Patents Assigned to ADC
  • Publication number: 20120328257
    Abstract: A fiber optic enclosure assembly includes a housing having an interior region and a bearing mount disposed in the interior region of the housing. A cable spool is connectedly engaged with the bearing mount such that the cable spool selectively rotates within the housing. A termination module disposed on the cable spool so that the termination module rotates in unison with the cable spool. A method of paying out a fiber optic cable from a fiber optic enclosure includes rotating a cable spool, which has a subscriber cable coiled around a spooling portion of the cable spool, about an axis of a housing of the fiber optic enclosure until a desired length of subscriber cable is paid out. A termination module is disposed on the cable spool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott C. Kowalczyk, Jonathan Walter Coan, Jonathan R. Kaml
  • Publication number: 20120327789
    Abstract: A method for calculating delay in a distributed antenna system includes sending a ping initiation message from a remote node to a host node in a distributed antenna system. The ping initiation message uniquely identifies a first communication port of the remote node to the host node with a unique identification. The method also includes receiving a ping reply message at the remote node. The ping reply message corresponds to the ping initiation message and also uniquely identifies the first communication port of the remote node with the unique identification. The method also includes determining, at the remote node, whether the ping reply message corresponds to the first communication port of the remote node based on the unique identification. The method also includes, when the ping reply message corresponds to the first communication port of the remote node, calculating the round-trip time delay between sending the ping initiation message and receiving the ping reply message at the remote node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: James Robert Grenier, John M. Hedin
  • Publication number: 20120326741
    Abstract: Apparatus (10) for transmission testing of a telecommunications jack (100) having a plurality of insulation displacement contacts (IDCs) (103), the apparatus (10) including: a base (30); a plurality of transmission test probes (31) associated with the base (30); and a jack holder (20) for removably coupling the jack (100) to the base (30) such that IDCs (103) of the jack (100) are in electrical communication with corresponding test probes (31); wherein the jack holder (20) is fixed relative to the base (30) during testing, such that the jack (100) remains stationary with respect to the probes (31).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: ADC Communications (Australia) Pty Limited
    Inventors: Kevin James Truskett, Kristian Darrell Stewart
  • Publication number: 20120328256
    Abstract: Systems and methods for covering a trough member. A cover system can include a flexible cover coupled to a side wall of the trough member. The flexible cover is selectively removable from the side wall to allow access to an interior of the trough member. The flexible cover mounts with a snap arrangement. Support ribs are mounted to side walls of the trough member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: Derek Sayres, David E. Rapp, Glen Cordle
  • Patent number: 8340118
    Abstract: A multiplexing card comprises a primary TDM port over which TDM frames are communicated to and from a networking device, a plurality of secondary TDM ports over each of which fractional TDM frames are communicated to and from a plurality of digital subscriber line (DSL) units; and a logic device coupled between the primary TDM port and the plurality of secondary TDM ports, wherein the logic device is operable to map timeslots from each of the fractional TDM frames received over the plurality of secondary TDM ports to timeslots in a TDM frame communicated over the primary TDM port, and to map each of a plurality of blocks of timeslots in a TDM frame received over the primary TDM port to one of the plurality of secondary TDM ports; wherein the combined number of timeslots containing user data in the fractional TDM frames received over the plurality of secondary TDM ports is less than or equal to the maximum number of available timeslots in the corresponding TDM frame communicated over the primary TDM port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: ADC DSL Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Xinkuan Zhou, Clifton Powers, Laxman Anne, Manish Sharma, Joe Polland
  • Patent number: 8340491
    Abstract: A telecommunications module includes a main housing portion and a cover, the main housing portion defining a first sidewall, a front wall, a rear wall, a top wall, and a bottom wall, the cover defining a second sidewall when mounted on the main housing portion. An optical component located within the module receives an input signal from a signal input location of the housing and outputs an output signal toward a signal output location on the front wall. The telecommunications module is configured such that the signal input location can be selected to be either on the front wall or the rear wall of the main housing. The cover defines a protrusion extending from the second sidewall toward the main housing portion, the protrusion being selectively breakable to expose a recess on the front wall of the main housing portion that defines a signal input location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven C. Zimmel
