David C. Smith
General Contractor in Hickory, NC

2011007, Mar 31, 2011

Sep 30, 2009

12/571052

David W. Chiasson - Edmonton, CA
Craig M. Conrad - Hickory NC, US
Jonathan E. Moon - Greensboro NC, US
Mark W. Petersen - Winston-Salem NC, US
David H. Smith - Hickory NC, US

D01H 13/00

57100

A cable-stranding apparatus for performing SZ-stranding of strand elements about at least one core member is disclosed. A first stationary guide member individually guides the strand elements in a spaced apart configuration and centrally passes the at least one core member. At least one hollow-shaft motor is arranged downstream of the stationary guide member. A rotating guide member is disposed in the hollow shaft and rotates with the hollow shaft according to a rotation relationship. The rotation relationship controls the rotational speed and direction of the rotating guide member to SZ-strand the strand elements about the at least one core member to form an SZ-stranded assembly. Embodiments of cable-stranding apparatus having multiple hollow-shaft motors and respective multiple rotating guide members are also disclosed.

2011007, Mar 31, 2011

Sep 30, 2009

12/571104

David W. Chiasson - Edmonton, CA
Craig M. Conrad - Hickory NC, US
Jonathan E. Moon - Greensboro NC, US
Mark W. Petersen - Winston-Salem NC, US
David H. Smith - Hickory NC, US

D01H 13/00

57100

Cable-stranding methods for performing SZ-stranding of strand elements about at least one core member are disclosed. One method includes passing initially spaced apart strand elements through peripheral guide holes and passing at least one core member through a generally central location of at least one guide member. The method also includes actuating a controller that controls the rotation of the at least one guide member and rotating the at least one guide member to form the SZ-stranded assembly.

2012029, Nov 22, 2012

Apr 9, 2012

13/442104

David W. Chiasson - Edmonton, CA
Craig M. Conrad - Hickory NC, US
Jonathan E. Moon - Greensboro NC, US
Mark W. Petersen - Winston-Salam NC, US
David H. Smith - Hickory NC, US

D01H 13/00

57100

A cable-stranding apparatus includes a stationary guide, a motor, a driven guide, and a controller electrically coupled to the motor. The stationary guide is configured to guide strand elements in a spaced-apart configuration and to pass a core member. The motor is operatively associated with a guide driver. The driven guide is disposed at least partially within the guide driver so as to rotate therewith. The driven guide is configured to receive the strand elements from the stationary guide, individually guide the strand elements received from the stationary guide, and to further pass the core member. The controller is electrically coupled to the motor and configured to control the rotational speed and direction of the motor.

6389787, May 21, 2002

Nov 30, 2000

09/726929

Jody L. Greenwood - Hickory NC
David H. Smith - Hickory NC
David K. Brittain - Hickory NC

Corning Cable Systems LLC - Hickory NC

D07B 106

57 66, 57138

A method of forming an optical fiber cable component including passing an optical fiber ribbon stack ( ) through a stack guide ( ), the stack guide being rotated and forming a twist in the ribbon stack, and passing the twisted ribbon stack ( ) through a cross-head ( ) and extruding a material thereover. In addition, an exemplary cable component production line having a rotatable strander ( ) for receiving optical fiber ribbon packages ( ) thereon, a rotatable closing die ( ) sized to receive the optical fiber ribbon stack, and controller ( ) operatively associated with the strander and the closing die for driving the closing die, the controller being operative to effect a predetermined rotational ratio with respect to the strander and the closing die whereby a twist can be formed in the optical fiber ribbon stack.

6340126, Jan 22, 2002

Nov 30, 1999

09/451379

Warren Welborn McAlpine - Hickory NC
Stephen Owen Mast - Hickory NC
David Henry Smith - Hickory NC
Joseph Varga - Woodbridge, CA

Corning Cable Systems LLC - Hickory NC

B65H 1600

2421602, 2421604, 242165, 242167, 242531, 242560, 242603

Devices and methods for paying off an elongate material between two coaxially aligned packages without interruption. The elongate material from a first wound package is connected to the elongate material of a second wound package by joining the tail end of the first wound package to the head end of the second wound package. Each wound package includes the elongate material having a body portion and a tail portion wound about a core. Also, each body portion has the head end at an outer diameter of the respective package and each tail portion has the tail end at an inner diameter substantially corresponding to a diameter of the core. Further, the path of the wound elongate material is transitioned from the first wound package to the second wound package by providing transition device having a supporting surface.

2014003, Feb 6, 2014

Oct 10, 2013

14/050903

William Carl Hurley - Hickory NC, US
David Henry Smith - Hickory NC, US

Corning Cable Systems LLC - Hickory NC

G02B 6/44

385113, 385109

A breakout cable includes a polymer jacket and a plurality of micromodules enclosed within the jacket. Each micromodule has a plurality of bend resistant optical fibers and a polymer sheath comprising PVC surrounding the bend resistant optical fibers. Each of the plurality of bend resistant optical fibers is a multimode optical fiber including a glass cladding region surrounding and directly adjacent to a glass core region. The core region is a graded-index glass core region, where the refractive index of the core region has a profile having a parabolic or substantially curved shape. The cladding includes a first annular portion having a lesser refractive index relative to a second annular portion of the cladding. The first annular portion is interior to the second annular portion. The cladding is surrounded by a low modulus primary coating and a high modulus secondary coating.

2014006, Mar 6, 2014

Feb 6, 2013

13/760648

David Henry Smith - Hickory NC, US

G02B 6/44

385101

A hybrid cable includes a cable jacket and elements stranded within the cable jacket. The elements include greater-capacity electrical-conductor elements and sub-assembly elements. The greater-capacity electrical-conductor elements include a metallic conductor jacketed in a polymer, each within the range of 10 American wire gauge (AWG) to 1\0 AWG. The sub-assembly elements include stranded combinations of sub-elements, where the sub-elements include at least one of polymeric tubes comprising optical fibers and lesser-capacity electrical-conductor elements, each having a lesser current-carrying capacity than 10 AWG. The sub-elements are stranded with respect to one another and additionally stranded as part of sub-assembly elements with respect to other elements.

2014006, Mar 6, 2014

Feb 27, 2013

13/778919

David Henry Smith - Hickory NC, US

G02B 6/44, H05K 9/00, H01B 7/18

385101, 174105 R

A hybrid cable includes a cable jacket, elements stranded within the cable jacket, and armor between the elements and the cable jacket. The armor is configured to provide electro-magnetic interference shielding and grounding as well as crush and impact resistance for the hybrid cable. The elements include electrical-conductor elements and one or more fiber-optic elements. The electrical-conductor elements include a metallic conductor jacketed in a polymer, where the electrical-conductor elements are each within the range of 10 American wire gauge (AWG) to 1\0 AWG. The one or more fiber-optic elements include optical fibers within a polymeric tube. At least six of the elements are stranded side-by-side with one another around a central element, which is one of the electrical-conductor elements or one of the one or more fiber-optic elements.

2010020, Aug 19, 2010

Feb 15, 2010

12/705739

Craig M. Conrad - Hickory NC, US
William C. Hurley - Hickory NC, US
David H. Smith - Hickory NC, US

G02B 6/44, G02B 6/00

385110, 385135, 385113

Micromodule breakout cables are constructed to pass selected burn tests while maintaining a desired degree of accessibility and durability. The micromodule cables can be incorporated in data centers and are robust enough to serve as furcation legs while allowing hand accessibility. The cables can incorporate optical fibers with low delta attenuation and can have low skew.