Patents by Inventor Stephen Thwaites

Stephen Thwaites 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).

  • Communications cable with improved isolation between wire-pairs and metal foil tape
    Patent number: 10796823
    Abstract: A communications cable having a plurality of twisted pairs of conductors and various embodiments of a metal foil tapes between the twisted pairs and a cable jacket is disclosed. In some embodiments, a metal foil tape includes a discontinuous metal layer and a polymer layer bonded to the metal layer. Portions of the metal layer and the polymer layer are deformed to form a plurality of dimples, the dimples forming air gaps between the polymer layer and the cable core or a barrier layer if used. The air gaps lower the overall dielectric constant between the metal layer and the cable core, thereby lowering the alien capacitance of the communications cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Panduit Corp.
    Inventors: Royal O. Jenner, Masud Bolouri-Saransar, Ronald A. Nordin, Paul W. Wachtel, Stephen Thwaites, Roy Kusuma, James Malkemus, Scott Brown
  • Communications Cable with Improved Isolation Between Wire-Pairs and Metal Foil Tape
    Publication number: 20190355494
    Abstract: A communications cable having a plurality of twisted pairs of conductors and various embodiments of a metal foil tapes between the twisted pairs and a cable jacket is disclosed. In some embodiments, a metal foil tape includes a discontinuous metal layer and a polymer layer bonded to the metal layer. Portions of the metal layer and the polymer layer are deformed to form a plurality of dimples, the dimples forming air gaps between the polymer layer and the cable core or a barrier layer if used. The air gaps lower the overall dielectric constant between the metal layer and the cable core, thereby lowering the alien capacitance of the communications cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: Panduit Corp.
    Inventors: Royal O. Jenner, Masud Bolouri-Saransar, Ronald A. Nordin, Paul W. Wachtel, Stephen Thwaites, Roy Kusuma, James Malkemus, Scott Brown
  • COMMUNICATION CABLES AND COMPONENTS THEREOF
    Publication number: 20170320285
    Abstract: In one embodiment a matrix tape includes a support layer, a metallic layer composed of metallic segments attached to the support layer and a barrier layer attached to the support layer opposite the metallic layer. In another embodiment a matrix tape includes a support layer, a metallic layer composed of metallic segments attached to the support layer and a strength member attached to the metallic layer opposite the support layer. In a third embodiment a method of manufacturing a matrix tape includes providing a payout and an uptake reel. Dispensing a tape with a support layer and a metallic layer from the payout reel, ablating the metallic reel with a laser, attached at least one of a strength member or a barrier layer to the tape, and spooling the tape on the uptake reel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicants: Panduit Corp., General Cable Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Royal O. Jenner, Masud Bolouri-Saransar, Ronald A. Nordin, Paul W. Wachtel, Stephen Thwaites, Roy Kusuma, James Malkemus, Scott Brown, Gary E. Frigo