Patents by Inventor Daniel Roulo

Daniel Roulo 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).

  • Programmatically switched hot-plug PCI slots
    Publication number: 20060282724
    Abstract: Electrically decoupling circuit boards, such as PCI cards, from a backplane bus without physically removing the circuit boards from backplane connectors is disclosed. A microprocessor controls the state of electrically controlled switches that control the application of power to the power terminals of backplane connectors. Optionally, manually operated switches also control the application of power to the power terminals of the backplane connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2005
    Publication date: December 14, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Daniel Roulo