Patents by Inventor Robert B. Elkins, III

Robert B. Elkins, III 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).

  • Cable assembly having bend performance optical fiber slack coil
    Patent number: 8238705
    Abstract: A fiber optic cable assembly including a mid-span access location, a cable having at least fiber therein, and a tether in optical communication with the at least one fiber of the cable. The access location and portions of the cables are substantially encapsulated within a flexible body having dimensions sufficient to accommodate the optical splitter therein. A method for making a fiber optic cable assembly including an access location, distribution cable, tether and optical splitter maintained within a flexible overmolded body while providing an assembly having a relatively small cross-sectional diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Corning Cable Systems LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Paul Lewallen, James P. Luther, Robert B. Elkins, III, Costas Saravanos, Elli Makrides-Saravanos
  • Cable Assembly Having Bend Performance Optical Fiber Slack Coil
    Publication number: 20090285539
    Abstract: A fiber optic cable assembly including a mid-span access location, a cable having at least fiber therein, and a tether in optical communication with the at least one fiber of the cable. The access location and portions of the cables are substantially encapsulated within a flexible body having dimensions sufficient to accommodate the optical splitter therein. A method for making a fiber optic cable assembly including an access location, distribution cable, tether and optical splitter maintained within a flexible overmolded body while providing an assembly having a relatively small cross-sectional diameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2009
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Inventors: Christopher Paul Lewallen, James P. Luther, Robert B. Elkins, III, Costas Saravanos, Elli Makrides-Saravanos
  • Cable assembly having bend performance optical fiber slack coil
    Patent number: 7391950
    Abstract: A fiber optic cable assembly including a mid-span access location, a cable having at least fiber therein, and a tether attached and spliced to at least one fiber of the cable. The access location and portions of the cables are substantially encapsulated within a flexible body having dimensions sufficient to accommodate a slack coil or loop of bend performance optical fiber therein. A method for making a fiber optic cable assembly including an access location, distribution cable, tether and slack coil of optical fiber maintained within a flexible overmolded body while providing an assembly having a cross-sectional diameter less than about 1.25 inches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: Corning Cable Systems LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Paul Lewallen, Robert B. Elkins, III, James P. Luther, Costas Saravanos, Elli Makrides-Saravanos