Patents by Inventor KEVIN WILLOUGHBY

KEVIN WILLOUGHBY 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).

  • Patent number: 9184848
    Abstract: A repeater amplifier assembly that includes at least two chassis containing optics and electronics. The chassis are connected with a size-adjustment mechanism that can adjust a size of the repeater amplifier assembly by reversibly adjusting the positions of the chassis with respect to each other. To insert the repeater amplifier assembly into a repeater housing, the repeater amplifier assembly is accessed in a contracted position. The amplifier is inserted into the housing, and then a control of the size adjustment mechanism is actuated to urge the chassis outwards until the chassis push against the repeater housing. To remove the repeater amplifier assembly from the repeater housing, the control is actuated to cause the size adjustment mechanism to pull the chassis inwards with respect to each other until the chassis no longer push against the repeater housing. The repeater amplifier assembly may then be freely removed from the repeater housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Xtera Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Willoughby, John Durban, Adam Arnold
  • Patent number: 9094127
    Abstract: A repeater amplifier assembly that includes at least two chassis containing optics and electronics. The chassis are connected with a size-adjustment mechanism that can adjust a size of the repeater amplifier assembly by reversibly adjusting the positions of the chassis with respect to each other. To insert the repeater amplifier assembly into a repeater housing, the repeater amplifier assembly is accessed in a contracted position. The amplifier is inserted into the housing, and then a control of the size adjustment mechanism is actuated to urge the chassis outwards until the chassis push against the repeater housing. To remove the repeater amplifier assembly from the repeater housing, the control is actuated to cause the size adjustment mechanism to pull the chassis inwards with respect to each other until the chassis no longer push against the repeater housing. The repeater amplifier assembly may then be freely removed from the repeater housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Xtera Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Willoughby, John Durban, Adam Arnold
  • Publication number: 20150155943
    Abstract: A repeater amplifier assembly that includes at least two chassis containing optics and electronics. The chassis are connected with a size-adjustment mechanism that can adjust a size of the repeater amplifier assembly by reversibly adjusting the positions of the chassis with respect to each other. To insert the repeater amplifier assembly into a repeater housing, the repeater amplifier assembly is accessed in a contracted position. The amplifier is inserted into the housing, and then a control of the size adjustment mechanism is actuated to urge the chassis outwards until the chassis push against the repeater housing. To remove the repeater amplifier assembly from the repeater housing, the control is actuated to cause the size adjustment mechanism to pull the chassis inwards with respect to each other until the chassis no longer push against the repeater housing. The repeater amplifier assembly may then be freely removed from the repeater housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Inventors: Kevin Willoughby, John Durban, Adam Arnold
  • Publication number: 20140199083
    Abstract: A repeater amplifier assembly that includes at least two chassis containing optics and electronics. The chassis are connected with a size-adjustment mechanism that can adjust a size of the repeater amplifier assembly by reversibly adjusting the positions of the chassis with respect to each other. To insert the repeater amplifier assembly into a repeater housing, the repeater amplifier assembly is accessed in a contracted position. The amplifier is inserted into the housing, and then a control of the size adjustment mechanism is actuated to urge the chassis outwards until the chassis push against the repeater housing. To remove the repeater amplifier assembly from the repeater housing, the control is actuated to cause the size adjustment mechanism to pull the chassis inwards with respect to each other until the chassis no longer push against the repeater housing. The repeater amplifier assembly may then be freely removed from the repeater housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2013
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: XTERA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Kevin Willoughby, John Durban, Adam Arnold
  • Publication number: 20020059364
    Abstract: A method of processing content includes storing verification information corresponding to certified content at a first computer and receiving a verification request corresponding to content from a second computer. The method also includes determining verification information for the content corresponding to the verification request and comparing the determined verification information with the stored verification information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 1999
    Publication date: May 16, 2002
    Inventors: CHRISTOPHER M COULTHARD, SCOTT C MCLEOD, PETER D NORMAN, KEVIN WILLOUGHBY, ROD G HODGMAN