Patents Assigned to ADC
  • Antenna module having integrated radio frequency circuitry
    Patent number: 8976067
    Abstract: One embodiment is directed to an antenna module comprising integrated RF circuitry comprising at least one of a transmitter and a receiver. The module further comprises an antenna element operatively coupled to the integrated RF circuitry, the antenna element comprising first and second substantially co-planar portions. The integrated RF circuitry is disposed on an interior part of at least one of the first and second substantially co-planar portions. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventor: Larry G. Fischer
  • FIBER OPTIC CABLE PACKAGING MANAGEMENT
    Publication number: 20150063770
    Abstract: A fiber optic enclosure assembly for enclosing optical fiber connections is disclosed herein. The fiber optic enclosure assembly includes a housing having an interior region, a housing port extending through the housing, a cover surrounding the housing, a cable management recess in the cover, a cover port disposed through a section of the cover, a cable distribution system in the interior region of the housing, and a fiber optic cable. The cover port aligns with the housing port. The fiber optic cable is wrapped about a portion of the cable distribution system, extended through the housing port and the cover port, and wrapped around a cable portion of the cable management recess in the cover. Further, the fiber optic cable has an end portion located within the cable management recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Scott C. Kowalczyk, Oscar Fernando Bran De Leon
  • Tunnel or portal scanner and method of scanning for automated checkout
    Patent number: 8967474
    Abstract: Systems and methods for data reading, which in one example configuration is directed to an automated optical code data reader in the form of a tunnel or portal scanner having an open architecture configured with front and rear inverted U-shaped arches, a plurality of cameras (some or most of which have multiple fields of view) in each of the arches for reading the top live sides of an item being passed by a conveyor through a read region formed by the arches, and a bottom reader including one or more cameras under the conveyor for reading a bottom side of the item through a gap in the conveyors as the item is passed over the gap. Also disclosed are specific imaging schemes for providing effective views of the items with a minimum number of cameras.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Datalogic ADC, Inc.
    Inventors: Bryan L. Olmstead, Alan Shearin, Michael P. Svetal
  • Architecture for a fiber optic network
    Patent number: 8961035
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a fiber optic network architecture that uses outside plant fan-out devices to distribute optical signals between fiber distribution hubs and multi-service terminals. The network architecture can also include collector boxes positioned at selected locations of the network architecture. Additionally, patching systems can be used in facilitating upgrading the capacity of the fiber optic network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas G. LeBlanc, Bryan Kennedy, Erik Gronvall, Douglas C. Ellens
  • Cable trough system and method
    Patent number: 8965167
    Abstract: A telecommunications cable management system includes trough elements including a planar top surface and sides for cable routing and management. The trough elements are made from separate parts assembled together with a mating arrangement. The mating arrangement allows assembly of the system on site, such as by snapping the parts together. The trough elements are then assembled together to form the cable management system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: Yilmaz Bayazit, Derek Sayres, Tom Tinucci, David E. Rapp
  • Bioptic data reader with split vertical windows and speaker
    Patent number: 8960548
    Abstract: A data reading system including a lower base section with a generally horizontal surface and a vertical section extending perpendicularly from the lower housing section. The vertical section includes a front face with a first scan window through which a data reader is operable to read encoded data on an item. The data reading system further includes a speaker system having a speaker grille laterally spaced apart from the first scan window on the front face of the vertical section. The speaker system may emit a sound or other message to confirm that the encoded data was (or was not) properly captured by the data reader. The data reading system may further include a second scan window on the front face of the vertical section. In such instances, the speaker grille may be positioned between the scan windows on the front face of the vertical section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Datalogic ADC, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan B. Thompson, Alan Shearin, Alexander M. McQueen, David Newman, Brett T. Howard, James E. Swirczynski
  • Optical cable exit trough
    Patent number: 8965169
