Patents by Inventor Michael E. Grice

Michael E. Grice 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: 8251740
    Abstract: A high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) plug on an HDMI cable assembly includes an indicator light that is illuminated only when both ends of the cable are plugged into a video source and a video sink. Embodiments include an HDMI plug that comprises a connector body having a mating end configured for insertion into a mating HDMI receptacle and containing electrical pins configured according to HDMI specifications, the pins including a +5V Power pin, a Ground pin, and a Hot Plug Detect pin. The HDMI plug further comprises an indicator circuit that includes a light-emitting diode and a transistor switch in series with the light emitting-diode, wherein the light-emitting diode and transistor switch are coupled to the +5V Power pin, Ground pin, and Hot Plug Detect pin so that the light-emitting diode is activated only when both the +5V Power pin and Hot Plug Detect pin are energized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: All Systems Broadband, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael E. Grice, Jason Alan Skeoch
  • Publication number: 20120064758
    Abstract: A high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) plug on an HDMI cable assembly includes an indicator light that is illuminated only when both ends of the cable are plugged into a video source and a video sink. Embodiments include an HDMI plug that comprises a connector body having a mating end configured for insertion into a mating HDMI receptacle and containing electrical pins configured according to HDMI specifications, the pins including a +5V Power pin, a Ground pin, and a Hot Plug Detect pin. The HDMI plug further comprises an indicator circuit that includes a light-emitting diode and a transistor switch in series with the light emitting-diode, wherein the light-emitting diode and transistor switch are coupled to the +5V Power pin, Ground pin, and Hot Plug Detect pin so that the light-emitting diode is activated only when both the +5V Power pin and Hot Plug Detect pin are energized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2010
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Inventors: Michael E. Grice, Jason Alan Skeoch
  • Patent number: 5167526
    Abstract: The invention comprises a telecommunications terminal block with integral but separate test port captured cap feature as well as a method of manufacturing same in an automated fashion. The block permits the electric connection of various size gauges of wires without the severing of the smallest gauges of wire or ruining the block when initially contacting on the largest gauge wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1992
    Assignee: Raychem Corporation
    Inventors: James A. Pinyan, Michael E. Grice, Roy K. Thompson, Marc Moisson, Emanuele Scalco, Erwin De Bruycker, Thomas M. Wilson, Jan Vansant, Geert Swinnen, Annie Lequesne