Patents Represented by Attorney Suiter West PC
  • Patent number: 6789014
    Abstract: A global positioning system based navigation system for a ground vehicle, in particular an agricultural ground vehicle such as a tractor, combine, sprayer, or the like, includes an inertial compensation assembly that provides inertial augmentation to compensate global positioning system based navigation information such as position, course, and track spacing for errors caused by variation of ground vehicle attitude (i.e., roll and yaw) over non-level terrain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Andrew Karl Wilhelm Rekow, Frederick William Nelson, Dave Mercer, Terence Pickett
  • Patent number: 6783563
    Abstract: A downdraft dust collector includes a work table disposed with two outfeed support mechanisms, a dust collection system and a platform upon which a support apparatus and the dust collection system are disposed. The platform is disposed with locking base casters. The support apparatus connects to the work table and the platform providing a vertical adjustment system to the work table. A storage cabinet is disposed on the platform and houses the dust collection system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: Delta International Machinery Corp.
    Inventors: Paul J. Eckhoff, Leslie Daily Gist, Angela Denise Shelton
  • Patent number: 6785750
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a system and method of providing an embedded input/output interface dynamic load balancing. A method for providing a load balancing function between a host and a target in a network environment by an input/output interface may include providing a logical identifier table by an input/output interface, the logical identifier table including at least one logical identifier, the logical identifier suitable for referencing at least one physical address identifier of a target. Communications are managed between the host and the target by the input/output interface. The communications occurring over at least one of a first route and a second route of at least two routes communicatively coupling the input/output interface to the target are managed so that the host transfers data by balancing data transferred utilizing the second route and the third route of the at least two routes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: LSI Logic Corporation
    Inventor: Louis Odenwald
  • Patent number: 6782523
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a system and method for parallel configurable IP design. In an aspect of the present invention, a method may include receiving input parameters for a configuration by a common IP development environment. A unique combination of input parameters from the received input parameters is identified. At least one unique runtime file of the common IP development environment is initiated. The unique runtime file is derived from a common set of IP deliverables of the common IP development environment. At least one unique output file from the initiated unique runtime file is generated. The initiated unique runtime file and generated unique output file are unique so as to enable parallel implementation of the configuration specified by the received input parameter with at least one other configuration by the common IP development environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Assignee: LSI Logic Corporation
    Inventors: Randy DeGarmo, Sean Keller
  • Patent number: 6779987
    Abstract: An oilless high pressure pump suitable for use in devices such as pressure washers and the like is described. The pump includes an eccentric assembly suitable for converting rotary motion of a rotating shaft to rectilinear motion. One or more straps couple the eccentric assembly to a piston assembly. The straps communicate the rectilinear motion of the eccentric assembly to the piston assembly, reciprocating the piston assembly to pump the liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Assignee: DeVilbiss Air Power Company
    Inventors: Shane Dexter, Allen Palmer, Mark W. Wood, William B. Daniel
  • Patent number: 6775630
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a system and method for providing access to semiconductor manufacturing information. The present invention system and method allows users to interface with semiconductor characteristic data and to data associated with manufacturing conditions over a network. The system includes at least one input device for entering manufacturing data. A data storage device capable of storing the database of manufacturing data, including semiconductor characteristic data and manufacturing conditions is networked to the at least one input device. A plurality of remote devices suitable for interfacing with the data are networked to the storage device, such that the manufacturing data is provided to a website for access upon occurrence of failure event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: LSI Logic Corporation
    Inventors: Nima A. Behkami, James W. Seale, Newell E. Chiesl, Mark A. Giewont, Robert B. Powell
  • Patent number: 6775829
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of building a custom software configuration, which may include receiving a first customer order for a first information handling system and a second customer order for a second information handling system. The first customer order including a first list of hardware configuration components and a first list of software configuration components and the second customer order including second list of hardware configuration components and a second list of software configuration components. At least one of the first list of hardware configuration components is different from the second list of hardware configuration components and the first list of software configuration components is different from the second list of software configuration components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: Gateway, Inc.
