Patents by Inventor Jeffery A. Thomas
Jeffery A. Thomas 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).
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Patent number: 10063336Abstract: A line module configured to provide a protected transponded service includes a plurality of ports; switch interface circuitry communicatively coupled to a switch module; and interface circuitry communicatively coupled to the plurality of ports and the switch interface circuitry, wherein the interface circuitry includes a cross-point switch between the plurality of ports and the switch interface circuitry; wherein bandwidth of the plurality of ports is greater than bandwidth of the switch interface circuitry to the switch module; and wherein the protected transponded service is configured between the plurality of ports directly via the interface circuitry and is selectively routed to the switch module via the switch interface circuitry for restoration thereof, responsive to a failure.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2017Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: Ciena CorporationInventors: Jeffrey Scott Moynihan, Jeffery Thomas Nichols, John K. Oltman
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Publication number: 20180161501Abstract: Contemplated herein is a medication mixing device which can include a housing having therein a first chamber containing a first medicament component and a second chamber provided containing a second medicament component provided with a sealing structure selectively isolating the first chamber from the second chamber. The sealing structure can include a first sealing component having a first sealing interface and a second sealing component having a second sealing interface wherein a first compression force can be applied to the first and second sealing components causes the sealing interfaces to form a seal. The first compression force can then be configured to allow the first sealing component and the second sealing component to maintain at least one degree of freedom with respect to one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2018Publication date: June 14, 2018Applicant: Windgap Medical, Inc.Inventors: Adam Standley, Cole Constantineau, Christopher Stepanian, Brent Buchine, Jeffery Thomas Chagnon
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Publication number: 20170360542Abstract: A bandage for the treatment of animal wounds and related method includes use of a flexible kinesiology tape, a pressure-sensitive adhesive and an absorbent pad disposed on an inner face of the kinesiology tape. The pressure-sensitive adhesive retains the absorbent pad on the tape while a residual portion is free to adhere in use to itself or a surface such as a skin surface surrounding the wound to retain the bandage in position.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventor: Jeffery Thomas Brasch
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Patent number: 9825883Abstract: The present disclosure provides a structured, pipelined large time-space switch and method of operation resolving interconnect complexity. The time-space switch results in an interconnect complexity that does not grow as the spatial dimension is increased and results in a reduction of long high fan-out nets, a quicker layout, and improved clock speed. With respect to time-space switch fabric implementation, the present invention improves the maximum clock frequency of the switch fabric, and improves integrated circuit layout time by eliminating long high fan-out nets. Certain high-speed large switch fabrics may not be realizable without this implementation, and it significantly reduces implementation time (and cost).Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2010Date of Patent: November 21, 2017Assignee: Ciena CorporationInventors: Jeffery Thomas Nichols, Ian Dublin, Peter Bengough, Andre Sabourin
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Patent number: 9680693Abstract: A network anomaly detector evaluates two complementary measurements of network statistics, a time variation and correlation among those statistics, to provide an extremely robust detection of network anomalies. In one embodiment, the variability and correspondence are compared against historically derived thresholds to provide for a system that accommodates to local network conditions and evolving network qualities.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2007Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research FoundationInventors: Paul R. Barford, Jeffery Thomas Kline, Sangnam Nam, David John Plonka, Amos Ron
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Patent number: 9555906Abstract: The disclosure describes a system for applying custom branded tape to packages that are shipped from a multi-seller materials handling facility. In some implementations, a materials handling facility may store, process and ship items for multiple sellers. As items are packed for shipping, a tape dispensing device may dispense custom branded tape associated with the seller of the item(s) being packed such that the sellers brand, logo or other information is presented on the exterior of the container.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2013Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Timothy Craig Worsley, Karthik Kumar Srivatsa, Charles Edward Rice, William Alan Snitselaar, Jeffery Thomas Moore, Jonathan Eric Rosenberg, Dean Christopher Fullerton, David Henry Clark
