Patents by Inventor LeRoy Tabb

LeRoy Tabb 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).

  • Fiber optic connectors
    Patent number: 5142602
    Abstract: A fiber optic terminus assembly for use in a fiber optic connector is disclosed in which a gripper element and a radially deformable ferrule are compressed into gripping engagement with the optical fiber portion of an optical cable. A terminus body and a contact sleeve engage the outer layer of the optical cable and the ferrule and position the fiber at a preselected distance from a lens surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1992
    Assignee: Labinal Components & Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Nellie L. Cabato, LeRoy Tabb, Nicholas Volinic, Laurence N. Wesson
  • Optical sensing device
    Patent number: 4314760
    Abstract: A sensor for sensing a light-reflecting surface is provided including an element for emitting light onto such surface to be sensed. Reflected light from such surface is received by a light sensitive element. In accordance with this invention, a mask is interposed between the reflecting surface and the light sensitive element whereby the quantity of reflected light reaching the light sensitive element varies as a predetermined function of the element-surface interval. The provided sensor may thus convert reflected light quantities directly into signals which are a function of conditions existing at the intervals at which such reflecting surfaces are located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1979
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1982
    Assignee: TRW Inc.
    Inventors: Malcolm H. Hodge, Leroy Tabb, Jr.
  • Fiber optic connectors
    Patent number: RE35935
    Abstract: A fiber optic terminus assembly for use in a fiber optic connector is disclosed in which a gripper element and a radially deformable ferrule are compressed into gripping engagement with the optical fiber portion of an optical cable. A terminus body and a contact sleeve engage the outer layer of the optical cable and the ferrule and position the fiber at a preselected distance from a lens surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1998
    Assignee: Labinal Components and Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Nellie L. Cabato, LeRoy Tabb, Nicholas Volinic, Laurence N. Wesson