Patents by Inventor Anthony Vanderveen

Anthony Vanderveen 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).

  • FLOATING DAUGHTER CARD SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20170162966
    Abstract: A blade includes both a motherboard and daughter card to allow the combined functionality to be incorporated into a single black for size reduction. Standoffs couple the daughter card to the motherboard. Cantilever portions of the motherboard and daughter card exist between the standoffs and terminals of the motherboard and daughter card. The cantilever portions bend to accommodate any misalignment between the terminals of the motherboard and the daughter card and mating connectors of a bulkhead or printed circuit board backplane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Anthony Vanderveen, David Skirmont, Peter Doyle
  • Floating daughter card system
    Patent number: 9591781
    Abstract: A blade includes both a motherboard and daughter card to allow the combined functionality to be incorporated into a single blade for size reduction. Standoffs couple the daughter card to the motherboard. Cantilever portions of the motherboard and daughter card exist between the standoffs and terminals of the motherboard and daughter card. The cantilever portions bend to accommodate any misalignment between the terminals of the motherboard and the daughter card and mating connectors of a bulkhead or printed circuit board backplane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony Vanderveen, David Skirmont, Peter Doyle
  • Cable backplane assembly and method
    Patent number: 9392722
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a bulkhead assembly. The bulkhead assembly includes a bulkhead and one or more cable cassettes coupled to the bulkhead. The cable cassettes include floating connectors. The cable cassettes are modular assemblies that contain all the wiring and connectors. As the connectors float in the cable cassettes, the cable cassettes are blind mated to the bulkhead as standalone units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: David Skirmont, Dan Kilkenny, Anthony Vanderveen, Peter Doyle
  • Ejector and cable management system and method
    Patent number: 9253912
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a blade having a faceplate and a handle out locked position ejector. The handle out locked position ejector is configured to secure the blade to a chassis. The handle out locked position ejector includes two ejectors and a handle binding the two ejectors together. The handle out locked position ejector extends perpendicularly from the faceplate when the blade is secured to the chassis thus locating the handle out of the way of ports of the blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: David Skirmont, Dan Kilkenny, Eric Farnholtz, Anthony Vanderveen, Peter Doyle
  • EJECTOR AND CABLE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20150181743
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a blade having a faceplate and a handle out locked position ejector. The handle out locked position ejector is configured to secure the blade to a chassis. The handle out locked position ejector includes two ejectors and a handle binding the two ejectors together. The handle out locked position ejector extends perpendicularly from the faceplate when the blade is secured to the chassis thus locating the handle out of the way of ports of the blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: David Skirmont, Dan Kilkenny, Eric Farnholtz, Anthony Vanderveen, Peter Doyle
  • FLOATING DAUGHTER CARD SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20150173193
    Abstract: A blade includes both a motherboard and daughter card to allow the combined functionality to be incorporated into a single blade for size reduction. Standoffs couple the daughter card to the motherboard. Cantilever portions of the motherboard and daughter card exist between the standoffs and terminals of the motherboard and daughter card. The cantilever portions bend to accommodate any misalignment between the terminals of the motherboard and the daughter card and mating connectors of a bulkhead or printed circuit board backplane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Anthony Vanderveen, David Skirmont, Peter Doyle
  • CABLE BACKPLANE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20150116923
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a bulkhead assembly. The bulkhead assembly includes a bulkhead and one or more cable cassettes coupled to the bulkhead. The cable cassettes include floating connectors. The cable cassettes are modular assemblies that contain all the wiring and connectors. As the connectors float in the cable cassettes, the cable cassettes are blind mated to the bulkhead as standalone units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: David Skirmont, Dan Kilkenny, Anthony Vanderveen, Peter Doyle