Patents by Inventor Laurence D. Fox

Laurence D. Fox 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).

  • Card shelf cable management system and method
    Patent number: 6330168
    Abstract: A card shelf includes a backplane and a plurality of slots each configured to receive an electronic card. An electronic card disposed in one of the slots has a back including a connector adapted to engage the backplane and a front including an angled receptor adapted to engage a cable with a reduced projection from the electronic card. A cable holder is aligned with the slot containing the electronic card. The cable holder is operable to receive the cable from the angled receptor. A cable trough is operable to receive the cable from the cable holder and route the cable away from the card shelf. The cable holder may include a plurality of cable receivers aligned with each slot for an electronic card in the card shelf. Each cable receiver may include a portion for receiving one or more cables from each electronic card and a portion for retaining the cables within the cable receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2001
    Assignee: Fujitsu Networks Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Albert Pedoeem, Laurence D. Fox, Kan S. Liu