General Instrument Corporation

General Instrument Corporation of Delaware

Charles R Herrmann

Paul Ocepek

Federico Sanchez

William J Storti

David M Gargani

Carol A Mathews

Jon Godston

Giles D McWilliam

John M Miller

Keith E Sibley

Doris A Schneider

Carl W Gomes, Ii

Stephen G Miggels

Faquir C Mittal

Stephen Gerard Miggels

Jeffrey Paul Viola

Barry P Falvo

Steven Kimball

Raymond W Alker

Carol Ann Mathews Reynolds

Timothy Kenneth Newman

Doris Witzman

Shiomo Ovadia

Carol Mathews Reynolds

Chia-Hao Chang

Ron DiUbaldi

Joost Schouten

David Horoschak

Yeh Chou Hsieh

Robert Butterfield

Kevin Keefe

Set top box

Set top box stand

Set-top enclosure

The port for a removable module of a set-top box in a cable television system incorporates guide members of a thermally conductive material to provide a new primary heat dissipation path to manage thermal energy generated by operation of the module. The guide members may also be used to guide the module into proper connection with a module connector which electrically connects the circuit on the module with the circuitry of the set-top box. The guide members may be attached to the chassis of the set-top box or integrally formed in the chassis. Thus, heat from the module is provide directly to the chassis of the set-top box from which it is released by convention into the ambient environment.

Method and apparatus for managing thermal energy emissions of a removable module in a set-top box

Front panel for modular processing system

Communications gateway enclosure

Communication interface cover

High power infra-red blaster

Set top television converter

A Cable Television (CATV) Converter box or computer has a Smart Card connector mounted in a bottom wall thereof. The Converter box includes a case having a top wall, the bottom wall, and four side walls, a main printed circuit (PC) board mounted within the Converter box and parallel to the top and bottom walls thereof, and a Smart Card connector. The Smart Card connector is mounted directly onto the PC board and within a protrusion of the bottom wall of the Converter box. The Smart Card connector defines an opening which is aligned with a first end of a groove defined in the bottom wall of the case for receiving a Smart Card storing a predetermined signal security decrypting algorithm. A second end of the groove is either formed in one of the side walls of the device or in the bottom wall of the case. The Smart Card is installed by inserting the Smart Card in the groove and placing it into contact with the Smart Card connector.

Cable television converter box with a smart card connector underneath

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Rydal, PA, United States of America

Charles R Herrmann