With Interconnecting Cable Patents (Class 361/827)
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Publication number: 20110267798Abstract: A harness for electronic device wiring of the present invention, wherein a portion covered by a jacket in a state where each of the electrical wires is bundled so as to be arranged in parallel with each other forms a flat cable part wound around a rotary shaft so that a parallel direction thereof is perpendicular to the overlapping surface, and a portion which is continuous with the flat cable part and in which each of the electrical wires is exposed forms a jacket strip part which is more distant from the rotary shaft than the flat cable part is.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2011Publication date: November 3, 2011Applicant: FUJIKURA LTD.Inventors: Shigeru NAKAZAKI, Tomoyuki SHINOHARA
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Publication number: 20110262097Abstract: A telecommunications system including a frame to which telecommunications equipment is mounted. The frame defines a patch panel region and an active equipment region. Patch cords are interconnected between the patch panel region and the active equipment region. The system further includes a slack storage panel that stores patch cord slack. The slack storage panel defines a single cable routing pathway. The patch cords are routed through the slack storage panel such that no portion of the length of each patch cord overlaps itself. In systems including both copper and fiber cables, the copper cables are routed separately from the fiber cables.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2011Publication date: October 27, 2011Applicant: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.Inventors: Kevin L. Hruby, Glen Cordle, Cindy S. Walters, Michael Kenneth Barth
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Publication number: 20110255238Abstract: A fan holder includes a casing structure having a first side and a second side. The casing structure includes a base, fan compartments extending from the base, and cable channels extending from the first side to the second side within the base. Each of the cable channels is configured to removably secure at least one of a plurality of cables.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2010Publication date: October 20, 2011Inventor: Choon Pheng TAN
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Patent number: 7992288Abstract: An apparatus (40) for fixing a flexible printed circuit board module (20) to a sliding mechanism (10) of a portable electronic device is provided. The apparatus includes a base (41) and a pressing device (43). The base includes an assembling stage (414) and defines a mounting space (419) therein. The assembling stage is configured for positioning the sliding mechanism and the flexible printed circuit board module thereto. The pressing device is mounted in the mounting space and configured for sliding within the mounting space and pressing the flexible printed circuit board module toward the sliding mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2008Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: Chi Mei Communication Systems, Inc.Inventor: Cheng-Lung Chang
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Patent number: 7936572Abstract: The invention relates to a distribution box connection module (1) for telecommunications and data technology, comprising a housing in which externally accessible input and output contacts (10, 20, 30, 40) are arranged for the connection of cables and cores, with the housing having a cavity in which at least one printed circuit board (50) is arranged, with the input and output contacts (10, 20, 30, 40) being arranged on the opposite end faces of the housing, and with the input contacts (10, 20) being associated with one input side and the output contacts (30, 40) being associated with one output side, with the input contacts 10, 20) being in the form of at least two mutually opposite rows of contacts, and the output contacts (30, 40) being in the form of at least one plug connector, with at least two input contacts (10) in the first row and at least two input contacts (20) in the second row being connected to the output contacts (30; 40) in the at least one plug connector, and with the input contacts (10, 20)Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2009Date of Patent: May 3, 2011Assignee: ADC GmbHInventors: Ralf-Dieter Busse, Antony Nijhuis, Harald Klein, Joachim Stark, Carsten Storbeck
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Patent number: 7916502Abstract: A cable tray is provided comprising a housing defining an interior portion, the housing having at least one positioned opening formed therein and also having plural, open ends in communication with the interior portion and the at least one positioned opening for passage of at least one cable therethrough. The housing is adapted to be coupled to at least one external surface, such that at least one of the plural, open ends substantially aligns with at least one open end of a housing of at least one further cable tray.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2008Date of Patent: March 29, 2011Assignee: Tellabs Operations, Inc.Inventors: Kimon Papakos, Scott A. Blakemore, Mark E. Boduch
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Publication number: 20110044020Abstract: A telecommunications system including a frame to which telecommunications equipment is mounted. The frame defines a patch panel region and an active equipment region. Patch cords are interconnected between the patch panel region and the active equipment region. The system further includes a slack storage panel that stores patch cord slack. The slack storage panel defines a single cable routing pathway. The patch cords are routed through the slack storage panel such that no portion of the length of each patch cord overlaps itself. In systems including both copper and fiber cables, the copper cables are routed separately from the fiber cables.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2010Publication date: February 24, 2011Applicant: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.Inventors: Kevin L. Hruby, Glen Cordle, Cindy S. Walters, Michael Kenneth Barth
