Patents by Inventor Mark Hendrix
Mark Hendrix 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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Publication number: 20210349279Abstract: An apparatus implements a fiber breakout assembly. The fiber breakout assembly includes a tube and a plug. The tube includes a trunk portion and a plug receiving portion. The plug includes multiple entry holes and is configured to be inserted into the plug receiving portion of the tube. A crimp post is formed as part of the tube and includes one or more crimp retention features.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2021Publication date: November 11, 2021Applicant: viaPhoton, Inc.Inventors: Walter Mark Hendrix, James Patrick Nolan, Nathan Eric Benton, Syed Babar Abbas
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Patent number: 11121459Abstract: An assembly includes: a small cell antenna base station comprising a radio, an antenna, and a mounting structure; and an IoT gateway assembly mounted to the mounting structure, the IoT gateway assembly comprising: an IoT gateway module configured for aggregation and backhaul of data from IoT sensors; and an loT antenna connected with the IoT gateway module.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2020Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLCInventors: Walter Mark Hendrix, Willis Frank James, Mark George Spaulding, Wayne Hopkinson, Jeffrey Cook
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Patent number: 11083093Abstract: A modular electronics enclosure includes a rear frame, a first L-shaped piece and a second L-shaped piece joined to form a box-shaped shell having a floor, a ceiling, a rear wall and first and second opposed side walls that define an internal cavity. The first L-shaped piece includes a wall panel and a top panel that form the ceiling and the first side wall of the shell. The second L-shaped piece includes a wall panel and a bottom panel that form the floor and the second side wall of the shell. The rear frame forms the rear wall of the shell.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2019Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLCInventors: Charles John Mann, Jiayong Wang, Qiwei Shi, Walter Mark Hendrix, Tri H. Nguyen
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Patent number: 10930996Abstract: A cell site sector includes: a mounting frame; an RF antenna mounted to one side of the mounting frame; and at least one (RRU mounted to a second, opposed side of the mounting frame and operationally connected with the antenna. The RRU and the RF antenna have horizontal width and depth dimensions, the width dimension being greater than the depth dimension, wherein the width dimension of the RRU is generally parallel with the width dimension of the RF antenna.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2019Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLCInventors: Walter Mark Hendrix, Michael Paulus, Julian R. Colapietro, William Howard Burnett, Jr., James P. McCabe
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Publication number: 20200365975Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure are related to digital display devices and base stations such as small cell base stations, which may include at least one antenna and a radio. More specifically, digital display devices are being increasingly deployed in airports, along roads and highways, in shopping malls, in rural or highly urban areas where additional cellular coverage is desirable. These digital display devices provide desirable mounting locations for cellular equipment because they are already powered. One or more components of the base station may be concealed from view by a concealment device to satisfy aesthetic or design requirements. In some aspects, this concealment device may be a fabric radome. In some aspects, the concealment device may be the digital display device itself, because the digital display device is dimensioned such that at least some components of the base station may be hidden behind or within the digital display device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2020Publication date: November 19, 2020Inventors: Walter Mark Hendrix, Julian R. Colapietro, Naiara Nafarrate Mendez, Michael J. Paulus
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Patent number: 10830541Abstract: An electronics cabinet includes: an enclosure having a floor, a ceiling, a rear wall, opposed side walls, and a front wall that define an interior cavity; a divider panel that divides the interior cavity into upper and lower chambers; a first cooling system mounted to the enclosure to cool the upper chamber; and a second cooling system mounted to the enclosure to cool the lower chamber.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2018Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLCInventors: Walter Mark Hendrix, Komen Shliker, Stephen P. Watson
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Patent number: 10790578Abstract: A wireless communication system is provided. The system includes a common module, is shaped as a sector of a cylinder and has a power supply. A sector radio module is coupled to the power supply and includes an access radio and an access antenna. The access antenna is configured to serve a sector of not more than 180°, and is also shaped as a sector of a cylinder.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2019Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLCInventors: Walter Mark Hendrix, Robert G. Slorach, Michael D. Fabbri
