Patents by Inventor Robert W. Metzler

Robert W. Metzler 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).

  • Configurable reset pin for input/output port
    Patent number: 8601254
    Abstract: A programmable system includes an input/output (I/O) pin that is configurable into multiple operational states. The programmable system further includes a memory device to store configuration data that, when provided to the I/O pin, causes the I/O pin to reconfigure into one of the operational states. When power is supplied to the system, the memory device is configured to provide the configuration data to the I/O pin prior to a system microcontroller becoming operational responsive to the power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Cypress Semiconductor Corp.
    Inventors: Harold Kutz, Timothy Williams, Bert Sullam, Robert W. Metzler, Craig Nemecek, Eric Blom, Melany Richmond, Warren Snyder, David G. Wright, Jeffrey Erickson, Greg Verge
  • Modular transportable controlled environment agriculture facility
    Patent number: 4292762
    Abstract: This disclosure is of a controlled environment agriculture facility in which a plurality of plant grow support racks are structured and arranged within a plant grow enclosure to define an air return passage from the enclosure with air ingress to such passage being distributed over surfaces of the racks. This provides good uniformity of air distribution within the enclosure and affords improved transportability and installation of the facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1979
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1981
    Assignee: Control Data Corporation
    Inventors: Lewis W. Fogg, Robert W. Metzler, H. Eugene Satterfield, Eion G. Scott