Patents Assigned to ADC
  • Publication number: 20060225912
    Abstract: A cable management member for a telecommunications patch panel can include a horizontal cable bar including a first bar end and a second bar end, and a first side member with first and second ends. The first side member can be coupled to the first bar end, the second leg being coupled to the second bar end, and each of the first and second side members can include first and second protrusions extending toward an opposite one of the first or second side members, the first and second protrusions including a space therebetween. A patch panel can include a frame member and the cable management member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2006
    Publication date: October 12, 2006
    Applicant: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: Gordon Clark, Loren Mattson
  • Publication number: 20060227737
    Abstract: Systems and methods for maintaining data stream synchronization are provided. A system comprises one or more radio head interface modules and a call processing software module each adapted to communicate with each other. The call processing software module performs modulation and demodulation of voice and data streams using one or more air interface standards. The call processing software module communicates a forward data stream to a first radio head interface module. The forward data stream comprises a plurality of data samples representing voice and data streams and a plurality of fixed synchronization words. When the first radio head interface module does not observe the receipt of a first fixed synchronization word of the plurality of fixed synchronization words word from the call processing software module when expected, the first radio head interface module concludes that it has lost synchronization with the call processing software module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Publication date: October 12, 2006
    Applicant: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: John Hedin, Jeffrey Cannon, Douglas Weaver, Santosh Sonbarse, William Mitchell, Michael Hermel, Donald Bauman, Jerry Toms
  • Patent number: 7118382
    Abstract: An adapter having a housing, a ground clip and an adapter subassembly all located in the housing. The adapter subassembly includes a proximal portion that can be coupled to a coaxial connector and a distal portion that can be coupled to a printed circuit board. A central conductor in the form of an elongated shaft that runs through the subassembly and has a ball contact end for contacting a conductor located on a printed circuit board and the elongated shaft is tapered in a region near the bal contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: James R. Kerekes, M'hamed Anis Khemakhem, Eric L. Lovaasen
  • Patent number: 7119702
    Abstract: A device to audibly verify the activation of a solid state relay. The device includes an audio output device that is coupled to the solid state relay to produce a sound when the solid state relay is activated. The sound produced by the audio output devices emulates the sound of an electromechanical relay when switched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: ADC DSL Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Ronald R. Gerlach
  • Patent number: 7118288
    Abstract: Fiberoptic connector and adapter assembly includes a fiberoptic connector received within an adapter. The connector has a cover on the connector housing. The cover pivots between open and closed positions to expose or cover, respectively, a optical fiber contained within the connector. Longitudinal guides of the connector are received cooperating with longitudinal guides of the adapter to direct the connector into the adapter in a prescribed alignment. A cam pin is carried on the adapter to engage a cam pin receiving slot on the cover to urge the cover to the open position as the connector is inserted into the adapter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventor: Liang-Ju Lu
  • Patent number: 7120002
    Abstract: Power distribution busses and methods are disclosed that provide flexible protection and alarming capabilities. Various embodiments provide interchangeability of fuses and circuit breakers within the same power distribution bus configuration. These various embodiments also provide discrete alarming for fused lines, discrete alarming for lines with circuit breakers, combined alarming for lines having mixed forms of protection, and/or selectable alarming such as combined versus discrete in relation to employing all fused lines, employing all circuit breaker protected lines, or employing mixed line protection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: Delfino Hernandez, David J. Johnsen, Luis Armando Yanes
  • Patent number: 7118697
    Abstract: Methods for molding a surround over a liner to form a composite shell are provided. The liner is placed in a mold and molten surround material is injected into the mold so as to surround the liner. A surface of a protrusion of the liner abuts the mold so that the surface is exposed and is substantially flush with an exterior surface of the surround after the composite shell is removed from the mold. Molten surround material flows into a slot in a perimeter of the protrusion so that when the surround material solidifies, a rib of surround material extends into the slot to form a pressure seal between the liner and the surround. An adhesive is applied to the liner before placing the liner in the mold for reducing relative movement between the liner and surround as the surround material solidifies and the liner and surround cool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: ADC DSL Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Sawyer, Gary Gustine
  • Patent number: 7120348
