Patents by Inventor Walter Comello

Walter Comello 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).

  • Method of imparting surplus length to optical fibers in a protective metal tube and a line for implementing the method
    Patent number: 5857055
    Abstract: The optical fibers are enclosed in a protective metal tube in such manner as to impart surplus length to them, the tube being shaped from an initial strip, then laser welded, and optionally swaged as it advances in line. The method of obtaining the surplus length of a predetermined value consists in subjecting the tube as driven to subsequent stretching of a predetermined value by means of a capstan working at constant torque, thereby causing the fibers to advance in the welded tube, then in relaxing the stretched tube. Application to a line for enclosing optical fibers in a protective tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1999
    Assignee: Alcatel Submarine Networks
    Inventors: Jean-Fran.cedilla.ois Libert, Renaud Le Gac, Walter Comello