Patents by Inventor Thomas C. Kelly

Thomas C. Kelly 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: 8576580
    Abstract: A cable manager provides horizontal cable management of adjacent patch panels or network equipment on network distribution racks. The cable manager includes a central section and a front cable routing section and is mountable on a network rack. The front cable routing section extends from the front side of the central section and includes a first plurality of spaced fingers. The cable manager can also include a rear cable routing section that includes a second plurality of spaced fingers. The first plurality of spaced fingers and the second plurality of spaced fingers may be sloped to provide hand access. One or more passthrough openings can be provided in the central section to allow routing of cabling from the front section to the rear section. An air dam may be inserted into the passthrough openings to control the flow of cool inlet air. Either or both of the front and rear sections can include a removable cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Panduit Corp.
    Inventors: Thomas C. Kelly, Russell A. Knaack
  • Publication number: 20110286198
    Abstract: A cable manager provides horizontal cable management of adjacent patch panels or network equipment on network distribution racks. The cable manager includes a central section and a front cable routing section and is mountable on a network rack. The front cable routing section extends from the front side of the central section and includes a first plurality of spaced fingers. The cable manager can also include a rear cable routing section that includes a second plurality of spaced fingers. The first plurality of spaced fingers and the second plurality of spaced fingers may be sloped to provide hand access. One or more passthrough openings can be provided in the central section to allow routing of cabling from the front section to the rear section. An air dam may be inserted into the passthrough openings to control the flow of cool inlet air. Either or both of the front and rear sections can include a removable cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: PANDUIT CORP.
    Inventors: Thomas C. Kelly, Russell A. Knaack
  • Patent number: 8014171
    Abstract: A cable manager provides horizontal cable management of adjacent patch panels or network equipment on network distribution racks. The cable manager includes a central section and a front cable routing section and is mountable on a network rack. The front cable routing section extends from the front side of the central section and includes a first plurality of spaced fingers. The cable manager can also include a rear cable routing section that includes a second plurality of spaced fingers. The first plurality of spaced fingers and the second plurality of spaced fingers may be sloped to provide hand access. One or more passthrough openings can be provided in the central section to allow routing of cabling from the front section to the rear section. An air dam may be inserted into the passthrough openings to control the flow of cool inlet air. Either or both of the front and rear sections can include a removable cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Panduit Corp.
    Inventors: Thomas C. Kelly, Russell A. Knaack
  • Publication number: 20080151524
    Abstract: A cable manager provides horizontal cable management of adjacent patch panels or network equipment on network distribution racks. The cable manager includes a central section and a front cable routing section and is mountable on a network rack. The front cable routing section extends from the front side of the central section and includes a first plurality of spaced fingers. The cable manager can also include a rear cable routing section that includes a second plurality of spaced fingers. The first plurality of spaced fingers and the second plurality of spaced fingers may be sloped to provide hand access. One or more passthrough openings can be provided in the central section to allow routing of cabling from the front section to the rear section. An air dam may be inserted into the passthrough openings to control the flow of cool inlet air. Either or both of the front and rear sections can include a removable cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Applicant: PANDUIT CORP.
    Inventors: Thomas C. Kelly, Russell A. Knaack
  • Patent number: 6883718
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a memory card that includes a host connector conforming to a host connection standard protruding from a flexible housing. The flexible housing conforms to a form factor of a memory card standard, substantially similar to a credit card with an increased thickness to accommodate the host connector and allow a memory to fit within the housing. The host connector facilitates direct coupling of the memory card to a computing device without an adapter or reader. The memory card may include a smart card contact conforming to an ISO 7816 smart card standard that allows the memory card to be backward compatible with conventional smart card readers. Unlike conventional memory cards, the flexible memory card is compatible with smart card applications, and unlike conventional smart cards, the flexible memory card includes a powerful, internal memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignee: Imation Corp.
    Inventors: Trung V. Le, Thomas C. Kelly
  • Patent number: 4574235
    Abstract: A transmission line connector for a contact set assembly for making contacts to contact elements of electrical devices, such as IC devices including DIPs and LCCs, affords a controlled impedance path between the contact elements of a device to be contacted and remote terminal ends of the respective transmission line conductors. The connector may be flexible or rigid. An actuating mechanism engages the connector adjacent the opposite end edges thereof for urging probe elements attached to the respective end terminals of the respective plurality of conductive lines into engagement with corresponding contact elements of the device to be contacted. A flexible transmission line connector permits rapid and continuous actuation of the actuating device between a normal disengaged position and an engaged position for making contact. The controlled impedance transmission line conductor is adaptable for providing contact to a wide range of device as to size and configuration, and as to number and location of contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1981
    Date of Patent: March 4, 1986
    Assignee: Micro Component Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas C. Kelly, Robert J. Wurscher, Dennis M. Petrich, Earl H. Rideout