Patents by Inventor Edward Maddox

Edward Maddox 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).

  • Patent number: 8806398
    Abstract: A method for designing an electronic component includes receiving a device criteria (e.g., a parametric value, procurement value, etc.) from a designer, querying a database for devices corresponding to the device criteria, querying the database for procurement data and/or engineering data associated with the corresponding devices, presenting the devices to the designer based on the procurement data, and receiving input from the designer identifying one of the presented devices as a selected device. In a particular method, the returned devices are sorted based on one or more procurement values (e.g., manufacturer, price, availability, manufacturer status, etc.), and presented to the designer in a ranked list. Objects representative of the selected devices are then entered into a design file, and the objects are associated with the device's engineering and/or procurement data. In a particular embodiment, the objects are associated with the engineering data by embedding the engineering data in the file object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Flextronics AP, LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas E. Brathwaite, Ram Gopal Bommakanti, Visvanathan Ganapathy, Paul N. Burns, Douglas Edward Maddox, Michael Anthony Durkan
  • Patent number: 8799849
    Abstract: A method for designing an electronic component includes receiving a device criteria (e.g., a parametric value, procurement value, etc.) from a designer, querying a database for devices corresponding to the device criteria, querying the database for procurement data and/or engineering data associated with the corresponding devices, presenting the devices to the designer based on the procurement data, and receiving input from the designer identifying one of the presented devices as a selected device. In a particular method, the returned devices are sorted based on one or more procurement values (e.g., manufacturer, price, availability, manufacturer status, etc.), and presented to the designer in a ranked list. Objects representative of the selected devices are then entered into a design file, and the objects are associated with the device's engineering and/or procurement data. In a particular embodiment, the objects are associated with the engineering data by embedding the engineering data in the file object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Flextronics AP, LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas E. Brathwaite, Ram Gopal Bommakanti, Visvanathan Ganapathy, Paul N. Burns, Douglas Edward Maddox, Michael Anthony Durkan
  • Publication number: 20100242005
    Abstract: A method for designing an electronic component includes receiving a device criteria (e.g., a parametric value, procurement value, etc.) from a designer, querying a database for devices corresponding to the device criteria, querying the database for procurement data and/or engineering data associated with the corresponding devices, presenting the devices to the designer based on the procurement data, and receiving input from the designer identifying one of the presented devices as a selected device. In a particular method, the returned devices are sorted based on one or more procurement values (e.g., manufacturer, price, availability, manufacturer status, etc.), and presented to the designer in a ranked list. Objects representative of the selected devices are then entered into a design file, and the objects are associated with the device's engineering and/or procurement data. In a particular embodiment, the objects are associated with the engineering data by embedding the engineering data in the file object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2010
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Inventors: Nicholas E. Brathwaite, Ram Gopal Bommakanti, Visvanathan Ganapathy, Paul N. Burns, Douglas Edward Maddox, Michael Anthony Durkan
  • Patent number: 7712058
    Abstract: A method for designing an electronic component includes receiving a device criteria (e.g., a parametric value, procurement value, etc.) from a designer, querying a database for devices corresponding to the device criteria, querying the database for procurement data and/or engineering data associated with the corresponding devices, presenting the devices to the designer based on the procurement data, and receiving input from the designer identifying one of the presented devices as a selected device. In a particular method, the returned devices are sorted based on one or more procurement values (e.g., manufacturer, price, availability, manufacturer status, etc.), and presented to the designer in a ranked list. Objects representative of the selected devices are then entered into a design file, and the objects are associated with the device's engineering and/or procurement data. In a particular embodiment, the objects are associated with the engineering data by embedding the engineering data in the file object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Flextronics International USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas E. Brathwaite, Ram Gopal Bommakanti, Visvanathan Ganapathy, Paul N. Burns, Douglas Edward Maddox, Michael Anthony Durkan
  • Patent number: 7134096
    Abstract: A method for designing an electronic component includes receiving a device criteria (e.g., a parametric value, procurement value, etc.) from a designer, querying a database for devices corresponding to the device criteria, querying the database for procurement data and/or engineering data associated with the corresponding devices, presenting the devices to the designer based on the procurement data, and receiving input from the designer identifying one of the presented devices as a selected device. In a particular method, the returned devices are sorted based on one or more procurement values (e.g., manufacturer, price, availability, manufacturer status, etc.), and presented to the designer in a ranked list. Objects representative of the selected devices are then entered into a design file, and the objects are associated with the device's engineering and/or procurement data. In a particular embodiment, the objects are associated with the engineering data by embedding the engineering data in the file object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: Flextronics International USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas E. Brathwaite, Ram Gopal Bommakanti, Visvanathan Ganapathy, Paul N. Burns, Douglas Edward Maddox, Michael Anthony Durkan
  • Publication number: 20050182650
    Abstract: To achieve a maintenance or inspection system in accordance with an asset scale. Specifically, the combination of four management software modules is properly changed to easily configure a maintenance or inspection system in accordance with an asset scale. An asset maintenance or inspection system comprising a first computer and a second computer capable of mutual information exchange with the first computer, wherein the first and second computer are configured by a proper combination of four management modules, a process management module, a procedure management module, a visual information management module, and a form management module, and the combination can be changed to easily configure a maintenance or inspection system in accordance with an asset scale.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2005
    Publication date: August 18, 2005
    Inventors: Edward Maddox, Yoshiaki Sonoda, Hidetaka Ono, Toyofumi Shimada
  • Publication number: 20030221172
    Abstract: A method for designing an electronic component includes receiving a device criteria (e.g., a parametric value, procurement value, etc.) from a designer, querying a database for devices corresponding to the device criteria, querying the database for procurement data and/or engineering data associated with the corresponding devices, presenting the devices to the designer based on the procurement data, and receiving input from the designer identifying one of the presented devices as a selected device. In a particular method, the returned devices are sorted based on one or more procurement values (e.g., manufacturer, price, availability, manufacturer status, etc.), and presented to the designer in a ranked list. Objects representative of the selected devices are then entered into a design file, and the objects are associated with the device's engineering and/or procurement data. In a particular embodiment, the objects are associated with the engineering data by embedding the engineering data in the file object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2003
    Publication date: November 27, 2003
    Inventors: Nicholas E. Brathwaite, Ram Gopal Bommakanti, Visvanathan Ganapathy, Paul N. Burns, Douglas Edward Maddox, Michael Anthony Durkan
  • Patent number: 5814110
    Abstract: Distillate fuel is treated with additives whose structure match the crystal planes of the wax which crystallizes from the fuel to produce crystals below 4000 nanometres in size, suitable additive include novel sulpho-carboxylic materials particularly their esters and amine derivatives such as the amine salts and/or amides of ortho-sulpho benzoic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1998
    Assignee: Exxon Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth William Bartz, Jacqueline Dawn Bland, David Paul Gillingham, Richard Dix Kerwood, Edwin William Lehmann, Kenneth Lewtas, John Edward Maddox, Albert Rossi, Robert Dryden Tack