Patents by Inventor Wouter VRANKEN

Wouter VRANKEN 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).

  • Publication number: 20250138247
    Abstract: A telecommunications device fixation assembly includes a bracket configured to be mounted to a telecommunications fixture, the bracket defining at least one planar wall and a device holder configured to be removably mounted to the bracket, the device holder defining a device holding portion and a fixation portion, wherein the fixation portion defines at least one pocket configured to receive an edge of the planar wall of the bracket, the fixation portion further including an elastically flexible latch configured to snap fit to a portion of the planar wall of the bracket to fix the device holder to the bracket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: COMMSCOPE CONNECTIVITY BELGIUM BVBA
    Inventors: David Jan Irma VAN BAELEN, Wouter VRANKEN, Heidi BLEUS, Willem Lea Marcel DE VIS, Geert Antoon PARTON
  • Publication number: 20250130386
    Abstract: A mounting system for latching a cable management structure to a telecommunications fixture includes a first locking feature on the management structure defining first and second hook-like members separated apart, each defining a vertical slide portion and a larger vertical retention portion, the first locking feature including an elastically flexible latch between the first and second hook-like members. A second locking feature defining first and second slots is located on a planar wall of the telecommunications fixture, wherein the first and second slots define a receiver portion and a retention portion, the receiver portion for accommodating the retention portion of the hook-like members and the retention portion for accommodating the slide portion of the hook-like members, the second locking feature also defining a latch opening. The cable management structure also defines curvature that provides bend radius protection along at least two perpendicular planes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2024
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Applicant: COMMSCOPE CONNECTIVITY BELGIUM BVBA
    Inventors: David Jan Irma VAN BAELEN, Wouter VRANKEN, Heidi BLEUS, Peter CLAES, Willem Lea Marcel DE VIS, Geert Antoon PARTON
  • Patent number: 12276858
    Abstract: A method of preparing a preformed fiber optic circuit for later termination to at least one fiber optic connector includes providing a substrate for supporting a plurality of optical fibers, the substrate including at least one layer of flexible foil, wherein the flexible foil may be formed from polyethylene terephthalate (PET) according to one example and peeling a layer including at least the optical fibers from the at least one layer of flexible foil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Marcouiller, Paula Lockhart, Wouter Vranken, Koen Vuerinckx, Laurens Izaäk Van Wuijckhuijse
  • Patent number: 12197027
    Abstract: A cable fixation structure for fixing at least a portion of a fiber optic cable to a telecommunications fixture against strain relief includes a cable bracket portion and a base portion, wherein the cable bracket portion is configured for fixing the at least a portion of the fiber optic cable and the base is configured for routing fibers extending from the fiber optic cable, wherein the cable bracket portion is provided at an acute angle with respect to a vertical plane passing through a longitudinal axis defined by the base portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: CommScope Connectivity Belgium BVBA
    Inventors: David Jan Irma Van Baelen, Wouter Vranken, Heidi Bleus, Willem Lea Marcel De Vis, Geert Antoon Parton
  • Patent number: 12197026
    Abstract: A mounting system for latching a cable management structure to a telecommunications fixture includes a first locking feature on the management structure defining first and second hook-like members separated apart, each defining a vertical slide portion and a larger vertical retention portion, the first locking feature including an elastically flexible latch between the first and second hook-like members. A second locking feature defining first and second slots is located on a planar wall of the telecommunications fixture, wherein the first and second slots define a receiver portion and a retention portion, the receiver portion for accommodating the retention portion of the hook-like members and the retention portion for accommodating the slide portion of the hook-like members, the second locking feature also defining a latch opening. The cable management structure also defines curvature that provides bend radius protection along at least two perpendicular planes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: CommScope Connectivity Belgium BVBA
    Inventors: David Jan Irma Van Baelen, Wouter Vranken, Heidi Bleus, Peter Claes, Willem Lea Marcel De Vis, Geert Antoon Parton
  • Patent number: 12197025
    Abstract: A cable management structure includes a base portion for removable mounting on a telecommunications fixture, the base portion defining an upper guide portion and a lower guide portion separated by a cable channel, wherein a transverse slit defined between the upper and lower guide portions communicates with the cable channel for insertion of cables into the channel and a flexible portion that is elastically flexible and is biased to cover at least a portion of the slit for retaining cables within the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: CommScope Connectivity Belgium BVBA
    Inventors: David Jan Irma Van Baelen, Wouter Vranken, Heidi Bleus, Willem Lea Marcel De Vis, Geert Antoon Parton
  • Patent number: 12189188