    Inventor: James L. Kroening
  • Patent number: 6775818
    Abstract: A circuit, gate, or device parameter simulation includes data on the initial conditions of manufacture, including illumination conditions on a stepper, material parameters for processing conditions, and chip layout. Optical effects and processing tolerances may be accounted for in the simulation of the final device performance characteristics. The circuit, gate, or device parameter simulation may incorporate optical proximity code software. Simulated active and passive components are generated by the circuit, gate, or device parameter simulation from the simulated patterned layers on the substrate. Feedback may be provided to the circuit, gate, or device parameter simulation to optimize performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: LSI Logic Corporation
    Inventors: Kunal Taravade, Neal Callan, Nadya Strelkova
  • Patent number: 6774730
    Abstract: A the charge pump suitable for use in phase-locked loop (PLL) circuits employed by mixed signal integrated circuits (IC) is disclosed. The PLL charge pump includes a constant current source that generates constant current source references with high power supply rejection for the P- and N-channel devices of the charge pump. Pass-gate transistors are inserted between the output terminals and the drains of the respective P- and N-channel devices. The switching transients power supply and ground are confined to the turn on/off leads of the pass-gate transistors and, thus, are isolated from the constant current source P- and N-channel devices. In exemplary embodiments of the invention, the constant current of the P- and N-channel devices may be made programmable and used for controlling the range of the current controlled oscillator of the PLL circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: LSI Logic Corporation
    Inventor: Frank Gasparik
  • Patent number: 6773717
    Abstract: The present invention provides improved chlortetracycline-containing animal feed compositions and processes and apparatuses for their preparation. In certain embodiments, raw fermentation broth comprising chlortetracycline is divided into two portions. The first portion is mixed with a compound that complexes chlortetracycline. The second portion is acidified and the solids are removed. The acidified liquid is treated with a complexing agent to produced a chlortetracycline complex. The first and second portions thus treated are then mixed and the mixture is passed on to a filter press or other means for separation of the solids to produce a wet cake comprising complexed chlortetracycline. In alternative embodiments, the second portion may be acidified and filtered and admixed with the first portion prior to the complexing step. The resulting mixture is passed on to a filter press or other means for separation of the solids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: Pennfield Oil Company
    Inventor: Willis L. Winstrom
  • Patent number: 6772329
    Abstract: The present invention is a bus reset generator capable of asserting a reset upon detection of a desired phase. The bus reset generator may analyze control signals from a bus, and based upon the control signals may determine the current phase of the bus. If the current phase is the desired phase for a reset, then a reset may be asserted. If the current phase is not the desired phase, the bus reset generator may continue to find the desired phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Assignee: LSI Logic Corporation
    Inventor: Andrew Hadley
  • Patent number: 6769923
    Abstract: A fluted signal pin provides expanded surface area for high frequency operation which minimizes inductive and capacitive effects. The signal pin may be mounted to a circuit board via a support stanchion or membrane during assembly or repair. The membrane may be permanent or removable by heat, water, and/ or detergent. A pin cap optionally is provided to ensure attachment to an overlying integrated circuit package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Assignee: LSI Logic Corporation
    Inventor: Barry Caldwell
  • Patent number: 6769022
    Abstract: A system for monitoring and managing devices on network comprising one or more managed devices connected to the network and storage means for storing a device management application program associated with each of the managed devices. The system further includes a management station which is in communication with each of the managed devices across the network, and the management station is in communication with the storage means. When a user wishes to monitor, configure, or manage one of the managed devices on the network, the user preferably selects the managed device to be managed and the management station retrieves from the storage means the device management application program associated with the selected managed device. By the management station processing the management application program for the selected managed device, the management station allows the user to monitor the status of the managed device, as well as change the configuration of and fix errors with the managed device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2004
    Assignee: LSI Logic Corporation
    Inventors: Rodney A. DeKoning, William P. Delaney, Ray M. Jantz, Bret S. Weber, William V. Courtright, II
  • Patent number: 6769097
