Patents by Inventor Roy C. McNeil

Roy C. McNeil 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).

  • Providing code to a programmable device
    Patent number: 9495250
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, providing a bitstream to one or more programmable devices of a service unit card includes receiving the bitstream at a snooper of the service unit card. The snooper determines whether the bitstream is current. If the bitstream is current, the bitstream is loaded onto the programmable devices. If the bitstream is not current, the received bitstream is discarded, and a substitute bitstream is identified. The substitute bitstream is loaded onto the programmable devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Roy C. McNeil, Jr., David W. Terwilliger
  • Providing Code To A Programmable Device
    Publication number: 20100058311
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, providing a bitstream to one or more programmable devices of a service unit card includes receiving the bitstream at a snooper of the service unit card. The snooper determines whether the bitstream is current. If the bitstream is current, the bitstream is loaded onto the programmable devices. If the bitstream is not current, the received bitstream is discarded, and a substitute bitstream is identified. The substitute bitstream is loaded onto the programmable devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2009
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: Fujitsu Network Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Roy C. McNeil, JR., David W. Terwilliger
  • Frame structure for swimming pool
    Patent number: 4055922
    Abstract: The structure of forming panels and panel segments for use in assembling free form pools is disclosed. Structural relationships regarding radius of bend of the forming panels and their lengths in terms of angle of arc defined per panel permit the construction of a plurality of pool shapes, e.g. kidney, oval, figure-eight, from a minimum of panel and panel segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1976
    Date of Patent: November 1, 1977
    Assignee: Heldor Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Harold John Ellington, Roy C. McNeil