Patents by Inventor Glenn William Nichols

Glenn William Nichols 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).

  • Publication number: 20130344746
    Abstract: A system and method for connecting a number of network devices together in a daisy chain configuration is disclosed. A connector device comprising a number of cable interfaces for a cable is used to allow a number of network devices connected to a network to be connected in a free-form manner, yet still maintain a daisy chain configuration. A cable comprising at least two conductors, wherein the conductors are preferably a twisted pair of copper wire, is used to connect the network devices, so that each network device only has a single cable connected to it. Additional network devices can be added to the network by simply connecting the additional network device into the existing network with the use of an additional cable and an additional connector device. Wherever the additional network device is added to the existing network, the network will be maintained in a daisy chain configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: Uponor Innovations AB
    Inventors: Jan Olof Andersson, Kenneth John Lockhart, Trevor Lewis Rossner, Jeffrey Paul Wiedemann, Logan Brent Grauer, Chris Edwin Kasian, William Andrew Perrin, Robert Christopher Kwong, Glenn William Nichols, Jason John Lemon
  • Patent number: 8588222
    Abstract: A network device configured to allow the connection of the network device to a network in a daisy chain configuration using a single cable. The network device is connected to a cable with two conductors by a socket that is adapted to receive a plug connected to the end of the cable. When the plug on the end of a cable is inserted into the socket, a first conductor in the cable is connected to an input port of a network component and a second conductor of the cable is connected to an output port of a network component. A signal from the network is transmitted down a first conductor in a cable to a network device and the signal is then transmitted back from the network device down a second conductor in the same cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Uponor Innovation AB
    Inventors: Jan Olof Andersson, Kenneth John Lockhart, Trevor Lewis Rossner, Jeffery Paul Wiedemann, Logan Brent Grauer, Chris Edwin Kasian, William Andrew Perrin, Robert Christopher Kwong, Glenn William Nichols, Jason John Lemon
  • Publication number: 20120184131
    Abstract: A network device configured to allow the connection of the network device to a network in a daisy chain configuration using a single cable. The network device is connected to a cable with two conductors by a socket that is adapted to receive a plug connected to the end of the cable. When the plug on the end of a cable is inserted into the socket, a first conductor in the cable is connected to an input port of a network component and a second conductor of the cable is connected to an output port of a network component. A signal from the network is transmitted down a first conductor in a cable to a network device and the signal is then transmitted back from the network device down a second conductor in the same cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: UPONOR INNOVATION AB
    Inventors: Jan Olof Andersson, Kenneth John Lockhart, Trevor Lewis Rossner, Jeffery Paul Wiedemann, Logan Brent Grauer, Chris Edwin Kasian, William Andrew Perrin, Robert Christopher Kwong, Glenn William Nichols, Jason John Lemon
  • Publication number: 20110162884
    Abstract: A system and method for connecting a number of network devices together in a daisy chain configuration is disclosed. A connector device comprising a number of cable interfaces for a cable is used to allow a number of network devices connected to a network to be connected in a free-form manner, yet still maintain a daisy chain configuration. A cable comprising at least two conductors, wherein the conductors are preferably a twisted pair of copper wire, is used to connect the network devices, so that each network device only has a single cable connected to it. Additional network devices can be added to the network by simply connecting the additional network device into the existing network with the use of an additional cable and an additional connector device. Wherever the additional network device is added to the existing network, the network will be maintained in a daisy chain configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2004
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Inventors: Jan Olof Andersson, Logan Brent Grauer, Robert Christopher Kwong, Glenn William Nichols, Jason John Lemon, Kenneth John Lockhart, Trevor Lewis Rossner, Jeffrey Paul Wiedemann, Chris Edwin Kasian, William Andrew Perrin
  • Publication number: 20110134792
    Abstract: A connector hub comprising a number of cable interfaces is used to allow a number of network devices connected to a network to be connected in a free-form manner, yet still maintain a daisy chain configuration. A cable comprising at least two conductors, wherein the conductors are preferably a twisted pair of copper wire, is used to connect each of the network devices to a cable interface on the connector hub, so that each network device only has a single cable connected to it. The connector hub connects a master or primary network device to the network devices connected by a cable to the cable interfaces of the connector in a daisy chain configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2004
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Inventors: Jan Olof Andersson, Kenneth John Lockhart, Trevor Lewis Rossner, Jeffrey Paul Wiedemann, Logan Brent Grauer, Chris Edwin Kasian, William Andrew Perrin, Robert Christopher Kwong, Glenn William Nichols, Jason John Lemon
  • Patent number: 7936748
    Abstract: A network device configured to allows the connection of the network device to a network in a daisy chain configuration using a single cable. The network device is connected to a cable with two conductors by a socket that is adapted to receive a plug connected to the end of the cable. When the plug on the end of a cable is inserted into the socket, a first conductor in the cable is connected to an input port of a network component and a second conductor of the cable is connected to an output port of a network component. A signal from the network is transmitted down a first conductor in a cable to a network device and the signal is then transmitted back from the network device down a second conductor in the same cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: Uponor Innovations AB
    Inventors: Jan Olof Andersson, Kenneth John Lockhart, Trevor Lewis Rossner, Jeffrey Paul Wiedemann, Logan Brent Grauer, Chris Edwin Kasian, William Andrew Perrin, Robert Christopher Kwong, Glenn William Nichols, Jason John Lemon