Patents by Inventor Ronald Jeffries

Ronald Jeffries 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: 6526211
    Abstract: A system having a free space optical transmission capability for data and/or control interconnection is described. Switch cards, having corresponding pairs of laser transmitters and photodetectors are placed in a chassis, at each end, facing each other. Each laser transmitter/photodetector (LTPD) pair of one switch card is targeted to a corresponding photodetector/laser transmitter (PDLT) pair of the other. System line cards have a LTPD pair on one side and a PDLT pair on the other side. A line card is positioned in the chassis so that the LTPD pair is aligned with a corresponding PDLT pair on one switch card and the PDLT pair is aligned with a corresponding LTPD pair on the other switch card. The line card may, therefore, communicate with either switch card. The line cards contain apertures so that communication between other line cards and the switch cards is not obstructed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Assignee: Occam Networks
    Inventors: Mark Rumer, Ronald Jeffries
  • Publication number: 20020159742
    Abstract: A system having a free space optical transmission capability for data and/or control interconnection is described. Switch cards, having corresponding pairs of laser transmitters and photodetectors are placed in a chassis, at each end, facing each other. Each laser transmitter/photodetector (LTPD) pair of one switch card is targeted to a corresponding photodetector/laser transmitter (PDLT) pair of the other. System line cards have a LTPD pair on one side and a PDLT pair on the other side. A line card is positioned in the chassis so that the LTPD pair is aligned with a corresponding PDLT pair on one switch card and the PDLT pair is aligned with a corresponding LTPD pair on the other switch card. The line card may, therefore, communicate with either switch card.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2001
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Inventors: Mark Rumer, Ronald Jeffries