Patents by Inventor Neil C. Fletcher

Neil C. Fletcher 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).

  • Patent number: 10114175
    Abstract: Trunk gland adapters include an adapter body having an internal bore that is sized to receive a trunk cable gland so that a front end of the trunk cable gland extends through a front opening of the internal bore and a plurality of attachment clips that are configured to releasably attach the adapter body to a mounting aperture in a wall of a fiber optic enclosure. Related trunk gland units and methods of routing a trunk cable into an enclosure are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina
    Inventor: Neil C. Fletcher
  • Publication number: 20170307829
    Abstract: Trunk gland adapters include an adapter body having an internal bore that is sized to receive a trunk cable gland so that a front end of the trunk cable gland extends through a front opening of the internal bore and a plurality of attachment clips that are configured to releasably attach the adapter body to a mounting aperture in a wall of a fiber optic enclosure. Related trunk gland units and methods of routing a trunk cable into an enclosure are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventor: Neil C. FLETCHER
  • Patent number: 9739952
    Abstract: Trunk gland adapters include an adapter body having an internal bore that is sized to receive a trunk cable gland so that a front end of the trunk cable gland extends through a front opening of the internal bore and a plurality of attachment clips that are configured to releasably attach the adapter body to a mounting aperture in a wall of a fiber optic enclosure. elated trunk gland units and methods of routing a trunk cable into an enclosure are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina
    Inventor: Neil C. Fletcher
  • Publication number: 20170097471
    Abstract: Trunk gland adapters include an adapter body having an internal bore that is sized to receive a trunk cable gland so that a front end of the trunk cable gland extends through a front opening of the internal bore and a plurality of attachment clips that are configured to releasably attach the adapter body to a mounting aperture in a wall of a fiber optic enclosure. Related trunk gland units and methods of routing a trunk cable into an enclosure are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Inventor: Neil C. FLETCHER
  • Patent number: 9448365
    Abstract: Trunk gland adapters include an adapter body having an internal bore that is sized to receive a trunk cable gland so that a front end of the trunk cable gland extends through a front opening of the internal bore and a plurality of attachment clips that are configured to releasably attach the adapter body to a mounting aperture in a wall of a fiber optic enclosure. Related trunk gland units and methods of routing a trunk cable into an enclosure are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: COMMSCOPE, INC. OF NORTH CAROLINA
    Inventor: Neil C. Fletcher
  • Publication number: 20160187589
    Abstract: Trunk gland adapters include an adapter body having an internal bore that is sized to receive a trunk cable gland so that a front end of the trunk cable gland extends through a front opening of the internal bore and a plurality of attachment clips that are configured to releasably attach the adapter body to a mounting aperture in a wall of a fiber optic enclosure. Related trunk gland units and methods of routing a trunk cable into an enclosure are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2014
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventor: Neil C. Fletcher
  • Patent number: 6682109
    Abstract: A door latching mechanism comprises two oppositely-directed, vertically-slideable rods adapted to engage at their outer ends respectively with the top and bottom of a door frame, and a main latch member adapted to engage with a keeper provided on or in the side of the door frame, the latching mechanism comprising a push rod actuating assembly which is connected between the inner ends of the push rods and is engaged by the main latch member, and is so arranged, in use, to urge the push rods in opposite outward directions on latching engagement of the main latch member with the door side frame, the push rod actuating assembly comprising an actuating assembly housing in or on which is mounted first and second gear pinions that are respectively meshed with vertically slideable oppositely-directed push rod bars connected to the respective inner ends of the push rods, the pinions being meshed with respective racks provided on opposite sides of a slider which is slideable substantially horizontally relative to the h
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2004
    Assignee: APW Ltd.
    Inventors: David Horne, Neil C. Fletcher
  • Publication number: 20020089184
    Abstract: DOOR LATCHING MECHANISM A door latching mechanism comprises two oppositely-directed, vertically-slideable rods adapted to engage at their outer ends respectively with the top and bottom of a door frame, and a main latch member adapted to engage with a keeper provided on or in the side of the door frame, the latching mechanism comprising a push rod actuating assembly which is connected between the inner ends of the push rods and is engaged by the main latch member, and is so arranged, in use, to urge the push rods in opposite outward directions on latching engagement of the main latch member with the door side frame, the push rod actuating assembly comprising an actuating assembly housing in or on which is mounted first and second gear pinions that are respectively meshed with vertically slideable oppositely-directed push rod bars connected to the respective inner ends of the push rods, the pinions being meshed with respective racks provided on opposite sides of a slider which is slideable substantially horizo
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2001
    Publication date: July 11, 2002
    Inventors: David Horne, Neil C. Fletcher
  • Patent number: 5293303
    Abstract: A circuit board injector/ejector device for use with a circuit board to be accommodated in a rack housed in an enclosure comprises a body adapted to be secured to a front plate secured to the circuit board and a lever pivotally mounted on the body. The device is adapted to assist in providing the force necessary to effect a multiplicity of pin and socket connections at the rear of the circuit board when the circuit board is introduced into a rack and to assist in providing the force necessary to effect disconnection of the multiplicity of pin and socket connections at the rear of the circuit board when the circuit board is withdrawn from the rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 8, 1994
    Assignee: BICC Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Neil C. Fletcher, David Horne
  • Patent number: RE48807
    Abstract: Trunk gland adapters include an adapter body having an internal bore that is sized to receive a trunk cable gland so that a front end of the trunk cable gland extends through a front opening of the internal bore and a plurality of attachment clips that are configured to releasably attach the adapter body to a mounting aperture in a wall of a fiber optic enclosure. elated trunk gland units and methods of routing a trunk cable into an enclosure are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina
    Inventor: Neil C. Fletcher