Patents by Inventor Nathan A. Gleghorn

Nathan A. Gleghorn 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: 10714915
    Abstract: A vertical cable manager includes a base frame and a door. The base frame has upper and lower support legs and upper and lower crossbars between the support legs. The door has retractable hinge pins at corners of the door. The crossbars have hinge rod receptacles to receive respective hinge pins and elastic latch members having a flexible arm and a catch portion. The catch portions secure the hinge pins in the hinge rod receptacles with the door closed and are deflectable through elastic deformation of the flexible arm to allow travel of the hinge pins through the hinge rod receptacles and past the catch portions when the door is moved from an open to a closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Panduit Corp.
    Inventors: Joshua A. Valenti, Kevin M. Zumbek, Jason O'Young, Robert L. Fritz, Nathan A. Gleghorn
  • Patent number: 10524394
    Abstract: An electronic equipment rack has a support structure made up of post members configured to form a cage having a front, a back, a top, a bottom, a first lateral side, and a second lateral side and defining a space therebetween. A first plenum is arranged along the first lateral side of the support structure. A second plenum is arranged along the second lateral side of the support structure. A sealing panel defining a first wall of the first plenum has a length extending substantially from the top of the support structure to the bottom of the support structure. A portion of the first sealing member is selectively removable to define an intake port in the first plenum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Panduit Corp.
    Inventors: Rey Bravo, Nathan A. Gleghorn
  • Publication number: 20190081464
    Abstract: A vertical cable manager includes a base frame and a door. The base frame has upper and lower support legs and upper and lower crossbars between the support legs. The door has retractable hinge pins at corners of the door. The crossbars have hinge rod receptacles to receive respective hinge pins and elastic latch members having a flexible arm and a catch portion. The catch portions secure the hinge pins in the hinge rod receptacles with the door closed and are deflectable through elastic deformation of the flexible arm to allow travel of the hinge pins through the hinge rod receptacles and past the catch portions when the door is moved from an open to a closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Applicant: Panduit Corp.
    Inventors: Joshua A. Valenti, Kevin M. Zumbek, Jason O'Young, Robert L. Fritz, Nathan A. Gleghorn
  • Patent number: 10141728
    Abstract: A vertical cable manager includes a base frame and a door. The base frame has upper and lower support legs and upper and lower crossbars between the support legs. The door has retractable hinge pins at corners of the door. The crossbars have hinge rod receptacles to receive respective hinge pins and elastic latch members having a flexible arm and a catch portion. The catch portions secure the hinge pins in the hinge rod receptacles with the door closed and are deflectable through elastic deformation of the flexible arm to allow travel of the hinge pins through the hinge rod receptacles and past the catch portions when the door is moved from an open to a closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Panduit Corp.
    Inventors: Joshua A. Valenti, Kevin M. Zumbek, Jason O'Young, Robert L. Fritz, Nathan A. Gleghorn
  • Publication number: 20180324983
    Abstract: An electronic equipment rack has a support structure made up of post members configured to form a cage having a front, a back, a top, a bottom, a first lateral side, and a second lateral side and defining a space therebetween. A first plenum is arranged along the first lateral side of the support structure. A second plenum is arranged along the second lateral side of the support structure. A sealing panel defining a first wall of the first plenum has a length extending substantially from the top of the support structure to the bottom of the support structure. A portion of the first sealing member is selectively removable to define an intake port in the first plenum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: Panduit Corp.
    Inventors: Rey Bravo, Nathan A. Gleghorn
  • Patent number: 8363998
    Abstract: Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a cable manager. The cable manager includes a first side panel, a second side panel spaced apart from the first side panel, a first cross brace bracket connected to the first side panel and the second side panel, and a second cross brace bracket connected to the first side panel and the second side panel and spaced apart from the first cross brace bracket. The first side panel, the second side panel, the first cross brace bracket, and the second cross brace bracket define a first cable pathway for routing a first plurality of cables and a second cable pathway for routing a second plurality of cables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Panduit Corp.
    Inventors: David P. Newman, Robert L. Fritz, Stanley P. Evans, Jr., Clark M. Kromenaker, Nathan A. Gleghorn
  • Publication number: 20110265384
    Abstract: Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a door for a vertical cable manager. The door includes a panel. Additionally, the door includes a first hinge pin disposed at a first end of the panel. The first hinge pin slides from an extended position to a retracted position. Additionally, the door includes a first hinge pin retention member disposed adjacent the first hinge pin. The first hinge pin retention member is releasably connected to the first hinge pin to secure the first hinge pin in the retracted position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: PANDUIT CORP.
    Inventors: Robert L. Fritz, Rey Bravo, Nathan A. Gleghorn, David P. Newman
  • Publication number: 20100290752
    Abstract: Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a cable manager. The cable manager includes a first side panel, a second side panel spaced apart from the first side panel, a first cross brace bracket connected to the first side panel and the second side panel, and a second cross brace bracket connected to the first side panel and the second side panel and spaced apart from the first cross brace bracket. The first side panel, the second side panel, the first cross brace bracket, and the second cross brace bracket define a first cable pathway for routing a first plurality of cables and a second cable pathway for routing a second plurality of cables.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2010
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: Panduit Corp.
    Inventors: David P. Newman, Robert L. Fritz, Stanley P. Evans, JR., Clark M. Kromenaker, Nathan A. Gleghorn
  • Patent number: D865680
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Panduit Corp.
    Inventors: Joshua A. Valenti, Kevin M. Zumbek, Jason O'Young, Robert L. Fritz, Nathan A. Gleghorn