Patents by Inventor Kenneth Crouch

Kenneth Crouch 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).

  • Publication number: 20060193969
    Abstract: A method for streaming a viscous material onto an electronic substrate using a dispensing system having a dispenser includes positioning a nozzle of the dispenser at a nominal clearance height above the substrate, dispensing a continuous stream of viscous material from the nozzle to dispense an amount of material on the substrate, controlling the volumetric flow rate of the viscous material being dispensed by the dispenser, moving the nozzle over areas of the substrate requiring viscous material, and terminating the continuous stream of viscous material. A dispensing system for performing methods of streaming viscous material is further disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2005
    Publication date: August 31, 2006
    Applicant: Speedline Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Prentice, Brian Prescott, Kenneth Crouch, Gerald Pham-Van-Diep
  • Publication number: 20050000416
    Abstract: A dispensing system and method for dispensing material onto a substrate. The dispensing system includes a frame, a support, coupled to the frame, that supports the substrate at a dispensing position in the dispensing system, and a dispensing head, coupled to the frame, that dispenses the material onto the substrate. The dispensing head includes a motor unit having a first motor coupled to an output drive mechanism, and a dispensing unit, removably coupled to the motor unit, having a material outlet from which the dispensing material is dispensed, the dispensing unit having a dispensing mechanism coupled to the material outlet and coupled to the output drive mechanism of the motor unit such that operation of the first motor causes the dispensing mechanism to dispense material through the outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2004
    Publication date: January 6, 2005
    Inventors: Thomas Prentice, Brian Prescott, Kenneth Crouch, Murray Scott
  • Patent number: 6514569
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention are directed to methods and apparatus for dispensing material onto substrates. A dispensing system is provided for dispensing a metered quantity of dispensing material onto a substrate. The dispensing system includes a dispensing pump, a container, coupled to the dispensing pump, to contain the material prior to dispensing, and a computer control system to control operation of the dispensing pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Inventor: Kenneth Crouch
  • Publication number: 20010010036
    Abstract: A portion of a logic emulation system is configured to sample logic values from the portion of the emulation system that is used to emulate the user digital logic design. These sampled values are then multiplexed by the emulation system to a logic analysis device. Typically, this is a commercially-available logic analyzer. To achieve this functionality, the emulation system is provided with a clock signal that has a higher frequency than the emulation clock signal received from the target or user system. This high speed clock signal is provided to logic analyzer as a strobe signal and controls the transfer of words of logic values from the emulation system to the logic analyzer. As a result, the number of signals that the logic analyzer can effectively sample for a cycle of the emulation clock is increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2001
    Publication date: July 26, 2001
    Applicant: IKOS Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Kem Stewart, Charles W. Selvidge, Kenneth Crouch, Marina Wong, Mark Seneski
  • Patent number: 6223148
    Abstract: A portion of a logic emulation system is configured to sample logic values from the portion of the emulation system that is used to emulate the user digital logic design. These sampled values are then multiplexed by the emulation system to a logic analysis device. Typically, this is a commercially-available logic analyzer. To achieve this functionality, the emulation system is provided with a clock signal that has a higher frequency than the emulation clock signal received from the target or user system. This high speed clock signal is provided to logic analyzer as a strobe signal and controls the transfer of words of logic values from the emulation system to the logic analyzer. As a result, the number of signals that the logic analyzer can effectively sample for a cycle of the emulation clock is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: IKOS Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Kem Stewart, Charles W. Selvidge, Kenneth Crouch, Marina Wong, Mark Seneski
  • Patent number: 5802348
    Abstract: A portion of a logic emulation system is configured to sample logic values from the portion of the emulation system that is used to emulate the user digital logic design. These sampled values are then multiplexed by the emulation system to a logic analysis device. Typically, this is a commercially-available logic analyzer. To achieve this functionality, the emulation system is provided with a clock signal that has a higher frequency than the emulation clock signal received from the target or user system. This high speed clock signal is provided to logic analyzer as a strobe signal and controls the transfer of words of logic values from the emulation system to the logic analyzer. As a result, the number of signals that the logic analyzer can effectively sample for a cycle of the emulation clock is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1998
    Assignee: Virtual Machine Works, Inc.
    Inventors: Kem Stewart, Charles W. Selvidge, Kenneth Crouch, Marina Wong, Mark Seneski