    Abstract: A cable exit trough is mountable to a lateral trough section either during initial assembly of the cable routing system, or at a later date. The exit trough includes a bracket portion mountable to the top edge of one of the sides of the lateral trough section. Two lead-ins are provided to lead the cable in an upward direction from the lateral trough section to the exit trough. The exit trough includes an exit trough portion extending from the bracket portion upwardly away from the lateral trough section. The exit trough portion includes a convexly curved bottom trough surface, and two convexly curved upstanding sides. The exit trough portion and the lead-ins define a cable pathway from the lateral trough section to an exit point of the exit trough portion which can either lead downwardly relative to the lateral trough section, or horizontally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Jon Haataja, Thomas Walter Kampf
  • Distributed digital antenna system
    Patent number: 8958789
    Abstract: An optical medium, such as fiber, is tapped to provide an antenna port wherever radio service coverage is desired. Each antenna port is a bi-directional remote unit that receives a digital optical signal from a host unit and transforms the signal to a radio frequency signal for transmission by the remote unit. The remote unit receives radio frequency signals that are converted to digital signals and summed with signals from other remote units and converted to an optical signal for transmission to the host unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald R. Bauman, Philip M. Wala, Jeffrey O. Brennan
  • Method for calibrating a camera-based system
    Patent number: 8957963
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for calibrating a camera-based system of a vehicle (F), having a pane (S), in particular of a camera-based driver assistance system. A type of the pane (S), in particular the tinting thereof, is detected by way of the camera-based system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: ADC Automotive Distance Control Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Carlos Almeida, Christian Schaale, Thomas Fechner
  • Systems and methods for IP communication over a distributed antenna system transport
    Patent number: 8958410
    Abstract: Systems and methods for IP communication over a distributed antenna system transport are provided. In one embodiment, a method for providing Ethernet connectivity over a distributed antenna system comprises receiving internet protocol (IP) formatted data from an internet protocol device coupled to a remote unit of a distributed antenna system; sampling wireless radio frequency (RF) signals received at the remote unit to produce digitized RF samples; generating a serial data stream for output to a host unit of the distributed antenna system, the serial data stream further comprising a multiple-timeslot communication frame providing a first partition of bandwidth for transporting the digitized RF samples and a second partition of bandwidth for implementing an Ethernet pipe for transporting the IP formatted data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: Larry G. Fischer, Jeffrey J. Cannon, Steven B. Stuart, John M. Hedin
  • Cable trough method with separate side elements
    Patent number: 8950051
    Abstract: A telecommunications cable management system includes a planar base element including a planar top surface and side edges. Side elements are mounted with a mating arrangement to the base element. The side elements may include one or more of the following: upstanding wall portions, side exits extending horizontally, and downspouts. The base elements and the upstanding wall portions may have a continuous cross-section, and can be cut to the desired length for the cable management system. The downspout and side exit elements may also include multiple components wherein a central section of each can be cut to the desired width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas W. Kampf, Mathew D. Ferris, Joel T. Fisher, Timothy J. Haataja, Brian L. Johnson, Wayne Johnson, Alex Watts
  • Adapter panel with lateral sliding adapter arrays
    Patent number: 8953921
    Abstract: An adapter panel arrangement including a chassis and a panel of adapters. The adapters defining open rearward cable connections and open forward cable connections of the panel arrangement. The adapters being arranged in arrays that slide independently of other adapter arrays to provide access to the open rearward and open forward cable connections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Smrha, Hutch Coburn, Chad J. Sjodin
  • WALL-MOUNT BOX WITH ISOLATED INTERIOR REGIONS
    Publication number: 20150038007
    Abstract: Certain types of wall-mount boxes provide a local power receptacle in a first interior region that is physically isolated from a second interior region. The local power receptacle is accessible from an exterior of the box. The local power receptacle is electrically connected to an internal connector interface that is accessible from the second interior region. An electronic device may be installed in the second interior region and electrically connected to the local power receptacle via the internal connector interface. Second receptacles are disposed in the second interior region and coupled to (or are integral with) the electronic device. The second receptacles are accessible from the exterior of the box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.
