Patents by Inventor Carlos Alberto Fernandes Sobrinho

Carlos Alberto Fernandes Sobrinho 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).

  • System for identification of the pairs of ports and of the respective patch cords in patch panels of telecommunication networks
    Patent number: 10484306
    Abstract: A system applied to patch panels having pairs of ports to be interconnected by the insertion of connectors provided at each end of a patch cord and carrying a passive NFC identification tag and containing a unique identity of the patch cord. A tracking module associated to each patch panel and connected to a controller device and comprising an NFC antenna associated with each panel port and a reader for processing and storing the signals that each antenna picks up from the identification tag of a connector inserted in the respective panel port. Each tracking module carries a light indicator, indicating the connection status of each port, and a button for registering the patch panel in the controller device having its operation managed, in accordance with a programmed interconnection layout, by a server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC LATAM S.A.
    Inventors: Sergio Roberto Scarpin, Francisco Da Silva Tavares, Cinthya Oestreich Silva, Guilherme Bauml Campagnoli, Matheus Kulcheski Carneiro, Adriel Erich Pereira, Carlos Alberto Fernandes Sobrinho, André Luís De Castro Mello
  • SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFICATION OF THE PAIRS OF PORTS AND OF THE RESPECTIVE PATCH CORDS IN PATCH PANELS OF TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS
    Publication number: 20190109801
    Abstract: A system applied to patch panels having pairs of ports to be interconnected by the insertion of connectors provided at each end of a patch cord and carrying a passive NFC identification tag and containing a unique identity of the patch cord. A tracking module associated to each patch panel and connected to a controller device and comprising an NFC antenna associated with each panel port and a reader for processing and storing the signals that each antenna picks up from the identification tag of a connector inserted in the respective panel port. Each tracking module carries a light indicator, indicating the connection status of each port, and a button for registering the patch panel in the controller device having its operation managed, in accordance with a programmed interconnection layout, by a server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: Sergio Roberto Scarpin, Francisco Da Silva Tavares, Cinthya Oestreich Silva, Guilherme Bauml Campagnoli, Matheus Kulcheski Carneiro, Adriel Erich Pereira, Carlos Alberto Fernandes Sobrinho, André Luís De Castro Mello