Patents by Inventor Wayne Hopkinson

Wayne Hopkinson 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: 12665107
    Abstract: A network architecture and a ceiling-mounted enclosure for an office building allows end user devices far from a main equipment room to communicate with servers and outside provider services available within the equipment room. Network cabling includes at least one optical fiber to establish communication between the equipment room and the enclosure and electrical conductors to carry high voltage pulses, exceeding 300 Volts DC, from the equipment room to the enclosure. The enclosure includes a power connection compartment to terminate the high-voltage, a power conversion compartment housing power conversion equipment to convert the high voltage into a lower voltage DC output and/or an AC power output, and a data connection compartment housing data communication equipment to establish communication between the at least one optical fiber and a plurality of ports for twisted pair cable connectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Wayne Hopkinson, Ronna Davis, Scott Keith, Jeffrey Oberski
  • Publication number: 20250022634
    Abstract: A hybrid cable includes at least two bonded pairs of electrical conductors, such as four bonded pairs. The bonded pairs may be stranded about a central member and may also be bonded to each other. In one embodiment, the central member is a GRP rod, and one or two buffer tubes, each containing optical fibers, are stranded along with the bonded pairs about the GRP rod. In another embodiment, the central member is a tube and plural optical fibers are contained within the tube. Each bonded pair of electrical conductors carry digital or class 4 power from a transmitter card to a respective receiver card. Each bonded pair has unique indicia to facilitate the correct connections between the transmitter and receiver cards, such as tactile physical features on an outer surface of one of the electrical conductors of each bonded pair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Zachary Clampitt, David Wiebelhaus, Joseph Lichtenwalner, Wayne Hopkinson
  • Publication number: 20240355508
    Abstract: A network architecture and a ceiling-mounted enclosure for an office building allows end user devices far from a main equipment room to communicate with servers and outside provider services available within the equipment room. Network cabling includes at least one optical fiber to establish communication between the equipment room and the enclosure and electrical conductors to carry high voltage pulses, exceeding 300 Volts DC, from the equipment room to the enclosure. The enclosure includes a power connection compartment to terminate the high-voltage, a power conversion compartment housing power conversion equipment to convert the high voltage into a lower voltage DC output and/or an AC power output, and a data connection compartment housing data communication equipment to establish communication between the at least one optical fiber and a plurality of ports for twisted pair cable connectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Wayne HOPKINSON, Ronna DAVIS, Scott KEITH, Jeffrey OBERSKI
  • Patent number: 11121459
    Abstract: An assembly includes: a small cell antenna base station comprising a radio, an antenna, and a mounting structure; and an IoT gateway assembly mounted to the mounting structure, the IoT gateway assembly comprising: an IoT gateway module configured for aggregation and backhaul of data from IoT sensors; and an loT antenna connected with the IoT gateway module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Walter Mark Hendrix, Willis Frank James, Mark George Spaulding, Wayne Hopkinson, Jeffrey Cook
  • Publication number: 20200227817
    Abstract: An assembly includes: a small cell antenna base station comprising a radio, an antenna, and a mounting structure; and an IoT gateway assembly mounted to the mounting structure, the IoT gateway assembly comprising: an IoT gateway module configured for aggregation and backhaul of data from IoT sensors; and an loT antenna connected with the IoT gateway module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Walter Mark Hendrix, Willis Frank James, Mark George Spaulding, Wayne Hopkinson, Jeffrey Cook
  • Publication number: 20140060913
    Abstract: A cable includes a jacket surrounding a cable core. The cable core includes four twisted pairs. An S-shaped separator separates two of the twisted pairs from the other two twisted pairs. The S-Shaped separator may be formed with two layers or three layers, wherein at least one layer is conductive. In alternative embodiments, one or both ends of the S-shaped separator make electrical contact to mid-portions of the separator to create one or two shielding cambers within the cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Inventors: Wayne Hopkinson, Trent Hayes, Daniel Parke, Douglas Brake, David Wiebelhaus
  • Patent number: 8616247
    Abstract: A method for forming a cabling media includes providing a wire pair including first and second conductor members. Each of the first and second conductor members includes a respective conductor and a respective insulation cover surrounding the conductor thereof. The first and second conductor members are twisted about one another to form a twisted wire pair having a twist length that purposefully varies along a length of the twisted wire pair. The method may include: imparting a purposefully varied pretwist to the wire pair using a wire pair twist modulator; and imparting additional twist to the wire pair using a wire pair twisting device downstream of the wire pair twist modulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina