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Patent number: 7889516Abstract: A cable management system with an inspection window allows a technician to see available ports in a telecommunications module. The cable management systems inspection window is substantially transparent to permit visual access to underlying ports and associated electrical connectors. The inspection window is solid to prevent physical access to the electrical connectors, thereby preventing contamination, short-circuiting or other damage. The visual access permitted by an inspection window prevents the need to remove a cable trough to find available ports, which reduces the chance of causing a disruption in service by inadvertently disconnecting a cable that is in or around the cable trough.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2007Date of Patent: February 15, 2011Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Darrel L. McDowell, Melbourne F. Ervin
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Publication number: 20100296262Abstract: According to an embodiment, a communication terminal is discussed, by which a coaxial cable capable of carrying a pair of signals is provided to the communication terminal and by which the case performs a grounding function for the coaxial cable to enhance the grounding function.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2010Publication date: November 25, 2010Inventors: Jang Ho Kim, Kwan Hee Kim
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Patent number: 7817444Abstract: A cable manager for arranging a plurality of electronic data cables in fixed positions for presentation to corresponding connection positions of an electronic communications connector block, including a plurality of cable guides for securing sections of the cables in spaced apart positions so that they converge at a common location remote from the cable manager.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2007Date of Patent: October 19, 2010Assignee: ADC GmbHInventor: Wayne William Dennes
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Patent number: 7807926Abstract: Flexible cables are connected to a movable member at a first end and a fixed member at a second end, each having a curve in between the first end and the second end. The flexible cables each include a first positioning system near the first end in the curve and a second positioning system near the second end in the curve, and they have different distances between the first positioning system and the second positioning system. The first positioning system and the second positioning system are fixed to a first positioning portion and a second positioning portion respectively. The flexible cables are spaced from each other to define clearances thereamong at the curve.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2003Date of Patent: October 5, 2010Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Kenji Samoto
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Patent number: 7787260Abstract: A telecommunications system including a frame to which telecommunications equipment is mounted. The frame defines a patch panel region and an active equipment region. Patch cords are interconnected between the patch panel region and the active equipment region. The system further includes a slack storage panel that stores patch cord slack. The slack storage panel defines a single cable routing pathway. The patch cords are routed through the slack storage panel such that no portion of the length of each patch cord overlaps itself. In systems including both copper and fiber cables, the copper cables are routed separately from the fiber cables.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2007Date of Patent: August 31, 2010Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.Inventors: Kevin L. Hruby, Glen Cordle, Cindy S. Walters, Michael Kenneth Barth
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Patent number: 7751206Abstract: A cable management system includes a cable base comprising a first end, a second end, and a resilient member that is operable to allow a rest distance between the first end and the second end to be changed. A plurality of cables are partially housed in the cable base, wherein each cable includes a first section that extends from the first end of the cable base and a second section that extends from the second end of the cable base.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2007Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Michael Kosacek, Ravi Kumar
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Publication number: 20100148014Abstract: The present invention provides a hard-to-fall fixing structure of wire harness contributive to cost reduction in which VOC is not generated and flapping sound (noise) of wire harness is hard to occur. In the fixing structure of a wire harness to a vehicle interior material according to the present invention, a silencer pad (acoustical material) is fixed to the vehicle interior material, and the silencer pad is provided with a latching piece formed by cutting a portion of the present silencer pad, and the wire harness is latched to the latching piece.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2008Publication date: June 17, 2010Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Koji Yoshida
