US 11,703,360 B2
Fiber-optic equipment enclosure sensors
Daniel Joseph Levac, Mayfield Village, OH (US); Adam Michael Deel, Mayfield Village, OH (US); Randy Gene Cloud, Mayfield Village, OH (US); David Anthony Koehler, Mayfield Village, OH (US); Jaanki Kirit Thakkar, Mayfield Village, OH (US); and Benjamin Franklin Ciesielczyk, Mayfield Village, OH (US)
Assigned to PREFORMED LINE PRODUCTS CO., Mayfield Village, OH (US)
Filed by PREFORMED LINE PRODUCTS CO., Mayfield Village, OH (US)
Filed on May 31, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/335,057.
Application 17/335,057 is a continuation of application No. 16/339,915, granted, now 11,022,465, previously published as PCT/US2017/055575, filed on Oct. 6, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/405,434, filed on Oct. 7, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0285799 A1, Sep. 16, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G01D 5/26 (2006.01); G01H 9/00 (2006.01); G01L 27/00 (2006.01)
CPC G01D 5/268 (2013.01) [G01H 9/004 (2013.01); G01L 27/007 (2013.01); G01N 2201/084 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device comprising:
fiber-optic equipment for a fiber-optic cable;
an enclosure that houses the fiber-optic equipment; and
an enclosure monitor comprising:
one or more enclosure sensors that measure one or more physical measurements of one or more physical properties of the enclosure; and
a transmitter that transmits, to a monitoring service, one or more messages about the one or more physical measurements of the one or more physical properties of the enclosure, wherein:
the one or more enclosure sensors comprise a pressure sensor that measures pressure within the enclosure during flash-testing of the enclosure; and
the one or more messages comprise a warning that the pressure measured within the enclosure during the flash-testing indicates at least one of a flash-test failure or a successful flash-test.