Patents by Inventor Thomas M McNair

Thomas M McNair 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).

  • Modular cage enclosure system
    Patent number: 10765031
    Abstract: In some examples, a system includes a plurality of posts and a plurality of cage panels, wherein each of the cage panels is removably coupled to one or more of the plurality of posts, wherein a nominal width of each of the cage panels is congruent based on a modulus, wherein an actual width of each of the cage panels is equal to a difference between the nominal width of the cage panel and the width of one of the plurality of posts, and wherein any combination of a subset of the plurality of cage panels coupled in a common orientation to a subset of the plurality of posts has a combined width, between respective centers of end posts of the subset of the plurality of posts, that is congruent based on the modulus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Equinix, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas M McNair
  • Modular cage enclosure system
    Patent number: 10426056
    Abstract: In some examples, a system includes a plurality of posts and a plurality of cage panels, wherein each of the cage panels is removably coupled to one or more of the plurality of posts, wherein a nominal width of each of the cage panels is congruent based on a modulus, wherein an actual width of each of the cage panels is equal to a difference between the nominal width of the cage panel and the width of one of the plurality of posts, and wherein any combination of a subset of the plurality of cage panels coupled in a common orientation to a subset of the plurality of posts has a combined width, between respective centers of end posts of the subset of the plurality of posts, that is congruent based on the modulus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: EQUINIX, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas M McNair