Patents by Inventor Bob Conte

Bob Conte 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).

  • Systems and methods of identifying patch cord connections in a communications patching system using common mode transmission
    Patent number: 7573254
    Abstract: A communications patching system includes first and second patch panels, each having a plurality of connector ports, and a patch cord that is configured to selectively interconnect a connector port in the first patch panel with a connector port in the second patch panel. Each patch panel includes a port identification circuit that is electrically coupled with the connector ports of the respective patch panel. The port identification circuit of each patch panel is configured to transmit a signal to a connector port of the other patch panel over a common mode transmission path of the patch cord. The first and second connector ports connected by the patch cord are identified from the signal path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: CommScope Inc. of North Carolina
    Inventors: Terry R. Cobb, Bob Conte
  • Systems and methods of identifying patch cord connections in a communications patching system using common mode transmission
    Publication number: 20080253556
    Abstract: A communications patching system includes first and second patch panels, each having a plurality of connector ports, and a patch cord that is configured to selectively interconnect a connector port in the first patch panel with a connector port in the second patch panel. Each patch panel includes a port identification circuit that is electrically coupled with the connector ports of the respective patch panel. The port identification circuit of each patch panel is configured to transmit a signal to a connector port of the other patch panel over a common mode transmission path of the patch cord. The first and second connector ports connected by the patch cord are identified from the signal path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2007
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Inventors: Terry R. Cobb, Bob Conte
  • Systems and methods of identifying patch cord connections in a communications patching system using common mode transmission
    Patent number: RE43774
    Abstract: A communications patching system includes first and second patch panels, each having a plurality of connector ports, and a patch cord that is configured to selectively interconnect a connector port in the first patch panel with a connector port in the second patch panel. Each patch panel includes a port identification circuit that is electrically coupled with the connector ports of the respective patch panel. The port identification circuit of each patch panel is configured to transmit a signal to a connector port of the other patch panel over a common mode transmission path of the patch cord. The first and second connector ports connected by the patch cord are identified from the signal path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina
    Inventors: Terry R. Cobb, Lance Howard Cobb, legal representative, Bob Conte