Patents by Inventor Philip Alfred Barker
Philip Alfred Barker 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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Patent number: 10247896Abstract: Embodiments of an optical fiber splice tray assembly for attachment to a backplane are disclosed. In an embodiment, an optical fiber splice tray assembly includes a primary tray having a primary tray base, fiber retention means for retaining optical fiber against the primary tray base, fiber splice accommodation means, first attachment means for attaching the primary tray to the backplane, and second attachment means for attaching a secondary tray having a secondary tray base, to the primary tray, wherein the secondary tray is attached indirectly to the backplane via the primary tray using the second attachment means.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2011Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: British Telecommunications Public Limited CompanyInventors: Matthew John Kerry, John Kerry, Philip Alfred Barker
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Patent number: 9774175Abstract: A device for detecting a flow of air from an exit end of a tube fed into an entrance end of the tube, including a bore having a first section with a first size bore size and a second section with a second bore size, an obstruction located within the bore between the first section and the second section, the obstruction configured to obstruct air flowing from the first section to the second section, and fixing means to fix the device to the tube so that the bore communicates with the exit end of the tube, wherein in use, an air pressure sensor is used to compare air pressure within the first bore section and air pressure within the second bore section, so that a pressure differential is indicative of an air flow within the bore.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2009Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignee: British Telecommunications Public Limited CompanyInventors: Philip Alfred Barker, Keith Eric Nolde
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Patent number: 9611842Abstract: A compressor including an oil separator connected to a supply of compressed air, the oil separator including a chamber having a wall defining a cavity within the chamber, and a vent within the wall, wherein the vent is in communication with the supply of compressed air at a first end, and in communication with the cavity via a second aperture, and extends substantially parallel to an externally-facing surface of the wall.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2010Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignee: BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANYInventors: Philip Alfred Barker, Nitzan Gonen
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Patent number: 9236647Abstract: A method of forming a cable having an elongate core, including positioning a records component proximate to the elongate core, and covering the records component with a cable covering which directly or indirectly urges the records component against the elongate core.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2009Date of Patent: January 12, 2016Assignee: BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANYInventors: Philip James Longhurst, Philip Alfred Barker
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Patent number: 8842958Abstract: Apparatus for accommodating an interconnection between a network and service equipment, comprising: network cable receiving means for receiving a network cable of the network, each network cable including a plurality of network fibers; service equipment fiber receiving means for receiving a service equipment fiber of the service equipment; an interconnected fiber store for storing connected fibers comprising the service equipment fiber interconnected to a selected one of the plurality of network fibers; a network cable store for storing unselected ones of the plurality of network fibers remotely from the interconnected fiber store, the network; and modifying means to modify the network cable store to protect the interconnected fibers.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2009Date of Patent: September 23, 2014Assignee: British Telecommunications Public Limited CompanyInventors: Philip Alfred Barker, Philip James Longhurst, John Kerry, Matthew John Kerry
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Patent number: 8837893Abstract: A telecommunication distribution frame is provided for optical fiber of an incoming cable. Primary and secondary flexibility suites include joined blown fiber tubes routed as desired within the installation. A continuous blown fiber unit may extend through the joined blown fiber tubes. A blown fiber tube flexibility module may have a patching panel which may be provided with connectors. Above the panel may be a set of bend control vanes or mandrels one for each of the connector sites in the panel. Patching tubes may pass down and out through an aperture at the back of the module.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2007Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: British Telecommunications public limited companyInventors: Philip Alfred Barker, John Kerry, Christopher C. Taylor
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Patent number: 8720030Abstract: Apparatus for installing a cable into a tube with the assistance of a fluid drag acting on the cable within the tube with an installation device, the apparatus including a driving mechanism comprising a driving surface arranged to contact the cable substantially along the full driving surface length, for driving the cable into the tube, a first measurement device for obtaining a first value indicative of a rate at which the installation device is driving the cable into the tube, a second measurement device for obtaining a second value indicative of a rate at which the cable is travelling through the apparatus, a processor for detecting when the first value exceeds the second value, and for reducing the rate at which the installation device is driving the cable into the tube for the duration when the first value exceeds the second value.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2010Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: British Telecommunications Public Limited CompanyInventors: Philip Alfred Barker, Graham Anthony Laidler, Christopher Nigel Munnings, Ian Hunter, Keith Eric Nolde
