Patents by Inventor Steve Stankovski
Steve Stankovski 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).
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Publication number: 20240079817Abstract: A cable system component includes a housing having a seal-grasping surface portion and a seal having an elastically deformable tubular body attached to the housing. The body has a posterior sealing surface that cooperatively engages the seal-grasping surface portion of the housing and a forward sealing surface configured to cooperatively engage an interface port. The forward sealing surface includes a radially inner facet divided into a forward portion and a rearward portion by an inner annular groove in the inner facet. The seal includes an anterior portion and a posterior portion connected by a thinned neck portion, the forward portion of the radially inner facet is on the anterior portion, and the rearward portion of the radially inner facet is on the posterior portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Applicant: PPC BROADBAND, INC.Inventors: Daniel DAOUST, Harold J. WATKINS, Steve STANKOVSKI
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Publication number: 20230378701Abstract: An ethernet bridge mounting arrangement includes a housing including a cover portion and a back portion and a wall mount. The housing is configured to be coupled with the wall mount, and the housing is rotatable relative to the wall mount about an axis that extends in a direction perpendicular to a rear surface of the housing between a first rotational orientation, where latching members extending from the housing can be received by and removed from latch openings in the wall mount, and a second rotational orientation, where the housing is prevented from being pulled away from the wall plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2023Publication date: November 23, 2023Applicant: PPC BROADBAND, INC.Inventors: Steve STANKOVSKI, David BARANY, Noah P. MONTENA, Harold J. WATKINS, Daniel DAOUST
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Patent number: 11742611Abstract: A cable system component includes a housing having a seal-grasping surface portion and a seal having an elastically deformable tubular body attached to the housing. The body has a posterior sealing surface that cooperatively engages the seal-grasping surface portion of the housing and a forward sealing surface configured to cooperatively engage an interface port. The forward sealing surface includes a radially inner facet divided into a forward portion and a rearward portion by an inner annular groove in the inner facet. The seal includes an anterior portion and a posterior portion connected by a thinned neck portion, the forward portion of the radially inner facet is on the anterior portion, and the rearward portion of the radially inner facet is on the posterior portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2020Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: PPC BROADBAND, INC.Inventors: Daniel Daoust, Harold J Watkins, Steve Stankovski
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Patent number: 11742623Abstract: An ethernet bridge mounting arrangement includes a housing including a cover portion and a back portion and a wall mount. The housing is configured to be coupled with the wall mount, and the housing is rotatable relative to the wall mount about an axis that extends in a direction perpendicular to a rear surface of the housing between a first rotational orientation, where latching members extending from the housing can be received by and removed from latch openings in the wall mount, and a second rotational orientation, where the housing is prevented from being pulled away from the wall plate.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2022Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: PPC BROADBAND, INC.Inventors: Steve Stankovski, David Barany, Noah P. Montena, Harold J. Watkins, Daniel Daoust
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Patent number: 11721944Abstract: A connector includes a body having a cable receiving end configured to receive the end of the coaxial cable, a coupler configured to be coupled with and to rotate relative to the body, and a compression ring including a forward sleeve portion and a rearward outer ring portion attached to one another by a plurality of tabs. The forward sleeve portion is configured to be coupled to the cable receiving end of the body, and the plurality of tabs are configured to shear so as to separate the rearward outer ring portion from the forward sleeve portion when a desired force is met as the compression ring is moved relative to the body. The rearward outer ring includes an inner opening when separated from the forward sleeve portion, the separated rearward outer ring is configured to be slidingly moved relative to the body and the coupler, and the inner opening is configured to fit over the coupler such that the rearward outer ring is configured to be a torque assist member.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2021Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: PPC BROADBAND, INC.Inventors: Harold J. Watkins, Richard Maroney, Steve Stankovski, Chris Shyne, Amos Mckinnon
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Patent number: 11646530Abstract: A torque sleeve includes sleeve body configured to extend along an axis. The sleeve body is further configured to at least partially receive a coupling member of a coaxial cable connector. The sleeve body has an outer surface configured to permit a user to tighten the coupling member to an interface port up to a first torque, and the sleeve body includes a pair of opposed cutouts configured to receive a tightening tool so as to permit the tightening tool to grip the coupling member and tighten the coupling member to an interface port up to a second torque, the second torque being greater than the first torque.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: PPC BROADBAND, INC.Inventors: Harold J. Watkins, Steve Stankovski, Daniel Daoust
