Patents by Inventor Kevin Earnst

Kevin Earnst 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).

  • Electrical protection device configured to reduce crosstalk caused by fuses
    Patent number: 8437469
    Abstract: In accordance with a non-limiting example, an electrical protection device includes a fuse housing and a plurality of fuses carried by the fuse housing and arranged in a plurality of Tip/Ring fuse pairs. The Tip/Ring fuse pairs are arranged in vertical and horizontal orientation of Tip/Ring fuse pairs and spaced to each other such that differential crosstalk among the Tip/Ring fuse pairs is cancelled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Adtran, Inc.
    Inventor: Kevin Earnst
  • Systems and methods for reducing intermodulation distortion
    Patent number: 7821758
    Abstract: Protection circuits for protecting equipment connected to a telecommunication wire pair is disclosed. A protection circuit in one embodiment utilizes a series arrangement of solid state protectors wherein at least some of the solid state protectors are biased. The protection circuit reduces the level of intermodulation distortion in broadband signals that is caused by nonlinear capacitance of solid state protectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: ADTRAN, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel M. Joffe, Kevin Earnst