Patents by Inventor Scott Hopper
Scott Hopper 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).
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Patent number: 11092420Abstract: Probes are provided with caps, the caps comprise rolling bearing elements so that the probes can be slid along a surface to be measured, without damaging the surface or wearing away the tip of the probe or a sacrificial cap. The rolling bearing elements can be arranged in a ring around the probe tip, with the plane of the foremost edges of the rolling bearing elements a predetermined distance from the probe tip. The caps can comprise a housing with a grip, to encourage users to grip the cap, which comprises the rolling bearing elements, rather than the probe.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2019Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: Elcometer LimitedInventors: Michael Carrington Sellars, Thomas Partington, Graham Scott Hopper
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Publication number: 20190271530Abstract: Probes are provided with caps, the caps comprise rolling bearing elements so that the probes can be slid along a surface to be measured, without damaging the surface or wearing away the tip of the probe or a sacrificial cap. The rolling bearing elements can be arranged in a ring around the probe tip, with the plane of the foremost edges of the rolling bearing elements a predetermined distance from the probe tip. The caps can comprise a housing with a grip, to encourage users to grip the cap, which comprises the rolling bearing elements, rather than the probe.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2019Publication date: September 5, 2019Inventors: Michael Carrington Sellars, Thomas Partington, Graham Scott Hopper
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Patent number: 10156683Abstract: A fiber optic connector assembly incorporates features that improve structural rigidity and the integrity of transmitted signals. These features also facilitate a technique for reversing polarity of the connector assembly with little or no risk of twisting the optical fibers and without requiring the housing assembly to be disassembled. The connector is marked or embossed with transmit and receive connector labels that facilitate visual identification of the polarity of the connector. One side of the duplex connector can be marked with “A” and “B” labels corresponding to the receive and transmit connectors, respectively. The opposite side of the duplex connector can be marked with two “A” labels corresponding to the receive and transmit connectors, respectively. Thus, a user can readily identify whether the connector is configured for “A-B” polarity or “A-A” polarity.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2016Date of Patent: December 18, 2018Assignee: Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.Inventors: Dennis Manes, Evan Gustafson, Scott Hopper
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Patent number: 10042353Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for optimizing how operators of facilities view and monitor data on displays via an operations console. A display hierarchy may be employed to facilitate access by an operator to relevant information concerning plant operations. Information may be classified and rendered on a display. An operator may navigate between the displays via interacting with a navigation menu located on a display.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2014Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: SOUTHERN COMPANY SERVICES, INC.Inventors: Harvey Velco Ivey, Derrick Scott Hopper, Earl David Snider
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Patent number: 9946035Abstract: A fiber optic connector assembly incorporates features that improve structural rigidity and the integrity of transmitted signals. These features also allow the connector assembly to be accessed easily in high density connectivity environments. These features also facilitate a technique for reversing polarity of the connector assembly with little or no risk of twisting the optical fibers and without requiring the housing assembly to be disassembled. The connector assembly is constructed using a small number of parts, thereby maintaining low maintenance costs while yielding a sturdy structure. A puller can be added to the connector assembly to improve access in congested connectivity applications without increasing the size profile. Chamfered front faces afford a degree of alignment tolerance when plugging the connector assembly into an adapter. Features of the connector assembly can be implemented in both a duplexed housing version as well as a paired simplex clipped version.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2016Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: LEVITON MANUFACTURING CO., INC.Inventors: Evan Gustafson, Scott Hopper
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Publication number: 20170293089Abstract: A fiber optic connector assembly incorporates features that improve structural rigidity and the integrity of transmitted signals. These features also allow the connector assembly to be accessed easily in high density connectivity environments. These features also facilitate a technique for reversing polarity of the connector assembly with little or no risk of twisting the optical fibers and without requiring the housing assembly to be disassembled. The connector assembly is constructed using a small number of parts, thereby maintaining low maintenance costs while yielding a sturdy structure. A puller can be added to the connector assembly to improve access in congested connectivity applications without increasing the size profile. Chamfered front faces afford a degree of alignment tolerance when plugging the connector assembly into an adapter. Features of the connector assembly can be implemented in both a duplexed housing version as well as a paired simplex clipped version.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2016Publication date: October 12, 2017Inventors: Evan Gustafson, Scott Hopper
