Thomas K Shoemaker

US Patent:

8082665, Dec 27, 2011

Filed:

Apr 6, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/662203

Inventors:

Stephen Edward Zimmerman - Damascus MD, US
Thomas Carleton Shoemaker - Gaithersburg MD, US

International Classification:

H01R 43/00

US Classification:

29869, 29868, 289 15, 439371

Abstract:

An apparatus for securely connecting mating ends of two power cords to prevent the mating ends of the two power cords from inadvertently or accidentally detaching from each other. The apparatus includes a flexible connector having a center segment, a first end and a second end. A preferred form of the flexible connector can readily accommodate varying configurations of mating ends of power cords. Preferably, the flexible connector is substantially symmetrical to facilitate installation. The first end has a first opening and the second end has a second opening. The center segment, the first end and the second end are manipulable to form a first retaining member and a second retaining member for securing a first end of a first power cord to a first end of a second power cord. Preferably, the flexible connector is configured such that it may not be inadvertently or accidentally dislodged from the first power cord or the second power cord. The first retaining member is adapted to receive the first end of the first power cord.

US Patent:

20200145816, May 7, 2020

Filed:

Jan 18, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/251161

Inventors:

- McLean VA, US
Thomas John Shoemaker - Fairfax VA, US
Michael Islek - Great Falls VA, US

International Classification:

H04W 12/00
H04W 56/00

Abstract:

A method, computer program product, and computer system for coordinating a plurality of node clusters. A mesh topology may be applied across the plurality of node clusters for a plurality of data packets transported through multiple upstream and downstream paths in the plurality of node clusters. Latency may be accounted for in the mesh topology between a first portion of data packets of the plurality of data packets delivered through network independent node clusters of the plurality of node clusters. Latency may be accounted for in the mesh topology between a second portion of data packets of the plurality of data packets delivered through network dependent node clusters of the plurality of node clusters. Data associated with the plurality of data packets may be synchronized by applying the mesh topology across a centralized topology of containers associated with the plurality of node clusters, wherein the mesh topology maintains asymmetric redundancy of the centralized topology of containers.