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Patent number: 7729132Abstract: A harness wiring structure includes a first link that has a first fixing member, a second link that has a second fixing member, and a shaft portion that swingably connects the first link to the second link. When the first link and the second link are extended to each other, a wire harness is wired in a straight line so as to pass above the shaft portion and is fixed to the first link and the second link by the first fixing member and the second fixing member respectively.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2007Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Masataka Yamamoto, Mitsunori Tsunoda, Tomoyasu Terada
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Patent number: 7693386Abstract: A parallel path cable routing system that incorporates parallel paths into a single system. The parallel path cable routing system includes a first cable trough having a cable pathway and a second cable trough having a cable pathway. The first cable trough is parallel to the second cable trough. The parallel path cable routing system also includes a single component having a cable pathway that is coupled to both the first and second cable troughs. The single component connects the first cable trough pathway to the second cable trough pathway to allow the cables to run from the first cable trough to the second cable trough thereby transitioning the cables in the parallel path cable routing system.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2006Date of Patent: April 6, 2010Assignee: Panduit Corp.Inventor: Dennis J. Waszak
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Patent number: 7626120Abstract: A pop-up power and communication outlet apparatus having a hollow leg structure having an interior, a top end having an opening in communication with the interior of the hollow leg structure, and a bottom end. The apparatus also has a power and communication outlet structure that has a sleeve structure disposed within and attached to the hollow leg structure, and an outlet center movably disposed within the sleeve structure such that the outlet center can move vertically with respect to the sleeve structure. The outlet center has at least one power outlet or at least one communication outlet. In a preferred embodiment, the outlet center has a plurality of power outlets and a plurality of communication outlets. A lift mechanism is located within the sleeve structure and is connected between the sleeve structure and the outlet center. The lift mechanism urges the outlet center upward.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2008Date of Patent: December 1, 2009Assignee: Premier Manufacturing Group, Inc.Inventors: Kimberly Golden, Dave Black, Glenn Golden, Russell Hayden, Jillian Pai, Sean Scott
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Publication number: 20090190322Abstract: A portable wireless device such as a foldable portable telephone is provided. A feeder line 7 is arranged between an upper printed board 4 and a lower printed board 5 to feed power, the upper printed board 4 and the lower printed board 5 constitute radiating elements, respectively, to allow a portable wireless device main body to operate as a dipole antenna, and an upper-to-lower circuit connecting unit 6 connecting the upper printed board 4 to the lower printed board 5 is configured to include a feeder line 7 and signal lines 10 connecting a circuit unit of the upper printed board 4 to a circuit unit of the lower printed board 5 to cause a receiver, a display 8, a microphone, an external interface and the like to operate. It is thereby possible to prevent the feeder line 7 and the signal lines 10 from rubbing against each other to damage the signal lines 10 when the foldable portable wireless device is open or closed, and to realize downsizing of the foldable portable wireless device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2006Publication date: July 30, 2009Inventor: Takuya Kojima
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Publication number: 20090184574Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for assembling a communications system on an aircraft. An intrabus, including communication lines and power lines, is detachably mounted within the aircraft. At least one intrabus interface panel provides access to the intrabus. A plurality of line replaceable equipment racks (LRERs) are preassembled prior to being loaded onto the aircraft and each includes electronic equipment affixed within the LRER and at least one rack interface panel that provides access to the electronic equipment. A plurality of cables couple the at least one rack interface panel of each LRER to the at least one bus interface panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2008Publication date: July 23, 2009Inventors: Martin P. Zavidniak, Dale J. Shabra
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Patent number: 7561445Abstract: A high-voltage harness routing structure includes: a subframe; a driving power unit; an electric power distribution unit; an electrical auxiliary unit arranged to cause the driving power unit to be sandwiched between the electric power distribution unit and the electrical auxiliary unit; and a high voltage harness connecting the electric power distribution unit with the electrical auxiliary unit in a routing path. In this routing path, the high voltage harness drops from the electric power distribution unit toward the subframe and then extends along the subframe in a vehicle-width direction. The high-voltage harness routing structure further includes a driving power unit mount including a mount main body arranged apart from the subframe to form a space between the mount main body and the subframe; and a protector that covers at least a high-voltage harness's portion extending along the subframe in the vehicle-width direction and interfering with the driving power unit mount.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2006Date of Patent: July 14, 2009Assignees: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yazaki CorporationInventors: Tsutomu Yajima, Motoo Omori, Hironobu Sugiyama, Koji Yamashita
