Patents by Inventor Wilfred Courchaine
Wilfred Courchaine 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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Patent number: 10268011Abstract: An optical connection terminal assembly for a fiber optic communications network includes an optical connection terminal. The terminal includes a base, the base including an exterior wall, and a cover connected to the base wherein an interior cavity is defined between the base and the cover. The terminal further includes an all-dielectric self-supporting (“ADSS”) cable port defined in the cover, and a plurality of connector ports defined in the exterior wall of the base. The terminal assembly further includes an ADSS cable connector including a main body and a connector body, the ADSS cable connector positionable such that the connector body extends through the ADSS cable port into the interior cavity. The terminal assembly further includes an ADSS cable connected to the cable connector, wherein optical fibers of the ADSS cable extend through the ADSS cable connector and through the ADSS cable port into the interior cavity.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2018Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: AFL Telecommunications LLCInventors: Wilfred Courchaine, Brett Villiger, Joseph Cignarale, Shirley Ball
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Publication number: 20180372981Abstract: A fiber optic transition assembly includes a drop cable including a plurality of optical fibers and an outer jacket. The assembly further includes a plurality of furcation cables, each of the plurality of furcation cables surrounding an extended portion of one of the plurality of optical fibers. The assembly further includes a plurality of biasing members, each of the plurality of biasing members surrounding a first end portion of each of the plurality of furcation cables. The assembly further includes a transition member defining an interior, wherein a second end of the outer jacket and first ends of each of the plurality of furcation cables are disposed within the interior, each of the plurality of biasing members is at least partially disposed within the interior, and the plurality of optical fibers extend from the outer jacket to the furcation cables within the interior.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2017Publication date: December 27, 2018Inventors: David James Lane, Shirley Ball, Wilfred Courchaine
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Patent number: 10156692Abstract: An optical fiber transition assembly comprises a cable having a first terminal end from which extends an optical fiber. A furcation tube is also provided, having a second terminal end near the first terminal end of the cable into which the optical fiber of the cable is received. A polymeric transition element surrounds the first and second terminal ends to protect and secure the optical fiber in transition from the cable to the furcation tube, the polymeric transition element being configured to be retained in an entry port of an enclosure.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2015Date of Patent: December 18, 2018Assignee: AFL Telecommunications LLCInventors: Edward Morris, Roger Vaughn, Vahid Ebrahimi, Daigo Saito, Wilfred Courchaine
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Publication number: 20180306994Abstract: An optical connection terminal assembly for a fiber optic communications network includes an optical connection terminal. The terminal includes a base, the base including an exterior wall, and a cover connected to the base wherein an interior cavity is defined between the base and the cover. The terminal further includes an all-dielectric self-supporting (“ADSS”) cable port defined in the cover, and a plurality of connector ports defined in the exterior wall of the base. The terminal assembly further includes an ADSS cable connector including a main body and a connector body, the ADSS cable connector positionable such that the connector body extends through the ADSS cable port into the interior cavity. The terminal assembly further includes an ADSS cable connected to the cable connector, wherein optical fibers of the ADSS cable extend through the ADSS cable connector and through the ADSS cable port into the interior cavity.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2018Publication date: October 25, 2018Inventors: Wilfred Courchaine, Brett Villiger, Joseph Cignarale, Shirley Ball
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Patent number: 9977211Abstract: An optical connection terminal assembly for a fiber optic communications network includes an optical connection terminal. The terminal includes a base, the base including an exterior wall, and a cover connected to the base wherein an interior cavity is defined between the base and the cover. The terminal further includes an all-dielectric self-supporting (“ADSS”) cable port defined in the cover, and a plurality of connector ports defined in the exterior wall of the base. The terminal assembly further includes an ADSS cable connector including a main body and a connector body, the ADSS cable connector positionable such that the connector body extends through the ADSS cable port into the interior cavity. The terminal assembly further includes an ADSS cable connected to the cable connector, wherein optical fibers of the ADSS cable extend through the ADSS cable connector and through the ADSS cable port into the interior cavity.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2017Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignee: AFL Telecommunications LLCInventors: Wilfred Courchaine, Brett Villiger, Joseph Cignarale, Shirley Ball
