Patents by Inventor Lee Anthony SPICER

Lee Anthony SPICER 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).

  • Method and apparatus for installation of cables by blowing and using an upstream lubricator
    Patent number: 11300751
    Abstract: A method of installing a cable through a duct by blowing the cable with a stream of compressed air. The method comprises dispersing a nebulized lubricant in the stream of compressed air, causing the stream of compressed air to deposit the nebulized lubricant onto the cable and to blow it into the duct. An apparatus for carrying out the method is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Prysmian S.p.A.
    Inventors: Ralph Sutehall, Lee Anthony Spicer, Russell Baker
  • Optical cable for terrestrial networks
    Patent number: 11042000
    Abstract: An optical cable comprises a group of optical modules. Each of the optical modules comprises a strength member, a plurality of optical fibers arranged about the strength member, the plurality of optical fibers being arranged substantially on a circumference concentric with the strength member, and a retaining element arranged about the plurality of optical fibers. The strength member is covered by a coating, and the plurality of optical fibers are at least partly embedded within the coating. The optical cable comprises an outer sheath around the group of optical modules. The optical cable does not have a central strength member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: PRYSMIAN S.p.A.
    Inventors: Ian Dewi Lang, Lee Anthony Spicer, Martin Vincent Davies
  • OPTICAL CABLE FOR TERRESTRIAL NETWORKS
    Publication number: 20200233165
    Abstract: An optical cable comprises a group of optical modules. Each of the optical modules comprises a strength member, a plurality of optical fibers arranged about the strength member, the plurality of optical fibers being arranged substantially on a circumference concentric with the strength member, and a retaining element arranged about the plurality of optical fibers. The strength member is covered by a coating, and the plurality of optical fibers are at least partly embedded within the coating. The optical cable comprises an outer sheath around the group of optical modules. The optical cable does not have a central strength member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicant: Prysmian S.p.A.
    Inventors: Ian Dewi LANG, Lee Anthony SPICER, Martin Vincent DAVIES
  • Optical cable for terrestrial networks
    Patent number: 10627589
    Abstract: An optical cable includes an optical module which includes a strength member, a plurality of optical fibers arranged about the strength member, the optical fibers being arranged substantially on a circumference concentric with the strength member, and a retaining element arranged about the plurality of optical fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: PRYSMIAN S.p.A.
    Inventors: Ian Dewi Lang, Lee Anthony Spicer, Martin Vincent Davies
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INSTALLATION OF CABLES BY BLOWING
    Publication number: 20200116969
    Abstract: A method of installing a cable through a duct by blowing the cable with a stream of compressed air. The method comprises dispersing a nebulized lubricant in the stream of compressed air, causing the stream of compressed air to deposit the nebulized lubricant onto the cable and to blow it into the duct. An apparatus for carrying out the method is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Ralph SUTEHALL, Lee Anthony SPICER, Russell BAKER
  • OPTICAL CABLE FOR TERRESTRIAL NETWORKS
    Publication number: 20180292625
    Abstract: An optical cable includes an optical module which includes a strength member, a plurality of optical fibers arranged about the strength member, the optical fibers being arranged substantially on a circumference concentric with the strength member, and a retaining element arranged about the plurality of optical fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: Prysmian S.p.A.
    Inventors: Ian Dewi LANG, Lee Anthony SPICER, Martin Vincent DAVIES