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Patent number: 7548434Abstract: The invention relates to a distribution box connection module (1) for telecommunications and data technology, comprising a housing in which externally accessible input and output contacts (10, 20, 30, 40) are arranged for the connection of cables and cores, with the housing having a cavity in which at least one printed circuit board (50) is arranged, with the input and output contacts (10, 20, 30, 40) being arranged on the opposite end faces of the housing, and with the input contacts (10, 20) being associated with one input side and the output contacts (30, 40) being associated with one output side, with the input contacts 10, 20) being in the form of at least two mutually opposite rows of contacts, and the output contacts (30, 40) being in the form of at least one plug connector, with at least two input contacts (10) in the first row and at least two input contacts (20) in the second row being connected to the output contacts (30; 40) in the at least one plug connector, and with the input contacts (10, 20)Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2003Date of Patent: June 16, 2009Assignee: ADC GmbHInventors: Ralf-Dieter Busse, Antony Nijhuis, Harald Klein, Joachim Stark, Carsten Storbeck
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Publication number: 20090122509Abstract: Wiring system which comprises: a flexible printed circuit board (1) with a surface (2) in turn comprising one or more electrical circuits formed by conductive strips (4) and a plurality of electronic components (5) connected to said conductive strips (4) and with at least one extension or branch (6) extending directly from said surface (2) and also comprising conductive strips (7); characterized in that it further comprised: at least one flexible flat cable (8) joined to said at least one extension or branch (6), such that an electrical connection is formed between said flexible flat cable (8) and said extension or branch (6). A vehicle door which internally comprises this wiring system.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2008Publication date: May 14, 2009Applicant: GRUPO ANTOLIN-INGENIERIA, S.A.Inventors: Marta CASTILLO GARCIA, Miguel Angel HERRERO PEREZ
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Publication number: 20090016043Abstract: A telecommunications system including a frame to which telecommunications equipment is mounted. The frame defines a patch panel region and an active equipment region. Patch cords are interconnected between the patch panel region and the active equipment region. The system further includes a slack storage panel that stores patch cord slack. The slack storage panel defines a single cable routing pathway. The patch cords are routed through the slack storage panel such that no portion of the length of each patch cord overlaps itself. In systems including both copper and fiber cables, the copper cables are routed separately from the fiber cables.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2007Publication date: January 15, 2009Applicant: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.Inventors: Kevin L. Hruby, Glen Cordle, Cindy S. Walters, Michael Kenneth Barth
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Patent number: 7471002Abstract: A voltage controller has an integrated control circuit having a plurality of lead wires, a plurality of connecting terminals, and a terminal holding body holding the terminals such that a portion of each terminal is protruded from a surface of the body so as to be connected with one lead wire. The control circuit controls an output voltage of an alternator by receiving or outputting signals transmitted through the lead wires and the connecting terminals. The protruded terminals are disposed so as to be aligned along a plurality of lines on the surface of the body. Therefore, an on-surface distance between terminals adjacent to each other is sufficiently set at a large value, and the arrangement of the terminals prevents the terminals from being short-circuited.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2006Date of Patent: December 30, 2008Assignee: Denso CorporationInventor: Toshiya Konishi
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Cable assemblies for connecting data storage chassis to a cable conduit within a data storage system
Patent number: 7425685Abstract: A chassis housing disk drives has an electrical plug and an electrical signal connector at its back end. A rack has a compartment for receiving the chassis. A cable conduit mounted to a rack sidewall adjacent the compartment abuts the back end of the chassis. A first cable assembly coupled to the cable conduit includes an electrical plug receptacle and a first cable extending through the cable conduit for conducting power to the electrical plug receptacle. A second cable assembly coupled to the cable conduit includes a data signal connector and a second cable extending through the cable conduit for conducting data signals to and from the data signal connector. The electrical plug receptacle receives the electrical plug and the data signal connector receives the electrical signal connector of the chassis, concurrently, when the chassis slides into the compartment fully, to supply power to and establish communications with the chassis.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2006Date of Patent: September 16, 2008Assignee: EMC CorporationInventors: C. Ilhan Gundogan, W. Brian Cunningham, Joseph P. King, Jr. -