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Patent number: 10749249Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure are related to digital display devices and base stations such as small cell base stations, which may include at least one antenna and a radio. More specifically, digital display devices are being increasingly deployed in airports, along roads and highways, in shopping malls, in rural or highly urban areas where additional cellular coverage is desirable. These digital display devices provide desirable mounting locations for cellular equipment because they are already powered. One or more components of the base station may be concealed from view by a concealment device to satisfy aesthetic or design requirements. In some aspects, this concealment device may be a fabric radome. In some aspects, the concealment device may be the digital display device itself, because the digital display device is dimensioned such that at least some components of the base station may be hidden behind or within the digital display device.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2017Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLCInventors: Walter Mark Hendrix, Julian R. Colapietro, Naiara Nafarrate Mendez, Michael J. Paulus
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Publication number: 20200227817Abstract: An assembly includes: a small cell antenna base station comprising a radio, an antenna, and a mounting structure; and an IoT gateway assembly mounted to the mounting structure, the IoT gateway assembly comprising: an IoT gateway module configured for aggregation and backhaul of data from IoT sensors; and an loT antenna connected with the IoT gateway module.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2020Publication date: July 16, 2020Inventors: Walter Mark Hendrix, Willis Frank James, Mark George Spaulding, Wayne Hopkinson, Jeffrey Cook
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Publication number: 20200060027Abstract: A modular electronics enclosure includes a rear frame, a first L-shaped piece and a second L-shaped piece joined to form a box-shaped shell having a floor, a ceiling, a rear wall and first and second opposed side walls that define an internal cavity. The first L-shaped piece includes a wall panel and a top panel that form the ceiling and the first side wall of the shell. The second L-shaped piece includes a wall panel and a bottom panel that form the floor and the second side wall of the shell. The rear frame forms the rear wall of the shell.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2019Publication date: February 20, 2020Inventors: Charles John Mann, Jiayong Wang, Qiwei Shi, Walter Mark Hendrix, Tri H. Nguyen
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Patent number: 10506729Abstract: An electronics cabinet includes an enclosure comprising a floor, a ceiling, a rear wall, and opposed side walls configured to form an internal cavity a door assembly attached to one of the side walls. The door assembly includes: a main door pivotally connected to the enclosure, the main door including a window, the main door being movable between a closed position and an ajar position; and a plurality of door panels, the door panels pivotally connected with each other, at least some of the door panels being pivotally and slidably attached to the main door, the door panels configured to move from an unfolded position, in which the door panels are generally coplanar and block access to the window, and a folded position, in which the door panels are generally parallel and non-coplanar. The main door and door panels are configured so that the door panels cannot move from the unfolded position to the folded position unless the main door is in the ajar position.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2018Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLCInventors: Walter Mark Hendrix, Danny Turner
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Patent number: 10492332Abstract: A modular enclosure includes a plurality of enclosure modules, each of the enclosure modules comprising a front wall, a rear wall opposite the front wall, and two opposed side walls that span the front and rear walls; the front, rear and side walls forming an cavity; an equipment rack within the interior cavity with electronic equipment mounted thereon; and an air containment barrier that extends between the side walls to limit air flow between a front portion of the interior cavity and a rear portion of the interior cavity. At least one of the side walls of each of the enclosure modules includes a removable side panel, the side panel including first and second air flow openings, wherein the first air flow opening is forward of the air containment barrier and the second air flow opening is rearward of the air containment opening.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2018Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLCInventors: Walter Mark Hendrix, Willis Frank James, Charles John Mann
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Publication number: 20190267700Abstract: A wireless communication system is provided. The system includes a common module, is shaped as a sector of a cylinder and has a power supply. A sector radio module is coupled to the power supply and incudes an access radio and an access antenna. The access antenna is configured to serve a sector of not more than 180°, and is also shaped as a sector of a cylinder.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2019Publication date: August 29, 2019Inventors: Walter Mark Hendrix, Robert G. Slorach, Michael D. Fabbri
