Patents by Inventor Joshua A. Valenti
Joshua A. Valenti 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: 11677198Abstract: A field terminal plug assembly including an RJ45 plug connected to a termination zone. The termination zone includes a wire cap, a rear sled, and an electrical board assembly with attached insulation displacement contacts (IDCs) electrically connected to the twisted wire-pairs of assembly cable. The wire cap is configured to terminate twisted wire-pairs of a communications cable to the IDCs when the wire cap is inserted into the rear sled. The IDCs contain at least a first and a second IDC, the first IDC having a first horizontal length and a first vertical length and the second IDC having a second horizontal length and a second vertical length. The first vertical length does not equal the second vertical length but the first vertical length plus the first horizontal length equals the second vertical length plus the second horizontal length.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2021Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Panduit Corp.Inventors: David C. Stanislaw, Andrew Ciezak, Frank M. Straka, Robert E. Fransen, Joshua A. Valenti, Vytas J. Vaitkus, Michael A. Tome, Paul W. Wachtel
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Patent number: 11387606Abstract: Disclosed herein are various communications systems allowing for multiple contacts points between plug contacts in a communications plug and plug interface contacts (PICs) in a communications jack. In some disclosed implementations, a communications plug including a first and a second plug contact mated with a communications jack having a first and a second plug PIC may form a plurality of plug/jack interfaces. The plug/jack interfaces may form multiple current paths between the communications plug and the communications jack. When a signal propagates between the communications plug and the communications jack, it may be split in the communications plug between a first current path and a second current path, and recombined in the communications jack after traveling through the plurality of plug/jack interfaces.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2020Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: Panduit Corp.Inventors: Joshua A. Valenti, Sean W. Lenz, Paul W. Wachtel, Robert E. Fransen, Satish I. Patel
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Publication number: 20220190531Abstract: A field terminal plug assembly including an RJ45 plug connected to a termination zone. The termination zone includes a wire cap, a rear sled, and an electrical board assembly with attached insulation displacement contacts (IDCs) electrically connected to the twisted wire-pairs of assembly cable. The wire cap is configured to terminate twisted wire-pairs of a communications cable to the IDCs when the wire cap is inserted into the rear sled. The IDCs contain at least a first and a second IDC, the first IDC having a first horizontal length and a first vertical length and the second IDC having a second horizontal length and a second vertical length. The first vertical length does not equal the second vertical length but the first vertical length plus the first horizontal length equals the second vertical length plus the second horizontal length.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2021Publication date: June 16, 2022Applicant: Panduit Corp.Inventors: David C. Stanislaw, Andrew Ciezak, Frank M. Straka, Robert E. Fransen, Joshua A. Valenti, Vytas J. Vaitkus, Michael A. Tome, Paul W. Wachtel
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Publication number: 20210013678Abstract: Disclosed herein are various communications systems allowing for multiple contacts points between plug contacts in a communications plug and plug interface contacts (PICs) in a communications jack. In some disclosed implementations, a communications plug including a first and a second plug contact mated with a communications jack having a first and a second plug PIC may form a plurality of plug/jack interfaces. The plug/jack interfaces may form multiple current paths between the communications plug and the communications jack. When a signal propagates between the communications plug and the communications jack, it may be split in the communications plug between a first current path and a second current path, and recombined in the communications jack after traveling through the plurality of plug/jack interfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2020Publication date: January 14, 2021Applicant: Panduit Corp.Inventors: Joshua A. Valenti, Sean W. Lenz, Paul W. Wachtel, Robert E. Fransen, Satish I. Patel
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Patent number: 10790616Abstract: Disclosed herein are various communications systems allowing for multiple contacts points between plug contacts in a communications plug and plug interface contacts (PICs) in a communications jack. In some disclosed implementations, a communications plug including a first and a second plug contact mated with a communications jack having a first and a second plug PIC may form a plurality of plug/jack interfaces. The plug/jack interfaces may form multiple current paths between the communications plug and the communications jack. When a signal propagates between the communications plug and the communications jack, it may be split in the communications plug between a first current path and a second current path, and recombined in the communications jack after traveling through the plurality of plug/jack interfaces.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2019Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: Panduit Corp.Inventors: Joshua A. Valenti, Sean W. Lenz, Paul W. Wachtel, Robert E. Fransen, Satish I. Patel