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Patent number: 8702064Abstract: A device for use with a conduit having a first conduit end and a conduit second end, into which conduit a cable can be installed using a flow of air into the first conduit end, the device being suitable for confirming that the flow of air is exiting the second conduit end, the device including a housing, means to enable connection of the device to the second conduit end, a light source, a detector arranged to detect a presence or absence of a light signal, and a light shield, wherein in use, the flow of air entering the device causes the light shield and at least one of the light source or the detector, to move to and to stay at a position relative to the other, permitting the detector to detect detections including one or more of a presence or absence of the light signal, an intensity level of the light signal, a change in the presence or absence of the light signal, or a change in the intensity level of the light signal.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2008Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: British Telecommunications Public Limited CompanyInventors: Philip Alfred Barker, David John Taylor Heatley, Ian Neild
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Patent number: 8655135Abstract: A method of providing an interconnection between a network and service equipment, comprising: providing a network cable connected to the network; breaking out the network cable to expose a plurality of network fibers contained within the network cable; identifying one of the plurality of network fibers requiring interconnection with the service rack; providing an equipment fiber connected to the service equipment; making an interconnection between the identified one of the network fibers and the equipment fiber; storing the interconnected fibers in an interconnected fiber store; and storing at least some of the remaining un-interconnected network fibers at a store remote from the interconnected fiber store.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2009Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: British Telecommunications Public Limited CompanyInventors: Philip Alfred Barker, Philip James Longhurst, John Kerry, Matthew John Kerry
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Patent number: 8587327Abstract: A device for use with a conduit having a first conduit end and a conduit second end, into which conduit a cable can be installed using a flow of air into the first conduit end, the device being suitable for confirming that the air is flowing out from the second conduit end. In an embodiment, the device includes a housing, means to enable connection of the device to the second conduit end, a detector arranged to detect an electrical property change, and an actuator for causing an electrical property change detectable by the detector, wherein in use, the air flowing into the device causes the detector and the actuator to move relative to each other, causing an electrical property change detectable by the detector.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2008Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: British Telecommunications Public Limited CompanyInventors: David John Taylor Heatley, Philip Alfred Barker, Ian Neild
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Publication number: 20130011110Abstract: Embodiments of an optical fiber splice tray assembly for attachment to a backplane are disclosed. In an embodiment, an optical fiber splice tray assembly includes a primary tray having a primary tray base, fiber retention means for retaining optical fiber against the primary tray base, fiber splice accommodation means, first attachment means for attaching the primary tray to the backplane, and second attachment means for attaching a secondary tray having a secondary tray base, to the primary tray, wherein the secondary tray is attached indirectly to the backplane via the primary tray using the second attachment means.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2011Publication date: January 10, 2013Inventors: Matthew John Kerry, John Kerry, Philip Alfred Barker
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Publication number: 20120023723Abstract: Apparatus for installing a cable into a tube with the assistance of a fluid drag acting on the cable within the tube, the apparatus including: driving means comprising a driving surface arranged to contact the cable substantially along the full driving surface length, for driving the cable into the tube, first measurement means for obtaining a first value indicative of a rate at which the installation means is driving the cable into the tube, second measurement means for obtaining a second value indicative of a rate at which the cable is travelling through the apparatus, a processor for detecting when the first value exceeds the second value, and for reducing the rate at which the installation means is driving the cable into the tube for the duration when the first value exceeds the second value.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2010Publication date: February 2, 2012Applicant: BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANYInventors: Philip Alfred Barker, Graham Anthony Laidler, Christopher Nigel Munnings, Ian Hunter, Keith Eric Nolde
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Publication number: 20120027631Abstract: A compressor including an oil separator connected to a supply of compressed air, the oil separator including a chamber having a wall defining a cavity within the chamber, and a vent within the wall, wherein the vent is in communication with the supply of compressed air at a first end, and in communication with the cavity via a second aperture, and extends substantially parallel to an externally-facing surface of the wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2010Publication date: February 2, 2012Applicant: BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANYInventors: Philip Alfred Barker, Nitzan Gonen
