Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Dean Shipe
Jeffrey Dean Shipe 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: 9872414Abstract: The invention pertains to a system for mounting components to a rack comprising brackets that can be mounted to the rear of the rack through the opening in the front of rack before the component is inserted into the slot and mating sleeves running along the sides of the components. The brackets include arms that extend forwardly towards the front of the slot. After the brackets are attached, the component can be slid into the slot from the front with the sleeves sliding over and engaging the brackets. In this manner, the component can be slid into a slot on the rack with the brackets sliding into the sleeves, thereby providing support for the component along a substantial portion of the depth of the component without the need to bolt or otherwise fixedly attach the component to the bracket after the component is in the rack. Accordingly, a component can be installed in a rack without the need for any access except from the front of the rack.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2017Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLCInventors: James Joseph Eberle, Jr., Michael Jon Kepko, Jeffrey Dean Shipe, Sean Patrick Kelly, Bruce Eltringham Barry, Kenneth C. Hall
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Publication number: 20170257971Abstract: The invention pertains to a system for mounting components to a rack comprising brackets that can be mounted to the rear of the rack through the opening in the front of rack before the component is inserted into the slot and mating sleeves running along the sides of the components. The brackets include arms that extend forwardly towards the front of the slot. After the brackets are attached, the component can be slid into the slot from the front with the sleeves sliding over and engaging the brackets. In this manner, the component can be slid into a slot on the rack with the brackets sliding into the sleeves, thereby providing support for the component along a substantial portion of the depth of the component without the need to bolt or otherwise fixedly attach the component to the bracket after the component is in the rack. Accordingly, a component can be installed in a rack without the need for any access except from the front of the rack.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2017Publication date: September 7, 2017Inventors: James Joseph Eberle, JR., Michael Jon Kepko, Jeffrey Dean Shipe, Sean Patrick Kelly, Bruce Eltringham Barry, Kenneth C. Hall
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Patent number: 9703062Abstract: An aggregator for interconnecting a hydra with an breakout box, said aggregator comprising: (a) a bottom wall, two sides walls, and at least one faceplate; (b) adapters for multi-conductor connectors arranged in at least one column on said faceplate; and (c) wherein at least two adapters of each column are secure adapters.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2016Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLCInventors: Bruce Eltringham Barry, Michael Jon Kepko, James Joseph Eberle, Jr., Sean Patrick Kelly, Jeffrey Dean Shipe, Kenneth Cameron Hall, David Donald Erdman
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Patent number: 9699932Abstract: The invention pertains to a system for mounting components to a rack comprising brackets that can be mounted to the rear of the rack through the opening in the front of rack before the component is inserted into the slot and mating sleeves running along the sides of the components. The brackets include arms that extend forwardly towards the front of the slot. After the brackets are attached, the component can be slid into the slot from the front with the sleeves sliding over and engaging the brackets. In this manner, the component can be slid into a slot on the rack with the brackets sliding into the sleeves, thereby providing support for the component along a substantial portion of the depth of the component without the need to bolt or otherwise fixedly attach the component to the bracket after the component is in the rack. Accordingly, a component can be installed in a rack without the need for any access except from the front of the rack.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2017Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLCInventors: James Joseph Eberle, Jr., Michael Jon Kepko, Jeffrey Dean Shipe, Sean Patrick Kelly, Bruce Eltringham Barry, Kenneth C. Hall
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Publication number: 20170118862Abstract: The invention pertains to a system for mounting components to a rack comprising brackets that can be mounted to the rear of the rack through the opening in the front of rack before the component is inserted into the slot and mating sleeves running along the sides of the components. The brackets include arms that extend forwardly towards the front of the slot. After the brackets are attached, the component can be slid into the slot from the front with the sleeves sliding over and engaging the brackets. In this manner, the component can be slid into a slot on the rack with the brackets sliding into the sleeves, thereby providing support for the component along a substantial portion of the depth of the component without the need to bolt or otherwise fixedly attach the component to the bracket after the component is in the rack. Accordingly, a component can be installed in a rack without the need for any access except from the front of the rack.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2017Publication date: April 27, 2017Inventors: James Joseph Eberle, JR., Michael Jon Kepko, Jeffrey Dean Shipe, Sean Patrick Kelly, Bruce Eltringham Barry, Kenneth C. Hall