    Abstract: An optical fiber cable management panel is provided with slideable drawers and structure within the drawers for cable management and/or connection to other devices. Tray inserts drop into the drawers to provide the appropriate management and connection devices. A movable take-up mechanism manages the cable entering and exiting the drawers at side openings. Stackable pivoting storage trays on the tray insert include a detent arrangement for holding each tray in a pivoted access position. The tray inserts further include a front key, and a back tab mounting arrangement for mounting the tray inserts to the drawers, and side radius limiters including notches for extending over raised portions of the drawer. The take-up mechanism includes a U-shaped trough section and cable retention tabs. A control mechanism is provided for controlling movement of the take-up mechanism relative to the drawer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven P. Trebesch, Thomas C. Tinucci, Joel B. Douglas, John C. Holman, Trevor D. Smith, Paul C. Lance
  • Publication number: 20060222087
    Abstract: Systems and methods for handling buffer overflows and underflows in a software defined radio are presented. A communications system comprises one or more radio head interface modules and a call processing software module. The radio head interface modules are adapted to communicate with the call processing software module. The call processing software module performs modulation and demodulation of voice and data streams and transmits complex RF data samples to the radio head interface modules. A first radio head interface module is adapted to create zero value data samples when complex RF data samples are not received from the call processing software module at an expected data sample rate. The first radio head interface module is further adapted to count zero value data samples created and discard a number of complex RF data samples based on the number of zero value data samples counted by the first radio head interface module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Applicant: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald Bauman, Jeffrey Cannon, John Hedin, Santosh Sonbarse
  • Publication number: 20060223514
    Abstract: Methods and systems for improving signal quality using diversity are provided. Two or more radio antennas are adapted to receive radio signals from wireless devices. One or more servers are adapted to receive two or more data streams, wherein each data stream is a digital representation of radio signals received by one radio antenna of the two or more radio antennas. Each data stream of the two or more data streams is received by a call processing software module through independent reverse link paths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Applicant: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Weaver, Santosh Sonbarse, William Mitchell, Michael Hermel, Donald Bauman, Jerry Toms
  • Publication number: 20060220506
    Abstract: The invention relates to a distribution cabinet which is usually set up outdoors and accommodates the technical, for example electrical or optical, distribution installations for, for example, weak-current systems, for example telephone systems, with associated power-supply devices and cable-terminal/connection devices for a certain area, and also to a method for exchanging, in particular increasing the size of, the body of a distribution cabinet, the exchange of which body is unproblematical and with which method the distribution cabinet remains at the original location and consequently no new installation approval or construction approval is necessary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2004
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Applicant: ADC GmbH
    Inventors: Günter Irmer, Helmut Perschon
  • Publication number: 20060222020
    Abstract: The synchronization of timing between devices in a communication system is presented. In particular, in one embodiment, a method of synchronizing timing of communications between a software module and a host card in a forward direction is presented. The method comprises reading a time start message in a header of a page of data received from the software module and transmitting the page of data when the time start message matches a time of a time clock in the host card.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Applicant: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: John Hedin, Donald Bauman, Jeffrey Cannon
  • Publication number: 20060223468
    Abstract: The present invention relates to dynamically configured wireless communication systems. In particular, in one embodiment, dynamically configured up and down converters in a communication system is provided. The method comprises receiving a request to change a protocol in a communication channel. Obtaining one or more parameters associated with the change in protocol of the communication channel and applying the parameters to the up and down converters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Applicant: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerry Toms, Jeffrey Cannon, Jeffrey Brennan, Donald Bauman
  • Publication number: 20060222054
    Abstract: A frequency hopping communications system is disclosed. A server is adapted to have one or more radio head interface modules and a call processing software module. The call processing software module performs modulation and demodulation of voice and data streams using one or more air interface standards. A radio head unit is coupled to the radio head interface module over one or more transport mediums and communicates with one or more subscriber units using the one or more air interface standards. The one or more radio head interface modules, are adapted to receive frequency channel hopping information, including a channel and a time to hop trigger, from the call processing software module for one or more of a plurality of communication channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Applicant: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: David Conyers, Jeffrey Cannon, John Hedin, Douglas Weaver, Santosh Sonbarse, William Mitchell, Michael Hermel, Donald Bauman, Jerry Toms
  • Publication number: 20060223572