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Publication number: 20170371118Abstract: A terminal enclosure with a terminal base with a hole; a terminal lid with an adapter mounting face and a mounting hole in the mounting face; a right angle transition body with first and second ends; an adapter which passes through the mounting hole and is mounted to the mounting face; and a fiber optic cable, attached to the second end of the right angle transition body, with an optical fiber with a connector at one end. The mounting face is formed at an angle ?, between 0 and 180 degrees, from a plane formed where the terminal lid and base meet. The optical fiber connector is connected to the adapter. The first end of the right angle transition body passes through the terminal base hole. The terminal base and terminal lid are configured to be attached together.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2016Publication date: December 28, 2017Applicant: AFL Telecommunications LLCInventors: Roger Vaughn, Ted Lichoulas, Wilfred Courchaine
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Publication number: 20170322386Abstract: An optical fiber transition assembly comprises a cable having a first terminal end from which extends an optical fiber. A furcation tube is also provided, having a second terminal end near the first terminal end of the cable into which the optical fiber of the cable is received. A polymeric transition element surrounds the first and second terminal ends to protect and secure the optical fiber in transition from the cable to the furcation tube, the polymeric transition element being configured to be retained in an entry port of an enclosure.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2015Publication date: November 9, 2017Inventors: Edward MORRIS, Roger VAUGHN, Vahid EBRAHIMI, Daigo SAITO, Wilfred COURCHAINE
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Patent number: 9529173Abstract: A furcation assembly for use with multi-fiber optical fiber cable comprises a housing having a first housing piece and a housing cover. The first housing piece has a furcation block at which a plurality of furcation tubes are terminated and which is configured to receive an end portion of the optical fiber cable such that respective optical fibers thereof may be inserted into a selected furcation tube. The housing cover is received over the first housing piece so as to be locked in a closed position. When the housing cover is in the closed position, the multi-fiber cable is axially retained with respect to the housing.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2014Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignee: AFL Telecommunications LLCInventors: Wilfred Courchaine, Roger Vaughn
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Publication number: 20160161694Abstract: Provided is an apparatus including: a housing having a splitter compartment; a multiple fiber adapter attached to an exterior of a front housing wall of said housing; a multiple fiber connector connected to said multiple fiber adapter and disposed in an interior of the front housing wall of said housing; an optical splitter in said splitter compartment of said housing; an input fiber optically connected to said optical splitter; and a plurality of output fibers optically connected to said optical splitter and said multiple fiber connector, wherein the housing includes a hinge plate corresponding to a bottom housing wall perpendicular to the front housing wall of said housing in a closed state and mounted on a hinge affixed to said housing at an intersection between the bottom housing wall and a rear housing wall opposite from the front housing wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2016Publication date: June 9, 2016Applicant: AFL Telecommunications LLCInventors: Anthony NIEVES, Wilfred COURCHAINE, Kheng Hwa SENG, Matthew Johnson
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Patent number: 9360645Abstract: Provided is a one-piece injection molded part which is used to assemble an optical module, the one-piece injection molded part including: a plurality of plates and a plurality of living hinges. The plurality of plates includes an input faceplate, an output faceplate, a left side plate, a right side plate, a bottom plate and a lid plate and is integrally formed.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2012Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Assignee: AFL Telecommunications LLCInventors: Wilfred Courchaine, Anthony Nieves
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Publication number: 20160124174Abstract: A furcation assembly for use with multi-fiber optical fiber cable comprises a housing having a first housing piece and a housing cover. The first housing piece has a furcation block at which a plurality of furcation tubes are terminated and which is configured to receive an end portion of the optical fiber cable such that respective optical fibers thereof may be inserted into a selected furcation tube. The housing cover is received over the first housing piece so as to be locked in a closed position. When the housing cover is in the closed position, the multi-fiber cable is axially retained with respect to the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2014Publication date: May 5, 2016Inventors: Wilfred Courchaine, Roger Vaughn
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Patent number: 9291787Abstract: Provided is an apparatus including: a housing having a splitter compartment; a multiple fiber adapter attached to an exterior of a front housing wall of said housing; a multiple fiber connector connected to said multiple fiber adapter and disposed in an interior of the front housing wall of said housing; an optical splitter in said splitter compartment of said housing; an input fiber optically connected to said optical splitter; and a plurality of output fibers optically connected to said optical splitter and said multiple fiber connector, wherein the housing includes a hinge plate corresponding to a bottom housing wall perpendicular to the front housing wall of said housing in a closed state and mounted on a hinge affixed to said housing at an intersection between the bottom housing wall and a rear housing wall opposite from the front housing wall.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2014Date of Patent: March 22, 2016Assignee: AFL Telecommunications LLCInventors: Anthony Nieves, Wilfred Courchaine, Kheng Hwa Seng, Matthew Johnson
