Patents by Inventor Dennis Clare
Dennis Clare 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).
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Patent number: 8880656Abstract: A customer edge device is automatically configured. A request for customer edge device configuration data may be transmitted to a provider edge device via an Ethernet-layer operations, administration, maintenance, and provisioning (OAM&P) protocol. The request for configuration data may be relayed from the Ethernet-layer OAM&P protocol to a configuration protocol. The request for configuration data may be transmitted from the provider edge device to a configuration repository server via the configuration protocol. The configuration repository server may transmit the requested configuration data to the provider edge device via the configuration protocol. The provider edge device may relay the configuration data from the configuration protocol to the Ethernet-layer OAM&P protocol and transmit the configuration data to a customer edge device via the Ethernet-layer OAM&P protocol. The customer edge device may automatically configure itself using the configuration data.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2009Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Samer Salam, Wojciech Dec, Dennis Clare, Richard Manfred Pruss, Frank Brockners
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Publication number: 20100293233Abstract: A customer edge device is automatically configured. A request for customer edge device configuration data may be transmitted to a provider edge device via an Ethernet-layer operations, administration, maintenance, and provisioning (OAM&P) protocol. The request for configuration data may be relayed from the Ethernet-layer OAM&P protocol to a configuration protocol. The request for configuration data may be transmitted from the provider edge device to a configuration repository server via the configuration protocol. The configuration repository server may transmit the requested configuration data to the provider edge device via the configuration protocol. The provider edge device may relay the configuration data from the configuration protocol to the Ethernet-layer OAM&P protocol and transmit the configuration data to a customer edge device via the Ethernet-layer OAM&P protocol. The customer edge device may automatically configure itself using the configuration data.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2009Publication date: November 18, 2010Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Samer Salam, Wojciech Dec, Dennis Clare, Richard Manfred Pruss, Frank Brockners
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Patent number: 6305260Abstract: A novel knife apparatus and method are disclosed for cutting a plurality of articles from a sheet or web of material. The knife can be formed in or secured to the outer surface of a rotary die cutter. The knife includes a first cutting member having a first end, and second and third cutting members joined to the first end of the first cutting member. The second and third cutting members are arranged relative to one another to form an arcuate section which intersects with the first cutting member to form a non-symmetrical configuration having a cutting edge knife thickness in the range of about 0.003 inches to about 0.005 inches. A unique knife profile enables two adjacently arranged articles to be cut simultaneously from a sheet or web of material with zero clearance between at least a portion of the outer peripheries of the two articles.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 1999Date of Patent: October 23, 2001Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Peter Truttmann, Jeffrey Allen Plamann, John Glen Ahles, Robert Lee Holewinski, Brian Dennis Clare, Timothy Noel Tease
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Patent number: 6298760Abstract: A novel knife apparatus and method are disclosed for cutting a plurality of articles from a sheet or web of material. The knife can be formed in or secured to the outer surface of a rotary die cutter. The knife includes a first cutting member having a first end, and second and third cutting members joined to the first end of the first cutting member. The second and third cutting members are arranged relative to one another to form an arcuate section which intersects with the first cutting member to form a general non-symmetrical configuration. A unique knife profile enables two adjacently arranged articles to be cut simultaneously from a sheet or web of material with zero clearance between at least a portion of the outer peripheries of the two articles.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 1999Date of Patent: October 9, 2001Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Peter Truttmann, Jeffrey Allen Plamann, John Glen Ahles, Robert Lee Holewinski, Brian Dennis Clare, Timothy Noel Tease
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Patent number: 6279440Abstract: A novel knife apparatus and method are disclosed for cutting a plurality of articles from a sheet or web of material. The knife can be formed in or secured to the outer surface of a rotary die cutter. The knife includes a first cutting member having a first end, and second and third cutting members joined to the first end of the first cutting member. The second and third cutting members are arranged relative to one another to form an arcuate section which intersects with the first cutting member to form a general wishbone configuration. The heavy duty knife and cutting method of the present invention employ a cutting edge knife thickness in the range of about 0.003 inches to about 0.005 inches. A unique knife profile enables two adjacently arranged articles to be cut simultaneously from a 1.5 sheet or web of material with zero clearance between at least a portion of the outer peripheries of the two articles.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 1999Date of Patent: August 28, 2001Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Peter Truttmann, Jeffrey Allen Plamann, John Glen Ahles, Robert Lee Holewinski, Brian Dennis Clare, Timothy Noel Tease
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Patent number: 5967009Abstract: A knife apparatus and method are disclosed for cutting a plurality of articles from a sheet or web of material. The knife can be formed in or secured to the outer surface of a rotary die cutter. The knife includes a first cutting member having a first end, and second and third cutting members joined to the first end of the first cutting member. The second and third cutting members are arranged relative to one another to form an arcuate section which intersects with the first cutting member to form a general wishbone configuration. A unique knife profile enables two adjacently arranged articles to be cut simultaneously from a sheet or web of material with zero clearance between at least a portion of the outer peripheries of the two articles.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 1998Date of Patent: October 19, 1999Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Peter Truttmann, Jefferey Allen Plamann, John Glenn Ahles, Robert Lee Holewinski, Brian Dennis Clare, Timothy Noel Tease