Patents by Inventor Edward Pivonka

Edward Pivonka 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).

  • Hand-held tester and method for local area network cabling
    Patent number: 7479776
    Abstract: A LAN tester has display and remote units each having a connector jack attached to an adapter board for connection to the plug of a patch cord. Both the display and remote units have circuits which are capable of measuring the phase between a drive signal voltage and the corresponding coupled or reflected signal due to the drive signal. Scattering parameters for the mated connector pairs and the patch cord itself are measured during a field calibration. A computer in one or both of the tester units stores the measured scattering parameters and uses the scattering parameters to move the reference plane to any desired location along the patch cord. Channel link or permanent link tests can be conducted using the same equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2009
    Assignee: IDEAL Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Gerald W. Renken, Keith H. Davis, Edward Pivonka
  • Hand-held tester and method for local area network cabling
    Publication number: 20050174949
    Abstract: A LAN tester has display and remote units each having a connector jack attached to an adapter board for connection to the plug of a patch cord. Both the display and remote units have circuits which are capable of measuring the phase between a drive signal voltage and the corresponding coupled or reflected signal due to the drive signal. Scattering parameters for the mated connector pairs and the patch cord itself are measured during a field calibration. A computer in one or both of the tester units stores the measured scattering parameters and uses the scattering parameters to move the reference plane to any desired location along the patch cord. Channel link or permanent link tests can be conducted using the same equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2005
    Publication date: August 11, 2005
    Inventors: Gerald Renken, Keith Davis, Edward Pivonka