Patents by Inventor Tim Piper

Tim Piper 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).

  • Using sets of OTDR receive fibers with different lengths of marker events to verify optical fiber connectivity
    Patent number: 8711341
    Abstract: A test receiver for use with an Optical Time Domain Reflectometer (OTDR), including a first receive fiber having a first attribute, and a second receive fiber having a second attribute different from the first attribute. The attributes may be lengths, marker events, or both. This configuration reduces the number of times an OTDR operator must travel back and forth between cable ends when testing fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: AFL Telecommunications LLC
    Inventors: Chris Blair, Scott Prescott, Tim Piper
  • Using Sets of Otdr Receive Fibers with Different Lengths of Marker Events to Verify Optical Fiber connectivity
    Publication number: 20080297773
    Abstract: A test receiver for use with an Optical Time Domain Reflectometer (OTDR), including a first receive fiber having a first attribute, and a second receive fiber having a second attribute different from the first attribute. The attributes may be lengths, marker events, or both. This configuration reduces the number of times an OTDR operator must travel back and forth between cable ends when testing fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2006
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: AFL TELECOMUNICATION LLC
    Inventors: Chris Blair, Scott Prescott, Tim Piper