Patents by Inventor Raymond C. Foss

Raymond C. Foss 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: 5635673
    Abstract: A cable jointing enclosure is disclosed, which includes a one-piece rectangular housing formed by rotational molding. The housing has an opening in its top. A metal cover plate acts to seal over the opening. The metal cover plate acts as a firm support for equipment inside the housing, as well as acting as a heat-sink for heat generated by electrical equipment. The metal plate also shields the environment from radio frequencies emitted from within the housing. The enclosure includes a plurality of outwardly-extending tubular projections through which cables can pass into the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 3, 1997
    Assignee: Bowthorpe plc
    Inventor: Raymond C. Foss
  • Patent number: 5619608
    Abstract: An enclosure assembly for optical fibre splices or other optical fibre components comprises a plurality of trays disposed in a stack with the trays inclined at a common angle to a longitudinal axis of the stack. Each tray is of generally elliptical shape in plan and is pivotally mounted, adjacent one end of its major axis, to an upright support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 8, 1997
    Assignee: Bowthorpe PLC
    Inventors: Raymond C. Foss, Andrew S. Cammack
  • Patent number: 5610369
    Abstract: A cable splicing closure includes a base having ports for the entry of cables to be spliced, and a tubular cover for sliding axially over a peripheral surface of the base. The surface is formed with a groove which tapers towards the end from which the cover is applied and which carries an O-ring seal that is engaged by the cover and which rolls along the tapering surface of the groove as the cover is slid onto the base. The O-ring seal is rolled substantially more than 50 percent, but less than 100 percent, of its peripheral length when it is rolled into its final sealed position. Thus, the O-ring will exert a force in a direction urging the tubular cover more firmly onto the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 11, 1997
    Assignee: Bowthorpe PLC
    Inventor: Raymond C. Foss
  • Patent number: 5222184
    Abstract: An optical fiber splice storage tray having a series of alternate height ridges 33, 34 in which the space or slot between each adjacent pair of ridges is narrow at the root and wider at a higher level so that small cross-section splices 35 can be disposed as an interference fit between any adjacent pair of the ridges larger cross-section splices 36 can be disposed between the same ridges but at a higher level, and very large cross-section splices 37 can be disposed as an intererence fit between any adjacent pair of the alternate higher ridges 34.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1993
    Assignee: Bowthorpe-Hellermann Limited
    Inventor: Raymond C. Foss
  • Patent number: 5208428
    Abstract: A cable splice closure base (1,2) comprises a plurality of tubular cable entry ports each having an outer portion (4) which is heat shrinkable and being closed at its inner end by a frangible membrane (28). Cables may be installed through some only of the entry ports, which are then recovered about those cables while heat shields are used to insulate the other entry ports. Further cables may be installed subsequently through the other ports and/or ports which are already used may be opened and re-used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1993
    Assignee: Bowthorpe-Hellermann Limited
    Inventor: Raymond C. Foss
  • Patent number: 5131066
    Abstract: An arrangement for storing e.g. optical fibers and/or optical fiber splices within a splice closure comprises a generally circular tray (1) or preferably a plurality of such trays (1) in a stack, the tray or trays being mounted at an angle inclined to the longitudinal axis of the splice closure. The trays are supported on respective fingers (12) which can be flexed to pivot themselves and their trays away from a tray which it is desired to remove, so that the desired tray can be slipped out of the stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1992
    Assignee: Bowthorpe-Hellerman Limited
    Inventor: Raymond C. Foss