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Publication number: 20170293088Abstract: A fiber optic connector assembly incorporates features that improve structural rigidity and the integrity of transmitted signals. These features also facilitate a technique for reversing polarity of the connector assembly with little or no risk of twisting the optical fibers and without requiring the housing assembly to be disassembled. The connector is marked or embossed with transmit and receive connector labels that facilitate visual identification of the polarity of the connector. One side of the duplex connector can be marked with “A” and “B” labels corresponding to the receive and transmit connectors, respectively. The opposite side of the duplex connector can be marked with two “A” labels corresponding to the receive and transmit connectors, respectively. Thus, a user can readily identify whether the connector is configured for “A-B” polarity or “A-A” polarity.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2016Publication date: October 12, 2017Inventors: Dennis Manes, Evan Gustafson, Scott Hopper
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Publication number: 20100281188Abstract: Aspects of the present invention comprise systems and methods for detecting and managing peripheral devices that perform outside a given performance envelope. In some aspects, one or more threshold values may be determined prior to or during implementation by heuristic or other methods. These threshold values may then be used to determine device performance. In some aspects, threshold values may relate to performance parameters comprising device failures, consumption levels, output quality and other parameters. In some aspects, multiple threshold values may be used to determine device performance. In an exemplary aspect, a sheet usage threshold, a tone usage threshold and a power usage threshold may be used to determine if a device is an outlying device. In some aspects, performance below an excellence threshold value may indicate that a device has excellent performance.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2009Publication date: November 4, 2010Inventors: Andrew Rodney Ferlitsch, Mary Louise Bourret, Harold Scott Hopper
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Patent number: 5819402Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a new apparatus and method for customized cooling of chips. More particularly, the invention encompasses an apparatus and a method that provides customized cooling of a MCM (Multi-Chip Module) by varying the depth of thermal compound filled gap or the blind hole that is above each chip.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 1997Date of Patent: October 13, 1998Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: David Linn Edwards, Mark Gerard Courtney, Albert Joseph Fahey, Gregory Scott Hopper, Sushumna Iruvanti, Charles Frederick Jones, Gaetano Paolo Messina, Raed A. Sherif
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Patent number: 5757620Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a new apparatus and method for customized cooling of chips. More particularly, the invention encompasses an apparatus and a method that provides customized cooling of a MCM (Multi-Chip Module) by varying the depth of thermal compound filled gap or the blind hole that is above each chip.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 1996Date of Patent: May 26, 1998Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: David Linn Edwards, Mark Gerard Courtney, Albert Joseph Fahey, Gregory Scott Hopper, Sushumna Iruvanti, Charles Frederick Jones, Gaetano Paolo Messina, Raed A. Sherif
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Patent number: 5724729Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a new apparatus and method for customized cooling of chips using a plurality of thermally conductive materials. More particularly, the invention encompasses an apparatus and a method that provides customized cooling of a MCM (Multi-Chip Module) by using a plurality of thermally conductive materials.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 1996Date of Patent: March 10, 1998Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Raed A. Sherif, Mark Gerard Courtney, David Linn Edwards, Albert Joseph Fahey, Gregory Scott Hopper, Sushumna Iruvanti, Charles Frederick Jones, Gaetano Paolo Messina
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Patent number: 4753610Abstract: A frame mounted connectorized terminal block is provided for use in a digital telecommunications facility. The block includes a forward facing front panel containing an array of wire wrap pins and an array of jacks coupled to respective pins and operative for patching of interconnects. Multiple pin connectors are mounted on the rear panel and are internally connected to respective pins on the front panel. The terminal block is extremely compact and is easily attached and removed by a snap action mounting panel.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 1986Date of Patent: June 28, 1988Assignee: Telzon, Inc.Inventors: John C. Eason, Gary J. Gunell, Scott Hopper
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Patent number: 4752107Abstract: A forward facing connectorized terminal block is provided which contains an array of wire wrap or insulation displacement terminals in a forward facing terminal field readily accessible for cross connection to the telecommunications wires. Connectorized cables from telecommunications equipment are plugged into mating connectors mounted on the terminal block and which are wired to the rear terminal portions of the terminal field. The terminal block is extremely compact and is easily attached and removed by a snap action mounting bracket.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 1985Date of Patent: June 21, 1988Assignee: Telzon, Inc.Inventors: Gary J. Gunell, Scott Hopper
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Patent number: 4737113Abstract: A telephone jack assembly having a modular unitary housing, and jack field comprising a plurality of jack assemblies. Each jack assembly includes a plurality of jack contacts for engaging and receiving a telephone plug in a plurality of positions, wherein the jack contacts are retained by a unitary housing formed to maintain the jack contacts in physical alignment for electrical contact to the plugs when fully seated. The unitary housing includes recesses therein to accurately retain the jack contacts in precise height, width and depth positions relative to the plugs inserted therein, replacing the numerous elements and spacers heretofore used in a telephone jack assembly. The individual jack assemblies are then connected to external wiring connecting blocks by flexible printed circuits having constant impedance path pairs, which replace the individually hand-wired twisted-pair construction previously used.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 1986Date of Patent: April 12, 1988Assignee: Telzon, Inc.Inventors: Scott Hopper, Gary J. Gunell