Patent number: 7391625Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a rack for telecommunications equipment. The rack includes a frame defining a bay opening sized and shaped for receiving a plurality of jack modules. The rack also includes a first set of cable management brackets that define a first vertical channel arranged and configured for receiving and vertically managing a plurality of cross-connect cables. Each of the cable management brackets includes a pivot portion that is pivotally movable relative to the frame. The pivot portions are pivotally movable between first positions in which the pivot portions extend partially across a front of the bay opening, and second positions in which the pivot portions are generally offset from the front of the bay opening. The present disclosure also relates to a rack for telecommunications equipment that includes rear cable management structure that defines a plurality of vertical channels along a back side of the rack.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2004Date of Patent: June 24, 2008Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.Inventor: Jose-Filonel Tawag Mendoza
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Patent number: 7359218Abstract: A cable management apparatus includes a first cable management member. A second cable management member is pivotally coupled to the first cable management member such that the first cable management member and the second cable management member are moveable between an extended position and a retracted position, whereby the second cable management member is positioned in a vertically stacked orientation above the first cable management member in the retracted position. The cable management apparatus may be coupled to an information handling system rack in order to manage the cables for an information handling system while using a minimal amount of space behind the information handling system.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2005Date of Patent: April 15, 2008Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventor: Allison McGrew
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Patent number: 7189923Abstract: A digital electronic apparatus includes a plurality of units and a cable. The plurality of units have metallic housings and are combined such that surfaces of the metallic housings are opposed to each other. The cable is laid on a surface of the metallic housing of at least one of the units. The surface on which the cable is laid is other than the surfaces of the metallic housings that are opposed to each other.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2004Date of Patent: March 13, 2007Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hideho Inagawa, Hiroyuki Yamaguchi, Shin′ichi Nishimura, Daishiro Sekijima, Tsunao Hombo, Masafumi Kamei
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Patent number: 7050766Abstract: A remote receiver assembly includes a remote receiver device having a card member for plugging to a computer facility, and a control member rotatably coupled to the card member for receiving remote signals. The control member includes a duct, the card member includes one or more conduits rotatably coupled to the duct of the control member, to rotatably couple the control member to the card member. The control member may be rotated relative to the card member to suitable angular position, in order to effectively receive signals. One or more cable members may couple the remote receiver device to various computer facilities.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2003Date of Patent: May 23, 2006Inventor: Chii Moon Liou
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Patent number: 7047349Abstract: A multi-redundant inlaid wiring harness provides for alternate electrical or optical pathways in an aircraft wiring system. A plurality of conduits are inlaid between layers of composite fabric during fabrication of a section of an aircraft. The conduits are connected at their ends to computer-controlled gateway buses. The buses select a pathway between the buses from the number of possible pathways. If the selected pathway is later damaged, the buses select a new pathway and reroute the power or signal over the new pathway. Conduit selection is based on any of several hierarchies including path of least resistance and shortest or fastest path.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2001Date of Patent: May 16, 2006Assignee: Lockheed Martin CorporationInventor: Billy R. Carpenter
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Patent number: 7035112Abstract: An automatic switch includes a main body having connector ports provided thereon, more than one or two sets of cable-connected connectors directly extended from the main body, and a circuit board provided in the main body and electrically connected to the sets of cable-connected connectors via signal cables. The main body has an integral enclosure formed through multiple times of injection molding to include a circuit-protecting layer for enclosing the circuit board, an outer case enclosing the circuit-protecting layer, and an anti-slipping layer coating an outer surface of the outer case.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2002Date of Patent: April 25, 2006Assignee: ATEN International Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kevin Chen
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Patent number: 6937157Abstract: The present invention to provide a “smart cable system” for high density metallic cross connect systems. In particular, this invention relates to the physical structure of cables and associated hardware needed to form the “smart cable system” for interconnecting cards in shelves and racks of high density metallic cross connect switching systems. This invention provides the cable installer the ability to connect cables to cards with minimal errors by using visual indicators. The visual indicators guide the cable installer such that he/she can properly install the cables into the appropriate connectors. The present invention also provides a means for detecting when and where the cables are connected within the cross connect system.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2002Date of Patent: August 30, 2005Assignee: Turnstone Systems, Inc.Inventors: Ramon C. W. Chea, Jr., P. Kingston Duffie, Timothy John Hodgkinson
