# Charles P. Thacker — Patents explained on PatentBrief

Charles P. Thacker has 1 landmark patent explained in plain English on PatentBrief.

- [How Multiple Computers Share a Network Cable Without Crashing](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/4063220/ethernet-packet-network) — granted 1977
  This patent describes how multiple computers can share a single communication cable by listening for other transmissions and stopping their own if a collision occurs, then trying again later.

**Full profile:** https://patentbrief.org/inventor/charles-p-thacker

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