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Patent number: 9632272Abstract: In one embodiment, the system comprises: (a) a chassis; (b) one or more cards mounted in the chassis, each card having a plurality of switch ports, the plurality of switch ports being aligned in one or more columns; (c) an aggregator mounted adjacent the chassis, the aggregator having a plurality of bays, each bay being aligned with a card in the chassis, at least one of the bays having a faceplate comprising at least first and second aggregator ports aligned in a column; (d) at least first and second hydras, wherein each hydra comprises at least (i) a first connector; (ii) a plurality of second connectors; (iii) a plurality of conductors, each conductor connecting the first connector to one of the second connectors, the plurality of conductors being bundled together to form a trunk portion from the first connector to a breakout point, the plurality of conductors being separated into breakout portions from the breakout point to the second connectors; (iv) wherein the trunk portion of the first cable is longerType: GrantFiled: April 21, 2015Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLCInventors: Bruce Eltringham Barry, Michael Jon Kepko, James Joseph Eberle, Jr., Sean Patrick Kelly, Jeffrey Dean Shipe, Kenneth C. Hall
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Patent number: 9572278Abstract: The invention pertains to a system for mounting components to a rack comprising brackets that can be mounted to the rear of the rack through the opening in the front of rack before the component is inserted into the slot and mating sleeves running along the sides of the components. The brackets include arms that extend forwardly towards the front of the slot. After the brackets are attached, the component can be slid into the slot from the front with the sleeves sliding over and engaging the brackets. In this manner, the component can be slid into a slot on the rack with the brackets sliding into the sleeves, thereby providing support for the component along a substantial portion of the depth of the component without the need to bolt or otherwise fixedly attach the component to the bracket after the component is in the rack. Accordingly, a component can be installed in a rack without the need for any access except from the front of the rack.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2016Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLCInventors: James Joseph Eberle, Jr., Michael Jon Kepko, Jeffrey Dean Shipe, Sean Patrick Kelly, Bruce Eltringham Barry, Kenneth C. Hall
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Publication number: 20160370550Abstract: An aggregator for interconnecting a hydra with an breakout box, said aggregator comprising: (a) a bottom wall, two sides walls, and at least one faceplate; (b) adapters for multi-conductor connectors arranged in at least one column on said faceplate; and (c) wherein at least two adapters of each column are secure adapters.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2016Publication date: December 22, 2016Inventors: Bruce Eltringham Barry, Michael Jon Kepko, James Joseph Eberle, JR., Sean Patrick Kelly, Jeffrey Dean Shipe, Kenneth Cameron Hall, David Donald Erdman
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Publication number: 20160286681Abstract: The invention pertains to a system for mounting components to a rack comprising brackets that can be mounted to the rear of the rack through the opening in the front of rack before the component is inserted into the slot and mating sleeves running along the sides of the components. The brackets include arms that extend forwardly towards the front of the slot. After the brackets are attached, the component can be slid into the slot from the front with the sleeves sliding over and engaging the brackets. In this manner, the component can be slid into a slot on the rack with the brackets sliding into the sleeves, thereby providing support for the component along a substantial portion of the depth of the component without the need to bolt or otherwise fixedly attach the component to the bracket after the component is in the rack. Accordingly, a component can be installed in a rack without the need for any access except from the front of the rack.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2016Publication date: September 29, 2016Inventors: James Joseph Eberle, JR., Michael Jon Kepko, Jeffrey Dean Shipe, Sean Patrick Kelly, Bruce Eltringham Barry, Kenneth C. Hall
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Patent number: 9395509Abstract: One aspect of the present disclosure relates to a multi-fiber cable assembly including a multi-fiber cable. The multi-fiber cable includes a block of optical fiber ribbons, the block having an external profile; a strength layer surrounding the optical fiber ribbons; a jacket surrounding the strength layer; and a fan-out arrangement disposed at a first end of the multi-fiber cable.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2015Date of Patent: July 19, 2016Assignee: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLCInventors: Cyle D. Petersen, Jeffrey Dean Shipe, Jonathan R. Kaml
