Patents by Inventor Frank J. Peterson

Frank J. Peterson 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).

  • Pluggable transceiver module having rotatable release and removal lever with living hinge
    Patent number: 6430053
    Abstract: A pluggable transceiver module having a housing with a first side and a face perpendicular to the first side, and a tab extending beyond the surface of the first side, and the tab sized to mate with a slot in a receptacle of a host device for receiving the pluggable transceiver module housing, an elongated member slidably mounted to the first side of the housing and having an internal end and an external end, a wedge on the internal end of the elongated member, wherein sliding the elongated member inward causes the wedge to slide between the tab and the slot on the receptacle and remove the tab from within the slot, thereby releasing the pluggable transceiver module from the receptacle, and a lever rotatably mounted via an axle proximate the face of the pluggable transceiver module, said axle being connected to the external end of the elongated member such that rotating the lever away from the face of the pluggable transceiver cause the rotating axle to push the elongated member inward and drive the wedge bet
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2002
    Assignee: Stratos Lightwave
    Inventors: Bruce A. Peterson, Raul Medina, Frank J. Peterson
  • Cap
    Patent number: D522358
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Sanford L.P.
    Inventors: Frank J. Peterson, Brian D. Furlong
  • Roll-over simulator
    Patent number: D345178
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 15, 1994
    Inventor: Frank J. Peterson