Patents by Inventor Robert A. Loose

Robert A. Loose 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).

  • Publication number: 20090116187
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an opaque enclosure for an electronics module includes an inner barrier having downward-facing louvers for allowing air flow and a cover having vent holes. The vent holes and downward-facing louvers are oriented so that the interior of the electronics module is not visible through the vent holes of the cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2008
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Applicant: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: George Youzhi Yi, Lwin O. Tint, Robert A. Loose
  • Patent number: 7285022
    Abstract: A network device includes card slots and Network Module slots that be reconfigured to hold cards and network modules having different form factors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Helen Shtargot, Shawn Bender, William J. Lewis, Lwin Tint, David Tarkington, Ming Chi Chen, Rene Duzac, James Everett Grishaw, Torence Lu, Kimberly Rae Turner, Phong Hoang Ho, Robert A. Loose, Stephen Scearce, Terri Cruse
  • Patent number: 7108559
    Abstract: A router includes WIC and Network Module slots that be reconfigured to hold cards and network modules having different form factors. A motherboard/midplane arrangement provides for a field replaceable motherboard that can be replaced without removing the router from the rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, INc.
    Inventors: Helen Shtargot, Dattatri Mattur, Shawn Bender, William J. Lewis, Lwin Tint, David Tarkington, Ming Chi Chen, Rene Duzac, James Everett Grishaw, Torence Lu, Kimberly Rae Turner, Phong Hoang Ho, Robert A. Loose, Stephen Scearce
  • Patent number: 6254411
    Abstract: An electrical cable includes a connector that contains an electrically conductive shunt. The shunt includes multiple electrically conductive clips that shunt selected wires in the connector together. The chips are removable so that different combinations of wires can be shunted together. The clips each comprise a pair of vertically aligned fingers extending perpendicularly from a top surface of a mounting plate. The fingers on each clip include oppositely aligned tapered top ends forming a wide opening for receiving the cable wire. The clips extend longitudinally along an entire front end and longitudinally along an entire rear end of the mounting plate. The clips on the front end of the shunt are offset from the clips in the rear end so that each clip aligns with only one wire in the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: John T. Chapman, William H. Schenk, Robert A. Loose
  • Patent number: 6004150
    Abstract: An electrical cable includes a connector that contains an electrically conductive shunt. The shunt includes multiple electrically conductive clips that shunt selected wires in the connector together. The chips are removable so that different combinations of wires can be shunted together. The clips each comprise a pair of vertically aligned fingers extending perpendicularly from a top surface of a mounting plate. The fingers on each clip include oppositely aligned tapered top ends forming a wide opening for receiving the cable wire. The clips extend longitudinally along an entire front end and longitudinally along an entire rear end of the mounting plate. The clips on the front end of the shunt are offset from the clips in the rear end so that each clip aligns with only one wire in the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1999
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: John T. Chapman, William H. Schenk, Robert A. Loose
  • Patent number: 4977368
    Abstract: An electric utility meter composed of: a chassis assembly (2) having elements (4) for connecting the meter between a source of electrical power and a consumer of the electrical power; a signal generating unit (30) carried by the chassis assembly (2) and electrically coupled to the elements (4) for connecting for providing a signal which is a function of the energy being supplied to the consumer, the signal generating unit including a first electrical connector (34) to which the signal is supplied; a front plate member (16,20) carried by the chassis assembly (2) and bearing legible information (48) identifying the meter; circuitry (100) for deriving information relating to the rate at which energy is being supplied to the consumer; an electrical signal conductor (72) connected to the circuitry (100) and having a second electrical connector (70) coupled to the first electrical connector (34) for supplying the signal to the circuitry (100); and an electrically actuated numeric display device (81) electrically co
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1988
    Date of Patent: December 11, 1990
    Assignee: ABB Power T&D Company
    Inventors: Mark L. Munday, William P. Doby, Robert A. Loose
  • Patent number: 4762668
    Abstract: An ultrasonic cleaning device for a venturi flow nozzle in a pipe in a fluid system which includes one more transducer assemblies for generating and transmitting sound waves to the nozzle to effect a cleaning action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1988
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventors: Robert A. Loose, William R. Rice
  • Patent number: 4666662
    Abstract: A steam generator recirculating system for use with the secondary coolant of the steam generators of a pressurized water nuclear reactor is comprised of two separate recirculation loops. Each loop contains a common discharge line into which a secondary coolant discharge line and blowdown discharge line from at least one steam generator feeds. The common discharge line contains a recirculating pump and a heat exchanger, with bypasses provided about each. The common discharge lines discharge into branch feedlines back to the steam generators. The system may also be used as a blowdown system leading to a steam generator blowdown processing system and may include a water purification means and used to purify the secondary coolant water. Cross-connecting lines are provided to permit optional use of a particular loop with various steam generators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1984
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1987
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventors: Robert A. Loose, James S. Schlonski, Claude C. Steinkuhler
  • Patent number: 4576782
    Abstract: A pressurized water reactor system having circulation means outside the containment vessel for the circulation of loss of coolant emergency water is provided which prevents exposure of such water to the atmosphere. The system includes an enclosure, separate from the containment vessel, the interior of the enclosure being sealed to the atmosphere and containing a pumping means, and encased inlet and outlet conduits communicating between the interior of the containment vessel and the pump means within the enclosure. The enclosure may also contain a heat exchange means, while the emergency water storage tank can be positioned in the containment vessel, in the enclosure, or separate from both. Provision is also made for use of the pump in the enclosure for circulation of residual heat removal coolant water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1983
    Date of Patent: March 18, 1986
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventor: Robert A. Loose