    Inventors: Wayne Hopkinson, Trent Hayes, Borivoje Antonijevic, Craig Masters, Ross Beames, Eamonn Wyer, Robert Black
  • Publication number: 20090000688
    Abstract: A method for forming a cabling media includes providing a wire pair including first and second conductor members. Each of the first and second conductor members includes a respective conductor and a respective insulation cover surrounding the conductor thereof. The first and second conductor members are twisted about one another to form a twisted wire pair having a twist length that purposefully varies along a length of the twisted wire pair. The method may include: imparting a purposefully varied pretwist to the wire pair using a wire pair twist modulator; and imparting additional twist to the wire pair using a wire pair twisting device downstream of the wire pair twist modulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2008
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Inventors: Wayne Hopkinson, Trent Hayes, Borivoje Antonijevic, Craig Masters, Ross Beames, Eamonn Wyer, Robert Black
  • Patent number: 7392647
    Abstract: A method for forming a cabling media includes providing a wire pair including first and second conductor members. Each of the first and second conductor members includes a respective conductor and a respective insulation cover surrounding the conductor thereof. The first and second conductor members are twisted about one another to form a twisted wire pair having a twist length that purposefully varies along a length of the twisted wire pair. The method may include: imparting a purposefully varied pretwist to the wire pair using a wire pair twist modulator; and imparting additional twist to the wire pair using a wire pair twisting device downstream of the wire pair twist modulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Assignee: CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina
    Inventors: Wayne Hopkinson, Trent Hayes, Borivoje Antonijevic, Craig Masters, Ross Beames, Eamonn Wyer, Robert Black
  • Publication number: 20060059883
    Abstract: A method for forming a cabling media includes providing a wire pair including first and second conductor members. Each of the first and second conductor members includes a respective conductor and a respective insulation cover surrounding the conductor thereof. The first and second conductor members are twisted about one another to form a twisted wire pair having a twist length that purposefully varies along a length of the twisted wire pair. The method may include: imparting a purposefully varied pretwist to the wire pair using a wire pair twist modulator; and imparting additional twist to the wire pair using a wire pair twisting device downstream of the wire pair twist modulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2004
    Publication date: March 23, 2006
    Inventors: Wayne Hopkinson, Trent Hayes, Borivoje Antonijevic, Craig Masters, Ross Beames, Eamonn Wyer, Robert Black
  • Publication number: 20050087361
    Abstract: A cabling media includes a plurality of twisted wire pairs housed inside a jacket. Each of the twisted wire pairs has a respective twist length, defined as a distance wherein the wires of the twisted wire pair twist about each other one complete revolution. At least one of the respective twist lengths purposefully varies along a length of the cabling media. In one embodiment, the cabling media includes four twisted wire pairs, with each twisted wire pair having its twist length purposefully varying along the length of the cabling media. Further, the twisted wire pairs may have a core strand length, defined as a distance wherein the twisted wire pairs twist about each other one complete revolution. In a further embodiment, the core strand length is purposefully varied along the length of the cabling media. The cabling media can be designed to meet the requirements of CAT 5, CAT 5e or CAT 6 cabling, and demonstrates low alien and internal crosstalk characteristics even at data bit rates of 10 Gbit/sec.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2003
    Publication date: April 28, 2005
    Inventors: Trent Hayes, Wayne Hopkinson
  • Patent number: 6875928
    Abstract: A cabling media includes a plurality of twisted wire pairs housed inside a jacket. Each of the twisted wire pairs has a respective twist length, defined as a distance wherein the wires of the twisted wire pair twist about each other one complete revolution. At least one of the respective twist lengths purposefully varies along a length of the cabling media. In one embodiment, the cabling media includes four twisted wire pairs, with each twisted wire pair having its twist length purposefully varying along the length of the cabling media. Further, the twisted wire pairs may have a core strand length, defined as a distance wherein the twisted wire pairs twist about each other one complete revolution. In a further embodiment, the core strand length is purposefully varied along the length of the cabling media. The cabling media can be designed to meet the requirements of CAT 5, CAT 5e or CAT 6 cabling, and demonstrates low alien and internal crosstalk characteristics even at data bit rates of 10 Gbit/sec.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Assignee: Commscope Solutions Properties, LLC
    Inventors: Trent Hayes, Wayne Hopkinson