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Patent number: 6927336Abstract: An interworking interface module for telecommunication switching systems has multiple interworking terminal I/O ports, tracking terminal I/O ports, and system terminal I/O ports, and an indicator lamp are mounted on the external panels of a mounting frame. Multiple connection modules are attached onto the inner surface of a mounting frame used for setting up interconnection between the above terminal I/O ports. Each connection module comprises a switching means, such that a terminal separated from the system connection is automatically switched to connect to a terminal resistor to damp any line oscillation due to open connection. Using the connection modules to interconnect the above terminals of the invention, the present invention is able to reduce the necessary interconnecting components and simplify the procedures for assembling a transit exchange platform, while the original service quality with respect to a line connection is maintained.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2002Date of Patent: August 9, 2005Inventor: Hsun-Chien Huang
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Patent number: 6924437Abstract: A circuit board assembly includes a circuit board which defines circuit board pads, a set of surface mount electronic components soldered to a first set of the circuit board pads using a surface mount soldering process, and a set of surface mount coupling devices soldered to a second set of the circuit board pads using the surface mount soldering process. Each surface mount coupling device is configured to couple at least a portion of an object to the circuit board. Each surface mount coupling device includes a set of surface mount pads connected to the second set of the circuit board pads by solder joints resulting from the surface mount soldering process, a set of legs extending from the set of surface mount pads, and a body portion connected to the set of legs, the body portion providing a fixed structure relative to the circuit board for securing the object.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2003Date of Patent: August 2, 2005Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Norman L. Creekmore, Kevin F. Casey, Troy Williams Glover, Robert Gregory Twiss
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Patent number: 6865087Abstract: A management system for wiring and/or cabling is disclosed. The wire management system comprises a mounting stud and an integral cable guide assembly. The cable guide assembly may include a base portion and an upper portion with at least two guide members that may be removably mounted to the mounting stud. The at least two guide members of the cable guide assembly orientates the wiring and/or cabling in a generally vertical direction with respect to a heat emitting device so as to minimize the surface area of the wiring and/or cabling that is exposed to a heat emitting device, thereby minimizing heat buildup within an enclosure. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2003Date of Patent: March 8, 2005Assignee: Unitrend, Inc.Inventor: Conrad A. H. Jelinger
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Patent number: 6738474Abstract: POTS splitter devices are provided which are externally mounted with respect to digital subscriber loop access multiplexers and remote terminal and central office equipment racks. A cable having in-line sockets for receiving a combination POTS splitter and surge protection device provides POTS-only signals from a customer's premises to channel banks. The cable is connected to a protection panel configured so as not to consume equipment rack space. A multiport enclosure is provided with a multiport POTS splitter and surge plugs to transmit POTS signals from plural telephone lines to line termination equipment, and at least xDSL signals to a DSLAM via a cable. A multiport POTS splitter enclosure is also provided with connectors for externally mounted surge plugs. A protection panel is provided with integrated POTS splitters, xDSL filters and surge plugs to support plural telephone lines.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2000Date of Patent: May 18, 2004Assignee: ECI Telecom, Ltd.Inventor: Edwin Paul Miller
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Patent number: 6649836Abstract: Housing is provided for electronic circuitry that monitors the operation of a compressor. The housing includes a module containing the electrical circuitry as well as electrical connectors that connected the circuitry to external wiring. The module is mounted to an external housing member. The wiring inserts through an opening in the external housing member before being connect to the electrical connectors associated with the electronic module. Further openings in the housing member receive conduits carrying further wiring. The conduits extend outwardly from the housing member so as to allow the wiring in the conduits to be supported for an appreciable distance from the housing. A removable housing member is connected to the aforementioned housing member so as to cover the wiring connected to the electrical connectors associated with the electronic module.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2001Date of Patent: November 18, 2003Assignee: Carrier CorporationInventors: Dana L. Brechbill, George C. Yang, Michael W. Branson, Michael Collins, David W. Hamilton
