Patents by Inventor Anand R. Patel

Anand R. Patel has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Loopback tester for testing field replaceable units
    Patent number: 4998069
    Abstract: An apparatus for testing cables, cable connections associated with devices and devices in a daisy chain configuration. Cable malfunctions and cable connection malfunctions can be isolated down to a single device in a daisy chain system by looping back the data bus to the control bus or vice versa. A signal is then sent out on the first bus and received back on the second bus. If a cable malfunction is present, the signal received will not be the same as the signal transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1991
    Assignee: Tandem Computers Incorporated
    Inventors: Vien Nguyen, Anand R. Patel, John A. Blakkan