Patents by Inventor Chuck Mann

Chuck Mann 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).

  • Patent number: 8154886
    Abstract: A cable organization unit includes a housing. A tray is attached to the housing by at least one slide, and is movable between a first position and a second position relative to the housing. A hood is removably secured to the tray. A user may remove the hood from the tray to access adapters attached to a bulkhead on the tray. The tray may include a latch for securing the tray to the housing in the first position, and the hood may be removed from the tray while the tray is in the first or second positions. A retainer is optionally attached to the housing. The retainer includes an adjustable opening which may be reduced in size such that edges of the opening frictionally engage and hold a jacket of a cable passing therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina
    Inventors: Mark Hendrix, Stephen Watson, Chuck Mann
  • Publication number: 20080239693
    Abstract: A cable organization unit includes a housing. A tray is attached to the housing by at least one slide, and is movable between a first position and a second position relative to the housing. A hood is removably secured to the tray. A user may remove the hood from the tray to access adapters attached to a bulkhead on the tray. The tray may include a latch for securing the tray to the housing in the first position, and the hood may be removed from the tray while the tray is in the first or second positions. A retainer is optionally attached to the housing. The retainer includes an adjustable opening which may be reduced in size such that edges of the opening frictionally engage and hold a jacket of a cable passing therethrough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2008
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Inventors: Mark Hendrix, Stephen Watson, Chuck Mann
  • Publication number: 20080068798
    Abstract: An outdoor equipment cabinet includes a housing with a first door for accessing an equipment compartment within the housing. A battery compartment is located proximate a bottom of the housing. First and second air vents are located in an upper half of the cabinet. At least one fan moves air from the first vent, down to the battery compartment and then up and out of the second vent. In some embodiments, the first door includes the second vent, and a dual wall construction leading to a heat exchanger mounted to the first door. Air passes through the dual wall construction of the first door and through the heat exchanger to regulate an air temperature within the equipment compartment, and then passes out the second vent. The first vent may be provided in a second door which also includes a dual wall construction to guide incoming air to the battery compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2007
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Inventors: Mark Hendrix, David BARTEK, Chuck Mann, Joseph Yeh