Patents by Inventor Andrew James Palmer-Felgate

Andrew James Palmer-Felgate 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).

  • Intermediate node to power submarine cable system
    Patent number: 11062821
    Abstract: Electrical power in a marine environment is generated using a power generator. The electrical power generated by the power generator is delivered using a power feed equipment. The delivery of the electrical power is via a power switching unit coupled to a submarine cable. The power switching unit selectively provides to at least a portion of the submarine cable the electrical power delivered by the power feed equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Herve Albert Pierre Fevrier, Andrew James Palmer-Felgate
  • Submarine cable network architecture
    Patent number: 10659155
    Abstract: A system comprises a trunk submarine cable, an offshore optical and power switching unit connected to the trunk submarine cable, and a plurality of feeder submarine cables connected to the offshore switching unit. The offshore switching unit is configured to dynamically connect data communication channels of a selected feeder submarine cable among the plurality of feeder submarine cables with data communication channels of the trunk submarine cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Gregory Grubb, Timothy Edward Stuch, Andrew James Palmer-Felgate
  • SUBMARINE CABLE NETWORK ARCHITECTURE
    Publication number: 20200052788
    Abstract: A system comprises a trunk submarine cable, an offshore optical and power switching unit connected to the trunk submarine cable, and a plurality of feeder submarine cables connected to the offshore switching unit. The offshore switching unit is configured to dynamically connect data communication channels of a selected feeder submarine cable among the plurality of feeder submarine cables with data communication channels of the trunk submarine cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Stephen Gregory Grubb, Timothy Edward Stuch, Andrew James Palmer-Felgate
  • Submarine cable network architecture
    Patent number: 10461852
    Abstract: A system comprises a trunk submarine cable, an offshore optical and power switching unit connected to the trunk submarine cable, and a plurality of feeder submarine cables connected to the offshore switching unit. The offshore switching unit is configured to dynamically connect data communication channels of a selected feeder submarine cable among the plurality of feeder submarine cables with data communication channels of the trunk submarine cable and to reconfigure power in the case of power faults.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Gregory Grubb, Timothy Edward Stuch, Andrew James Palmer-Felgate