Denis E Burek

6421493, Jul 16, 2002

Mar 24, 2000

09/585813

Denis E Burek - Cumming GA
Muhammed A Shahid - Snellville GA
Brandon J West - Roswell GA

Fitel USA Corp.

G02B 600

385134, 385137

Embodiments of the invention include an optical uniform spacing assembly for aligning a multipitch plurality of optical fibers into a uniform pitch linear array of optical fibers. The assembly includes an organizer body having a slot formed therein that extends longitudinally along the body. A portion of the slot has a width dimensioned to allow only one optical fiber at a time therethrough simultaneously and a depth dimensioned to align a multipitch plurality of optical fibers into a uniform pitch linear array of optical fibers. The assembly provides sufficient alignment for transitioning from, e. g. , an optical fan-out arrangement such as a plurality of individual optical fibers to, e. g. , an optical fan-in arrangement such as a ribbon cable arrangement. The assembly provides a compact, easily assembled apparatus and method for overcoming size mismatch and other conventional problems associated with transitioning between differing arrangements.

6701056, Mar 2, 2004

Jan 2, 2002

10/038486

Denis Edward Burek - Cumming GA
George Edwin Mock - Duluth GA

Wavesplitter Technologies, Inc. - Fremont CA

G02B 600

385137

A variably configurable and modular retainer for various discrete optical components (such as passive optical elements and mass fusion splices) is provided by a substantially planar base having an optical component support surface. Complementary finger pairs extend upwardly from the base. Each finger is disposed in an opposing arrangement with the other finger in the finger pair and is provided with an inner and outer surface. The respective opposing inner surfaces (each having a slightly concave profile) define an optical component receiving area that is sized and shaped to accommodate an optical component or splice. Each finger pair is resilient and laterally biased with a normal bias such that the inner surfaces are urged laterally inwardly and being movably outwardly for interlockingly engaging an optical component using snap-fit. The optical component may be thereby retained against the support surface of the base.

7627223, Dec 1, 2009

Jul 16, 2008

12/218546

Denis E. Burek - Cumming GA, US
Clem McConnell - Gastonia NC, US

OFS Fitel, LLC - Norcross GA

G02B 6/00

385135, 385134, 385136

Apparatus for storing slack fiber optic cabling. A cabinet enclosure has an opening for allowing access to cabling and other components inside the enclosure, and a number of spool tracks are supported inside the enclosure. Each of a number of cable spool assemblies includes a spool dimensioned to guide a length of fiber optic cabling in a desired path over part of the spool circumference with at least a minimum cable bend radius, and a mechanism for (i) mounting the spool on a corresponding spool track for sliding movement to a desired position along the track, and (ii) fixing the spool at the desired position. Slack fiber optic cabling can be stored in the cabinet with an optimum lay when the cabling is guided by selected spools of the spool assemblies, and the spools are moved to and fixed at certain positions on the spool tracks.

8143521, Mar 27, 2012

Feb 11, 2010

12/658461

Denis E. Burek - Cumming GA, US

OFS Fitel, LLC - Norcross GA

H02G 3/04

174100, 174 99 R, 174 97, 439713, 385135, 211 26

A cable trough and system for routing and managing cables associated with equipment that has first cable ports at a first side of the equipment and second cable ports at a second side of the equipment. The trough includes an elongated trough body having a ported side wall constructed to mount at either one of the first and the second sides of the equipment. The ported side wall of the body has one or more first trough cable ports each located and dimensioned to align or interface with a different one of the first equipment cable ports when the ported side wall is mounted at the first side of the equipment, and one or more second trough cable ports each located and dimensioned to align with a different one of the second equipment cable ports when the ported side wall is mounted at the second side of the equipment.

8165442, Apr 24, 2012

Nov 6, 2008

12/291151

Denis E. Burek - Cumming GA, US

OFS Fitel, LLC - Norcross GA

G02B 6/00

385134, 385135

An optical fiber management tray system includes a tray or drawer including a base panel having a number of slots formed in the panel, and a number of retention clips for mounting fiber optic devices of different shapes and dimensions on the panel. Two or more of the clips each has a main body with a different retention portion for enveloping part of a corresponding fiber optic device, and a pair of latch fingers that project from the clip body in the direction of the base panel when the device is enveloped in the retention portion clip and placed at a desired location on the panel. The latch fingers have free ends for engaging edges of the slots in the base panel when the corresponding device is enveloped in the retention clip, thus securing the device at the desired location on the panel.

8628157, Jan 14, 2014

Sep 6, 2011

13/199648

Denis E. Burek - Cumming GA, US
Lynda Price - Oakwood GA, US
Willard C. White - Suwannee GA, US

OFS Fitel, LLC - Norcross GA

A47B 81/00

3122236

A cable management cabinet is improved by separately managing the routing of data copper cables and optical fiber cables within the cabinet. This is accomplished by providing separate cable retaining boxes (CRBs) for data copper cables and optical fiber cables respectively. The CRBs are provided with front openings to facilitate installation and routing of optical fiber cables and data copper cables. The openings may be provided with edge guards to ease ingress/egress of cables through the openings.

20120138214, Jun 7, 2012

Jul 19, 2011

13/389452

Denis E. Burek - Cumming GA, US
Paul R. Dickinson - Johns Creek GA, US
John George - Cumming GA, US
Daniel Hendrickson - Roswell GA, US
Willard C. White - Suwannee GA, US
Joseph E. Bradley - Newfields NH, US
Adam Gregg Malofsky - Loveland OH, US
Bernard Miles Malofsky - Bloomfield CT, US
William H. Mann - Hopkinton NH, US

B32B 37/12
B32B 37/14

156166, 156433

An optical fiber is permanently routed easily, quickly, and unobtrusively at a customer premises using an inventive hand tool, without staples or other fasteners. The fiber has an adhesive outer coating that is activated as the fiber is applied by the tool on an exposed surface such as a wall, ceiling, molding, groove, or corner at the premises. When the activated coating hardens, the fiber is bonded to the surface on which it was applied, and the hardened coating also provides physical protection for the fiber. In the disclosed embodiment, the coated fiber is supplied on a spool that mounts on the tool, and the coating is activated by guiding the fiber as it unwinds from the spool through a chamber containing an activating substance. The fiber with the activated coating is then guided to an applicator wheel on the tool which applies the fiber to the surface.

20120294580, Nov 22, 2012

Aug 2, 2012

13/564941

Denis E. Burek - Cumming GA, US
Daniel Hendrickson - Roswell GA, US
Paul Dickinson - Johns Creek GA, US
John George - Cumming GA, US
Williard C. White - Suwannee GA, US
Jimmy Joy - Lawrenceville GA, US

G02B 6/00

385135

An optical fiber or cable storage module includes a back wall and a number of resilient mounting fingers extending from the back wall, and a fiber supply spool having an axial bore formed to receive the mounting fingers and to engage the fingers when the spool is urged toward the back wall so that the spool is restrained from axial movement. The spool includes a hub, and a first winding section for containing a length of fiber sufficient to route between a service terminal outside a user premises and a location near a user terminal inside the premises. The mounting fingers have corresponding catches at the ends of the fingers, and the inner circumference of the bore in the supply spool has an annular groove formed to seat the catches for restraining the spool from axial movement.