Patents by Inventor Mark Vogel
Mark Vogel 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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Publication number: 20260160967Abstract: A terminal enclosure for a telecommunications system includes a housing including a base and a cover removably coupled together; and a demarcation panel disposed in the housing and pivotally coupled to the housing, wherein the demarcation panel defines a connector interface region, wherein the demarcation panel is pivotable about an axis between an open position whereby the at least one tray is accessible and a closed position whereby the at least one tray is inaccessible, wherein the axis of the at least one tray and demarcation panel are parallel with one another, wherein the axis of the demarcation panel is disposed at a lower elevation than the axis of the at least one tray, and wherein in the open position a back surface of the demarcation panel is usable by a technician to support one or more optical fibers to be installed in the enclosure.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2025Publication date: June 11, 2026Inventors: David Lane, Cecilia L. Stout, Mark Vogel
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Publication number: 20260063864Abstract: A fiber optic distribution enclosure and cable mounting clamp are provided. The enclosure includes a surface having a first bridge extended along a longitudinal direction. The cable mounting clamp including a base removably connectable to the surface. The base includes an outer body which defines an inner channel and a support ramp disposed within the inner channel. The inner channel extends along the longitudinal direction. A tong structure is connected to the base. The tong structure extends along the longitudinal direction and between the inner channel and the surface. A fork structure is slidable along the longitudinal direction and includes a pair of prongs extended along the longitudinal direction. Each prong is in sliding contact with the tong structure. Each prong forms a longitudinal face extending along the longitudinal direction and an angled face extending away from the longitudinal axis and corresponding to an angled face at the tong structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2025Publication date: March 5, 2026Inventors: Mark Vogel, Joseph Cignarale, Wilfred J. Courchaine
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Publication number: 20260016652Abstract: A fiber optic tray enclosure is provided, including a base tray including a base wall extending along a lengthwise direction and a widthwise direction. the base wall forming a fastener opening configured to receive a fastener. The side wall is attachable to the base wall at the fastener opening. A plurality of mount plates is attachable to the base wall and separated from one another along the lengthwise direction. The mount plates forming an opening configured to receive a telecommunications adapter. A top wall is attachable to the mount plate, wherein the top wall, the base wall, the side wall, and the pair of mount plates form an interior volume therebetween.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2023Publication date: January 15, 2026Inventors: Aran James Russell Davidson, Mark Vogel
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Patent number: 12487427Abstract: A fiber optic distribution enclosure and cable mounting clamp are provided. The enclosure includes a surface having a first bridge extended along a longitudinal direction. The cable mounting clamp including a base removably connectable to the surface. The base includes an outer body which defines an inner channel and a support ramp disposed within the inner channel. The inner channel extends along the longitudinal direction. A tong structure is connected to the base. The tong structure extends along the longitudinal direction and between the inner channel and the surface. A fork structure is slidable along the longitudinal direction and includes a pair of prongs extended along the longitudinal direction. Each prong is in sliding contact with the tong structure. Each prong forms a longitudinal face extending along the longitudinal direction and an angled face extending away from the longitudinal axis and corresponding to an angled face at the tong structure.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2022Date of Patent: December 2, 2025Assignee: AFL Telecommunications LLCInventors: Mark Vogel, Joseph Cignarale, Wilfred J. Courchaine
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Patent number: 12298581Abstract: Telecommunication enclosures are provided. A terminal enclosure for a telecommunications system includes a housing including a base and a cover, the housing defining an internal volume configured to receive one or more telecommunication elements therein, wherein the base includes a first side and a second side opposite the first side, wherein the base and cover are pivotally coupled together at a hinged interface to selectively close the internal volume of the housing, and wherein the hinged interface is reconfigurable between the first and second sides of the base.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2021Date of Patent: May 13, 2025Assignee: AFL Telecommunications LLCInventors: David Lane, Cecilia L. Stout, Mark Vogel
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Publication number: 20240417948Abstract: A handhole is provided, the handhole including a first wall and a second wall. The first wall includes a first joint portion forming a groove and an opening extending along a vertical direction. The second wall includes a second joint portion including a member extendable into the groove through the opening at the first joint portion. The first wall and the second wall are connectable together at the first joint portion and the second joint portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2022Publication date: December 19, 2024Inventor: Mark Vogel
