Patents by Inventor Fred Clemmer Horton

Fred Clemmer Horton 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: 6081530
    Abstract: A system and method of transmitting data cells are disclosed. The system includes a data transmitting and receiving unit including transceiver circuitry, a main backplane interface, and backplane interconnection circuitry. The transceiver circuitry transmits and receive data cells over the data link, the main backplane interface provides physical interconnection to the backplane, and the backplane interconnection circuitry transmits and receives cells. The main backplane interface including at least one cell signal terminal and at least one operations data signal terminal. The operations data signal terminals are separate from the cell signal terminals. The operations data signal terminals and the cell signal terminals are configured to connect to mating connectors on a backplane. Backplane interconnection circuitry couples the transceiver circuitry to the main backplane interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Assignee: Nokia High Speed Access Products Inc.
    Inventors: Christian Ray Wiher, Ronald L. Knipper, Ming Yin, Shaun Noel Missett, James Thomas Martin, Frank Peter Marrone, Stanley Hugh Herum, Fred Clemmer Horton, Dirk Kurt Brandis, John Anthony Fletcher