Patents by Inventor Kevin James Truskett
Kevin James Truskett 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: 9893470Abstract: A telecommunications cabling system, including: (a) an earthed support; and (b) at least one connection module mounted to the earthed support, including: (i) a housing for a plurality of electrical contact members, the housing having a plurality of recesses to receive wires of at least one shielded cable; (ii) at least one opening to receive an end of an electrical connector to place electrical contacts at the end of the electrical connector in direct or indirect electrical communication with at least some of the wires; and (iii) a shielding interface for the connection module; wherein the shielding interface is simultaneously contactable with shielding of the shielded cable, a corresponding shielding interface of the electrical connector, and the earthed support.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2016Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLCInventors: Brent David Allwood, Kavita Purohit, Bryce Lindsay Nicholls, Wayne William Dennes, Kevin James Truskett
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Publication number: 20160301162Abstract: A telecommunications cabling system, including: (a) an earthed support; and (b) at least one connection module mounted to the earthed support, including: (i) a housing for a plurality of electrical contact members, the housing having a plurality of recesses to receive wires of at least one shielded cable; (ii) at least one opening to receive an end of an electrical connector to place electrical contacts at the end of the electrical connector in direct or indirect electrical communication with at least some of the wires; and (iii) a shielding interface for the connection module; wherein the shielding interface is simultaneously contactable with shielding of the shielded cable, a corresponding shielding interface of the electrical connector, and the earthed support.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2016Publication date: October 13, 2016Inventors: Brent David ALLWOOD, Kavita PUROHIT, Bryce Lindsay NICHOLLS, Wayne William DENNES, Kevin James TRUSKETT
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Telecommunications cabling system, and electrical connection module and shielding interface therefor
Patent number: 9368917Abstract: A telecommunications cabling system, including: (a) an earthed support (12); and (b) at least one connection module (100) mounted to the earthed support (12), including: (i) a housing (200; 220) for a plurality of electrical contact members (212), the housing (200; 220) having a plurality of recesses (202) to receive wires of at least one shielded cable (50); (ii) at least one opening to receive an end of an electrical connector (300; 400) to place electrical contacts at the end of the electrical connector (300; 400) in direct or indirect electrical communication with at least some of the wires; and (iii) a shielding interface (110) for the connection module (100); wherein the shielding interface (110) is simultaneously contactable with shielding (52) of the shielded cable (50), a corresponding shielding interface (500) of the electrical connector (400), and the earthed support (12).Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2012Date of Patent: June 14, 2016Assignee: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLCInventors: Brent David Allwood, Kavita Purohit, Bryce Lindsay Nicholls, Wayne William Dennes, Kevin James Truskett -
Patent number: 9337591Abstract: Apparatus (10) for transmission testing of a telecommunications jack (100) having a plurality of insulation displacement contacts (IDCs) (103), the apparatus (10) including: a base (30); a plurality of transmission test probes (31) associated with the base (30); and a jack holder (20) for removably coupling the jack (100) to the base (30) such that IDCs (103) of the jack (100) are in electrical communication with corresponding test probes (31); wherein the jack holder (20) is fixed relative to the base (30) during testing, such that the jack (100) remains stationary with respect to the probes (31).Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2012Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLCInventors: Kevin James Truskett, Kristian Darrell Stewart
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Publication number: 20150004835Abstract: A telecommunications cabling system, including: (a) an earthed support (12); and (b) at least one connection module (100) mounted to the earthed support (12), including: (i) a housing (200; 220) for a plurality of electrical contact members (212), the housing (200; 220) having a plurality of recesses (202) to receive wires of at least one shielded cable (50); (ii) at least one opening to receive an end of an electrical connector (300; 400) to place electrical contacts at the end of the electrical connector (300; 400) in direct or indirect electrical communication with at least some of the wires; and (iii) a shielding interface (110) for the connection module (100); wherein the shielding interface (110) is simultaneously contactable with shielding (52) of the shielded cable (50), a corresponding shielding interface (500) of the electrical connector (400), and the earthed support (12).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2012Publication date: January 1, 2015Inventors: Brent David Allwood, Kavita Purohit, Bryce Lindsay Nicholls, Wayne William Dennes, Kevin James Truskett
