Phillip W Thomas

Author:

Phillip E. Thomas

ISBN #:

0750612509

Author:

Phillip Thomas

ISBN #:

0788179179

Author:

Phillip J. Thomas

ISBN #:

0788178733

US Patent:

6459836, Oct 1, 2002

Filed:

Dec 16, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/464093

Inventors:

Luis M. Bocanegra - Alpharetta GA
Lisa A. Dixon - Atlanta GA
Michael D. Kinard - Lawrenceville GA
Phillip M. Thomas - Suwanee GA
Robert A. Williams - Duluth GA

Assignee:

Avaya Technology Corp. - Basking Ridge NJ

International Classification:

G02B 644

US Classification:

385107, 385108, 174106 D, 174102 D, 1741263

Abstract:

A protective cable armor for cable having tensile stiffness and providing structural protection from invasion by foreign objects. The armor comprises a substantially planar sheet member having a length and a width and an intermittent corrugation pattern disposed therein. The intermittent corrugation pattern comprises at least one land extending across the width of the sheet member and having a defined land width. The intermittent corrugation pattern further comprises at least one, groove extending across the width of the sheet member and having a defined groove width, where the defined land width differs from the defined groove width. The land is disposed adjacent the groove. The sheet member can also be disposed in a substantially tubular form.

US Patent:

6487345, Nov 26, 2002

Filed:

Oct 26, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/697339

Inventors:

Lisa A. Dixon - Atlanta GA
Richard D. Small - Lilburn GA
Phillip M. Thomas - Suwanee GA
Peter A. Weimann - Atlanta GA

Assignee:

Fitel USA Corp. - Norcross GA

International Classification:

G02B 644

US Classification:

385100

Abstract:

A jacket for a communication cable is made from a resin that has high aspect ratio filler materials, and possibly coupling agents, dispersed therein. The fillers and the coupling agents reduce the post-extrusion shrinkage of the jacketing compound such that the strength members used in the communication cable need have only negligible compressive stiffness. The communication cable may further include a skin coating surrounding the outer jacket.

US Patent:

6594427, Jul 15, 2003

Filed:

Aug 23, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/644489

Inventors:

Lisa A. Dixon - Atlanta GA
Richard H. Norris - Powder Springs GA
Richard D. Small - Lilburn GA
Phillip M. Thomas - Suwanee GA
Peter A. Weimann - Atlanta GA

Assignee:

Fitel USA Corp. - Norcross GA

International Classification:

G02B 644

US Classification:

385109

Abstract:

A jacket for an outside plant communication cable is made from a resin of an impact-modified polypropylene copolymer compounded with UV stabilizers. The resin has the characteristics of low cost, low post-extrusion shrinkage, high melting temperature and increased crush and abrasion resistance. The UV light stabilizers may include UV absorbers, quenchers, and/or hindered amine light stabilizers.

US Patent:

6611646, Aug 26, 2003

Filed:

Oct 8, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/415881

Inventors:

Richard Hartford Norris - Powder Springs GA
Richard D. Small - Lilburn GA
Phillip Maurice Thomas - Suwanee GA
Peter A. Weimann - Atlanta GA

Assignee:

Fitel USA Corp. - Norcross GA

International Classification:

G02B 644

US Classification:

385113, 385111, 385112

Abstract:

A hybrid strength member ( ) for an optical cable ( ) is made from dielectric materials, and provides excellent compressive and tensile properties within a single structure. The strength member includes two concentric layers of filamentary strands that are embedded in a thermoset material such as epoxy. The filamentary strands of the inner layer ( ) primarily comprise aramid fibers, while the filamentary strands of the outer layer ( ) primarily comprise glass fibers. A pair of strength members ( - - ) is embedded in a plastic jacket of the optical cable at diametrically opposite sides of a central core tube that contains a number of optical fibers. Each strength member includes a thin coating ( ) of a relatively soft material (i. e. , a hardness of less than 80D on the Shore durometer scale) to enhance its coupling to the plastic jacket. Moreover, each strength member has a compressive stiffness that is effective to inhibit substantial contraction of the cable, and a tensile stiffness that is effective to receive tensile loads without substantial transfer of such loads to the glass fibers.

US Patent:

6778744, Aug 17, 2004

Filed:

Sep 25, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/255852

Inventors:

Richard Hartford Norris - Powder Springs GA
Richard D. Small - Lilburn GA
Phillip Maurice Thomas - Suwanee GA
Peter A. Weimann - Atlanta GA

Assignee:

Fitel USA Corp. - Norcross GA

International Classification:

G02B 644

US Classification:

385113, 385111, 385112

Abstract:

An optical cable ( ) includes one or more tubes ( ), each containing a number of optical fibers ( ), and a plastic jacket ( ) that encloses the tube(s). A pair of diametrically opposed rods ( - - ) are at least partially embedded in the polyethylene jacket and are made from continuous-filament glass fibers that are embedded in epoxy. Each rod has a compressive stiffness that is effective to inhibit substantial contraction of the cable, and a tensile stiffness that is effective to receive tensile loads without substantial transfer of such loads to the glass fibers. Each dielectric rod includes a thin layer ( ) of a frictional adhesion coating that provides a controlled adhesion between the rod and the jacket of between 50 and 300 lb. /in. Whereas dual-rod cable designs have a preferred bending plane that passes through the rods, controlled adhesion between the rods and the jacket enables the cable to be easily bent in other planes and to be blown through ducts having multiple corners.