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Publication number: 20110178713Abstract: A device for detecting a flow of air from an exit end of a tube fed into an entrance end of the tube, including a bore having a first section with a first size bore size and a second section with a second bore size, an obstruction located within the bore between the first section and the second section, the obstruction configured to obstruct air flowing from the first section to the second section, and fixing means to fix the device to the tube so that the bore communicates with the exit end of the tube, wherein in use, an air pressure sensor is used to compare air pressure within the first bore section and air pressure within the second bore section, so that a pressure differential is indicative of an air flow within the bore.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2009Publication date: July 21, 2011Applicant: BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANYInventors: Philip Alfred Barker, Keith Eric Nolde
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Publication number: 20110135267Abstract: A method of providing an interconnection between a network and service equipment, comprising: providing a network cable connected to the network; breaking out the network cable to expose a plurality of network fibers contained within the network cable; identifying one of the plurality of network fibers requiring interconnection with the service rack; providing an equipment fiber connected to the service equipment; making an interconnection between the identified one of the network fibers and the equipment fiber; storing the interconnected fibers in an interconnected fiber store; and storing at least some of the remaining un-interconnected network fibers at a store remote from the interconnected fiber store.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2009Publication date: June 9, 2011Applicant: BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANYInventors: Philip Alfred Barker, Philip James Longhurst
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Publication number: 20110084244Abstract: A device for use with a conduit having a first conduit end and a conduit second end, into which conduit a cable can be installed using a flow of air into the first conduit end, the device being suitable for confirming that the flow of air is exiting the second conduit end, the device including a housing, means to enable connection of the device to the second conduit end, a light source, a detector arranged to detect a presence or absence of a light signal, and a light shield, wherein in use, the flow of air entering the device causes the light shield and at least one of the light source or the detector, to move to and to stay at a position relative to the other, permitting the detector to detect detections including one or more of a presence or absence of the light signal, an intensity level of the light signal, a change in the presence or absence of the light signal, or a change in the intensity level of the light signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2008Publication date: April 14, 2011Applicant: BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANYInventors: David John Taylor Heatley, Ian Neild, Philip Alfred Barker
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Publication number: 20110081125Abstract: Please substitute the following amended Abstract for the Abstract as currently pending (deleted matter is shown by strikethrough and added matter is shown by underlining): Apparatus for accommodating an interconnection between a network and service equipment, comprising: network cable receiving means for receiving a network cable of the network, each network cable including a plurality of network fibers; service equipment fiber receiving means for receiving a service equipment fiber of the service equipment; an interconnected fiber store for storing connected fibers comprising the service equipment fiber interconnected to a selected one of the plurality of network fibers; a network cable store for storing unselected ones of the plurality of network fibers remotely from the interconnected fiber store, the network; and modifying means to modify the network cable store to protect the interconnected fibers.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2009Publication date: April 7, 2011Applicant: BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANYInventors: Philip Alfred Barker, Philip James Longhurst
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Publication number: 20110025468Abstract: A method of forming a cable having an elongate core, including positioning a records component proximate to the elongate core, and covering the records component with a cable covering which directly or indirectly urges the records component against the elongate core.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2009Publication date: February 3, 2011Applicant: BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANYInventors: Philip James Longhurst, Philip Alfred Barker
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Publication number: 20110006786Abstract: A device for use with a conduit having a first conduit end and a conduit second end, into which conduit a cable can be installed using a flow of air into the first conduit end, the device being suitable for confirming that the air is flowing out from the second conduit end. In an embodiment, the device includes a housing, means to enable connection of the device to the second conduit end, a detector arranged to detect an electrical property change, and an actuator for causing an electrical property change detectable by the detector, wherein in use, the air flowing into the device causes the detector and the actuator to move relative to each other, causing an electrical property change detectable by the detector.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2008Publication date: January 13, 2011Applicant: BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANYInventors: David John Taylor Heatley, Philip Alfred Barker, Ian Neild