Patents by Inventor Theodore Joseph Sikorski, Jr.

Theodore Joseph Sikorski, Jr. 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).

  • Adjustable angle extender card
    Patent number: 5967814
    Abstract: An adjustable angle extender card is used to hot-test a circuit pack having electrical connectors that connect to back plane electrical connectors in an electrical cabinet when the circuit pack is inserted into the electrical cabinet. The extender card comprises a rigid basic board that can be inserted into the electrical cabinet and a rigid circuit pack card guide that accepts the circuit pack. The basic board includes plural replication electrical connectors, arranged along one edge of a substrate, for connection to the back plane electrical cabinet connectors when the basic board is inserted into the electrical cabinet, and plural basic board electrical connectors arranged along an opposite edge of the substrate. Corresponding replication connectors and basic board connectors are electrically connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1999
    Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventor: Theodore Joseph Sikorski, Jr.