Patents by Inventor Samuel J. Flaherty

Samuel J. Flaherty 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: 5414343
    Abstract: A micro-processor controlled apparatus for testing a network cabling. The apparatus is permanently installed at the network cabling site. The micro-processor controls a driver which sequentially provides a voltage carrying current to the individual conductors of each cable in the network. In this manner each conductor of each cable is tested. Hard-wiring and a shorting bar which disengages upon installation of a terminal apparatus provide the voltage carrying current with at least one current path at a remote network port. The voltage carrying current is returned from the remote network port on at least one conductor coupled to a receiver. The receiver samples a plurality of conductors, preferably for evidence of the voltage. In this manner, the receiver samples for the parallel return of a digital word. If the returned digital word agrees with an expected digital word stored in the memory of the micro-processor, an indicating device will signal proper wiring of the tested cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 9, 1995
    Assignee: Samuel J. Flaherty
    Inventors: Samuel J. Flaherty, James P. Ashbaugh