Patents by Inventor Todd Smiley

Todd Smiley 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: 9437997
    Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatuses for attaching devices to ends of a circuit board. An exemplary method includes removing or creating at least a portion of a sacrificial part of a circuit board based on a predefined pattern, inserting a holder device into a remaining portion of the sacrificial part of the circuit board, placing a device at a predefined location on the circuit board, wherein the device is at least partially supported by a portion of the holder device, attaching the device to the circuit board and removing the holder device and the sacrificial part of the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Signalcraft Technologies
    Inventors: Bernard Gobeil, Todd Smiley, Jason McKay
  • Publication number: 20140317917
    Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatuses for attaching devices to ends of a circuit board. An exemplary method includes removing or creating at least a portion of a sacrificial part of a circuit board based on a predefined pattern, inserting a holder device into a remaining portion of the sacrificial part of the circuit board, placing a device at a predefined location on the circuit board, wherein the device is at least partially supported by a portion of the holder device, attaching the device to the circuit board and removing the holder device and the sacrificial part of the circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: Signalcraft Technologies
    Inventors: Bernard Gobeil, Todd Smiley, Jason McKay
  • Patent number: 6249552
    Abstract: An audio frequency recovery—DC restorer circuit after demodulation that includes an operational amplifier, a diode, a capacitor and resistor circuitry arranged to supply a reference voltage signal Vref to the operational amplifier. The operational amplifier is also coupled with a demodulated audio frequency baseband signal via the capacitor. The demodulated audio frequency baseband signal is in a filtered condition free of high frequency noise that may otherwise affect quality and having an average voltage Vavg at a level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2001
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited
    Inventors: John-Paul Pizaña Caña, Michael Todd Smiley