Patents by Inventor William D. Heartsfield

William D. Heartsfield 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).

  • Connection of one or more transceivers at a cellular base station to one or more control and radio interfaces
    Patent number: 7450967
    Abstract: In a combination of a transceiver cabinet housing a plurality of transceivers and one or more DECON boards for supporting said transceivers, and a cable for connecting one or more of said transceivers through a selected DECON board to selected control and radio interfaces, a first end of the cable is connected to the selected DECON board, and the second end of the cable is split into and includes multiple discrete portions, each discrete portion being associated with one particular transceiver supported by the selected DECON board such that each discrete portion, and thus one particular transceiver, can be connected to a particular RTT board of a control and radio interfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: Cingular Wireless II, LLC
    Inventors: William D. Heartsfield, Christopher Erwin