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Publication number: 20240411098Abstract: A rack assembly for a telecommunications module is provided. The rack assembly includes a frame extending along a vertical axis, and a pair of sidewalls attachable to the frame and spaced apart from one another along a lateral axis. The sidewalls extend along a longitudinal axis perpendicular to the lateral axis and include a plurality of rails in adjacent arrangement along the vertical axis and extending along the longitudinal axis. The plurality of rails is configured to receive a telecommunications module and are spaced apart along the vertical axis by less than one rack unit and at least one-third rack unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2022Publication date: December 12, 2024Inventors: Mark Vogel, Aran James Russell Davidson, Asher Leong Raven, Keith Desmond Sullivan
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Publication number: 20240210648Abstract: A fiber optic distribution enclosure and cable mounting clamp are provided. The enclosure includes a surface having a first bridge extended along a longitudinal direction. The cable mounting clamp including a base removably connectable to the surface. The base includes an outer body which defines an inner channel and a support ramp disposed within the inner channel. The inner channel extends along the longitudinal direction. A tong structure is connected to the base. The tong structure extends along the longitudinal direction and between the inner channel and the surface. A fork structure is slidable along the longitudinal direction and includes a pair of prongs extended along the longitudinal direction. Each prong is in sliding contact with the tong structure. Each prong forms a longitudinal face extending along the longitudinal direction and an angled face extending away from the longitudinal axis and corresponding to an angled face at the tong structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2022Publication date: June 27, 2024Inventors: Mark Vogel, Joseph Cignarale, Wilfred J. Courchaine
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Publication number: 20240118511Abstract: Cable managers are provided. A cable manager includes a body configured to be selectively engaged with a loose end of a first cable, wherein the body defines an effective unbiased length, as measured in an unbiased state, and an effective biased length, as measured in a biased state, and wherein the effective biased length is greater than the effective unbiased length.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventor: Mark Vogel
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Patent number: 11886029Abstract: Cable managers are provided. A cable manager includes a body configured to be selectively engaged with a loose end of a first cable, wherein the body defines an effective unbiased length, as measured in an unbiased state, and an effective biased length, as measured in a biased state, and wherein the effective biased length is greater than the effective unbiased length.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2022Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: AFL Telecommunications LLCInventor: Mark Vogel
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Patent number: 11811211Abstract: A cable assembly includes a cable and a cable mounting clamp. The cable mounting clamp includes a base removably connectable to a surface. The base includes an outer body which defines an inner channel and a support ramp disposed within the inner channel, the inner channel extending along a longitudinal axis. The cable mounting clamp further includes a roller tube disposed within the inner channel and moveably mounted on the support ramp, the roller tube translatable along the longitudinal axis relative to the support ramp. The cable is inserted through the roller tube and extends through the inner channel, such that the cable is translatable with the roller tube along the longitudinal axis.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2022Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: AFL Telecommunications LLCInventors: Kyle Marchek, Wilfred Courchaine, Mark Vogel, Shirley Ball
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Patent number: 11776368Abstract: A selective intrusion detection system includes a Doppler transceiver configured and adapted to receive Doppler return signals indicative of moving targets present in a surveillance space. A processor is operatively connected to the Doppler transceiver to convert Doppler return signals into spectrograms and to determine whether any given spectrogram is indicative of presence of a human or another moving target, like a domestic pet. An alarm is operatively connected to the processor, wherein the processor and alarm are configured to provide an alert in the event the processor determines any given spectrogram is indicative of a human, and to forego providing an alert in the event the processor determines any given spectrogram is indicative of another moving target only.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2021Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: UTC Fire & Security Americas Corporation, Inc.Inventors: Mathias Pantus, Jeroen Te Paske, Pascal Van De Mortel, Leon Mintjens, Sorin Costiner, Michael J. Giering, Robert Labarre, Mark Vogel, Vijaya Ramaraju Lakamraju
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Publication number: 20230299570Abstract: A handhole system, a quick-connect telecommunications system, and a method for fiber optic connection at a handhole is provided. A plurality of closures includes a sealed body including a multi-port connector corresponding to a plurality of optical fibers extending from an interior of the body to an exterior. A connector body has a hub including a plurality of receptacles having a plurality of connectors configured to receive respective multi-port connectors from the plurality of closures. The connector body includes a neck having an input cable port configured to receive an input cable connector and an output cable port configured to receive an output cable connector. The neck is coupled to the hub to communicatively couple the input cable port and output cable port to the plurality of receptacles at the hub. The plurality of receptacles is configured to communicatively couple respective closures to the input cable and the output cable.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Inventor: Mark Vogel
