Patents by Inventor Robert Payment

Robert Payment 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).

  • Interface connection management using a removable adapter for communications equipment
    Patent number: 7976346
    Abstract: An interface comprising a docking site having a first electrical connector adapted to interconnect a bus, and having at least one first retainer portion; and an adapter comprising: at least one second retainer portion, wherein the at least one second retainer portion and the at least one first retainer portion are adapted to releasably engage; a second electrical connector, wherein the second electrical connector and the first electrical connector are adapted to engage and interconnect; at least one port adapted to accept at least one modular connector having at least one electrical contact; and at least one electrical interconnect adapted to interconnect the at least one electrical contact with the second electrical connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Guy, Aamer Akhter, Sunil Cherukuri, Haseeb Niazi, Robert Payment
  • INTERFACE CONNECTION MANAGEMENT USING A REMOVABLE ADAPTER FOR COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT
    Publication number: 20100227493
    Abstract: An interface comprising a docking site having a first electrical connector adapted to interconnect a bus, and having at least one first retainer portion; and an adapter comprising: at least one second retainer portion, wherein the at least one second retainer portion and the at least one first retainer portion are adapted to releasably engage; a second electrical connector, wherein the second electrical connector and the first electrical connector are adapted to engage and interconnect; at least one port adapted to accept at least one modular connector having at least one electrical contact; and at least one electrical interconnect adapted to interconnect the at least one electrical contact with the second electrical connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2009
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Jason Guy, Aamer Akhter, Sunil Cherukuri, Haseeb Niazi, Robert Payment