Patents by Inventor Steven Edward Sheldon

Steven Edward Sheldon 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).

  • HIGH-DENSITY OPTICAL CONNECTING BLOCK
    Publication number: 20020172467
    Abstract: A high density optical connecting block 100 is mounted in a relatively thin, flat panel 10, and is constructed as an array of identical cells 110 that are linked together as a one-piece unit. The connecting block has a front-to-back depth that is greater than ten millimeters for imparting flexural rigidity to the panel. The array includes at least twelve cells that are arranged in two or more rows and two or more columns. Each cell has a front side that is shaped to receive and interlock with a duplex optical connector 50, and a back side that is shaped to receive and interlock with two simplex optical plugs 20. The duplex connector is a unifying structure that yokes a pair of simplex optical plugs 20-1, 20-2 into a duplex configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2001
    Publication date: November 21, 2002
    Inventors: Jerry Max Anderson, Steven Edward Sheldon
  • High-density optical connecting block
    Patent number: 6478472
    Abstract: A high density optical connecting block 100 is mounted in a relatively thin, flat panel 10, and is constructed as an array of identical cells 110 that are linked together as a one-piece unit. The connecting block has a front-to-back depth that is greater than ten millimeters for imparting flexural rigidity to the panel. The array includes at least twelve cells that are arranged in two or more rows and two or more columns. Each cell has a front side that is shaped to receive and interlock with a duplex optical connector 50, and a back side that is shaped to receive and interlock with two simplex optical plugs 20. The duplex connector is a unifying structure that yokes a pair of simplex optical plugs 20-1, 20-2 into a duplex configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Assignee: Fitel USA Corp.
    Inventors: Jerry Max Anderson, Steven Edward Sheldon
  • Duplex optical connector
    Patent number: 6443627
    Abstract: A high density optical connecting block 100 is mounted in a relatively thin, flat panel 10, and is constructed as an array of identical cells 110 that are linked together as a one-piece unit. The cells have a front-to-back depth that is greater than ten millimeters for imparting flexural rigidity to the panel. The array includes at least twelve cells that are arranged in two or more rows and two or more columns. Each cell has a front side that is shaped to receive and interlock with a duplex optical connector 50, and a back side that is shaped to receive and interlock with two simplex optical plugs 20. The duplex connector is a unifying structure that yokes a pair of simplex optical plugs 20-1, 20-2 into a duplex configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignee: Fitel USA Corp.
    Inventors: Jerry Max Anderson, Liang Hwang, Steven Edward Sheldon
  • DUPLEX OPTICAL CONNECTOR
    Publication number: 20020090177
    Abstract: A high density optical connecting block 100 is mounted in a relatively thin, flat panel 10, and is constructed as an array of identical cells 110 that are linked together as a one-piece unit. The cells have a front-to-back depth that is greater than ten millimeters for imparting flexural rigidity to the panel. The array includes at least twelve cells that are arranged in two or more rows and two or more columns. Each cell has a front side that is shaped to receive and interlock with a duplex optical connector 50, and a back side that is shaped to receive and interlock with two simplex optical plugs 20. The duplex connector is a unifying structure that yokes a pair of simplex optical plugs 20-1, 20-2 into a duplex configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2001
    Publication date: July 11, 2002
    Inventors: Jerry Max Anderson, Liang Hwang, Steven Edward Sheldon