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Publication number: 20200303884Abstract: A field terminal plug assembly including an RJ45 plug connected to a termination zone. The termination zone includes a wire cap, a rear sled, and an electrical board assembly with attached insulation displacement contacts (IDCs) electrically connected to the twisted wire-pairs of assembly cable. The wire cap is configured to terminate twisted wire-pairs of a communications cable to the IDCs when the wire cap is inserted into the rear sled. The IDCs contain at least a first and a second IDC, the first IDC having a first horizontal length and a first vertical length and the second IDC having a second horizontal length and a second vertical length. The first vertical length does not equal the second vertical length but the first vertical length plus the first horizontal length equals the second vertical length plus the second horizontal length.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2016Publication date: September 24, 2020Applicant: Panduit Corp.Inventors: David C. Stanislaw, Andrew Ciezak, Frank M. Straka, Robert E. Fransen, Joshua A. Valenti, Vytas J. Vaitkus, Michael A. Tome, Paul W. Wachtel
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Patent number: 10714915Abstract: A vertical cable manager includes a base frame and a door. The base frame has upper and lower support legs and upper and lower crossbars between the support legs. The door has retractable hinge pins at corners of the door. The crossbars have hinge rod receptacles to receive respective hinge pins and elastic latch members having a flexible arm and a catch portion. The catch portions secure the hinge pins in the hinge rod receptacles with the door closed and are deflectable through elastic deformation of the flexible arm to allow travel of the hinge pins through the hinge rod receptacles and past the catch portions when the door is moved from an open to a closed position.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2018Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: Panduit Corp.Inventors: Joshua A. Valenti, Kevin M. Zumbek, Jason O'Young, Robert L. Fritz, Nathan A. Gleghorn
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Patent number: 10665993Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of telecommunication, and more specifically, to communication connectors such as, for example, shielded plug and jack connectors. In an embodiment, the present invention is a communication jack that includes a housing and a front sled assembly having a plurality of plug interface contacts (PICs), the front sled assembly being moveable along a horizontal plane of the communication jack between a first position and a second position, the first position being different from the second position.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2019Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: Panduit Corp.Inventors: Jason O'Young, Satish I. Patel, Joshua A. Valenti, Paul W. Wachtel, Robert E. Fransen, Andrew Ciezak, Michael B. Verbeek
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Patent number: 10637199Abstract: The present invention generally relates to the field of telecommunication, and more particularly, to the field of connectors such as plugs and/or jacks used to interconnect electronic equipment. In an embodiment, the present invention is a shielded RJ45 network jack with an inter-jack connection method that has an electrical disengagement point outside of any electrical mating points, while still allowing for a relatively short distance to compensation from the plug/jack mating interface.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2018Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: Panduit Corp.Inventors: Joshua A. Valenti, Satish I. Patel, Robert E. Fransen, Michael B. Verbeek
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Patent number: 10587081Abstract: Various implementations of communications connectors are disclosed. In some implementations, a communications connector, such as a communications plug, may include a plug body and a termination sled positioned at least partially in the plug body. The termination sled may include a printed circuit board (PCB) having a front section, a rear section, and a connecting section connecting the front section and the rear section. In some implementations, a communications cord may include a communications plug having a conductive shell and PCB assembly. The PCB assembly may include a PCB, front and rear load bars, and a shielded divider.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2018Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: Panduit Corp.Inventors: Joshua A. Valenti, Sean W. Lenz, Andrew Ciezak, Paul W. Wachtel, Robert E. Fransen, Satish I. Patel
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Publication number: 20190326708Abstract: Disclosed herein are various communications systems allowing for multiple contacts points between plug contacts in a communications plug and plug interface contacts (PICs) in a communications jack. In some disclosed implementations, a communications plug including a first and a second plug contact mated with a communications jack having a first and a second plug PIC may form a plurality of plug/jack interfaces. The plug/jack interfaces may form multiple current paths between the communications plug and the communications jack. When a signal propagates between the communications plug and the communications jack, it may be split in the communications plug between a first current path and a second current path, and recombined in the communications jack after traveling through the plurality of plug/jack interfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2019Publication date: October 24, 2019Applicant: Panduit Corp.Inventors: JOSHUA A. VALENTI, SEAN W. LENZ, PAUL W. WACHTEL, ROBERT E. FRANSEN, SATISH I. PATEL
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Publication number: 20190288455Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of telecommunication, and more specifically, to communication connectors such as, for example, shielded plug and jack connectors. In an embodiment, the present invention is a communication jack that includes a housing and a front sled assembly having a plurality of plug interface contacts (PICs), the front sled assembly being moveable along a horizontal plane of the communication jack between a first position and a second position, the first position being different from the second position.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2019Publication date: September 19, 2019Applicant: Panduit Corp.Inventors: Jason O'Young, Satish I. Patel, Joshua A. Valenti, Paul W. Wachtel, Robert E. Fransen, Andrew Ciezak, Michael B. Verbeek
