Patents by Inventor Lane Thomas Hauck

Lane Thomas Hauck 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: 11154768
    Abstract: A game and a method for making it, according to certain disclosed embodiments, may include a playfield for allowing a rollable device for moving along its surface. Playfield guides may direct the rollable device along a path of travel. Three or more target goals on the playfield may receive the rollable device as its final destination. Decision making devices mounted movably on the playfield may adjust manually selectively the path of travel, and each have an entrance structure and two or more exit structures. Decision making device guides direct the rollable device from the entrances to selected ones of the exits. Wherein the rollable device moves along a selected path of travel including user selected entrances and user selected exits of a series of decision making devices to a user selected target goal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Inventor: Lane Thomas Hauck
  • Publication number: 20200215423
    Abstract: A game and a method for making it, according to certain disclosed embodiments, may include a playfield for allowing a rollable device for moving along its surface. Playfield guides may direct the rollable device along a path of travel. Three or more target goals on the playfield may receive the rollable device as its final destination. Decision making devices mounted movably on the playfield may adjust manually selectively the path of travel, and each have an entrance structure and two or more exit structures. Decision making device guides direct the rollable device from the entrances to selected ones of the exits. Wherein the rollable device moves along a selected path of travel including user selected entrances and user selected exits of a series of decision making devices to a user selected target goal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventor: Lane Thomas Hauck
  • Patent number: 7802043
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for adding an autonomous controller to an existing architecture such as by way of example, portable devices such as cell phones, MP3 players, and digital cameras. A circuit interposed between the memory card and the system controller of the device is controllable to couple the memory card to the system controller, or to couple the memory card to a high speed I/O controller on the circuit. When the memory card is coupled to the high speed I/O controller on the circuit, the circuit provides signals to the system controller indicative of a memory card removal event. In systems having an I/O connection such as a USB connection, the circuit also disconnects that connection from the system controller, provides signals to the system control indicative of a USB disconnect and connects the I/O connection to the memory card through a high speed data transfer unit to provide a higher speed I/O capability. Various features and capabilities are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Lane Thomas Hauck, Kenneth Jay Helfrich, David Alan Podsiadlo
  • Patent number: 6961807
    Abstract: An integrated circuit device, and associated system and method, including a microprocessor, a multipurpose memory coupled with the microprocessor, a cache controller, and a first and second memory port. In one example, the first memory port is provided for coupling a first external memory device with the cache controller, and the second memory port is provided for coupling a second external memory device with the multipurpose memory. In one example, the first memory port may be adapted to be coupled with a Flash ROM, and the second memory port may be adapted to be coupled with an EEPROM. In this manner, the integrated circuit device may be utilized in different systems that have differing memory requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2005
    Assignee: Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventor: Lane Thomas Hauck