Patents by Inventor Paul Michael Good

Paul Michael Good 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).

  • Fiber optic connector
    Patent number: 9046660
    Abstract: A fiber optic connector has an opening for receiving a fiber optic cable, a pair of locating pins positioned adjacent to a front end ferrule and a housing for providing a covering between the opening and the locating pins. The locating pins are configured to be moveable between a first forward position where the locating pins extend out of the front ferrule and the housing and a second retracted position where the locating pins are retracted within the front ferrule and the housing. The locating pins are moveable from the first forward position and the second retracted position by a user via a mechanism accessible outside of the housing and without opening the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: NEXANS
    Inventors: Paul Michael Good, Greg Heffner, William E. Ayres, III
  • FIBER OPTIC CONNECTOR
    Publication number: 20150010276
    Abstract: A fiber optic connector has an opening for receiving a fiber optic cable, a pair of locating pins positioned adjacent to a front end ferrule and a housing for providing a covering between the opening and the locating pins. The locating pins are configured to be moveable between a first forward position where the locating pins extend out of the front ferrule and the housing and a second retracted position where the locating pins are retracted within the front ferrule and the housing. The locating pins are moveable from the first forward position and the second retracted position by a user via a mechanism accessible outside of the housing and without opening the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Paul Michael Good, Greg Heffner, William E. Ayres, III