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Patent number: 10390386Abstract: A module for a communications cell site includes: a mounting frame; a remote radio unit (RRU) mounted to the frame; a radio frequency (RF) signal conditioning unit mounted to the frame; and a cover mounted to the frame that covers the RRU and the RF signal conditioning unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2017Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLCInventors: Walter Mark Hendrix, James E. Noel, Michael J. Paulus
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Publication number: 20190190116Abstract: A cell site sector includes: a mounting frame; an RF antenna mounted to one side of the mounting frame; and at least one (RRU mounted to a second, opposed side of the mounting frame and operationally connected with the antenna. The RRU and the RF antenna have horizontal width and depth dimensions, the width dimension being greater than the depth dimension, wherein the width dimension of the RRU is generally parallel with the width dimension of the RF antenna.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2019Publication date: June 20, 2019Inventors: Walter Mark Hendrix, Michael Paulus, Julian R. Colapietro, William Howard Burnett, JR., James P. McCabe
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Patent number: 10305173Abstract: A wireless communication system is provided. The system includes a common module, is shaped as a sector of a cylinder and has a power supply. A sector radio module is coupled to the power supply and incudes an access radio and an access antenna. The access antenna is configured to serve a sector of not more than 180°, and is also shaped as a sector of a cylinder.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2018Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLCInventors: Walter Mark Hendrix, Robert G. Slorach, Michael D. Fabbri
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Publication number: 20190150306Abstract: An electronics cabinet includes an enclosure comprising a floor, a ceiling, a rear wall, and opposed side walls configured to form an internal cavity a door assembly attached to one of the side walls. The door assembly includes: a main door pivotally connected to the enclosure, the main door including a window, the main door being movable between a closed position and an ajar position; and a plurality of door panels, the door panels pivotally connected with each other, at least some of the door panels being pivotally and slidably attached to the main door, the door panels configured to move from an unfolded position, in which the door panels are generally coplanar and block access to the window, and a folded position, in which the door panels are generally parallel and non-coplanar. The main door and door panels are configured so that the door panels cannot move from the unfolded position to the folded position unless the main door is in the ajar position.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2018Publication date: May 16, 2019Inventors: Walter Mark Hendrix, Danny Turner
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Publication number: 20190063850Abstract: An electronics cabinet includes: an enclosure having a floor, a ceiling, a rear wall, opposed side walls, and a front wall that define an interior cavity; a divider panel that divides the interior cavity into upper and lower chambers; a first cooling system mounted to the enclosure to cool the upper chamber; and a second cooling system mounted to the enclosure to cool the lower chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2018Publication date: February 28, 2019Inventors: Walter Mark Hendrix, Komen Shliker, Stephen P. Watson
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Patent number: 10218046Abstract: A cell site sector includes: a mounting frame; an RF antenna mounted to one side of the mounting frame; and at least one (RRU mounted to a second, opposed side of the mounting frame and operationally connected with the antenna. The RRU and the RF antenna have horizontal width and depth dimensions, the width dimension being greater than the depth dimension, wherein the width dimension of the RRU is generally parallel with the width dimension of the RF antenna.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2017Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLCInventors: Walter Mark Hendrix, Michael Paulus, Julian R. Colapietro, William Howard Burnett, Jr., James P. McCabe
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Publication number: 20190053400Abstract: A modular enclosure includes a plurality of enclosure modules, each of the enclosure modules comprising a front wall, a rear wall opposite the front wall, and two opposed side walls that span the front and rear walls; the front, rear and side walls forming an cavity; an equipment rack within the interior cavity with electronic equipment mounted thereon; and an air containment barrier that extends between the side walls to limit air flow between a front portion of the interior cavity and a rear portion of the interior cavity. At least one of the side walls of each of the enclosure modules includes a removable side panel, the side panel including first and second air flow openings, wherein the first air flow opening is forward of the air containment barrier and the second air flow opening is rearward of the air containment opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2018Publication date: February 14, 2019Inventors: Walter Mark Hendrix, Willis Frank James, Charles John Mann