Patents by Inventor Paul L. Wooten

Paul L. Wooten 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).

  • Ergonomic multi-unit test fixture
    Patent number: 6859043
    Abstract: A test fixture interfaces plural units under test (UUTs) with test equipment within a common equipment rack. The test fixture supports a plurality of vertically spaced apart shelf units. A shelf unit has a support surface and an input/output connector panel adjacent thereto, that define a UUT insertion cavity. An input/output connector panel contains cable terminations that terminate cables to various testing equipments. Insertion of a UUT into the insertion cavity places communication ports of the UUT adjacent to cable terminations of the adjacent input/output connector panel. Jumper cables interconnect communication ports of the UUT with cable terminations of the adjacent input/output connector panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2005
    Assignee: Adtran, Inc.
    Inventors: Phillip H. Ewing, Marc L. Roth, Paul L. Wooten
  • Ergonomic multi-unit test fixture
    Publication number: 20040160226
    Abstract: A test fixture interfaces plural units under test (UUTs) with test equipment within a common equipment rack. The test fixture supports a plurality of vertically spaced apart shelf units. A shelf unit has a support surface and an input/output connector panel adjacent thereto, that define a UUT insertion cavity. An input/output connector panel contains cable terminations that terminate cables to various testing equipments. Insertion of a UUT into the insertion cavity places communication ports of the UUT adjacent to cable terminations of the adjacent input/output connector panel. Jumper cables interconnect communication ports of the UUT with cable terminations of the adjacent input/output connector panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2003
    Publication date: August 19, 2004
    Applicant: ADTRAN, INC.
    Inventors: Phillip H. Ewing, Marc L. Roth, Paul L. Wooten