Patents by Inventor Lawrence C. Grant

Lawrence C. Grant 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).

  • Fiber optic memory coupling system with converter transmitting and receiving bus data in parallel fashion and diagnostic data in serial fashion
    Patent number: 5544319
    Abstract: A system for coupling sets of plurality of nodes that are memory coupled to pass write only data memory to memory via a data link that further includes an optical fiber controller coupled to each data link. Each controller is interconnected through fiber for high speed data transfers from one set of nodes to another. The controller is capable of connection implementing three and four cable interfaces. The data is transmitted through the fiber serially but the controller is adapted to receive parallel data and convert to serial form and vice versa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1996
    Assignee: Encore Computer U.S., Inc.
    Inventors: John D. Acton, Lawrence C. Grant, Jack M. Hardy, Jr., Steven P. Kent, Steven E. Schelong