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a scale-invariant topology and traffic allocation in multi-node system-on-chip switching fabrics. A method for allocating resources in a design of an integrated circuit may include receiving resource data for components of an integrated circuit. The resource data is suitable for indicating consumption by the components of at least one resource. Integrated circuit resources for the components of the integrated circuit are allocated according to a power law distribution as applied to the received resource data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2004
    Assignee: LSI Logic Corporation
    Inventor: Christopher L. Hamlin
  • Patent number: 6766466
    Abstract: A method for isolating SAN Fibre Channel faults in both laboratory and customer site environments, thereby reducing or eliminating uncertainty typically involved in isolating faulty components and decreasing fault isolation time is disclosed. The method provides multiple levels of analysis including providing diagnostic information for a component within the SAN Fibre Channel environment, the diagnostic information being suitable for indicating a fault of the component; analyzing the diagnostic information for determining a cause of a fault indicated by the diagnostic information; and furnishing a possible cause of the fault indicated by the diagnostic information based on analysis of the provided diagnostic information. In exemplary embodiments, the method may be implemented by a Fibre Channel fault isolator coupled to the SAN.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: LSI Logic Corporation
    Inventor: Mahmoud K. Jibbe
  • Patent number: 6765806
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a composition with electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) characteristics. In an aspect of the present invention, an adhesive suitable to provide a bond between components may include an adhering material suitable for holding a first surface and a second surface in contact. A plurality of items is disposed in the adhering material. The plurality of items has electromagnetic capability shielding characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: LSI Logic Corporation
    Inventor: Barry Caldwell
  • Patent number: 6766463
    Abstract: A method and system for controlling and normalizing a rate of a process is described. A hidden process is executed a predetermined number of times as a loop value, and a visual process is executed to complete a cycle. The time to complete a cycle is measured, and an updated loop value is calculated. In a subsequent cycle, the hidden process is executed a number of times equal to the updated loop value so that the visual process is executed at a desired rate normalized across all computing platforms, configuration, and performance environments. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other researcher to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. 37 CFR 1.72(b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: LSI Logic Corporation
    Inventor: Andrew Hadley
  • Patent number: 6761899
    Abstract: A medicated animal feed additive in a solid particulate or granular form having improved resistance to powdering and good fracture toughness is provided. The animal feed additive according to the present invention does require a compression or compacting step to achieve its solid structural form. The present invention also provides a method of producing animal feed compositions. In a further embodiment, the present invention relates to a method of combating microbial infection in animals comprising orally administering to said animals a prophylactic or therapeutic amount of an animal comestible composition comprising a medicated feed supplement according to the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: Pennfield Oil Company
    Inventors: Andrew Lee Winstrom, Willis L. Winstrom
  • Patent number: 6760827
    Abstract: A method for augmenting the memory capabilities of an option ROM in which PCI function calls are used to access a larger sized non-volatile memory. Thirty two bit addressing is used in the PCI function call routines to allow for 4 GB addressing. An option ROM and the separate larger sized non-volatile memory or a single non-volatile memory may be used for storing the overflow images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2004
    Assignee: LSI Logic Corporation
    Inventor: Derick G. Moore
  • Patent number: 6757881
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to power routing with obstacles. A method for determining strap location for power routing in an integrated circuit may include receiving input parameters, the input parameters including a number N indicating a number of straps to be located, wherein a strap of the number of straps is denoted as i. An initial strap placement is found for 1 through N straps and strap placement is calculated by relocating a strap if an obstacle is encountered in an initial strap placement, the relocated strap utilized to relocate at least one other strap of the 1 through N straps. Strap placement may be calculated by employing a local gradient method, dynamic programming, and like methods as contemplated by a person of ordinary skill in the art without departing from the spirit and scope thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Assignee: LSI Logic Corporation
    Inventors: Alexandre E. Andreev, Lav D. Ivanovic, Ivan Pavisic