Patents by Inventor Warren Marble

Warren Marble 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).

  • Small form pluggable insertion/removal tool
    Patent number: 9627836
    Abstract: A SFP tool can include a tool body with an installer key slidingly engaged with the tool body and/or an extractor key slidingly engaged with the tool body. The installer key can include one or more port engagers at a distal end of the installer key to engage with one or more corresponding ports in a SFP for installing the SFP into a SFP slot in a networking device. To remove a SFP from a SFP slot of a networking device, a bail engager pivotally coupled to an extractor key at a distal end of the extractor key can be engage and unlock a bail on the SFP. The SFP can be removed by moving a extractor key handle away from the networking device and/or the pressure can be applied to the extractor key handle and the SFP tool can be pulled away from the networking device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Warren Marble
  • SMALL FORM PLUGGABLE INSERTION/REMOVAL TOOL
    Publication number: 20150364894
    Abstract: A SFP tool can include a tool body with an installer key slidingly engaged with the tool body and/or an extractor key slidingly engaged with the tool body. The installer key can include one or more port engagers at a distal end of the installer key to engage with one or more corresponding ports in a SFP for installing the SFP into a SFP slot in a networking device. To remove a SFP from a SFP slot of a networking device, a bail engager pivotally coupled to an extractor key at a distal end of the extractor key can be engage and unlock a bail on the SFP. The SFP can be removed by moving a extractor key handle away from the networking device and/or the pressure can be applied to the extractor key handle and the SFP tool can be pulled away from the networking device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventor: Warren Marble