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Patent number: 9538264Abstract: An Optical channel Data Unit flex (ODUflex) resizing method, node, and network include determining that the ODUflex needs resizing, wherein the ODUflex is configured in the network on a current path between the node and a second node in the network; when the resizing is a decrease, reducing a size of the ODUflex by i) a resize decrease operation using a control plane or ii) a Link Aggregation Group and Make-Before-Break operation; and, when the resizing is an increase, increasing a size of the ODUflex by i) a resize increase operation using a control plane or ii) a Link Aggregation Group and Make-Before-Break operation. The method provides hitless resizing without using ITU Recommendation G.7044/Y.1347 (10/11) and can perform the reducing or the increasing changing bandwidth of the ODUflex by approximately 100 G in less than a second.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2014Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: Ciena CorporationInventors: Steven Arvo Surek, Jeffery Thomas Nichols, Jeffrey Scott Moynihan, Mohit Chhillar, Anurag Prakash, Alexander Gurd Young
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Publication number: 20160201708Abstract: A device and method for the protection of a first member and second member from corrosion by utilizing a connector that bonds the members without allowing direct contact of the members.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2016Publication date: July 14, 2016Inventors: Henry E. Richardson, Jeffery Thomas Shantz, Alex Mangiapane
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Patent number: 9303670Abstract: A device and method for the protection of a first member and second member from corrosion by utilizing a connector that bonds the members without allowing direct contact of the members.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2014Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignee: Zephyros, Inc.Inventors: Henry E. Richardson, Jeffery Thomas Shantz, Alex Mangiapane
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Publication number: 20160044392Abstract: An Optical channel Data Unit flex (ODUflex) resizing method, node, and network include determining that the ODUflex needs resizing, wherein the ODUflex is configured in the network on a current path between the node and a second node in the network; when the resizing is a decrease, reducing a size of the ODUflex by i) a resize decrease operation using a control plane or ii) a Link Aggregation Group and Make-Before-Break operation; and, when the resizing is an increase, increasing a size of the ODUflex by i) a resize increase operation using a control plane or ii) a Link Aggregation Group and Make-Before-Break operation. The method provides hitless resizing without using ITU Recommendation G.7044/Y.1347 (10/11) and can perform the reducing or the increasing changing bandwidth of the ODUflex by approximately 100 G in less than a second.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2014Publication date: February 11, 2016Applicant: CIENA CORPORATIONInventors: Steven Arvo SUREK, Jeffery Thomas NICHOLS, Jeffrey Scott MOYNIHAN, Mohit CHHILLAR, Anurag PRAKASH, Alexander Gurd YOUNG
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Publication number: 20150266219Abstract: A bonding assembly comprising a polymeric reinforcement member having a curved profile located into a corner of a frame so that the curved profile corresponds to a curve of the corner and the reinforcement member is located at an intersection of two or more frame members and one or more secondary materials is located onto or about the reinforcement member.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2015Publication date: September 24, 2015Inventors: Jeffery Thomas Shantz, Milko Dimovski, Joseph M. Batchik
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Patent number: 8830993Abstract: A time-space switch in a ring architecture includes input circuitry including N links each receiving M timeslots, a two-dimensional matrix of a plurality of switching circuits, the two-dimensional matrix is configured to receive from the input circuitry each of the M timeslots from the N links in a pipelined manner, and output circuitry including N links configured to receive any of the M timeslots from any of the N links from the two-dimensional matrix. The input circuitry, the two-dimensional matrix, and the output circuitry are arranged in a ring architecture therebetween. A link encoding protocol method performed in electrical circuitry includes receiving a plurality of time slots, grouping the plurality of time slots into time slot groups, performing a cyclic redundancy check between adjacent time slot groups, 64/65B encoding the time slot groups, and forward error correction encoding a plurality of 65B codewords from the 64/65B encoding.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2011Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: Ciena CorporationInventors: Ian Dublin, Jeffery Thomas Nichols, Peter Bengough