US Patent:

6778745, Aug 17, 2004

Filed:

Aug 23, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/938107

Inventors:

Richard Norris - Powder Springs GA
Dennis M Slaton - Gainsville GA
Phillip M Thomas - Suwanee GA
Peter A Weimann - Atlanta GA

Assignee:

Fitel USA Corp. - Norcross GA

International Classification:

G02B 644

US Classification:

385114

Abstract:

Embodiments of the invention include an optical fiber cable having improved optical fiber densities and no central strength member. The optical fiber cable includes one or more multi-fiber unit tubes having an optical fiber ribbon stack snugly positioned therein. The diagonal length of the ribbon stack is approximately equal or, alternatively, at least 90% of the inner diameter of the unit tube. The multi-fiber unit tube is made of low-density polyethylene (LDPE) or other material soft and flexible enough to allow the ribbon stack to be relatively firmly positioned therein without affecting the optical fiber performance. The optical fiber cable includes one or more filling materials such as yarn fillers positioned, e. g. , between the ribbon stack and the inner walls of the unit tube, to maintain the shape of the multi-fiber unit tube. The yarn filler material includes super absorbent polymers to reduce propagation of water down the unit tube.

US Patent:

63243245, Nov 27, 2001

Filed:

Jan 12, 2000

Appl. No.:

9/481186

Inventors:

Lisa A. Dixon - Atlanta GA
Richard D. Small - Lilburn GA
Phillip M. Thomas - Suwanee GA
Peter A. Weimann - Atlanta GA

Assignee:

Lucent Technologies Inc. - Murray Hill NJ

International Classification:

G02B 644

US Classification:

385100

Abstract:

A jacket for a communication cable is made from a resin that has high aspect ratio filler materials, and possibly coupling agents, dispersed therein. The fillers and the coupling agents reduce the post-extrusion shrinkage of the jacketing compound such that the strength members used in the communication cable need have only negligible compressive stiffness.

US Patent:

51310643, Jul 14, 1992

Filed:

Feb 19, 1991

Appl. No.:

7/657696

Inventors:

Candido J. Arroyo - Lithonia GA
Nathan E. Hardwick - Dunwoody GA
Michael D. Kinard - Lawrenceville GA
Wing S. Liu - Lawrenceville GA
Parbhubhai D. Patel - Dunwoody GA
Walter J. Paucke - Tucker GA
Phillip M. Thomas - Suwanee GA

Assignee:

AT&T Bell Laboratories - Murray Hill NJ

International Classification:

G02B 644

US Classification:

385102

Abstract:

A communications cable for use in buried environments in an outside plant includes a core (22) comprising at least one transmission medium and a mechanically strengthened, thermal resistant barrier layer (40) disposed about a plastic tubular member (23). A metallic shield (32) and a plastic jacket (36) are disposed about the barrier. The barrier layer may comprise a tape (41) which is made of a material such as woven glass or an aramid fibrous material, for example, which is resistant to relatively high temperatures, which has suitable strength properties in all directions and at elevated temperatures and which is characterized by properties which cause the barrier layer to impede the passage therethrough of particles which are sufficiently large to cause damage to the core. In a preferred embodiment, the thermal barrier layer also includes provisions for preventing the longitudinal flow of water within the cable. Such a waterblocking capability may be provided by a barrier layer comprising a laminate comprising a high temperature resistant tape and at least one other tape with a superabsorbent powder therebetween or another tape which has been impregnated with a superabsorbent material.

Address:

5972 Duren Mdw Dr, Lithonia, GA 30058

Phone:

7704843356

VIN:

3GNBABFW2BS511452

Make:

CHEVROLET

Model:

HHR

Year:

2011

Address:

5972 Duren Mdw Dr, Lithonia, GA 30058

Phone:

7704843356

VIN:

3GNBABFWXBS511683

Make:

CHEVROLET

Model:

HHR

Year:

2011

Address:

5972 Duren Mdw Dr, Lithonia, GA 30058

Phone:

7704843356

VIN:

3GNBABFW4BS511744

Make:

CHEVROLET

Model:

HHR

Year:

2011

Address:

5972 Duren Mdw Dr, Lithonia, GA 30058

Phone:

7704843356

VIN:

3GNBABFW1BS511801

Make:

CHEVROLET

Model:

HHR

Year:

2011

Address:

5972 Duren Mdw Dr, Lithonia, GA 30058

Phone:

7704843356

VIN:

1GNSKBE07BR116504

Make:

CHEVROLET

Model:

TAHOE

Year:

2011

Address:

5972 Duren Mdw Dr, Lithonia, GA 30058

VIN:

3GNBACFU0BS511664

Make:

CHEVROLET

Model:

HHR

Year:

2011