    Abstract: A telecommunications device fixation assembly includes a bracket configured to be mounted to a telecommunications fixture, the bracket defining at least one planar wall and a device holder configured to be removably mounted to the bracket, the device holder defining a device holding portion and a fixation portion, wherein the fixation portion defines at least one pocket configured to receive an edge of the planar wall of the bracket, the fixation portion further including an elastically flexible latch configured to snap fit to a portion of the planar wall of the bracket to fix the device holder to the bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: CommScope Connectivity Belgium BVBA
    Inventors: David Jan Irma Van Baelen, Wouter Vranken, Heidi Bleus, Willem Lea Marcel De Vis, Geert Antoon Parton
  • Publication number: 20240377602
    Abstract: A telecommunications frame assembly includes a frame for housing a first set of fiber optic distribution devices in a vertically stacked arrangement on a right side of the frame and a second set of fiber optic distribution devices in a vertically stacked arrangement on a left side of the frame, wherein the frame defines top and bottom openings adjacent the outer edges of the frame at each of the right side and the left side for selectively leading cables to or from the fiber optic distribution devices to be mounted on the frame, the frame further defining a central vertical trough extending from a central top opening defined by the frame, wherein radius limiters are provided in vertically stacked arrangements at each of the right side and the left side of the frame for selectively guiding cabling between the first set and the second set of fiber optic distribution devices, wherein the radius limiters allow cabling to pass through the central trough between the right and left sides of the frame and/or into the
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: David Jan Irma VAN BAELEN, Willem Lea Marcel DE VIS, Wouter VRANKEN, Heidi BLEUS, Peter CLAES, Geert Antoon PARTON, Karel VANWINKEL, Diederik HOUBEN
  • Patent number: 12050358
    Abstract: A telecommunications frame assembly includes a frame for housing a first set of fiber optic distribution devices in a vertically stacked arrangement on a right side of the frame and a second set of fiber optic distribution devices in a vertically stacked arrangement on a left side of the frame, wherein the frame defines top and bottom openings adjacent the outer edges of the frame at each of the right side and the left side for selectively leading cables to or from the fiber optic distribution devices to be mounted on the frame, the frame further defining a central vertical trough extending from a central top opening defined by the frame, wherein radius limiters are provided in vertically stacked arrangements at each of the right side and the left side of the frame for selectively guiding cabling between the first set and the second set of fiber optic distribution devices, wherein the radius limiters allow cabling to pass through the central trough between the right and left sides of the frame and/or into the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: CommScope Connectivity Belgium BVBA
    Inventors: David Jan Irma Van Baelen, Willem Lea Marcel De Vis, Wouter Vranken, Heidi Bleus, Peter Claes, Geert Antoon Parton, Karel Vanwinkel, Diederik Houben
  • Patent number: 12007615
    Abstract: A mounting plate for removable mounting to a telecommunications frame includes a first set of mounting features for allowing a first type of telecommunications device to be mounted to the plate and a second set of mounting features for allowing a second type of telecommunications device to be mounted to the plate, the second type of telecommunications device defining a different width from a right side to a left side than the first type of telecommunications device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: CommScope Connectivity Belgium BVBA
    Inventors: David Jan Irma Van Baelen, Willem Lea Marcel De Vis, Heidi Bleus, Geert Antoon Parton, Diederik Houben, Wouter Vranken
  • Publication number: 20240168237
    Abstract: A telecommunications device fixation assembly includes a bracket configured to be mounted to a telecommunications fixture, the bracket defining at least one planar wall and a device holder configured to be removably mounted to the bracket, the device holder defining a device holding portion and a fixation portion, wherein the fixation portion defines at least one pocket configured to receive an edge of the planar wall of the bracket, the fixation portion further including an elastically flexible latch configured to snap fit to a portion of the planar wall of the bracket to fix the device holder to the bracket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: COMMSCOPE CONNECTIVITY BELGIUM BVBA
    Inventors: David Jan Irma VAN BAELEN, Wouter VRANKEN, Heidi BLEUS, Willem Lea Marcel DE VIS, Geert Antoon PARTON
  • Publication number: 20240159982
    Abstract: A cable fixation structure for fixing at least a portion of a fiber optic cable to a telecommunications fixture against strain relief includes a cable bracket portion and a base portion, wherein the cable bracket portion is configured for fixing the at least a portion of the fiber optic cable and the base is configured for routing fibers extending from the fiber optic cable, wherein the cable bracket portion is provided at an acute angle with respect to a vertical plane passing through a longitudinal axis defined by the base portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: COMMSCOPE CONNECTIVITY BELGIUM BVBA
    Inventors: David Jan Irma VAN BAELEN, Wouter VRANKEN, Heidi BLEUS, Willem Lea Marcel DE VIS, Geert Antoon PARTON
  • Patent number: 11947177
    Abstract: A method of mounting a telecommunications frame (114) to a floor surface includes fixing a floor mounting template (6000) to the floor surface, wherein the template (6000) defines a front end (6020) and a rear end (6022) and first and second sides (6006, 6008) extending therebetween, sliding the telecommunications frame (114) over the floor mounting template (6000) in a direction extending from the front end (6020) to the rear end (6022) of the template, wherein the template (6000) is positioned within a gap (5999) defined by spaced-apart walls (5997) of the telecommunications frame (114), and securing the first side (6006) of the floor mounting template (6000) to a first portion of the telecommunications frame (114) and securing the second side (6008) of the floor mounting template (6000) to a second portion of the telecommunications frame (114).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: CommScope Connectivity Belgium BVBA
