Patents by Inventor Thomas Connor

Thomas Connor 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).

  • Publication number: 20060292901
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system including a circuit board and several pluggable modules coupled to the circuit board. The several pluggable modules are insertable through side-by-side slots in an enclosure in which the circuit board resides. A first pluggable module is coupled to the circuit board via a first connector, while a second pluggable module is coupled to the circuit board via a second connector such that the second pluggable module is laterally offset from the first pluggable module. The first and second connectors are right angle connectors, and the second right angle connector is inverted relative to the first right angle connector. The first and second pluggable modules are I/O modules for transporting high speed differential signals, and wherein the first pluggable module includes several XFP connectors, and wherein the second pluggable module includes several SFP connectors. The second pluggable module includes several SFP connectors arranged on both sides of the pluggable module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2005
    Publication date: December 28, 2006
    Inventors: Steven Sardella, Stephen Strickland, Bassem Bishay, Thomas Connor
  • Publication number: 20050237269
    Abstract: A multi-display computer system comprises a display member rotatably coupled to a base member. The display member has a first display device disposed on an interior surface thereof and a second display device disposed on an exterior surface thereof. The computer system also comprises a display manager executable by a processor and adapted to enable a user to automatically control a display mode of the second display device independent of a display mode of the first display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2004
    Publication date: October 27, 2005
    Inventors: Thomas Connor, David Hanson, Charles Shilling
  • Publication number: 20050186810
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system including a circuit board and several pluggable modules coupled to the circuit board. The several pluggable modules are insertable through side-by-side slots in an enclosure in which the circuit board resides. A first pluggable module is coupled to the circuit board via a first connector, while a second pluggable module is coupled to the circuit board via a second connector such that the second pluggable module is laterally offset from the first pluggable module. The first and second connectors are right angle connectors, and the second right angle connector is inverted relative to the first right angle connector. The first and second pluggable modules are I/O modules for transporting high speed differential signals, and wherein the first pluggable module includes several XFP connectors, and wherein the second pluggable module includes several SFP connectors. The second pluggable module includes several SFP connectors arranged on both sides of the pluggable module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2005
    Publication date: August 25, 2005
    Inventors: Steven Sardella, Stephen Strickland, Bassem Bishay, Thomas Connor
  • Publication number: 20050067768
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for de-skewing media when using an automatic media feeder comprising a registration guide and a registration tab disposed to cooperate with the registration guide in providing de-skewing of media when an edge of the media passes over the registration tab and is deflected thereby toward the registration guide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2003
    Publication date: March 31, 2005
    Inventors: Thomas Connor, David Hanson, Kenneth Long