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Patent number: 10361514Abstract: Disclosed herein are various communications systems allowing for multiple contacts points between plug contacts in a communications plug and plug interface contacts (PICs) in a communications jack. In some disclosed implementations, a communications plug including a first and a second plug contact mated with a communications jack having a first and a second plug PIC may form a plurality of plug/jack interfaces. The plug/jack interfaces may form multiple current paths between the communications plug and the communications jack. When a signal propagates between the communications plug and the communications jack, it may be split in the communications plug between a first current path and a second current path, and recombined in the communications jack after traveling through the plurality of plug/jack interfaces.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2018Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignee: Panduit Corp.Inventors: Joshua A. Valenti, Sean W. Lenz, Paul W. Wachtel, Robert E. Fransen, Satish I. Patel
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Patent number: 10326242Abstract: A communications system includes a modified RJ45 plug and a modified RJ45 jack. The communications system allows for backwards connectivity and interoperability with other RJ45 jacks and plugs by having two potential contact points on each the plug and the jack that may serve as an electrical interface between different types of connectors.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2017Date of Patent: June 18, 2019Assignee: Panduit Corp.Inventor: Joshua A. Valenti
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Publication number: 20190081464Abstract: A vertical cable manager includes a base frame and a door. The base frame has upper and lower support legs and upper and lower crossbars between the support legs. The door has retractable hinge pins at corners of the door. The crossbars have hinge rod receptacles to receive respective hinge pins and elastic latch members having a flexible arm and a catch portion. The catch portions secure the hinge pins in the hinge rod receptacles with the door closed and are deflectable through elastic deformation of the flexible arm to allow travel of the hinge pins through the hinge rod receptacles and past the catch portions when the door is moved from an open to a closed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2018Publication date: March 14, 2019Applicant: Panduit Corp.Inventors: Joshua A. Valenti, Kevin M. Zumbek, Jason O'Young, Robert L. Fritz, Nathan A. Gleghorn
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Publication number: 20190074647Abstract: The present invention generally relates to the field of telecommunication, and more particularly, to the field of connectors such as plugs and/or jacks used to interconnect electronic equipment. In an embodiment, the present invention is a shielded RJ45 network jack with an inter-jack connection method that has an electrical disengagement point outside of any electrical mating points, while still allowing for a relatively short distance to compensation from the plug/jack mating interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2018Publication date: March 7, 2019Applicant: Panduit Corp.Inventors: Joshua A. Valenti, Satish I. Patel, Robert E. Fransen, Michael B. Verbeek
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Publication number: 20180351303Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of telecommunication, and more specifically, to communication connectors such as, for example, shielded plug and jack connectors. In an embodiment, the present invention is a communication jack that includes a housing and a front sled assembly having a plurality of plug interface contacts (PICs), the front sled assembly being moveable along a horizontal plane of the communication jack between a first position and a second position, the first position being different from the second position.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2018Publication date: December 6, 2018Applicant: Panduit Corp.Inventors: Jason O'Young, Satish I. Patel, Joshua A. Valenti, Paul W. Wachtel, Robert E. Fransen, Andrew Ciezak, Michael B. Verbeek
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Patent number: 10141728Abstract: A vertical cable manager includes a base frame and a door. The base frame has upper and lower support legs and upper and lower crossbars between the support legs. The door has retractable hinge pins at corners of the door. The crossbars have hinge rod receptacles to receive respective hinge pins and elastic latch members having a flexible arm and a catch portion. The catch portions secure the hinge pins in the hinge rod receptacles with the door closed and are deflectable through elastic deformation of the flexible arm to allow travel of the hinge pins through the hinge rod receptacles and past the catch portions when the door is moved from an open to a closed position.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2017Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: Panduit Corp.Inventors: Joshua A. Valenti, Kevin M. Zumbek, Jason O'Young, Robert L. Fritz, Nathan A. Gleghorn
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Publication number: 20180269638Abstract: Various implementations of communications connectors are disclosed. In some implementations, a communications connector, such as a communications plug, may include a plug body and a termination sled positioned at least partially in the plug body. The termination sled may include a printed circuit board (PCB) having a front section, a rear section, and a connecting section connecting the front section and the rear section. In some implementations, a communications cord may include a communications plug having a conductive shell and PCB assembly. The PCB assembly may include a PCB, front and rear load bars, and a shielded divider.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2018Publication date: September 20, 2018Applicant: Panduit Corp.Inventors: Joshua A. Valenti, Sean W. Lenz, Andrew Ciezak, Paul W. Wachtel, Robert E. Fransen, Satish I. Patel
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Patent number: D865680Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2017Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: Panduit Corp.Inventors: Joshua A. Valenti, Kevin M. Zumbek, Jason O'Young, Robert L. Fritz, Nathan A. Gleghorn