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Publication number: 20230133082Abstract: An ethernet bridge mounting arrangement includes a housing including a cover portion and a back portion and a wall mount. The housing is configured to be coupled with the wall mount, and the housing is rotatable relative to the wall mount about an axis that extends in a direction perpendicular to a rear surface of the housing between a first rotational orientation, where latching members extending from the housing can be received by and removed from latch openings in the wall mount, and a second rotational orientation, where the housing is prevented from being pulled away from the wall plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2022Publication date: May 4, 2023Applicant: PPC BROADBAND, INC.Inventors: Steve STANKOVSKI, David BARANY, Noah P. MONTENA, Harold J. WATKINS, Daniel DAOUST
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Patent number: 11495924Abstract: An ethernet bridge mounting arrangement includes a housing including a cover portion and a back portion and a wall mount. The housing is configured to be coupled with the wall mount, and the housing is rotatable relative to the wall mount about an axis that extends in a direction perpendicular to a rear surface of the housing between a first rotational orientation, where latching members extending from the housing can be received by and removed from latch openings in the wall mount, and a second rotational orientation, where the housing is prevented from being pulled away from the wall plate.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2021Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: PPC BROADBAND, INC.Inventors: Steve Stankovski, David Barany, Noah P. Montena, Harold J. Watkins, Daniel Daoust
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Publication number: 20220196947Abstract: A fiber optic cable includes an outer surface, an axial groove and an additional annular groove. The outer surface includes an annular groove. The axial groove that extends in an axial direction of the fiber optic cable. The additional annular groove is configured to separates sections of the outer surface. The axial groove is configured to be gripped by a connector to prevent rotation of the fiber optic cable relative to the connector. The separate sections are configured to hinge against each other such that the fiber optic cable is bendable to a predetermined bend radius.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2022Publication date: June 23, 2022Applicant: PPC BROADBAND, INC.Inventors: Nicholas V. CLAVER, Daniel DAOUST, Steve STANKOVSKI
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Patent number: 11300743Abstract: A fiber optic cable assembly includes a fiber optic cable and a fiber optic connector. The fiber optic cable has an outer surface that includes a plurality of annular grooves spaced apart from one another in an axial direction of the fiber optic cable, and a plurality of axial grooves that extend in the axial direction.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2020Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: PPC BROADBAND, INC.Inventors: Nicholas V. Claver, Daniel Daoust, Steve Stankovski
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Publication number: 20220094083Abstract: A coupler for a coaxial cable connector includes a coupler including an internally internal portion and an extension portion extending forwardly from the internal portion; and a grounding cage slidingly coupled with the coupler. An inner surface of the extension portion includes an annular groove, the grounding cage includes a rear ring portion disposed in the annular groove and configured to slide in the annular groove, and a forward portion of the grounding cage is configured to extend forwardly beyond a forward end of the coupler.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2021Publication date: March 24, 2022Applicant: PPC BROADBAND, INC.Inventors: Harold WATKINS, Steve STANKOVSKI, Richard MARONEY
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Patent number: 11217948Abstract: A connector for a coaxial cable includes a coupler portion configured to engage an interface port, a housing portion having a forward end configured to be disposed at least partially within the coupler portion, and an outer conductor engager portion made of a conductive material disposed within the housing portion. The housing portion includes a rearward end configured to receive the coaxial cable and is configured to move axially relative to a post that engages the outer conductor of the cable. An interior surface of the housing portion is configured to compress an insert of the post when the housing portion is moved axially relative to the post such that the outer conductor is compressed radially inward against an exterior surface of the insert of the post.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2019Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: PPC BROADBAND, INC.Inventors: Harold Watkins, Steve Stankovski, Richard Maroney
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Patent number: 11196192Abstract: A coupler for a coaxial cable connector includes a nut including an internally threaded portion and an extension portion extending forwardly from the threaded portion; and a grounding cage slidingly coupled with the nut. An inner surface of the extension portion includes an annular groove, the grounding cage includes a rear ring portion disposed in the annular groove and configured to slide in the annular groove, and a forward portion of the grounding cage is configured to extend forwardly beyond a forward end of the nut.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2019Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: PPC BROADBAND, INC.Inventors: Harold Watkins, Steve Stankovski, Richard Maroney
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Publication number: 20210336381Abstract: A torque sleeve includes sleeve body configured to extend along an axis. The sleeve body is further configured to at least partially receive a coupling member of a coaxial cable connector. The sleeve body has an outer surface configured to permit a user to tighten the coupling member to an interface port up to a first torque, and the sleeve body includes a pair of opposed cutouts configured to receive a tightening tool so as to permit the tightening tool to grip the coupling member and tighten the coupling member to an interface port up to a second torque, the second torque being greater than the first torque.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2021Publication date: October 28, 2021Applicant: PPC BROADBAND, INC.Inventors: Harold J. WATKINS, Steve STANKOVSKI, Daniel DAOUST
