Scott D Kahoun

59890738, Nov 23, 1999

Feb 5, 1997

8/796080

Scott D. Kahoun - Unionville CT

General DataComm, Inc. - Middlebury CT

H01R 924

439709

A power block includes an insulative block which is mounted to a panel and a plurality of connection mounts which are coupled to the insulative block. The insulative block includes a plurality of molded dividers and the connection mounts are located therebetween. Each connection mount includes at least one stud extending upward from the block and a conductor having first and second portions. The first portion of each conductor is conductively coupled to the one or more studs and the second portion extends through the block in a direction opposite the one or more studs. The second portion includes a free end provided with a connector directly couplable to a destination point. A preferred aspect of the invention is that the conductor is a copper braid partially covered in a tin plated copper sleeve. According to a first embodiment, the connector at the free end of the conductor is a sleeve extending over the free end and having a hole for directly receiving a lead from a power filter. According to a second embodiment, the second portion of the conductor is formed of solid copper and the connector is a tapered free end of the second portion of the conductor which is "pluggable" into resilient clips.

20200081215, Mar 12, 2020

Sep 10, 2018

16/126569

- Suwanee GA, US
John O. Caezza - Farmington CT, US
Scott Kahoun - East Windsor CT, US
Scott T. Ishler - Bellefonte PA, US
Kevin P. Orazietti - Chester CT, US
Zhijian Sun - Avon CT, US
Roy A. Harbert - Pittsburgh PA, US
Brian Solomon - Plantsville CT, US

G02B 6/44
G02B 6/42

A HFC network includes an optical node, a first fiber optic cable, and a second fiber optic cable. The first fiber optic cable has a first end that is connected to the optical node for delivering signals to the optical node. The second fiber optic cable has a first end that is positioned within the optical node. Optical fibers of the first optic cable are ribbonized and spliced to ribbonized optical fibers of the second fiber optic cable at a spliced connection such that signals can be transmitted between the fiber optic cables. An optical fiber of the first fiber optic cable is spliced to a connectorized fiber pigtail at a spliced connection, and the connectorized fiber pigtail is optically connected to a broadband optical transceiver in the optical node. The spliced connections are stored in a fiber splice tray within the optical node.