bracket can be associated (e.g., electronically) with the geographic location for tracking and/or reporting purposes. The indicia may be removable from the mounting bracket. The indicia may block the network component from being installed at the mounting bracket prior to removal of the indicia.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2021Publication date: March 9, 2023Applicant: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLCInventors: Johan GEENS, Kristof VASTMANS
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Publication number: 20230072251Abstract: A telecommunications enclosure (10) includes a frame (12) defining a plurality of planes including a front plane (30), a rear plane (32), a right side plane (34), a left side plane (36), a top plane (38), and a bottom plane (40). First and second termination panels (16a, 16b) are mounted to the frame. The first and second termination panels (16a, 16b) are accessible from the front plane (30) of the frame (12), and the first and second termination panels (16a, 16b) each include a plurality of cable termination locations (21). At least one splice area (18) inside the frame (12) is accessible from the right side plane (34) or the left side plane (36). The at least one splice area (18) receives fiber optic cables for splicing to additional cables inside the frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2021Publication date: March 9, 2023Applicant: COMMSCOPE CONNECTIVITY BELGIUM BVInventors: Jiri ZAVREL, Bart VAN MEEUWEN, Kristof VASTMANS, Nico ROELANDTS
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Patent number: 11592635Abstract: Certain types of aggregation enclosures include cable input ports and downwardly angled cable output ports. A cover is pivotally coupled to the body so that the cover moves between an open position and a closed position. A modular component panel may be disposed within the enclosure. The component panel includes one or more distribution components (e.g., fiber distribution components or power distribution components) configured to connect at least a portion of an incoming cable to at least a portion of an outgoing cable.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2021Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignees: CommScope Connectivity Belgium BVBA, CommScope Connectivity UK Limited, ADC Czech Republic, s.r.o., CommScope Technologies LLCInventors: Kristof Vastmans, Ian Miles Standish, Sven Schuemann, Eberhard Kahle, Juraj Marak, Pieter Arthur Anna De Vos
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Patent number: 11592639Abstract: An optical fiber distribution element (1810) includes a chassis (1820), an optical device (1900) mounted to the chassis (1820), the optical device (1900) including a plurality of cables (2134) extending from the optical device (1900) into the chassis (1820), and a cable management device (2110/2210) mounted to the chassis (1820).Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2021Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: CommScope Connectivity Belgium BVBAInventors: Johan Geens, Pieter Vermeulen, Eric Marcel M. Keustermans, Kristof Vastmans
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Publication number: 20230054905Abstract: Pairs of windows are cut into a distribution cable at various points along the length to couple some of the optical fibers of the distribution cable to drop cables. A wrap-type sealing arrangement can seal a first window of each pair. An enclosure-type sealing arrangement can seal a second window of each pair. The enclosure includes a splice tray and cable storage. Optical adapters and/or a passive splitter also may be disposed within the enclosure.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2022Publication date: February 23, 2023Applicant: COMMSCOPE CONNECTIVITY BELGIUM BVBAInventors: Ronnie Rosa Georges LIEFSOENS, Jiri ZAVREL, Eric SCHURMANS, Kristof VASTMANS, Dirk Jozef G. VAN DE WEYER, Bart Mattie CLAESSENS