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Publication number: 20210336394Abstract: An ethernet bridge mounting arrangement includes a housing including a cover portion and a back portion and a wall mount. The housing is configured to be coupled with the wall mount, and the housing is rotatable relative to the wall mount about an axis that extends in a direction perpendicular to a rear surface of the housing between a first rotational orientation, where latching members extending from the housing can be received by and removed from latch openings in the wall mount, and a second rotational orientation, where the housing is prevented from being pulled away from the wall plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2021Publication date: October 28, 2021Applicant: PPC BROADBAND, INC.Inventors: Steve STANKOVSKI, David BARANY, Noah P. MONTENA, Harold J. WATKINS, Daniel DAOUST
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Publication number: 20210313754Abstract: A connector includes a body having a cable receiving end configured to receive the end of the coaxial cable, a coupler configured to be coupled with and to rotate relative to the body, and a compression ring including a forward sleeve portion and a rearward outer ring portion attached to one another by a plurality of tabs. The forward sleeve portion is configured to be coupled to the cable receiving end of the body, and the plurality of tabs are configured to shear so as to separate the rearward outer ring portion from the forward sleeve portion when a desired force is met as the compression ring is moved relative to the body. The rearward outer ring includes an inner opening when separated from the forward sleeve portion, the separated rearward outer ring is configured to be slidingly moved relative to the body and the coupler, and the inner opening is configured to fit over the coupler such that the rearward outer ring is configured to be a torque assist member.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2021Publication date: October 7, 2021Applicant: PPC BROADBAND, INC.Inventors: Harold J. WATKINS, Richard MARONEY, Steve STANKOVSKI, Chris SHYNE, Amos MCKINNON
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Patent number: 11095072Abstract: A connector is provided for attachment to a coaxial cable. The connector includes, in one embodiment, a body and a compression ring. The body has a cable receiving end being configured to receive the end of the coaxial cable. The compression ring includes a forward sleeve portion and a rearward outer ring portion attached to one another by a plurality of tabs. The forward sleeve portion is configured to couple to the cable receiving end of the body. The plurality of tabs are configured to shear so as to separate the rearward outer ring portion from the forward sleeve portion when a torque for rotating the compression ring relative to the body exceeds a desired torque.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2019Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: PPC BROADBAND, INC.Inventors: Harold J. Watkins, Richard Maroney, Steve Stankovski, Chris Shyne, Amos McKinnon
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Publication number: 20210226356Abstract: A coaxial cable connector including a body configured to be coupled with a prepared end of a coaxial cable, a post configured to engage the body and an outer conductor of the coaxial cable when the connector is installed on the coaxial cable, a nut rotatingly coupled to the post and having a forward end configured to be threadedly coupled with an interface port, and a sleeve surrounding the nut and extending forward from the nut in a direction opposite to the body. The sleeve has a forward portion that extends beyond the forward end of the nut by a length such that the sleeve is configured to contact an outer surface of the interface port before a center conductor of the coaxial cable contacts the interface port, and the sleeve is configured to align the connector with the port and to prevent the center conductor from contacting any portion of the interface port other than a center conductor contact portion of the interface port.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2021Publication date: July 22, 2021Applicant: PPC BROADBAND, INC.Inventors: Daniel DAOUST, Steve STANKOVSKI, Harold WATKINS
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Patent number: 11043781Abstract: A connector includes a body having a cable receiving end configured to receive the end of the coaxial cable, a coupler configured to be coupled with and to rotate relative to the body, and a compression ring including a forward sleeve portion and a rearward outer ring portion attached to one another by a plurality of tabs. The forward sleeve portion is configured to be coupled to the cable receiving end of the body, and the plurality of tabs are configured to shear so as to separate the rearward outer ring portion from the forward sleeve portion when a torque for rotating the compression ring relative to the body exceeds a desired torque. The rearward outer ring includes an inner opening when separated from the forward sleeve portion, the separated rearward outer ring is configured to be slidingly moved relative to the body and the coupler, and the inner opening is configured to fit over the coupler such that the rearward outer ring is configured to be a torque assist member.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2019Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: PPC BROADBAND, INC.Inventors: Harold J. Watkins, Richard Maroney, Steve Stankovski, Chris Shyne, Amos Mckinnon
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Patent number: 11024989Abstract: A coaxial cable connector includes a nut having a seal-grasping surface portion and a seal having an elastically deformable tubular body attached to the nut. The body has a posterior end with a sealing surface that cooperatively engages the seal-grasping surface portion of the nut and an anterior end with a forward sealing surface configured to cooperatively engage an interface port. The nut defines a first through hole extending in the longitudinal direction and configured to receive a center conductor of a coaxial cable. The anterior end of the seal defines a second through hole extending in the longitudinal direction and configured to receive a center conductor of a coaxial cable.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2020Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: PPC BROADBAND, INC.Inventors: Harold J. Watkins, Noah P. Montena, Steve Stankovski, Jeremy Amidon, Richard Maroney, Amos McKinnon, Daniel Daoust