  • Patent number: 8340490
    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: January 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Smrha, Hutch Coburn, Chad Sjodin
  • Publication number: 20120318691
    Abstract: A telecommunications device includes a main housing body having a major wall and a plurality of minor walls that extend outwardly from the major wall. A cover mounts to the main housing body at a location opposite the major wall. A connection interface is disposed between the cover and at least one of the minor walls. The connection interface allows the cover to be slid relative to the minor walls in a direction that is generally parallel to the major wall between an uncaptured position and a captured position. At least one telecommunications component is mounted within the main housing body. A first cable manager defines an opening for receiving a fiber optic cable. The first cable manager includes a first portion connected to the main housing body and a second portion connected to the cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis Krampotich, Jonathan Walter Coan
  • Publication number: 20120321257
    Abstract: A fiber optic connector assembly comprises a ferrule assembly including a ferrule and a hub. The ferrule has a distal end and a proximal end. The proximal end of the ferrule is mounted to the hub. The ferrule defines a fiber passage that extends through the ferrule from the proximal end to the distal end. The fiber optic assembly further comprises an optical fiber having an end portion potted within the fiber passage of the ferrule. A loose tube receives the optical fiber. The loose tube has a distal end positioned inside the hub and defines a venting opening that starts at the distal end of the loose tube and extends proximally along a length of the loose tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: Yu Lu, Ronald A. Beck
  • Publication number: 20120321267
    Abstract: An adapter cassette including a housing and a plurality of fiber optic adapters. The fiber optic adapters being angled relative to a front plane defined by the housing. The fiber optic adapters being interconnected to a multi-fiber cable connecter by fiber optic cables located within an interior of the housing. The adapter cassette further including a quick-release cover that provides access to the interior of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: Hutch Coburn, Mark Smrha, Chad Sjodin
  • Publication number: 20120322299
    Abstract: A telecommunications patch panel is provided having a plurality of connector modules rotatably mounted to a frame member. Each connector module has a front face and an opposite facing rear face, and each front face includes a plurality of connector jacks. Each rear face includes a plurality of wire termination blocks. The wire termination blocks are electrically connected to the connector jacks. Each connector module is rotatable about a rotation axis relative to the frame member. A lock selectively locks each connector module to the frame member as desired. The connector jacks and the connector modules are arranged in linear arrays perpendicular to the axis of rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Jay Follingstad
  • Patent number: 8335341
    Abstract: Disclosed are embodiments of methods, systems, and apparatus for providing virtual scan lines in an imaging system that compensate for the optical distortion associated with the system. In some embodiments, the virtual scan lines may be curved or angled according to their position in the Field of View (FOV) of the imaging system to compensate for the distortion. Some embodiments may provide for virtual scan lines that are preconfigured to compensate for a typical or pre-selected level and type of optical distortion. Other embodiments may be configured to measure or otherwise ascertain the actual distortion of the optical lens and/or other components of the system and generate a virtual scan line pattern that compensates for the measured distortion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Datalogic ADC, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert William Rudeen, WenLiang Gao, Bryan L. Olmstead
  • Patent number: 8333519
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to techniques for facilitating installing a fiber optic connector at the end of a fiber optic cable. One aspect of the disclosure involves splicing a first fiber optic cable to a second fiber optic cable. The second fiber optic cable may be pre-connectorized. In certain embodiments, a plurality of splice enclosure components are positioned to form a splice enclosure that encloses the portion of an optical fiber of the first cable that is spliced to an optical fiber of the second cable. The splice enclosure protects the optical fibers at the site of the splice and securely holds the strength members of the fiber optic cables. Furthermore, splice enclosure components are positioned to form a cable enclosure that encloses the splice enclosure and exposed portions of the fiber optic cables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Marcouiller, Tim Redmann
