Inventor · Houston, TX, US

John Norton

95Patents
7h-index
48Co-inventors
72Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 9, 1992 → Apr 21, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5205022A U-bolt clamp assembly Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 25 Expired
US9645326B1 Optical connector with a movable cleaning element Physics 13 Active
US11510329B2 Scalable-bandwidth aggregation for rack-scale servers Physics 13 Active
US11051422B2 Modular server design Electricity 11 Active
US10264701B1 Multi-configuration resource module bay Electricity 10 Active
US10624240B2 First and second shields for thermal isolation Electricity 8 Active
US10539753B1 Liquid-cooled assembly Electricity 7 Active
US10874032B2 Rotatable cold plate assembly for cooling pluggable modules Electricity 7 Active
US10765038B1 Floating liquid-cooled cold plate Electricity 7 Active
US10754103B2 Universal-blindmate sleeve and blindmate connectors Electricity 4 Active
US10349560B2 Cooling module Electricity 4 Active
US10191221B1 Optical assembly with cover to base opto-mechanical coupling Physics 4 Active
US9753504B2 Latching mechanism for a carrier tray Electricity 4 Active
US10468794B2 Transceiver module Electricity 3 Active
US11556156B2 Adaptable carrier for enterprise datacenter solid-state drives Electricity 3 Active
US10502910B2 Transceiver modules Physics 3 Active
US10534138B2 Module board coupling Electricity 3 Active
US10048451B1 Optical connectors with positions Electricity 3 Active
US11300738B2 Connector assembly including a housing-attachable optical connector Electricity 2 Active
US10833438B1 Apparatus for surface mount connectors Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US10741963B2 Cable assembly with conjoined one-lane cable assemblies Electricity 2 Active
US10725252B1 Modular optical ferrule adapter and carrier systems for customizable optical connectivity and having moveable ferrule carriers Physics 2 Active
US10185374B2 Storage drive riser Electricity 2 Active
US10606324B2 Plenum to deliver cool air and route multiple cables Electricity 2 Active
US10903905B2 Optical transceiver modules Electricity 2 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.