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Patent number: 9182253Abstract: An optical fiber attenuation sensor that includes a first protrusion movable between a first position and a second position, a second protrusion movable between a third position to a fourth position, and an elastic object coupled to the first protrusion that causes the first protrusion to move from the first position to the second position. When the first protrusion moves from the first position to the second position, the second protrusion moves from the third position to the fourth position. The second protrusion is configured and positioned to cause an event in a signal in an optical fiber when the second protrusion moves from the third position to the fourth position.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2013Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignee: AFL Telecommunications LLCInventors: Wilfred Courchaine, Roger Vaughn, Theodore Lichoulas
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Publication number: 20150003774Abstract: An optical fiber attenuation sensor that includes a first protrusion movable between a first position and a second position, a second protrusion movable between a third position to a fourth position, and an elastic object coupled to the first protrusion that causes the first protrusion to move from the first position to the second position. When the first protrusion moves from the first position to the second position, the second protrusion moves from the third position to the fourth position. The second protrusion is configured and positioned to cause an event in a signal in an optical fiber when the second protrusion moves from the third position to the fourth position.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2013Publication date: January 1, 2015Inventors: Wilfred Courchaine, Roger Vaughn, Theodore Lichoulas
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Publication number: 20140355945Abstract: Provided is an apparatus including: a housing having a splitter compartment; a multiple fiber adapter attached to an exterior of a front housing wall of said housing; a multiple fiber connector connected to said multiple fiber adapter and disposed in an interior of the front housing wall of said housing; an optical splitter in said splitter compartment of said housing; an input fiber optically connected to said optical splitter; and a plurality of output fibers optically connected to said optical splitter and said multiple fiber connector, wherein the housing includes a hinge plate corresponding to a bottom housing wall perpendicular to the front housing wall of said housing in a closed state and mounted on a hinge affixed to said housing at an intersection between the bottom housing wall and a rear housing wall opposite from the front housing wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2014Publication date: December 4, 2014Applicant: AFL TELECOMMUNICATIONS LLCInventors: Anthony NIEVES, Wilfred COURCHAINE, Kheng Hwa SENG, Matthew Johnson
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Patent number: 8886003Abstract: An apparatus with a housing with a splitter compartment and a splicer compartment, a multiple fiber adapter attached to a wall of the housing, a multiple fiber connector connected to the multiple fiber adapter, an optical splitter in the splitter compartment of the housing, an input fiber optically connected to the optical splitter, and a plurality of output fibers optically connected to the optical splitter and the multiple fiber connector.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2011Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: AFL Telecommunications LLCInventors: Anthony Nieves, Wilfred Courchaine, Kheng Hwa Seng, Matthew Johnston
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Publication number: 20140312753Abstract: Provided is a one-piece injection molded part which is used to assemble an optical module, the one-piece injection molded part including: a plurality of plates and a plurality of living hinges. The plurality of plates includes an input faceplate, an output faceplate, a left side plate, a right side plate, a bottom plate and a lid plate and is integrally formed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2012Publication date: October 23, 2014Applicant: AFL TELECOMMUNICATIONS LLCInventors: Wilfred Courchaine, Anthony Nieves
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Patent number: 8831394Abstract: Provided is a fiber management spool, the spool including a barrel extending up from a bottom portion. The spool further includes at least one outer fiber retaining arm extending up from an annular portion of the bottom portion and the annular portion extends radially away from an outer circumferential surface of the barrel. The at least one snap finger extends downward from a central portion of the bottom portion, wherein the snap finger is configured to engage a panel to releasably secure the spool to the panel.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2010Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: AFL Telecommunications LLCInventors: Eddie Kimbrell, Wilfred Courchaine
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Patent number: 8322803Abstract: Provided is a cabinet including an outer shell having a plurality of doors, disposed such that edges of the plurality of doors form a corner of the outer shell when the doors are in a closed position; wherein, if the doors are open, continuous access is obtained to a plurality of working surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2007Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: AFL Telecommunications, LLCInventors: Louis J. Guzzo, Jr., Philip Turner, Wilfred Courchaine, Anthony L. Nieves
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Publication number: 20120159856Abstract: Provided is a panel, the panel including a parent panel, a removable panel formed from the parent panel and configured to be removed from the parent panel, at least one tab portion which adjoins the removable panel to the parent panel, and at least one gap formed between the parent panel and the removable panel. The at least one gap extends around an outer periphery of the removable panel, except at the at least one tab portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2010Publication date: June 28, 2012Applicant: AFL TELECOMMUNICATIONS LLCInventors: Wilfred Courchaine, Eddie Kimbrell, Rene Franco