  • Patent number: 8335422
    Abstract: A cable exit trough with pivoting cover. The cover having a cover plate and a pivot plate hingedly mounted thereto for easy access to the trough. The exit trough may define an insert aperture for receiving modular cable management inserts. The modular insert providing an additional cable management device such as a curved guidewall. The cable management device may alternatively be fixed to the cable exit trough. Removable snap-mounted flanges may also be included in the exit trough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: Wayne Johnson, Brian L. Johnson, Thomas W. Kampf, Alex Watts, Michael J. Wentworth
  • Publication number: 20120315921
    Abstract: One embodiment described herein includes a method of determining the location of a wireless device. The method includes capturing wired information about layer one and layer two used by wired components in a network; capturing wireless information about a wireless device communicatively coupled to the network; integrating at least some of the wired information and the wireless information; and using the integrated wired information and wireless information to locate the wireless device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: David Stone, Eric W. Sybesma, Kevin Ressler
  • Publication number: 20120315001
    Abstract: A fiber optic connector assembly includes a ferrule and a hub. The ferrule has a distal end and a proximal end, wherein the proximal end of the ferrule is mounted to the hub. The ferrule defines a fiber passage that extends through the ferrule from the proximal end to the distal end. Adhesive is injected through the distal end of the ferrule into the fiber passage. An optical fiber and the fiber optic connector are, then, assembled by inserting the optical fiber into the adhesive filled fiber passage of the fiber optic connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventor: Ronald A. Beck
  • Patent number: 8330042
    Abstract: A cable trough system includes a trough member including a base wall and first and second sidewalls extending from the base wall to form a trough. The system also includes a cover including a main body with a first end and a second end, and first and second hinge portions coupled to the first and second ends of the main body. Each of the first and second hinge portions includes a first member that extends to an end positioned to contact an inner surface of the first sidewall, a second member that defines an arm that is positioned to at least partially contact the first sidewall, and an extension member that extends from the second member in a direction opposite to that of the arm. The first and second members have a space therebetween sized to receive a portion of the first sidewall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan J. Owens, Jeffrey J. Norris, Thomas L. Barnes
  • Patent number: 8331753
    Abstract: A telecommunications assembly including a housing and a plurality of modules mounted within the housing. The modules includes a rear face in which is mounted at least one fiber optic connector. Within an interior of the housing are positioned at least one fiber optic adapters. Inserting the module through a front opening of the housing at a mounting location positions the connector of the module for insertion into and mating with the adapter of the housing. The adapters within the interior of the housing are mounted to a removable holder. A method of mounting a telecommunications module within a chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven C. Zimmel, Ponharith Nhep, Trevor Smith
  • Publication number: 20120309349
    Abstract: Support for Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) devices is provided in an enterprise mobile network that provides wireless service within a coverage area associated with an enterprise using licensed radio frequency spectrum. In various embodiments, support SIP devices is provided by, for example, incorporating SIP user agent in a mobile switching subsystem or in a base station subsystem or by incorporating SIP server functionality into a mobile switching subsystem.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Robert D. Schmidt, Rahul Jain, Mark F. Schutzer, Lance K. Uyehara, Gilad Peleg, John O'Connell, Ilan Vardi
  • Publication number: 20120308190
    Abstract: A fiber optic drop terminal assembly includes a housing, a spool and a fiber optic distribution cable. The housing has a first exterior surface and an oppositely disposed second exterior surface. A plurality of ruggedized adapters is mounted on the first exterior surface of the housing. The ruggedized adapters include a first port accessible from outside the housing and a second port accessible from inside the housing. The spool is engaged with the second exterior surface and includes a drum portion. The fiber distribution cable is coiled around the drum portion. The distribution cable includes a first end and an oppositely disposed second end. The second end is disposed inside the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: Trevor D. Smith, Raymond Hagen, Thomas G. LeBlanc, Thomas Marcouiller