Patents by Inventor Richard Currier

Richard Currier 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: 20110047851
    Abstract: A sight assembly for a firearm includes a foregrip removably attachable to the firearm, a first light source disposed within the foregrip, and a different second light source disposed within the foregrip. The assembly also includes a power source electrically connected to the first and second light sources, and a control circuit configured to control activation of the first and second light sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: LaserMax, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Mock, Christopher Gagliano, Richard Currier, Susan Houde-Walter, William R. Houde-Walter
  • Patent number: 6816023
    Abstract: An oscillator transmission switching circuit switches between asynchronous oscillator signals with low latency. Preferably, a fast switching circuit triggers a transition from a first oscillator to a second oscillator by entering a bridge input immediately following an edge of the first oscillator, holding in the bridge input until the same edge of the second oscillator is detected, and switching to the second oscillator. Preferably, the bridge input is selectable to accommodate conditions in which the first oscillator signal is stuck at either a logic 0 or a logic 1. A change of oscillators may be triggered by a fault detection circuit or by an external signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2004
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Guy Richard Currier, James Scott Harveland
  • Patent number: 6684362
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for connecting a manufacturing test interface to a global serial bus, such as an inter integrated circuit (I2C) bus. Input/output buffer logic buffers data to be transferred to and from the global serial bus. A slave interface logic connected to the input/output buffer logic receives and sends data to the input/output buffer logic. A slave controller coupled to the input/output buffer logic and the slave interface logic paces data exchange to the input/output buffer logic. Error detection logic is coupled between the input/output buffer and the global serial bus for detecting error conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2004
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Guy Richard Currier, James Scott Harveland, Sharon Denos Vincent, Paul Leonard Wiltgen
  • Patent number: 6158032
    Abstract: A data processing system, circuit arrangement, program product, and method thereof utilize a multi-path scan interface that is capable of providing multiple scan paths into a plurality of scan ring segments in an integrated circuit device. The multi-path scan interface utilizes one or more multiplexers coupled between scan in and scan out ports and at least one scan ring segment to provide alternate scan paths depending upon select signals supplied to each multiplexer. With such a configuration, a standardized scan interface may developed for interfacing with a wide variety of scan ring segments, and optionally, for multiple purposes. As a result, the amount of custom circuitry necessary to provide access to scan ring segments is significantly reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2000
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Guy Richard Currier, Leland Leslie Day, Steven Michael Douskey, Paul Allen Ganfield, James Maurice Wallin
  • Patent number: 6115763
    Abstract: A data processing system, integrated circuit device, program product, and method thereof utilize a service interface to provide external access to a plurality of cores integrated into an integrated circuit device. The service interface, which may be utilized to perform external data transfer through a service access port in connection with a predetermined service operation, is separate from any function interface that is utilized during regular operation of the device. The service interface includes a plurality of core interface units integrated with selected cores on the device and coupled to the service access port through a master interface unit that is configured to request at least one of the core interface units to initiate execution of a predetermined service operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2000
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Michael Douskey, Michael Charles Cogswell, Guy Richard Currier, John Robert Elliott, Sharon Denos Vincent, James Maurice Wallin, Paul Leonard Wiltgen