Patents by Inventor Gerald Brent Parker

Gerald Brent Parker 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).

  • Telephone subscriber line module
    Patent number: 6560334
    Abstract: A telephone subscriber module allows a telephone subscriber to selectively interconnect a subscriber telephone line with one of a plurality of available telephone service provider lines. A base has a first jack configured to receive a plug connected to a subscriber telephone line. A second jack, electrically connected to the first jack, is configured to receive a plug connected to a selected one of a plurality of telephone service provider lines to thereby establish an electrical communication connection between the subscriber telephone line and the selected telephone service provider line. The first jack may include a pair of electrical conductors extending outwardly therefrom and terminating in a plug. The plug may be configured to be inserted within a jack adjacent to or remotely located from the first jack to establish an electrical communication connection between a service provider line electrically connected thereto and the subscriber line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Julian Sean Mullaney, Robert Exum Haas, Jr., Gerald Brent Parker, Ivan Quinones, Andrew Davis Webb
  • Telephone subscriber line module
    Patent number: 6028928
    Abstract: A telephone subscriber module allows a telephone subscriber to selectively interconnect a subscriber telephone line with one of a plurality of available telephone service provider lines. A base has a first jack configured to receive a plug connected to a subscriber telephone line. A second jack, electrically connected to the first jack, is configured to receive a plug connected to a selected one of a plurality of telephone service provider lines to thereby establish an electrical communication connection between the subscriber telephone line and the selected telephone service provider line. The first jack may include a pair of electrical conductors extending outwardly therefrom and terminating in a plug. The plug may be configured to be inserted within a jack adjacent to or remotely located from the first jack to establish an electrical communication connection between a service provider line electrically connected thereto and the subscriber line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2000
    Inventors: Julian Sean Mullaney, Robert Exum Haas, Jr., Gerald Brent Parker, Ivan Quinones, Andrew Davis Webb