Patents by Inventor Rob Kennedy

Rob Kennedy 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: 10067892
    Abstract: A microcontroller has a CPU with at least one interrupt input coupled with an interrupt controller, a plurality of peripherals, and a mode register comprising at least one bit controlling an operating mode of the microcontroller. The microcontroller is configured to operate in a first operating mode wherein upon assertion of an interrupt by a peripheral of the microcontroller, the interrupt controller forwards an interrupt signal to the CPU and the peripheral sets an associated interrupt flag, wherein the interrupt causes the CPU to branch to a predefined interrupt address associated with the interrupt input. In a second operating mode, upon assertion of an interrupt by a peripheral of the microcontroller, the interrupt controller forwards an interrupt signal to the CPU and the CPU receives additional interrupt information from the peripheral that generated the interrupt, wherein the additional interrupt information is used to generate a vector address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Keith Curtis, Ashish Senapati, Anthony Garcia, Vijay Sarvepalli, Prashanth Pulipaka, Kevin Kilzer, David Forst, Rob Kennedy, Primo Castro, Aaron Barton
  • Publication number: 20160259741
    Abstract: A microcontroller has a CPU with at least one interrupt input coupled with an interrupt controller, a plurality of peripherals, and a mode register comprising at least one bit controlling an operating mode of the microcontroller. The microcontroller is configured to operate in a first operating mode wherein upon assertion of an interrupt by a peripheral of the microcontroller, the interrupt controller forwards an interrupt signal to the CPU and the peripheral sets an associated interrupt flag, wherein the interrupt causes the CPU to branch to a predefined interrupt address associated with the interrupt input. In a second operating mode, upon assertion of an interrupt by a peripheral of the microcontroller, the interrupt controller forwards an interrupt signal to the CPU and the CPU receives additional interrupt information from the peripheral that generated the interrupt, wherein the additional interrupt information is used to generate a vector address.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Applicant: Microchip Technology Incorporated
    Inventors: Keith Curtis, Ashish Senapati, Anthony Garcia, Vijay Sarvepalli, Prashanth Pulipaka, Kevin Kilzer, David Forst, Rob Kennedy, Primo Castro, Aaron Barton
  • Publication number: 20090120305
    Abstract: Ice cream products are made quickly by mixing ingredients with a liquefied gas in an open container from which clouds of vapor emanate. A deflector close above the open container keeps the vapor from rising away from the container and directs it laterally and downwardly around the container. A source of colored light is visible through openings in a powered mixer used to produce the ice cream products, and a heater prevents the products from freezing to the container. The ice cream products are made in a place where customers can see and feel the vapor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2008
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Inventors: Rob Kennedy, John Beckmyer
  • Patent number: 7455868
    Abstract: Ice cream products are made quickly by mixing ingredients with a liquefied gas in an open container from which clouds of vapor emanate. A deflector close above the open container keeps the vapor from rising away from the container and directs it laterally and downwardly around the container. A source of colored light is visible through openings in a powered mixer used to produce the ice cream products, and a heater prevents the products from freezing to the container. The ice cream products are made in a place where customers can see and feel the vapor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Inventors: Rob Kennedy, John Beckmyer
  • Publication number: 20040107844
    Abstract: Ice cream products are made quickly by mixing ingredients with a liquefied gas in an open container from which clouds of vapor emanate. A deflector close above the open container keeps the vapor from rising away from the container and directs it laterally and downwardly around the container. A source of colored light is visible through openings in a powered mixer used to produce the ice cream products, and a heater prevents the products from freezing to the container. The ice cream products are made in a place where customers can see and feel the vapor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2003
    Publication date: June 10, 2004
    Inventors: Rob Kennedy, John Beckmyer