Patents by Inventor Jeff Oberski

Jeff Oberski 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).

  • Plug insertion detection circuits that sense a change in capacitance and related methods and communications connectors
    Patent number: 8947106
    Abstract: Methods of detecting a plug insertion into a plug aperture of a communications connector are provided in which a control signal is received that is electromagnetically coupled across a plug aperture of the communications connector using a reactive coupling element. A determination may be made that a mating plug (e.g., an RJ-45 plug or a connector on a fiber optic jumper cable) has been inserted into the plug aperture based on this received control signal. Related connectors are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina
    Inventors: Scott Lynn Michaelis, David Heckmann, Jeff Oberski
  • Intelligent patching systems and methods using phantom mode control signals and related communications connectors
    Patent number: 8638651
    Abstract: Communications connectors are provided that include a plurality of input ports, a plurality of output ports and a plurality of conductive paths. Each of the conductive paths connects a respective one of the input ports to a respective one of the output ports. The conductive paths are arranged as a plurality of differential pairs of conductive paths that are each configured to carry a differential signal. These connectors further include a control signal input circuit that is configured to capacitively couple a phantom mode control signal onto at least a first and a second of the differential pairs of conductive paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina
    Inventors: Scott Lynn Michaelis, Amid I. Hashim, David Heckmann, Jeff Oberski
  • Plug Insertion Detection Circuits that Sense a Change in Capacitance and Related Methods and Communications Connectors
    Publication number: 20120187964
    Abstract: Methods of detecting a plug insertion into a plug aperture of a communications connector are provided in which a control signal is received that is electromagnetically coupled across a plug aperture of the communications connector using a reactive coupling element. A determination may be made that a mating plug (e.g., an RJ-45 plug or a connector on a fiber optic jumper cable) has been inserted into the plug aperture based on this received control signal. Related connectors are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Inventors: Scott Lynn Michaelis, David Heckmann, Jeff Oberski
  • Intelligent Patching Systems and Methods Using Phantom Mode Control Signals and Related Communications Connectors
    Publication number: 20120188865
    Abstract: Communications connectors are provided that include a plurality of input ports, a plurality of output ports and a plurality of conductive paths. Each of the conductive paths connects a respective one of the input ports to a respective one of the output ports. The conductive paths are arranged as a plurality of differential pairs of conductive paths that are each configured to carry a differential signal. These connectors further include a control signal input circuit that is configured to capacitively couple a phantom mode control signal onto at least a first and a second of the differential pairs of conductive paths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Inventors: Scott Lynn Michaelis, Amid I. Hashim, David Heckmann, Jeff Oberski