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Patent number: 9377597Abstract: An aggregator for interconnecting a hydra with an breakout box, said aggregator comprising: (a) a bottom wall, two sides walls, and at least one faceplate; (b) adapters for multi-conductor connectors arranged in at least one column on said faceplate; and (c) wherein at least two adapters of each column are secure adapters.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2011Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignee: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLCInventors: Bruce Eltringham Barry, Michael Jon Kepko, James Joseph Eberle, Jr., Sean Patrick Kelly, Jeffrey Dean Shipe, Kenneth Cameron Hall, David Donald Erdman
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Patent number: 9326414Abstract: The invention pertains to a system for mounting components to a rack comprising brackets that can be mounted to the rear of the rack through the opening in the front of rack before the component is inserted into the slot, which brackets fit into mating sleeves running along the sides of the components. The brackets include arms that extend forwardly towards the front of the slot. After the brackets are attached, the component can be slid into the slot from the front with the sleeves sliding over and engaging the brackets, thereby providing support for the component along a substantial portion of the depth of the component without the need to fixedly attach the component to the bracket after the component is in the rack. Accordingly, a component can be installed in a rack without the need for any access except from the front of the rack.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2011Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLCInventors: James Joseph Eberle, Jr., Michael Jon Kepko, Jeffrey Dean Shipe, Sean Patrick Kelly, Bruce Eltringham Barry, Kenneth C. Hall
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Publication number: 20150370029Abstract: One aspect of the present disclosure relates to a multi-fiber cable assembly including a multi-fiber cable. The multi-fiber cable includes a block of optical fiber ribbons, the block having an external profile; a strength layer surrounding the optical fiber ribbons; a jacket surrounding the strength layer; and a fan-out arrangement disposed at a first end of the multi-fiber cable.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2015Publication date: December 24, 2015Inventors: Cyle D. Petersen, Jeffrey Dean Shipe, Jonathan R. Kaml
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Publication number: 20150370028Abstract: In one embodiment, the system comprises: (a) a chassis; (b) one or more cards mounted in the chassis, each card having a plurality of switch ports, the plurality of switch ports being aligned in one or more columns; (c) an aggregator mounted adjacent the chassis, the aggregator having a plurality of bays, each bay being aligned with a card in the chassis, at least one of the bays having a faceplate comprising at least first and second aggregator ports aligned in a column; (d) at least first and second hydras, wherein each hydra comprises at least (i) a first connector; (ii) a plurality of second connectors; (iii) a plurality of conductors, each conductor connecting the first connector to one of the second connectors, the plurality of conductors being bundled together to form a trunk portion from the first connector to a breakout point, the plurality of conductors being separated into breakout portions from the breakout point to the second connectors; (iv) wherein the trunk portion of the first cable is longerType: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2015Publication date: December 24, 2015Inventors: Bruce Eltringham Barry, Michael Jon Kepko, James Joseph Eberle, JR., Sean Patrick Kelly, Jeffrey Dean Shipe, Kenneth C. Hall
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Patent number: 9042699Abstract: In one embodiment, the system comprises: (a) a chassis; (b) one or more cards mounted in the chassis, each card having a plurality of switch ports, the plurality of switch ports being aligned in one or more columns; (c) an aggregator mounted adjacent the chassis, the aggregator having a plurality of bays, each bay being aligned with a card in the chassis, at least one of the bays having a faceplate comprising at least first and second aggregator ports aligned in a column; (d) at least first and second hydras, wherein each hydra comprises at least (i) a first connector; (ii) a plurality of second connectors; (iii) a plurality of conductors, each conductor connecting the first connector to one of the second connectors, the plurality of conductors being bundled together to form a trunk portion from the first connector to a breakout point, the plurality of conductors being separated into breakout portions from the breakout point to the second connectors; (iv) wherein the trunk portion of the first cable is longerType: GrantFiled: June 1, 2011Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: Tyco Electronics CorporationInventors: Bruce Eltringham Barry, Michael Jon Kepko, James Joseph Eberle, Jr., Sean Patrick Kelly, Jeffrey Dean Shipe, Kenneth Cameron Hall