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Publication number: 20230040946Abstract: Telecommunication enclosures are provided. A terminal enclosure for a telecommunications system includes a housing including a base and a cover, the housing defining an internal volume configured to receive one or more telecommunication elements therein, wherein the base includes a first side and a second side opposite the first side, wherein the base and cover are pivotally coupled together at a hinged interface to selectively close the internal volume of the housing, and wherein the hinged interface is reconfigurable between the first and second sides of the base.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2021Publication date: February 9, 2023Inventors: David Lane, Cecilia L. Stout, Mark Vogel
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Publication number: 20220407300Abstract: A cable assembly includes a cable and a cable mounting clamp. The cable mounting clamp includes a base removably connectable to a surface. The base includes an outer body which defines an inner channel and a support ramp disposed within the inner channel, the inner channel extending along a longitudinal axis. The cable mounting clamp further includes a roller tube disposed within the inner channel and moveably mounted on the support ramp, the roller tube translatable along the longitudinal axis relative to the support ramp. The cable is inserted through the roller tube and extends through the inner channel, such that the cable is translatable with the roller tube along the longitudinal axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2022Publication date: December 22, 2022Inventors: Kyle Marchek, Wilfred Courchaine, Mark Vogel, Shirley Ball
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Patent number: 11462897Abstract: A cable assembly includes a cable and a cable mounting clamp. The cable mounting clamp includes a base removably connectable to a surface. The base includes an outer body which defines an inner channel and a support ramp disposed within the inner channel, the inner channel extending along a longitudinal axis. The cable mounting clamp further includes a roller tube disposed within the inner channel and moveably mounted on the support ramp, the roller tube translatable along the longitudinal axis relative to the support ramp. The cable is inserted through the roller tube and extends through the inner channel, such that the cable is translatable with the roller tube along the longitudinal axis.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2020Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: AFL TELECOMMUNICATIONS LLCInventors: Kyle Marchek, Wilfred Courchaine, Mark Vogel, Shirley Ball
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Publication number: 20220291471Abstract: Cable managers are provided. A cable manager includes a body configured to be selectively engaged with a loose end of a first cable, wherein the body defines an effective unbiased length, as measured in an unbiased state, and an effective biased length, as measured in a biased state, and wherein the effective biased length is greater than the effective unbiased length.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2022Publication date: September 15, 2022Inventor: Mark Vogel
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Publication number: 20220131358Abstract: A cable assembly includes a cable and a cable mounting clamp. The cable mounting clamp includes a base removably connectable to a surface. The base includes an outer body which defines an inner channel and a support ramp disposed within the inner channel, the inner channel extending along a longitudinal axis. The cable mounting clamp further includes a roller tube disposed within the inner channel and moveably mounted on the support ramp, the roller tube translatable along the longitudinal axis relative to the support ramp. The cable is inserted through the roller tube and extends through the inner channel, such that the cable is translatable with the roller tube along the longitudinal axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2020Publication date: April 28, 2022Inventors: Kyle Marchek, Wilfred Courchaine, Mark Vogel, Shirley Ball
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Patent number: 11243366Abstract: A rack routing guide installable in an equipment rack, the rack routing guide comprising: a body defining a volume configured to route one or more optical fibers from fiber optic equipment disposed in the equipment rack, wherein a lateral sidewall of the body includes an opening through which the one or more optical fibers are receivable into the volume; and a mount configured to couple the body to the equipment rack.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2020Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: AFL TELECOMMUNICATIONS LLCInventors: Wilfred Courchaine, Mark Vogel
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Publication number: 20210319678Abstract: A selective intrusion detection system includes a Doppler transceiver configured and adapted to receive Doppler return signals indicative of moving targets present in a surveillance space. A processor is operatively connected to the Doppler transceiver to convert Doppler return signals into spectrograms and to determine whether any given spectrogram is indicative of presence of a human or another moving target, like a domestic pet. An alarm is operatively connected to the processor, wherein the processor and alarm are configured to provide an alert in the event the processor determines any given spectrogram is indicative of a human, and to forego providing an alert in the event the processor determines any given spectrogram is indicative of another moving target only.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2021Publication date: October 14, 2021Applicant: CARRIER Fire & Security Americas Corporation, Inc.Inventors: Mathias Pantus, Jeroen Te Paske, Pascal Van De Mortel, Leon Mintjens, Sorin Costiner, Michael J. Giering, Robert Labarre, Mark Vogel, Vijaya Ramaraju Lakamraju