Patents by Inventor Misty Nichols Arnold

Misty Nichols Arnold 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).

  • Optical fiber assemblies and methods of fabricating optical fiber assemblies
    Patent number: 8622634
    Abstract: A ferrule assembly includes a ferrule comprising a ferrule boot insertion end and a ferrule boot defining an optical fiber channel. The optical fiber channel of the ferrule boot is shaped to receive a plurality of optical fibers therethrough. The ferrule boot includes an outer shell and a heat-activated adhesive liner is positioned within the outer shell channel and coupled to the inner surface of the outer shell. A portion of the outer shell is sized to be at least partially inserted into the ferrule boot insertion end of the ferrule. The outer shell has a thermal melting point that is greater than a thermal melting point of the heat-activated adhesive liner such that the heat-activated adhesive liner melts for adhering the plurality of optical fibers to the outer shell upon receipt of thermal energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Corning Cable Systems LLC
    Inventors: Misty Nichols Arnold, Terry Lee Cooke
  • OPTICAL FIBER ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS OF FABRICATING OPTICAL FIBER ASSEMBLIES
    Publication number: 20130028560
    Abstract: A ferrule assembly includes a ferrule comprising a ferrule boot insertion end and a ferrule boot defining an optical fiber channel. The optical fiber channel of the ferrule boot is shaped to receive a plurality of optical fibers therethrough. The ferrule boot includes an outer shell and a heat-activated adhesive liner is positioned within the outer shell channel and coupled to the inner surface of the outer shell. A portion of the outer shell is sized to be at least partially inserted into the ferrule boot insertion end of the ferrule. The outer shell has a thermal melting point that is greater than a thermal melting point of the heat-activated adhesive liner such that the heat-activated adhesive liner melts for adhering the plurality of optical fibers to the outer shell upon receipt of thermal energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Inventors: Misty Nichols Arnold, Terry Lee Cooke