Patents by Inventor William Taylor Rowell

William Taylor Rowell 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).

  • METHODS FOR BONDING STRANDED CABLE SUBUNITS TO CENTRAL MEMBER
    Publication number: 20230420162
    Abstract: Bundled cables and methods for preparing bundled cable are disclosed herein. In the method, a plurality of subunits is wound about a central member. The subunits include a subunit jacket made of a first thermoplastic composition and has a first outer surface, and the central member includes a central member jacket made of a second thermoplastic composition and has a second outer surface. A metal element is provided at an interface of the second outer surface and the first outer surface of the subunits. The metal element is heated such that at least one of the first thermoplastic composition or the second thermoplastic composition forms bonds with the other of the first thermoplastic composition or the second thermoplastic composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: David Ralph Maack, Lars Kristian Nielsen, James Arthur Register, III, William Taylor Rowell
  • Methods for bonding stranded cable subunits to central member
    Patent number: 11791067
    Abstract: Bundled cables and methods for preparing bundled cable are disclosed herein. In the method, a plurality of subunits is wound about a central member. The subunits include a subunit jacket made of a first thermoplastic composition and has a first outer surface, and the central member includes a central member jacket made of a second thermoplastic composition and has a second outer surface. A metal element is provided at an interface of the second outer surface and the first outer surface of the subunits. The metal element is heated such that at least one of the first thermoplastic composition or the second thermoplastic composition forms bonds with the other of the first thermoplastic composition or the second thermoplastic composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
    Inventors: David Ralph Maack, Lars Kristian Nielsen, James Arthur Register, III, William Taylor Rowell
  • METHODS FOR BONDING STRANDED CABLE SUBUNITS TO CENTRAL MEMBER
    Publication number: 20210065936
    Abstract: Bundled cables and methods for preparing bundled cable are disclosed herein. In the method, a plurality of subunits is wound about a central member. The subunits include a subunit jacket made of a first thermoplastic composition and has a first outer surface, and the central member includes a central member jacket made of a second thermoplastic composition and has a second outer surface. A metal element is provided at an interface of the second outer surface and the first outer surface of the subunits. The metal element is heated such that at least one of the first thermoplastic composition or the second thermoplastic composition forms bonds with the other of the first thermoplastic composition or the second thermoplastic composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: David Ralph Maack, Lars Kristian Nielsen, James Arthur Register, III, William Taylor Rowell