Patents by Inventor Walter Marks
Walter Marks 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: 12001073Abstract: A method organizes fibers. A plurality of fibers is received into a first assembly. An initial sequence of the plurality of fibers in the first assembly is obtained. A set of key combinations is identified from the initial sequence and a predetermined sequence. A second assembly is slid across the first assembly. The set of key combinations is actuated to move the plurality of fibers from the first assembly to the second assembly and order the plurality of fibers in the second assembly in the predetermined sequence.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2021Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: viaPhoton, Inc.Inventors: Walter Mark Hendrix, Morgan Dunn
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Publication number: 20240145906Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure are related to digital display devices and base stations such as small cell base stations, which may include at least one antenna and a radio. More specifically, digital display devices are being increasingly deployed in airports, along roads and highways, in shopping malls, in rural or highly urban areas where additional cellular coverage is desirable. These digital display devices provide desirable mounting locations for cellular equipment because they are already powered. One or more components of the base station may be concealed from view by a concealment device to satisfy aesthetic or design requirements. In some aspects, this concealment device may be a fabric radome. In some aspects, the concealment device may be the digital display device itself, because the digital display device is dimensioned such that at least some components of the base station may be hidden behind or within the digital display device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Walter Mark Hendrix, Julian R. Colapietro, Naiara Nafarrate Mendez, Michael J. Paulus
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Patent number: 11971600Abstract: A method organizes fibers. A plurality of fibers is received into a first assembly. An initial sequence of the plurality of fibers in the first assembly is obtained. A set of key combinations is identified from the initial sequence and a predetermined sequence. A second assembly is slid across the first assembly. The set of key combinations is actuated to move the plurality of fibers from the first assembly to the second assembly and order the plurality of fibers in the second assembly in the predetermined sequence.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: viaPhoton, Inc.Inventors: Walter Mark Hendrix, Morgan Dunn
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Patent number: 11973409Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a heating system comprising: a heating element for heating a process medium; a DC power converter configured to receive an input direct-current voltage from a power supply and to deliver an output direct-current voltage to the heating element; a sensor arrangement configured to generate a first sensor output signal indicative of a thermodynamic parameter of the process medium or the heating element; and a controller configured to control the DC power converter based on the first sensor output signal.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Chromalox, Inc.Inventors: Richard Mark Trussler, Walter Thomas Robinson, Jie Chen
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Publication number: 20240126035Abstract: An apparatus implements high density fiber panel organization. The apparatus includes a module configured to be secured to a panel of a 1 U rack. The apparatus further includes a front end of the module. The apparatus further includes a height of the front end corresponding to a height of a 1 U rack. The apparatus further includes an aspect ratio of the front end greater than 0.75. The aspect ratio is identified by the height of the front end divided by a width of the front end.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Walter Mark HENDRIX, Keith Samuel MARANTO, Mark James SMRHA, Wade James WOMACK, James Patrick NOLAN, Eric Russell KLOOTWYK, Nathan Eric BENTON
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Publication number: 20240126026Abstract: An apparatus implements high density fiber panel organization. The apparatus includes a module configured to be secured to a panel of a 1 U rack. The apparatus further includes a front end of the module. The apparatus further includes a height of the front end corresponding to a height of a 1 U rack. The apparatus further includes an aspect ratio of the front end greater than 0.7. The aspect ratio is identified by the height of the front end divided by a width of the front end.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: viaPhoton, Inc.Inventors: Walter Mark HENDRIX, Keith Samuel MARANTO, Mark James SMRHA, Wade James WOMACK, James Patrick NOLAN, Eric Russell KLOOTWYK, Nathan Eric BENTON
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Publication number: 20240113509Abstract: A system implements a surge protection bus bar. The system includes a surge protection device that includes a connection point. The system further includes a carrier assembly juxtaposed to the surge protection device. The carrier assembly includes an interconnection point, an attachment point, and a rigid bar connecting between an interconnection point and the attachment point. A proximal end of the rigid bar integrally forms the interconnection point and a distal end of the rigid bar includes the attachment point.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicant: viaPhoton, Inc.Inventors: Walter Mark HENDRIX, Elizabeth Grace DABDOUB, Keith Samuel MARANTO, Mark James SMRHA
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Patent number: 11932396Abstract: Systems and apparatus are provided for a high-power microwave sensor using an unmanned aerial vehicle. The unmanned aerial vehicle may include a central body, at least one electric motor, and a barometric pressure feedthrough. The central body may include a first enclosure housing a plurality of low voltage components, a voltage feedthrough connector, and a second enclosure housing a plurality of high voltage components. The low voltage components may include a first signal processing system, a first radio transceiver, a flight controller, a second signal processing system, a second radio transceiver, and a navigation system. The high voltage components may include a plurality of electronic speed controllers, a power distribution module, an input power interface, and a plurality of high power filters. The components of each enclosure may be segregated such that the high voltage components do not create electromagnetic interference with the low voltage components.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: BlueHalo, LLCInventors: Alexis Henry Clark, Walter Mark Henderson, Marcus Thompson, Levi Judah Smolin
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Publication number: 20240063523Abstract: An apparatus forms an aggregation module. The apparatus includes a support structure to support multiple plug-in cards. The plug-in cards are insertable along an insertion direction. The apparatus further includes a front access panel openable to access the plug-in cards. The apparatus further includes the support structure and the plug-in cards forming an airflow path along an airflow direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2023Publication date: February 22, 2024Applicant: viaPhoton, Inc.Inventors: Walter Mark Hendrix, Mark James Smrha
