Patents by Inventor Daniel Nix

Daniel Nix 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).

  • Industrial ethernet switch
    Patent number: 7277295
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of the invention, an apparatus includes a housing having a front side and a bottom side adjacent the front side. The apparatus also includes a plurality of light generating devices each operable to generate light in response to operation of a particular component of the apparatus. The apparatus also includes a plurality of light pipes each associated with a respective ones of the light generating devices and operable to display light generated by the respective light generating device such that the light is visible on the front side and on the bottom side of the housing. According to another embodiment, an apparatus includes a housing having at least one heat sink disposed therein and overlying a component of the apparatus. The apparatus also includes at least one heat sink having a base and a plurality of fins extending from the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Craig A. Zimmerman, Earl W. Boone, Matthew D. Grimm, William C Johnson, Daniel Nix
  • Industrial ethernet switch
    Publication number: 20040170004
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of the invention, an apparatus includes a housing having a front side and a bottom side adjacent the front side. The apparatus also includes a plurality of light generating devices each operable to generate light in response to operation of a particular component of the apparatus. The apparatus also includes a plurality of light pipes each associated with a respective ones of the light generating devices and operable to display light generated by the respective light generating device such that the light is visible on the front side and on the bottom side of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2003
    Publication date: September 2, 2004
    Inventors: Craig A. Zimmerman, Earl W. Boone, Matthew D. Grimm, William C. Johnson, Daniel Nix