Patents by Inventor Christopher Patrick Carey

Christopher Patrick Carey 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).

  • Optical backplane cartridge
    Patent number: 6587630
    Abstract: An apparatus for supporting and protecting the optical backplane that permits adequate cooling of electronic components near the optical backplane and maintains optical connectors of the optical backplane in a predetermined and substantially static arrangement is provided. A cartridge for supporting and arranging an optical backplane includes a base. An upper portion couples with the base. The upper portion has one or more optical connector slots for supporting one or more optical connectors of the optical backplane. The optical backplane mounts within the upper portion such that the upper portion together with the base bends the optical backplane to a curvature having a radius of curvature within a predetermined acceptable range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Sycamore Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: David Lathrop Spence, Christopher Patrick Carey
  • Optical backplane cartridge
    Publication number: 20020181918
    Abstract: An apparatus for supporting and protecting the optical backplane that permits adequate cooling of electronic components near the optical backplane and maintains optical connectors of the optical backplane in a predetermined and substantially static arrangement is provided. A cartridge for supporting and arranging an optical backplane includes a base. An upper portion couples with the base. The upper portion has one or more optical connector slots for supporting one or more optical connectors of the optical backplane. The optical backplane mounts within the upper portion such that the upper portion together with the base bends the optical backplane to a curvature having a radius of curvature within a predetermined acceptable range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2001
    Publication date: December 5, 2002
    Inventors: David Lathrop Spence, Christopher Patrick Carey