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Publication number: 20140090867Abstract: A cable routing device is provided for mounting and managing cables to telecommunications equipment. The cable routing device includes a support body with a plurality of cable channels defining a curved shape. A cable securing device secures the cables to the support body. The cable routing device can be mounted to the equipment after securement of the cables to the cable routing device. A variety of cable securing devices is provided including separate clips, hinged clips, and straps. Trunk cables can be mounted to the equipment, with cable breakouts extending into the equipment. The trunk cables transition from a vertical direction to a horizontal direction for entry into the equipment.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2013Publication date: April 3, 2014Applicant: Tyco Electronics CorporationInventors: SEAN PATRICK KELLY, Jeffrey Dean Shipe
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Publication number: 20120145874Abstract: The invention pertains to a system for mounting components to a rack comprising brackets that can be mounted to the rear of the rack through the opening in the front of rack before the component is inserted into the slot, which brackets fit into mating sleeves running along the sides of the components. The brackets include arms that extend forwardly towards the front of the slot. After the brackets are attached, the component can be slid into the slot from the front with the sleeves sliding over and engaging the brackets, thereby providing support for the component along a substantial portion of the depth of the component without the need to fixedly attach the component to the bracket after the component is in the rack. Accordingly, a component can be installed in a rack without the need for any access except from the front of the rack.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2011Publication date: June 14, 2012Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS COPRORATIONInventors: James Joseph Eberle, JR., Michael Jon Kepko, Jeffrey Dean Shipe, Sean Patrick Kelly, Bruce Eltringham Barry
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Publication number: 20110299266Abstract: An aggregator for interconnecting a hydra with an breakout box, said aggregator comprising: (a) a bottom wall, two sides walls, and at least one faceplate; (b) adapters for multi-conductor connectors arranged in at least one column on said faceplate; and (c) wherein at least two adapters of each column are secure adapters.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2011Publication date: December 8, 2011Applicant: Tyco Electronics CorporationInventors: Bruce Eltringham Barry, Michael Jon Kepko, James Joseph Eberle, JR., Sean Patrick Kelly, Jeffrey Dean Shipe, Kenneth Cameron Hall, David Donald Erdman
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Publication number: 20110299822Abstract: In one embodiment, the system comprises: (a) a chassis; (b) one or more cards mounted in the chassis, each card having a plurality of switch ports, the plurality of switch ports being aligned in one or more columns; (c) an aggregator mounted adjacent the chassis, the aggregator having a plurality of bays, each bay being aligned with a card in the chassis, at least one of the bays having a faceplate comprising at least first and second aggregator ports aligned in a column; (d) at least first and second hydras, wherein each hydra comprises at least (i) a first connector; (ii) a plurality of second connectors; (iii) a plurality of conductors, each conductor connecting the first connector to one of the second connectors, the plurality of conductors being bundled together to form a trunk portion from the first connector to a breakout point, the plurality of conductors being separated into breakout portions from the breakout point to the second connectors; (iv) wherein the trunk portion of the first cable is longerType: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2011Publication date: December 8, 2011Applicant: Tyco Electronics CorporationInventors: Bruce Eltringham Barry, Michael Jon Kepko, James Joseph Eberle, JR., Sean Patrick Kelly, Jeffrey Dean Shipe, Kenneth Cameron Hall
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Patent number: 6891735Abstract: An adapter using an electrically-conductive wall within the adapter to channel EMI emissions to ground. In a preferred embodiment, the adapter comprises: (a) an elongated housing having a first and second end and defining a first passageway extending axially from the first end toward the second end, and a second passageway extending axially from the second end toward the first end, each passageway configured to receive an optical connector plug; (b) an electrically-conductive wall traversing the adapter between the first and second passageways, the wall being sized to cover a substantial portion of the opening when the adapter is mounted to the chassis; and (c) at least one portion of the wall extending outside of the housing to electrically couple with the chassis of the computer system when the adapter is mounted to the chassis forming an electrically-conductive path between a point on the wall and the chassis.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2002Date of Patent: May 10, 2005Assignee: Tyco Electronics CorporationInventors: Antonius Hultermans, Jacob Arie Elenbaas, Jeffrey Dean Shipe, Eric James Hopkins