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Publication number: 20030179562Abstract: A removable mechanical attachment system has first and second removable attachment members with each removable attachment member having first and second links. Each link has a base and at least a first extension member extending from one side of the base. The links are secured to respective surfaces of first and second electrical sections with at least one of the extension members of the first and second links of each of the first and second removable attachment members extending past open end faces of the first and second electrical sections. The electrical sections are positioned in a proximate abutting relationship at the open end faces with the extension members extending past the open end faces of the electrical sections overlapping the other extension members of the first and second removable attachment members. A bonding material is applied to the overlapping extension members to join the extension members together.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2002Publication date: September 25, 2003Inventors: Kei-Wean C. Yang, Gary W. Reed
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Patent number: 6600666Abstract: A holding device for a cable harness is designed in such a way that the cable harness, which is attached on one side to a printed circuit board, remains undamaged during transportation of the printed circuit board to a final assembly location. A plug connector attached to the printed circuit board has dome-shaped latching elements, and a unit plug attached to a free other end of the cable harness has corresponding counter latching elements as direct parts of the holding device. By snapping the counter latching elements onto the latching elements, the unit plug is attached to the plug connector, and the holding device for the cable harness is closed. At the final assembly location, the counter latching elements are nondestructively detached from the latching elements by pulling the unit plug off of the plug connector, and the holding device is reopened from the secured transport position for the cable harness. The holding device is preferably intended for use in the automobile industry.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2002Date of Patent: July 29, 2003Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Thomas Lott, Reinhard Fassel, Robert Schleicher
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Patent number: 6600107Abstract: A rack suitable for housing connections of cables in a telecommunications or data communications network includes a plurality of cable guides (2) and a plurality of cable guide mountings (3) at each of which the cable guides are capable of being mounted. The cable guides (2) are detachably mountable and are able to be detached and attached without the use of tools. A cable retaining portion (14) is provided at the free end of a cable guide.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2002Date of Patent: July 29, 2003Assignee: Cooper B-Line LimitedInventors: Colin Morgan Wright, Barry Barlow
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Patent number: 6573447Abstract: An electric device including a housing having a wall (2) made of solidified polymeric material and at least one electric component (5) which is situated inside the housing and is connected via at least one electric line (4) to at least one electric component which is situated outside or inside the housing, the line (4) being configured to be flexible and being at least partially embedded in the wall (2) of the housing during the molding and solidification of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2001Date of Patent: June 3, 2003Assignee: Firma Carl FreudenbergInventors: Günter Trogisch, Peter Schäfer, Stefan Plötz, Martin Quarder
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Patent number: 6549427Abstract: Metallic circuit traces disposed on a substrate of a panel and terminated in a high-density in-line array. Each termination comprises a terminal portion of a circuit trace disposed on and extending along a beam defined by the panel, a portion of a resilient compressible electrical conductor disposed in overlying relation to at least an associated part of the terminal portion, and a cradle assembly including a cradle member and a cap ultrasonically welded together in assembly generally within a common plane of joinder spaced from the substrate. The cradle assembly surround portions of the beam, the terminal portion, and the conductor and maintains the conductor under compression and in electrical contacting engagement with the terminal portion to form an electrical termination.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2000Date of Patent: April 15, 2003Assignee: Methode Development CompanyInventor: James J. Johnston
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Patent number: 6515849Abstract: A small control device can be efficiently assembled. The control device includes a door for releasing a control unit when a general user connects wiring, and a door for releasing a power supply unit for maintenance service. The control device may further include a door locking mechanism, a partition wall for separating the control unit and power supply unit, and a mechanism for mounting components on both sides of the wall in three-dimensional space. A notch may be formed in the wall. Moreover, the control device may include a mechanism for releasing a rear side of a case from the top, and a mechanism for releasing at least one side of the case.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2001Date of Patent: February 4, 2003Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazunori Matsumoto, Yasushi Mukai
