Patents by Inventor Johannes H. M. Smits

Johannes H. M. Smits 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: 5144652
    Abstract: Device for connecting one out of a plurality of internal lines (34,36) to an information exchange subscriber line, such as a telephone, facsimile or telex line, provided with decoding means (28,1-16) to detect dialling disc pulses (a), preferably on base of the time period between edges (b',b") of these pulses, timing means (9,10,12) to determine a time interval after an edge in which the next edge should occur and a test means (13) to ascertain whether said next edge occurred indeed in said interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1992
    Inventor: Johannes H. M. Smits