Patents by Inventor Wayne Giesen

Wayne Giesen 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).

  • Patent number: 6850685
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a module for terminating and connecting optical fiber telecommunications cables including connection locations located on a bulkhead pivotably mounted to an open front of a housing. The bulkhead also includes a cable management structure which moves with the bulkhead as the bulkhead pivots. The module may be mounted to a telecommunications equipment rack directly mounting locations on vertical supports of the rack Alternatively, the module may be mounted to a telecommunications equipment rack in concert with a cable slack storage structure which also fits between the vertical supports of the rack and which provides a mounting location for mounting the module. A plurality of modules may be mounted to the telecommunications equipment rack and cable guides mounted to the side of each module cooperate to define a vertical cable channel for directing telecommunications cables to a and from each of the modules mounted to the rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Tinucci, Wayne Giesen
  • Publication number: 20030185535
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a module for terminating and connecting optical fiber telecommunications cables including connection locations located on a bulkhead pivotably mounted to an open front of a housing. The bulkhead also includes a cable management structure which moves with the bulkhead as the bulkhead pivots. The module may be mounted to a telecommunications equipment rack directly mounting locations on vertical supports of the rack. Alternatively, the module may be mounted to a telecommunications equipment rack in concert with a cable slack storage structure which also fits between the vertical supports of the rack and which provides a mounting location for mounting the module. A plurality of modules may be mounted to the telecommunications equipment rack and cable guides mounted to the side of each module cooperate to define a vertical cable channel for directing telecommunications cables to a and from each of the modules mounted to the rack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2002
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Inventors: Thomas Tinucci, Wayne Giesen
  • Patent number: 6609684
    Abstract: An adjustable cable management trough member and assembly. The assembly including first and second trough members having sidewalls extending from a base to define a U-shaped trough for receiving at least one telecommunications cable. The first trough member having a male end which is received by a female end of the second trough member. The trough members include slide posts and retention slots which engage each other to allow the trough members to be angled relative to each other in a first direction. The trough members also include a guide member and a guide slot which engage each other to allow the trough members to be angled relative to each other in a second direction. The first and second trough members may be identical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: John T. Van Scoy, Alex Watts, Wayne Giesen
  • Patent number: 6522823
    Abstract: A low profile cable exit trough including an arch-wall with a sidewall portion. A projecting member extends from a concave surface of the arch-wall and is spaced from the sidewall portion to receive a top end of an upstanding side of a lateral trough therebetween. The arch-wall passes through the plane occupied by the upstanding side of the lateral trough at a significant angle, i.e. greater than or equal to 15 degrees, in order to allow for a lower profile above the lateral trough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Wentworth, Wayne Giesen, Brian L. Johnson, Wayne Albin Johnson, Thomas Walter Kampf, John Van Scoy, Alex Watts
  • Publication number: 20030015627
    Abstract: An adjustable cable management trough member and assembly. The assembly including first and second trough members having sidewalls extending from a base to define a U-shaped trough for receiving at least one telecommunications cable. The first trough member having a male end which is received by a female end of the second trough member. The trough members include slide posts and retention slots which engage each other to allow the trough members to be angled relative to each other in a first direction. The trough members also include a guide member and a guide slot which engage each other to allow the trough members to be angled relative to each other in a second direction. The first and second trough members may be identical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2001
    Publication date: January 23, 2003
    Inventors: John T. Van Scoy, Alex Watts, Wayne Giesen