Patents by Inventor Aldan J. Pohlmeyer

Aldan J. Pohlmeyer 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).

  • Method and apparatus for operating a communication bus
    Patent number: 6959014
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention related generally to communication systems. One embodiment contemplates a method for operating a communication bus where the method includes detecting a start of frame symbol on the communication bus; determining a length of the start of frame symbol; detecting a start of a synchronization field on the communication bus; determining a length of an adjusted synchronization field; determining if the length of the adjusted synchronization field is less than the length of the start of frame symbol; and if the length of the adjusted synchronization field is less than the length of the start of frame symbol, concluding that the start of frame symbol is valid and concluding that the synchronization field is valid. Embodiments of the invention may be used, for example, with the Local Interconnect Network (LIN) protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2005
    Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Aldan J. Pohlmeyer, Michel Burri, Steven B. McAslan, Will Specks, Matthew B. Ruff
  • Method and apparatus for operating a communication bus
    Publication number: 20020101884
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention related generally to communication systems. One embodiment contemplates a method for operating a communication bus where the method includes detecting a start of frame symbol on the communication bus; determining a length of the start of frame symbol; detecting a start of a synchronization field on the communication bus; determining a length of an adjusted synchronization field; determining if the length of the adjusted synchronization field is less than the length of the start of frame symbol; and if the length of the adjusted synchronization field is less than the length of the start of frame symbol, concluding that the start of frame symbol is valid and concluding that the synchronization field is valid. Embodiments of the invention may be used, for example, with the Local Interconnect Network (LIN) protocol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2001
    Publication date: August 1, 2002
    Inventors: Aldan J. Pohlmeyer, Michel Burri, Steven B. McAslan, Will Specks, Matthew B. Ruff