Patents by Inventor Robert Sokolowski

Robert Sokolowski 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).

  • Methods and systems for deploying optical fiber
    Patent number: 11428885
    Abstract: There are described methods and systems for deploying optical fiber within a conduit. In one aspect, an optical fiber injector comprising a pressure vessel having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet. The fluid outlet is engaged with an open end of the conduit. A length of optical fiber is provided within the pressure vessel. The optical fiber is then jetted into the conduit by injecting a fluid into the pressure vessel via the fluid inlet. The optical fiber injector is configured such that the fluid is directed from the fluid inlet to the fluid outlet, and urges the optical fiber to move through the conduit, thereby deploying the optical fiber within the conduit. In a further aspect, there is provided a modular assembly comprising a pipeline and a line of two or more conduits arranged end-to-end. Each pair of opposing ends of adjacent conduits is connected together by a separate splice box. The line is positioned along and adjacent to a length of the pipeline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: HIFI ENGINEERING INC.
    Inventors: John Hull, Neil Gulewicz, Robert Sokolowski, Oleksiy Pletnyov, Souheil Merhi, Philip Cheuk, Seyed Ehsan Jalilian
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DEPLOYING OPTICAL FIBER
    Publication number: 20210055494
    Abstract: There are described methods and systems for deploying optical fiber within a conduit. In one aspect, an optical fiber injector comprising a pressure vessel having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet. The fluid outlet is engaged with an open end of the conduit. A length of optical fiber is provided within the pressure vessel. The optical fiber is then jetted into the conduit by injecting a fluid into the pressure vessel via the fluid inlet. The optical fiber injector is configured such that the fluid is directed from the fluid inlet to the fluid outlet, and urges the optical fiber to move through the conduit, thereby deploying the optical fiber within the conduit. In a further aspect, there is provided a modular assembly comprising a pipeline and a line of two or more conduits arranged end-to-end. Each pair of opposing ends of adjacent conduits is connected together by a separate splice box. The line is positioned along and adjacent to a length of the pipeline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: John Hull, Neil Gulewicz, Robert Sokolowski, Oleksiy Pletnyov, Souheil Merhi, Philip Cheuk, Seyed Ehsan Jalilian
  • Methods and systems for deploying optical fiber
    Patent number: 10838162
    Abstract: There are described methods and systems for deploying optical fiber within a conduit. In one aspect, an optical fiber injector comprising a pressure vessel having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet. The fluid outlet is engaged with an open end of the conduit. A length of optical fiber is provided within the pressure vessel. The optical fiber is then jetted into the conduit by injecting a fluid into the pressure vessel via the fluid inlet. The optical fiber injector is configured such that the fluid is directed from the fluid inlet to the fluid outlet, and urges the optical fiber to move through the conduit, thereby deploying the optical fiber within the conduit. In a further aspect, there is provided a modular assembly comprising a pipeline and a line of two or more conduits arranged end-to-end. Each pair of opposing ends of adjacent conduits is connected together by a separate splice box. The line is positioned along and adjacent to a length of the pipeline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Hifi Engineering Inc.
    Inventors: John Hull, Neil Gulewicz, Robert Sokolowski, Oleksiy Pletnyov, Souheil Merhi, Philip Cheuk, Seyed Ehsan Jalilian
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DEPLOYING OPTICAL FIBER
    Publication number: 20200057220
    Abstract: There are described methods and systems for deploying optical fiber within a conduit. In one aspect, an optical fiber injector comprising a pressure vessel having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet. The fluid outlet is engaged with an open end of the conduit. A length of optical fiber is provided within the pressure vessel. The optical fiber is then jetted into the conduit by injecting a fluid into the pressure vessel via the fluid inlet. The optical fiber injector is configured such that the fluid is directed from the fluid inlet to the fluid outlet, and urges the optical fiber to move through the conduit, thereby deploying the optical fiber within the conduit. In a further aspect, there is provided a modular assembly comprising a pipeline and a line of two or more conduits arranged end-to-end. Each pair of opposing ends of adjacent conduits is connected together by a separate splice box. The line is positioned along and adjacent to a length of the pipeline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: John Hull, Neil Gulewicz, Robert Sokolowski, Alex Pletnyov, Souheil Merhi, Philip Cheuk, Seyed Ehsan Jalilian