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Publication number: 20230333343Abstract: Apparatus, systems, methods implement replicator shelves. A blade is slidably connected to a replicator shelf. Communication connectors are positioned on the blade. A support bar, within the replicator shelf, supports a plurality of cables to a plurality of blades comprising the blade.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2023Publication date: October 19, 2023Applicant: viaPhoton, Inc.Inventors: Walter Mark Hendrix, Nathan Eric Benton, Mark James Smrha, Wade James Womack
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Publication number: 20230077042Abstract: A base station antenna includes a radio frequency (RF) lens positioned to receive electromagnetic radiation from a radiating element, the RF lens including an RF energy focusing material and a first heat dissipation channel that extends through the RF energy focusing material of the RF lens and contains a cooling fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2022Publication date: March 9, 2023Inventors: Amit Kaistha, Michel Dembinski, Yongjie Xu, Xiangyang Ai, Gilberto Guerra, XiaoHua Hou, Walter Mark Hendrix, Willis Frank James
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Patent number: 11539110Abstract: A base station antenna includes a radio frequency (RF) lens positioned to receive electromagnetic radiation from a radiating element, the RF lens including an RF energy focusing material and a first heat dissipation channel that extends through the RF energy focusing material of the RF lens and contains a cooling fluid.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2019Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLCInventors: Amit Kaistha, Michel Dembinski, Yongjie Xu, Xiangyang Ai, Gilberto Guerra, XiaoHua Hou, Walter Mark Hendrix, Willis Frank James
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Patent number: 11531178Abstract: An apparatus implements a fiber breakout assembly. The fiber breakout assembly includes a tube and a plug. The tube includes a trunk portion and a plug receiving portion. The plug includes multiple entry holes and is configured to be inserted into the plug receiving portion of the tube. A crimp post is formed as part of the tube and includes one or more crimp retention features.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2021Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: ViaPhoton, Inc.Inventors: Walter Mark Hendrix, James Patrick Nolan, Nathan Eric Benton, Syed Babar Abbas
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Publication number: 20220384936Abstract: A modular monopole for wireless communications includes: an antenna module having a floor, a ceiling and a side wall that form an antenna compartment, wherein at least one antenna resides within the antenna compartment; a radio module having a floor, a ceiling and a side wall that form a radio compartment, wherein at least one remote radio unit (RRU) resides within the radio compartment; and a base. The base, the radio module, and the antenna module are arranged in vertically stacked relationship, with the base below the radio module and the antenna module above the radio module.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2022Publication date: December 1, 2022Inventors: Walter Mark Hendrix, Julian R. Colapietro, James E. Noel, Michael J. Paulus
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Patent number: 11417943Abstract: A modular monopole for wireless communications includes: an antenna module having a floor, a ceiling and a side wall that form an antenna compartment, wherein at least one antenna resides within the antenna compartment; a radio module having a floor, a ceiling and a side wall that form a radio compartment, wherein at least one remote radio unit (RRU) resides within the radio compartment; and a base. The base, the radio module, and the antenna module are arranged in vertically stacked relationship, with the base below the radio module and the antenna module above the radio module.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2018Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLCInventors: Walter Mark Hendrix, Julian R. Colapietro, James E. Noel, Michael J. Paulus
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Publication number: 20220255259Abstract: An apparatus implements a staggered connector. The apparatus includes a module base of a module, a first module connector within the module, and a second module connector, within the module, oriented with a side of the second connector corresponding to a release mechanism of a cable connector toward an opposite side of the first module connector. The apparatus further includes the second module connector staggered from the first module connector.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2022Publication date: August 11, 2022Applicant: viaPhoton, Inc.Inventors: Walter Mark Hendrix, Elizabeth Grace Dabdoub
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Publication number: 20220196951Abstract: An apparatus implements a cable distribution module. The apparatus includes a trunk cable with inner cables and includes breakout cables that correspond to the inner cables. The apparatus further includes a transition breakout between the trunk cable and the breakout cables and includes an outdoor rated path that includes the trunk cable, the transition breakout, and the one or more breakout cables. The apparatus further includes connectors to which the breakout cables are connected and an unsealed module supporting the one or more connectors.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2021Publication date: June 23, 2022Inventors: Walter Mark Hendrix, Elizabeth Grace Dabdoub, Eric Russell Klootwyk, Keith Samuel Maranto
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Publication number: 20220155544Abstract: A hybrid enclosure embodies a hybrid power fiber enclosure. The hybrid enclosure includes a power distribution area, within the hybrid enclosure, configured to distribute one or more power cables. The hybrid enclosure further includes a fiber tray with a fiber access area configured to distribute one or more optical cables. The fiber tray, when in a closed position within the hybrid enclosure, prevents access to at least a portion of the power distribution area.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2022Publication date: May 19, 2022Applicant: viaPhoton, Inc.Inventors: Walter Mark Hendrix, Syed Babar Abbas, Elizabeth Grace Dabdoub
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Publication number: 20220057585Abstract: An apparatus forms a module. The apparatus includes a housing configured to load the module through a front end of a panel. The apparatus includes a connector cluster. The apparatus includes a set of tabs corresponding to a set of securing members that secure the module to a panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2021Publication date: February 24, 2022Applicant: viaPhoton, Inc.Inventors: Walter Mark Hendrix, James Patrick Nolan, Nathan Eric Benton, Syed Babar Abbas, Keith Samuel Maranto, Elizabeth Grace Dabdoub
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Publication number: 20220035114Abstract: A method organizes fibers. A plurality of fibers is received into a first assembly. An initial sequence of the plurality of fibers in the first assembly is obtained. A set of key combinations is identified from the initial sequence and a predetermined sequence. A second assembly is slid across the first assembly. The set of key combinations is actuated to move the plurality of fibers from the first assembly to the second assembly and order the plurality of fibers in the second assembly in the predetermined sequence.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2021Publication date: February 3, 2022Applicant: viaPhoton, Inc.Inventors: Walter Mark Hendrix, Morgan Dunn