    Inventor: David Stone
  • Fiber optic connector with fiber take-up region
    Patent number: 8944702
    Abstract: A fiber optic connector assembly includes a connector and a carrier. The connector, defining a longitudinal bore extending through the connector and having a first end region and a second end region, includes a ferrule assembly, having an optical fiber extending through the connector, at least partially disposed in the longitudinal bore at the first end region, a tube, defining a passage and having a first end portion disposed in the longitudinal bore at the second end region and a second end region, and a spring disposed in the bore between the ferrule assembly and the tube. The carrier includes a cable end and a connector end engaged with the connector, a termination region disposed between the connector end and the cable end, a fiber support region disposed between the connector end and the termination region, and a take-up region disposed between the connector end and the fiber support region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventor: Wayne M. Kachmar
  • Managed electrical connectivity systems
    Patent number: 8944856
    Abstract: A receptacle block defines one or more sockets at which plugs may be received. Each socket contains a first set of contacts and a second set of contacts. Each socket also includes a sensing contact that interacts with the second set of contacts to close an electrical switch. For example, the sensing contact can interact with an arm extending from one of the contacts of the second set. Closure of the switch can be detected and interpreted to indicate that a plug has been received at the respective socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventor: Chris Taylor
  • Methods for forming a structure having a lightning strike protection
    Patent number: 8947847
    Abstract: A method for forming a structure having lightning strike protection includes receiving at least one structural layer, receiving at least one lightning strike protection strip disposed on at least one reinforcement layer, automatically applying the at least one lightning strike protection strip disposed on the at least one reinforcement layer onto the at least one structural layer, and forming the at least one structural layer, the at least one lightning strike protection strip, and the at least one reinforcement layer, into the structure. The at least one lightning strike protection strip comprises a first material, and the at least one reinforcement layer comprises a second material different from the first material. The automatically applying may include using at least one of fiber placement equipment, tape laying equipment, and similar automated equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: ADC Acquisition Company
    Inventors: Robert J. Langone, Robert D. Becker
  • Double-buffer insertion count stored in a device attached to a physical layer medium
    Patent number: 8949496
    Abstract: One exemplary embodiment is directed to a connector assembly. The connector assembly comprises a port having a media interface configured to interface with a storage device interface of a connector. The connector is attached to a segment of physical communication media. The connector also includes a storage device. The connector assembly also comprises a programmable processor configured to execute software that stores information to the storage device using a plurality of redundant storage operations by which a plurality of copies of the information is sequentially stored in the storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: Laxman R. Anne, Jeffrey J. Miller
  • Systems and methods for improved digital RF transport in distributed antenna systems
    Patent number: 8948155
    Abstract: Systems and methods for improved digital RF transport in a DAS are provided. In one embodiment, a transceiver comprises: a receive path circuit including an RF reception interface coupled to an ADC, the ADC receiving a down-converted analog RF spectrum from the RF reception interface and producing a digitized RF spectrum at an input sampling rate; a logic device receiving the digitized RF spectrum and producing a first set of baseband data samples at a first sampling rate, corresponding to a first spectral region of the analog RF spectrum and a second set of baseband data samples at a second sampling rate, corresponding to a second spectral region of the analog RF spectrum. The logic device maps the first set and second sets of baseband data samples to a respective first set and second set of timeslots of a serial data stream transport frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey J. Cannon, Dean Zavadsky, Philip M. Wala
  • Timing adjustments for small cell distributed antenna systems
    Patent number: 8948816
    Abstract: A distributed antenna system includes a host unit communicatively coupled to a first service provider interface which receives a first signal from the first service provider interface; and a first remote antenna unit communicatively coupled to the host unit, the first remote antenna unit having a first antenna. A base station to which the distributed antenna system is communicatively coupled is configured with a subscriber access timing window having a minimum allowed delay and a maximum allowed delay. The distributed antenna system is configured so that a first total delay between the host unit and the first remote antenna unit is equal to or greater than the minimum allowed delay. The first antenna of the first remote antenna unit is configured to communicate the first signal to a first subscriber unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: Larry G. Fischer, Kenneth Anderson Stewart, Lance K. Uyehara
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING COMPONENT ROTATION WITHIN A COMMUNICATION ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20150030323
    Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting component rotation within a communication assembly are provided. In certain embodiments, a system includes a module; an adapter block that includes multiple front ports and multiple rear ports configured to receive an optical connector; a managing entity configured to control port identification for the front and rear ports; and a circuit board mounted to the adapter block, wherein the circuit board comprises multiple front contact assemblies and multiple rear contact assemblies, wherein each front port is associated with a front contact assembly and each rear port is associated with a rear contact assembly, wherein when a rear contact assembly is electrically coupled to a connector, the connector generates an event that is sent to the managing entity, whereupon the managing entity remaps the port identification for the front and rear ports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan T. Lawson, Laxman R. Anne, Thomas Marcouiller, Oscar Bran De Leon, Loren Mattson