Michael Jason Morra

US Patent:

20130020015, Jan 24, 2013

Filed:

Jan 24, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/357305

Inventors:

Paul R. Dickinson - Johns Creek GA, US
John George - Cumming GA, US
Daniel Hendrickson - Roswell GA, US
Jimmy Joy - Lawrenceville GA, US
Michael A. Morra - Cumming GA, US

Assignee:

OFS FITEL, LLC - Norcross GA

International Classification:

B32B 37/12

US Classification:

156166, 156575

Abstract:

Apparatus and methods for routing an optical fiber over a desired span on a structural surface at a given premises are provided. When the optical fiber is unwound from a spool, the optical fiber attaches to the structural surface by an adhesive material. The adhesive material can be applied along the desired span, or portion thereof, before, during, or after the optical fiber is routed over the desired span.

US Patent:

20100284656, Nov 11, 2010

Filed:

Sep 11, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/584758

Inventors:

Michael A. Morra - Cumming GA, US
Gregory A. Sandels - Buford GA, US
John L. Siereveld - Marietta GA, US
Willard C. White - Suwannee GA, US

International Classification:

G02B 6/36

US Classification:

385 78

Abstract:

A connector that enables fiber optic cables to terminate at equipment in cabinets having little space available for cable routing, without over bending. The construction includes a connector housing, and a yoke including a collar joined to a rear end of the housing. A tubular cable bend limiter is fixed at one end to the collar and the limiter directs a cable containing one or more bend insensitive fibers through a bend of, e.g., 90 degrees, between the collar and the opposite end of the limiter with a fiber bend radius of less than one inch (25.4 mm). If the limiter creates a fiber bend radius of 0.300 inch (7.62 mm), the distance between the front of the connector and the cable after bending may be as little as 1.26 inches (32 mm), allowing the cable and connector to be routed and terminated in limited space without impairing performance.

US Patent:

20170139166, May 18, 2017

Filed:

Nov 13, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/940449

Inventors:

- Norcross GA, US
Daniel Hendrickson - Roswell GA, US
Michael A. Morra - Cumming GA, US
Peter A. Weimann - Atlanta GA, US

International Classification:

G02B 6/44
B29D 11/00
B05D 1/26
B05D 1/30
B05D 1/18

Abstract:

A thread for tying a group of fibers in a fiber optic cable having an outer jacket to one another to form a fiber bundle. The thread includes a length of a binder thread, and an adhesion material coated on the binder thread so that (a) the binder thread adheres to the group of optical fibers about which the thread is tied to form the fiber bundle, and the binder thread remains adhered to the bundled fibers to restrain movement of the fibers when the outer jacket and cable elements other than the bundled fibers are removed. After the binder thread is tied about a fiber bundle, exposed surfaces of the adhesion material coated on the binder thread are treated so that the thread does not adhere to any cable elements in proximity to the thread, other than the fibers of the bundle about which the thread is tied.