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Publication number: 20120326741Abstract: Apparatus (10) for transmission testing of a telecommunications jack (100) having a plurality of insulation displacement contacts (IDCs) (103), the apparatus (10) including: a base (30); a plurality of transmission test probes (31) associated with the base (30); and a jack holder (20) for removably coupling the jack (100) to the base (30) such that IDCs (103) of the jack (100) are in electrical communication with corresponding test probes (31); wherein the jack holder (20) is fixed relative to the base (30) during testing, such that the jack (100) remains stationary with respect to the probes (31).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2012Publication date: December 27, 2012Applicant: ADC Communications (Australia) Pty LimitedInventors: Kevin James Truskett, Kristian Darrell Stewart
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Publication number: 20110256765Abstract: The invention relates to a connecting module with two parallel rows of contact elements having conductor connecting contacts which are accessible from a front side of the connecting module, and two parallel rows of contact elements having conductor connecting contacts which are accessible from a rear side of the connecting module, wherein the conductor connecting contacts in one row on the front side are in each case connected to a conductor connecting contact in one row on the rear side via at least an intermediate contact, into which an insertion device can be inserted.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2009Publication date: October 20, 2011Applicant: ADC GmbHInventors: Kevin James Truskett, Bryce Nicholls, Simon Ellis, Brett Hoe Slater, Wayne William Dennes, Malcolm Bruce Brear, Tam Kai Sau
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Publication number: 20110217857Abstract: The invention relates to a cradle (10, 50, 100) for fastening a terminal block (12) to a mounting frame (14), with the terminal block (12) in each case having two rows (16a, 16b, 22a, 22b) of insulation-displacement contacts (18) in a first section (20) and in a second section (24), comprising at least one fastener (26), in order to fasten a base element of the cradle (10, 50, 100) to the mounting frame (14), and a holder (30), in order to fasten the terminal block (12) to the base element of the cradle (10, 50, 100) such that the first or the second section (20, 24) faces the mounting frame (14), and to an arrangement for earthing components (31) which can be connected to a terminal block (12).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2009Publication date: September 8, 2011Applicant: ADC GmbHInventors: Kevin James Truskett, Bryce Lindsay Nicholls, Simon Ellis, Brett Hoe Slater, Wayne Willian Dennes, Malcolm Bruce Brear
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Publication number: 20100316101Abstract: A cross connect block for a telecommunications system, including a plurality of insulation displacement contact slots arranged in two rows along a first side of the block; another plurality of insulation displacement contact slots arranged in two rows along a second side of the block; and a plurality of contacts, each contact of said contacts including a first insulation displacement contact, arranged for engagement with an insulated conductor seated in one of said slots of the first side of the block, in electrical communication with a second insulation displacement contact, arranged for engagement with an insulated conductor seated in a corresponding one of said slots of the second side of the block, wherein contacts arranged in one of said rows of the first side of the block are electrically isolated from corresponding contacts arranged in another of said rows of the first side of the block.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2008Publication date: December 16, 2010Applicant: ADC GmbHInventors: Tam Kai Sau, Bryce Nicholls, Kevin James Truskett
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Publication number: 20100294733Abstract: A chassis for coupling a stack of two or more telecommunications modules to a front side of a racking system, including a bracket having a back member shaped to extend across a back side of said stack of modules, and side members extending from opposite end sections of the back member towards a front side of the modules; module fasteners for coupling respective ones of said modules to respective sections of the back member; and a rack fastener for coupling the bracket to the racking system, wherein said module fasteners facilitate individual stacking of the modules to said respective sections of the back member one on top of another.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2010Publication date: November 25, 2010Applicant: ADC GmbHInventors: Kevin James Truskett, Malcolm Bruce Brear
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Patent number: D631846Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2009Date of Patent: February 1, 2011Assignee: ADC GmbHInventors: Kevin James Truskett, Simon Ellis, Wayne William Dennes, Bryce Lindsay Nicholls, Brett Hoe Slater, Malcolm Bruce Brear
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Patent number: D633050Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2009Date of Patent: February 22, 2011Assignee: ADC GmbHInventors: Kevin James Truskett, Simon Ellis, Wayne William Dennes, Bryce Lindsay Nicholls, Brett Hoe Slater, Malcolm Bruce Brear