Patents by Inventor Melvin W. Evers

Melvin W. Evers 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).

  • Space-saving optical fiber cable closure
    Patent number: 5097529
    Abstract: An optical fiber cable closure (20) includes a cable termination assembly (26) and a cover (28) into which the termination assembly is inserted. The cable termination assembly includes an end plate assembly (34) through which distribution cables (21,22) to be spliced extend. From the end plate is cantilevered a distribution portion (106) which supports an optical fiber organizer (115). Mounted on the fiber organizer adjacent to a longitudinal edge thereof are a plurality of stacked organizing modules (120,120). Each module includes a plurality of nests (134-134) for receiving splicing devices such that the axes of the fibers in the devices are parallel to each other and to an axis of the closure. Optical fibers from each incoming cable are routed in individual bundles or as ribbons from the distribution portion to selected ones of the modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1992
    Assignee: AT&T Bell Laboratories
    Inventors: Gary S. Cobb, Lawrence R. Dunn, Melvin W. Evers, Wesley W. Jones