    Inventors: David Jan Irma Van Baelen, Heidi Bleus, Wouter Vranken, Willem Lea Marcel De Vis, Geert Antoon Parton, Karel Vanwinkel
  • Publication number: 20240103227
    Abstract: A mounting system for latching a cable management structure to a telecommunications fixture includes a first locking feature on the management structure defining first and second hook-like members separated apart, each defining a vertical slide portion and a larger vertical retention portion, the first locking feature including an elastically flexible latch between the first and second hook-like members. A second locking feature defining first and second slots is located on a planar wall of the telecommunications fixture, wherein the first and second slots define a receiver portion and a retention portion, the receiver portion for accommodating the retention portion of the hook-like members and the retention portion for accommodating the slide portion of the hook-like members, the second locking feature also defining a latch opening. The cable management structure also defines curvature that provides bend radius protection along at least two perpendicular planes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: COMMSCOPE CONNECTIVITY BELGIUM BVBA
    Inventors: David Jan Irma VAN BAELEN, Wouter VRANKEN, Heidi BLEUS, Peter CLAES, Willem Lea Marcel DE VIS, Geert Antoon PARTON
  • Publication number: 20240103243
    Abstract: A cable management structure includes a base portion for removable mounting on a telecommunications fixture, the base portion defining an upper guide portion and a lower guide portion separated by a cable channel, wherein a transverse slit defined between the upper and lower guide portions communicates with the cable channel for insertion of cables into the channel and a flexible portion that is elastically flexible and is biased to cover at least a portion of the slit for retaining cables within the channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: COMMSCOPE CONNECTIVITY BELGIUM BVBA
    Inventors: David Jan Irma VAN BAELEN, Wouter VRANKEN, Heidi BLEUS, Willem Lea Marcel DE VIS, Geert Antoon PARTON
  • Publication number: 20230367090
    Abstract: A communications panel includes a chassis receiving one or more tray arrangements that each support one or more cassettes. Each cassette carries a plurality of ports at which connections are made between front and rear plug connectors. Each tray arrangement includes guides along which the cassettes slidably mount. The guides and cassettes are configured to enable cassettes of various size to mount to the same tray without reconfiguring the guides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: David Jan Irma VAN BAELEN, John T. PFARR, Michael J. WENTWORTH, Scott C. SIEVERS, Wouter VRANKEN, Austin HOLCOMB, James J. SOLHEID, Matthew J. HOLMBERG
  • Publication number: 20230288657
    Abstract: A method of preparing a preformed fiber optic circuit for later termination to at least one fiber optic connector includes providing a substrate for supporting a plurality of optical fibers, the substrate including at least one layer of flexible foil, wherein the flexible foil may be formed from polyethylene terephthalate (PET) according to one example and peeling a layer including at least the optical fibers from the at least one layer of flexible foil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Thomas MARCOUILLER, Paula LOCKHART, Wouter VRANKEN, Koen VUERINCKX, Laurens Izaäk VAN WUIJCKHUIJSE
  • Patent number: 11740421
    Abstract: A communications panel includes a chassis receiving one or more tray arrangements that each support one or more cassettes. Each cassette carries a plurality of ports at which connections are made between front and rear plug connectors. Each tray arrangement includes guides along which the cassettes slidably mount. The guides and cassettes are configured to enable cassettes of various size to mount to the same tray without reconfiguring the guides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: David Jan Irma Van Baelen, John T. Pfarr, Michael J. Wentworth, Scott C. Sievers, Wouter Vranken, Austin Holcomb, James J. Solheid, Matthew J. Holmberg
  • Patent number: 11609400
    Abstract: A method of preparing a preformed fiber optic circuit for later termination to at least one fiber optic connector includes providing a substrate for supporting a plurality of optical fibers, the substrate including at least one layer of flexible foil, wherein the flexible foil may be formed from polyethylene terephthalate (PET) according to one example and peeling a layer including at least the optical fibers from the at least one layer of flexible foil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Marcouiller, Paula Lockhart, Wouter Vranken, Koen Vuerinckx, Laurens Izaäk Van Wuijckhuijse
  • Publication number: 20220413226
    Abstract: A telecommunications device fixation assembly includes a bracket configured to be mounted to a telecommunications fixture, the bracket defining at least one planar wall and a device holder configured to be removably mounted to the bracket, the device holder defining a device holding portion and a fixation portion, wherein the fixation portion defines at least one pocket configured to receive an edge of the planar wall of the bracket, the fixation portion further including an elastically flexible latch configured to snap fit to a portion of the planar wall of the bracket to fix the device holder to the bracket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: COMMSCOPE CONNECTIVITY BELGIUM BVBA
    Inventors: David Jan Irma VAN BAELEN, Wouter VRANKEN, Heidi BLEUS, Willem Lea Marcel DE VIS, Geert Antoon PARTON