Inventor · Apex, NC, US

Michael David Herring

54Patents
10h-index
51Co-inventors
77Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 9, 2009 → Oct 3, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8804342B2 Communication modules having connectors on a leading end and systems including the same Physics 65 Active
US9166320B1 Cable connector assembly Electricity 33 Active
US9209539B2 Backplane or midplane communication system and connector Electricity 28 Active
US9930772B2 Printed circuit and circuit board assembly configured for quad signaling Electricity 25 Active
US7985079B1 Connector assembly having a mating adapter Electricity 24 Active
US9437949B2 Electrical cable assembly configured to be mounted onto an array of electrical contacts Electricity 17 Active
US9484678B1 Electrical cage member having standoff features Physics 10 Active
US9985403B1 Power connector assembly for a communication system Electricity 10 Active
US10038262B1 Electrical bridge device including a support bracket and a flex bridge subassembly Electricity 10 Active
US8475208B2 Electrical connector configured to shield cable-termination regions Electricity 10 Active
US9166315B1 Straddle mount connector and pluggable transceiver module having the same Electricity 9 Active
US10224652B2 Card edge connector assembly Electricity 8 Active
US10297963B2 Dual connector system Electricity 8 Active
US11125958B2 Optical pluggable module for a communication system Electricity 6 Active
US10103462B1 Card-edge connector assembly having card guide modules Electricity 6 Active
US9472878B2 Electrical cable connector having a two-dimensional array of mating interfaces Electricity 6 Active
US9991615B1 Dual connector system having a securing anchor Electricity 6 Active
US9590366B1 Cable assembly and communication system configured to receive the cable assembly Physics 6 Active
US8123534B1 Mounting features for straddle mount connectors Electricity 5 Active
US10367282B2 Dual connector system Electricity 5 Active
US10398050B2 Pluggable transceiver assembly and communication system having the same Electricity 5 Active
US8277232B2 Straddle mount connector Electricity 4 Active
US10910748B2 Cable socket connector assembly for an electronic Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Active
US10756500B2 Power connector assembly for a communication system Electricity 3 Active
US11264748B2 Low profile electrical connector Electricity 3 Active

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