Patents by Inventor Stanley C. Shores

Stanley C. Shores 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).

  • Strengthened buffered optical fiber
    Patent number: 4893893
    Abstract: A buffer optical fiber (20) includes an optical fiber (21) comprising a core and a cladding. The optical fiber is enclosed by a plastic buffer layer (50). Interposed between the optical fiber and the buffer layer are a plurality of fibrous strands (25--25) which are strength members for the buffered optical fiber. In a preferred embodiment, the strength members are layless and as such are generally linear and parallel to a longitudinal axis of the buffered optical fiber. The buffer layer has a predetermined compressive engagement with the strength members which allows the stripability of the buffer layer from the fiber to be controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1990
    Assignees: American Telephone and Telegraph Co., AT&T Bell Laboratories, AT&T Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: James D. Claxton, Gerald A. Scheidt, Stanley C. Shores