Patents by Inventor Anne Sheila Kellerman

Anne Sheila Kellerman has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Computer with retractable optical fiber connector assembly having rotatable spool with optical fiber for connecting the computer to external component
    Patent number: 6014713
    Abstract: An electronic computer including microprocessor means, memory means and Input/Output (I/O) means wherein the I/O means comprises a retractable optical fiber connector assembly. The retractable optical fiber connector assembly includes a rotatable spool and a pair of optical fibers for being wound thereabout, these fibers in turn optically connected to optoelectronic means within the computer (as part of the I/O means). On the opposing ends of these optical fibers are desired connectors (e.g., those of the push-pull variety) for being connected to associated optical-type connectors which in turn may form part of various peripheral equipment (e.g., MODEMS, printers, etc.) or other computers to which this computer may be connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2000
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Palmer Wright Agnew, Douglas Kerr Ferguson, Anne Sheila Kellerman, Thomas Ben Kellerman