Patents by Inventor Lot Phillips

Lot Phillips 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: 4513179
    Abstract: A test circuit for testing tip and ring conditions of a loop circuit has three test links which exclusively turn on one of a plurality of light emitters to indicate a normal loop current, low current or polarity reversal condition. The circuit is energized by current within the loop and is mounted within an easily portable and manipulable body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 23, 1985
    Assignee: Northern Telecom Limited
    Inventors: Lot Phillips, Hollis B. Austin, Kenneth S. Blakeslee
  • Patent number: 4320338
    Abstract: Apparatus is disclosed for automatically measuring accurately and rapidly alternating and direct voltages, resistance, and capacitance of a telephone line. Direct voltages and relatively high resistances can be determined by filtering out 60 Hz a.c. signals and measuring line current with and without a voltage source connected in series with the line. Capacitance is measured by charging the line from the voltage source, discharging the line into a plurality of integrators having different time constants, and sampling the output voltage of one of the integrators after a respective integral number of 60 Hz periods. The integrator whose output voltage is sampled depends on the capacitance being measured. The resultant measurement is corrected in respect of voltages on the line by performing a second integration without again charging the line, and the corrected result is modified to take into account the previously measured resistance of the line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1980
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1982
    Assignee: Northern Telecom, Inc.
    Inventors: Darryl C. Morris, Normand A. Saucier, Lot Phillips