Patents by Inventor Malcolm G Brown

Malcolm G Brown 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).

  • Dual-mode socket connectors
    Patent number: 6293706
    Abstract: A socket connector has a single socket including fiber optic terminals 10 and wire terminals 12 and is adapted to receive alternatively in respectively inverted positions either a first plug connector for cooperation with the fiber optic terminals or a second plug connector for cooperation with the wire terminals, in each case without engagement with the terminals with which the plug should not cooperate. The connector includes respective latching slots 7 and 11 in opposite walls 5 and 3 for the respective plug connectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2001
    Assignee: 3Com Corporation
    Inventors: Richard JA Strike, Justin A Drummond-Murray, Christopher Byham, Malcolm G Brown, Lee C Harrison