Patents by Inventor Thomas J. Luenow

Thomas J. Luenow 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).

  • Optical fiber cleaver
    Patent number: 7025239
    Abstract: A device for cleaving optical fibers having a housing with an internal chamber, a fiber alignment member removably connected to the housing and a fiber cutting member supported by the housing. The alignment member has an opening sized to receive the ferrule of a fiber optic connector and has a stop proximate to the inward end of an opening to engaged the ferrule distal end. The alignment member is quickly interchangeable with another sized and arranged to handle the ferrule of a different type or size connector. The opening is sized to receive ferrule with an optical fiber to be cleaved, and permits the fiber to extend inward beyond the inward end of the opening and into the housing internal chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Michael M. Itano, Harley B. Lang, III, Thomas J. Luenow, Patrick S. McNutt, Michael S. Silbaugh
  • Optical fiber cleaver
    Publication number: 20040099121
    Abstract: A device for cleaving optical fibers having a housing with an internal chamber, a fiber alignment member removably connected to the housing and a fiber cutting member supported by the housing. The alignment member has an opening sized to receive the ferrule of a fiber optic connector and has a stop proximate to the inward end of an opening to engaged the ferrule distal end. The alignment member is quickly interchangeable with another sized and arranged to handle the ferrule of a different type or size connector. The opening is sized to receive ferrule with an optical fiber to be cleaved, and permits the fiber to extend inward beyond the inward end of the opening and into the housing internal chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2002
    Publication date: May 27, 2004
    Applicant: Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Michael M. Itano, Harley B. Lang,, Thomas J. Luenow, Patrick S. McNutt, Michael S. Silbaugh