    Abstract: Methods and systems for reconfiguring communications systems are provided. A communications system comprises one or more radio head interface modules and a call processing software module. The one or more radio head interface modules are adapted to communicate with the call processing software module. The call processing software module performs modulation and demodulation of voice and data streams using one or more air interface standards. The one or more radio head interface modules receive reconfiguration parameters from the call processing software module for one or more logical channels. The call processing software module and the one or more radio head interface modules communicate one or more pages of data samples to each other, each of the one or more pages of data samples having a page header. Reconfiguration parameters are contained in the page header.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Applicant: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: John Hedin, Douglas Weaver, Santosh Sonbarse, William Mitchell, Michael Hermel, Donald Bauman, Jerry Toms
  • Publication number: 20060222019
    Abstract: The synchronization of timing between devices in a communication system is presented. In one embodiment a method includes attaching a time stamp message to a page of data samples that indicates when a first one of the data samples was received by a receive engine in a host card. Passing the data samples and the time stamp message to a call processing module and synchronizing communications between the host card and the call processing module based at least in part on the time stamp message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Applicant: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: John Hedin, Donald Bauman, Jeffrey Cannon
  • Publication number: 20060223578
    Abstract: A dynamically reconfigurable communications system is presented. The communications system comprises a server, including one or more radio head interface modules, a call processing software module, and a radio head unit coupled to the radio head interface module over one or more transport mediums. The one or more radio head interface modules adapted to communicate with the call processing software module, wherein the call processing software performs modulation and demodulation of voice and data streams using one or more air interface protocols. The radio head unit communicates with one or more subscriber units using the one or more air interface protocols. The radio head interface module receives power level adjustment parameters from the call processing software module for one or more logical channels and reconfigures the signal gain of one or more communications channels based on the power level adjustment parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Applicant: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: David Conyers, Jeffrey Cannon, Douglas Weaver, Santosh Sonbarse, William Mitchell, Michael Hermel, Donald Bauman, Jerry Toms
  • Publication number: 20060221913
    Abstract: A communications system is presented. One or more radio head units are adapted to receive radio signals through one or more radio antennas and adapted to communicate voice and data streams to one or more radio head interface modules. The one or more radio head interface modules are adapted to communicate with a call processing software module wherein the call processing software module performs modulation and demodulation of voice and data streams using one or more air interface standards. An element management system module is adapted to alter one or more operating parameters of the one or more radio head interface modules and an agent module adapted to communicate with the element management system. The agent module is further adapted to alter one or more operating parameters of the one or more radio head interface modules based on messages from a management module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Applicant: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Hermel, Santosh Sonbarse, William Mitchell, Douglas Weaver
  • Publication number: 20060223515
    Abstract: A communications system is presented. One or more radio head units are adapted to receive radio signals through one or more radio antennas and adapted to communicate voice and data streams to one or more radio head interface modules. The one or more radio head interface modules are adapted to communicate with a call processing software module wherein the call processing software module performs modulation and demodulation of voice and data streams using one or more air interface standards. An element management system module is adapted to alter one or more operating parameters of the one or more radio head interface modules and an SNMP agent module adapted to communicate with the element management system. The SNMP agent module is further adapted to alter one or more operating parameters of the one or more radio head interface modules based on write commands from an SNMP management module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Applicant: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Hermel, Santosh Sonbarse, William Mitchell, Douglas Weaver
  • Patent number: 7116777
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a telecommunications connection module including a housing and connection locations mounted to a front face of the housing. The connection locations are removably mounted to the front face allowing access to an interior side of the connection locations from outside the housing and arranged to two rows. A shelf divide the interior of the housing into two spaces allowing cables to be directed to one or the other of the rows of connection locations. The housing may also include integral mounting recesses for mounting the housing to a telecommunications equipment rack. The rear of the housing may also include a removable portion and angled portions adjacent the sides which are offset toward the front face. The present invention also relates to a telecommunications connection system including a rack and at least one connection module mounted to the rack, the rack including a front and a rear cable management structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: Clinton M. Knudsen, Gordon L. Wilson, Jaxon D. Lang, Todd A. Wheeler, David Anthony Durand