Patents by Inventor Lonnie B. Bloodworth, Jr.

Lonnie B. Bloodworth, Jr. 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 of forming a fiber ribbon cable unit
    Patent number: 4364788
    Abstract: A transition device (10) is provided to facilitate the forming of a lightguide ribbon cable unit (22) from a plurality of individual insulated light conductors (24). The light conductors (24), which each include a light-conductive glass fiber (12) surrounded by an inner layer (14) of insulation and an outer layer (16) of insulation, are mounted into converging channels (44) of the transition device (10), such that portions of the glass fibers which have been stripped of insulation extend from an exit end (50) of the device arranged in a parallel side-by-side array between two strips of pressure-sensitive adhesive tapes (18 and 20) to form the ribbon cable unit (22). The assembled transition device (10), ribbon cable unit (22) and light conductors (24) produce an optical fiber assembly (93).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1981
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1982
    Assignee: Western Electric Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Lonnie B. Bloodworth, Jr., Christian Scholly, Thomas L. Williford, Jr.
  • Optical fiber transition device and assembly
    Patent number: 4305642
    Abstract: A transition device (10) is provided to facilitate the forming of a lightguide ribbon cable unit (22) from a plurality of individual insulated light conductors (24). The light conductors (24), which each include a light-conductive glass fiber (12) surrounded by an inner layer (14) of insulation and an outer layer (16) of insulation, are mounted into converging channels (44) of the transition device (10), such that portions of the glass fibers which have been stripped of insulation extend from an exit end (50) of the device arranged in a parallel side-by-side array between two strips of pressure-sensitive adhesive tapes (18 and 20) to form the ribbon cable unit (22). The assembled transition device (10), ribbon cable unit (22) and light conductors (24) produce an optical fiber assembly (93).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1979
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1981
    Assignee: Western Electric Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Lonnie B. Bloodworth, Jr., Christian Scholly, Thomas L. Williford, Jr.