Patents by Inventor Lawrence J. Niciolo

Lawrence J. Niciolo 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).

  • Apparatus for sequencing signals in conjunction with shorting contacts
    Patent number: 5088931
    Abstract: Apparatus is disclosed for use when a first connector is to be mated to a second connector that includes shorting contacts and is being supplied with a plurality of active signals such that the breaking of the electrical connection between the shorting contacts themselves is substantially delayed until the time of making of the electrical connection between the shorting contacts and at least one corresponding conductive terminal of the first connector. Such a delay permits electrical separation of the shorting contacts only at the instant when at least one of the shorting contacts will begin to contact its corresponding conductive terminal without substantially impairing any other characteristics of the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 18, 1992
    Assignee: AT&T Bell Laboratories
    Inventors: Lawrence J. Niciolo, James A. Thompson