Patents by Inventor William H. Schenk

William H. Schenk 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).

  • Configurable electrical shunt for a computer cable
    Patent number: 6254411
    Abstract: An electrical cable includes a connector that contains an electrically conductive shunt. The shunt includes multiple electrically conductive clips that shunt selected wires in the connector together. The chips are removable so that different combinations of wires can be shunted together. The clips each comprise a pair of vertically aligned fingers extending perpendicularly from a top surface of a mounting plate. The fingers on each clip include oppositely aligned tapered top ends forming a wide opening for receiving the cable wire. The clips extend longitudinally along an entire front end and longitudinally along an entire rear end of the mounting plate. The clips on the front end of the shunt are offset from the clips in the rear end so that each clip aligns with only one wire in the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: John T. Chapman, William H. Schenk, Robert A. Loose
  • Configurable electrical shunt for a computer cable
    Patent number: 6004150
    Abstract: An electrical cable includes a connector that contains an electrically conductive shunt. The shunt includes multiple electrically conductive clips that shunt selected wires in the connector together. The chips are removable so that different combinations of wires can be shunted together. The clips each comprise a pair of vertically aligned fingers extending perpendicularly from a top surface of a mounting plate. The fingers on each clip include oppositely aligned tapered top ends forming a wide opening for receiving the cable wire. The clips extend longitudinally along an entire front end and longitudinally along an entire rear end of the mounting plate. The clips on the front end of the shunt are offset from the clips in the rear end so that each clip aligns with only one wire in the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1999
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: John T. Chapman, William H. Schenk, Robert A. Loose