Patents Represented by Attorney Scott Kevin Pickens

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  • Method and system for maintaining a configuration history of a vehicle
    Patent number: 6839710
    Abstract: A vehicle maintains a record of configuration elements, such as components for use in the vehicle, of the configuration of the vehicle. The vehicle also maintains a history of configuration functions for each of the configuration elements. The history may include a type of each configuration function, such as installation of a configuration element into the vehicle, and may also include a record of corresponding times at which the configuration functions have occurred, which can be utilized to determine a configuration of the vehicle at a time of an event. Additionally or alternatively, the vehicle may maintain a service history of at least one service technician performing a service operation with respect to a corresponding one of the configuration elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Ezzat A. Dabbish, Samuel M. Levenson, Jurgen Reinold
  • Compact PCI backplane and method of data transfer across the compact PCI backplane
    Patent number: 6578103
    Abstract: A method of directly transferring data across a CompactPCI™ backplane (170) via a fully meshed orthogonal network (370). The CompactPCI backplane (170) incorporates a different type connector at its P4 location, in conjunction with a standard family of IEC 61074 connectors at its P1, P2, P3, and P5 locations, to provide high speed data transfer with additional shielding and noise control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles C. Hill, John H. Kelly, Henry Wong
  • Power system and method of operation
    Patent number: 6407896
    Abstract: A power system includes a cable connector (120), a cable (110) comprised of a plurality of wires (211, 212, and 213), and a circuit (230, 421, 422, or 500) for sensing a connection for the cable connector. The circuit is located adjacent to the cable connector and is capable of sensing a predetermined connection condition of the connection of the cable connector. Each wire has an end located within the cable connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2002
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles C. Hill, John H. Kelly, Kevin Loutfy, Naufel Chafic Naufel
  • Manufacturing method for assembling products by generating and scheduling dynamically assembly instructions
    Patent number: 6240328
    Abstract: A manufacturing method is provided for assembling a number of products by generating and scheduling dynamically a number of assembly instructions from modeling information. The manufacturing method generates exact assembly instructions for the full theoretical scope of the product line. The generated instructions do not require any human lookup or inference. Even exact instructions for configured components of the final product are generated. Which instructions are required to build the final product are derived from a “model” of the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2001
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: John D. LaLonde, Craig A. MacDonnell, David Cucuzella