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Patent number: 6504730Abstract: A power distribution assembly (PDA) includes AC and/or DC power modules and control modules that are installed within a chassis that is mounted to a vehicle, such as an aircraft. Each module includes a wiring harness connector and a control connector for attachment to a motherboard. A wiring harness is externally mounted to the chassis to provide a simplified connection for the wiring harness connector. The modules can be individually and selectively removed from the chassis for repair or replacement without having to remove the entire PDA from the aircraft. This is accomplished by simply removing the module from the chassis, thereby disconnecting the aircraft interface and motherboard connectors for the selected modules. Also, a common PDA can be utilized on different types of aircraft by installing desired modules within the chassis. Thus, the number and type of modules are selected to meet predetermined specifications for a specific aircraft and then installed within a PDA common to all aircraft.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2001Date of Patent: January 7, 2003Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand CorporationInventors: Robert C. Cooney, John A. Dickey, Mark W. Metzler, Bruce D. Beneditz
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Patent number: 6457165Abstract: A route information inputting section inputs route information including route drawing information on routes of a plurality of wiring harnesses to be arranged within a vehicle and route length information of each wiring harness. A wiring information memory stores wiring information including auxiliary unit information on a plurality of auxiliary units connected to the plurality of wiring harnesses and wire information on attributes of a plurality of wires connected between the plurality of auxiliary units. A display section displays on a screen a route drawing based on the route information input. An auxiliary unit position assigning section assigns positions of the plurality of auxiliary units on the route drawing displayed on the screen based on the auxiliary unit information included in the wiring information stored by the wiring information memory.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 1999Date of Patent: September 24, 2002Assignees: Yazaki Corporation, Sunsei Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takeshi Ishikawa, Masaharu Hayashi, Yukihiro Nozue, Masao Igarashi, Fumio Sugiyama, Kazuhiko Shiratori
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Patent number: 6456507Abstract: A structure of the uninterrupted power supply includes a lower housing, a first terminal pedestal, a second terminal pedestal and an upper housing. The lower housing has a battery receptacle, a circuit portion and a partitioning plate thereon, wherein the partitioning plate is disposed between the battery receptacle and the circuit portion and has a first cavity and a second cavity. The first terminal pedestal and the second terminal pedestal are carried on the first cavity and the second cavity respectively. The battery has two recesses for containing the positive electrode and the negative electrode thereof. The battery is capable of being positioned into the battery receptacle and electrically with the first terminal and the second terminal after the lower housing and the upper housing are assembled.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2001Date of Patent: September 24, 2002Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.Inventors: Yung-Hung Yang, Tung-Hung Hsieh
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Patent number: 6384330Abstract: A modular distributing frame for supporting telephone connector blocks for single person front jumper administration. The connector blocks are mounted in vertical columns having vertical troughs on both sides. Horizontal troughs are located at the top, bottom and an intermediate location while being in the same plane as the vertical troughs.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2000Date of Patent: May 7, 2002Assignee: Porta Systems CorporationInventors: Alan J. Squillante, Anthony Ray
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Patent number: 6373721Abstract: A cable management apparatus includes a bracket member and a cable guide member fastened to the bracket member. The bracket member includes a stem portion and a body portion for fastening to a cabinet for housing a plurality of electronic modules. The cable guide member includes a flange portion and a shelf portion having a surface. The flange portion is angled with respect to the surface of the shelf portion to allow a plurality of cables to contact the surface of the shelf portion to route the plurality of cables within the cabinet.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 1999Date of Patent: April 16, 2002Assignee: 3Com CorporationInventors: Daniel J. Lecinski, Kenneth S. Laughlin
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Patent number: 6366464Abstract: An ONU includes circuit cards, a card cage, and electrical connector hardware. The card cage releaseably engages and supports the circuit cards in installed positions in the card cage. At least one pair of the circuit cards have serial interconnections with each other. The electrical connector hardware defines all of those serial interconnections and is free of a backplane.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 1999Date of Patent: April 2, 2002Assignee: Marconi Communications, Inc.Inventors: Michael R. Cosley, John Matthes, James Zipper, Barry Joe Ethridge, Mahlon Danny Kimbrough
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Publication number: 20020012242Abstract: A cable management apparatus includes a bracket member and a cable guide member fastened to the bracket member. The bracket member includes a stem portion and a body portion for fastening to a cabinet for housing a plurality of electronic modules. The cable guide member includes a flange portion and a shelf portion having a surface. The flange portion is angled with respect to the surface of the shelf portion to allow a plurality of cables to contact the surface of the shelf portion to route the plurality of cables within the cabinet.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 1999Publication date: January 31, 2002Inventors: DANIEL J. LECINSKI, KENNETH S. LAUGHLIN