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).

  • FIBER MANAGEMENT SPOOL
    Publication number: 20120039577
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: AFL TELECOMMUNICATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Eddie Kimbrell, Wilfred Courchaine
  • INTEGRATED DISTRIBUTION ENABLING ACCESS APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20110293235
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2011
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: AFL TELECOMMUNICATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Anthony Nieves, Wilfred Courchaine, Kheng Hwa Seng, Matthew Johnston
  • NOVEL DESIGN FOR A FIBER DISTRIBUTION CABINET
    Publication number: 20080042535
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2007
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Applicant: AFL TELECOMMUNICATIONS LLC.
    Inventors: Louis J. GUZZO, Philip TURNER, Wilfred COURCHAINE, Anthony L. NIEVES
  • STRAIN RELIEF SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20080042536
    Abstract: Provided is a strain relief system including a plurality of slots which guide a plurality of cables within a working surface, such that each of the plurality of cables in a position remain substantially parallel along an axial direction of the plurality of cables to the remaining plurality of cables in another position; wherein a cushioning material is used to support the plurality of cables and hold the plurality of cables firmly in position within the slots as the plurality of cables are routed within a cabinet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2007
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Applicant: AFL TELECOMMUNICATIONS LLC.
    Inventors: Louis J. GUZZO, Philip TURNER, Wilfred COURCHAINE, Anthony L. NIEVES