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Patent number: 8801079Abstract: A device for reinforcing, baffling or sealing a vehicle structure that includes hinge structures for allowing the member to be moveable within a cavity and free of any spring effect during movement.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2013Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Zephyros, Inc.Inventors: Jeffery Thomas Shantz, Alexander Gabriel Mangiapane, Henry E. Richardson
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Publication number: 20140186100Abstract: A device and method for the protection of a first member and second member from corrosion by utilizing a connector that bonds the members without allowing direct contact of the members.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2014Publication date: July 3, 2014Inventors: Henry E. Richardson, Jeffery Thomas Shantz, Alex Mangiapane
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Patent number: 8689516Abstract: A device and method for the protection of a first member and second member from corrosion by utilizing a connector that bonds the members without allowing direct contact of the members.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2012Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: Zephyros, Inc.Inventors: Henry E. Richardson, Jeffery Thomas Shantz, Alex Mangiapane
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Patent number: 8607429Abstract: An extraction tool is provided for grasping an assembly (e.g., a circuit card assembly) having a number of openings and a number of respective connector pins extending through the openings. The tool includes one or more generally cylindrical puller structures, each having a central bore and a locking end. One or more filler rods are configured to translate coaxially within the central bore of their corresponding puller structure. The filler rod has a central bore configured to accept one of the connector pins. The puller structure is configured to extend through one of the openings such that the locking end engages the opposite side of the assembly. The filler rod is configured to translate within the puller structure, and around a connector pin extending through the selected opening, to apply outward radial pressure on the locking ends of the puller structure.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2010Date of Patent: December 17, 2013Assignee: Raytheon CompanyInventors: Kurt M. Beutel, Jeffery Thomas Anderson, David C. Penny
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Patent number: 8356233Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for inserting pseudo-noise in a data stream based on an unacceptable input data sequence in an optical network thereby preventing unnecessary loss of frame in SONET/SDH or Optical Transport Network (OTN) systems. The present disclosure includes a SONET/SDH or OTN framer, a transceiver, and a method for detecting an unacceptable data sequence or pattern and inserting a keep-alive or pseudo-noise sequence in the data sequence to maintaining framing on subsequent network elements, framers, transceivers, etc. For example, the present invention, upon receiving an unacceptable pattern of zeros or low ones density caused by a loss of signal condition or the like, may insert a pseudorandom noise pattern into the transmitted frame. This allows the downstream network element to continue a frame lock on the incoming signal, and thus keep the frame overhead and data communications channels from being lost.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2010Date of Patent: January 15, 2013Assignee: Ciena CorporationInventors: Jeffery Thomas Nichols, Jeffrey Scott Moynihan
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Patent number: 8306420Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for real-time, in-service latency measurements over optical links that may be further integrated within various optical control planes. The present invention may utilize minimal unused overhead to calculate latency of an optical line through a transport network. The present invention utilizes timers at two end-point nodes associated with the optical line, and includes a mechanism to filter out frame skew between the nodes. Advantageously, the present invention provides a highly accurate latency measurement that may calculate latency on links as small as one meter, an in-service algorithm operable without network impact, and may be integrated with an optical control plane to automatically provide administrative weight variables associated with link costs.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2010Date of Patent: November 6, 2012Assignee: Ciena CorporationInventors: Richard W. Conklin, Matthew Connolly, Jeffery Thomas Nichols
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Publication number: 20120235401Abstract: A device and method for the protection of a first member and second member from corrosion by utilizing a connector that bonds the members without allowing direct contact of the members.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2012Publication date: September 20, 2012Applicant: Zephyros, Inc.Inventors: Henry E. Richardson, Jeffery Thomas Shantz, Alex Mangiapane
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Patent number: D801124Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2016Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Inventor: Jeffery Thomas Sanford