Patents by Inventor Alex Kouznetsov

Alex Kouznetsov 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).

  • Dynamically-and continuously-variable rate, asynchronous data transfer
    Publication number: 20050015473
    Abstract: A method of dynamically- and continuously-variable rate asynchronous data transfer, such as for use in an electronic blasting system, may employ a device that transmits data including synchronization bits and bits conveying other information, and a device that ascertains the rate of transmission of the synchronization bits and receives the bits conveying the other information at the ascertained rate of transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2003
    Publication date: January 20, 2005
    Inventors: Gimtong Teowee, Alex Kouznetsov
  • Detonator utilizing selection of logger mode or blaster mode based on sensed voltages
    Patent number: 6789483
    Abstract: An electronic blasting system in which the electronic detonator, when attached to a blasting machine or logger, automatically senses and determines whether it is attached to a blasting machine or a logger, preferably by utilizing a different operating voltage for the blasting machine versus that of the logger, with the detonator being capable of distinguishing the respective operating voltages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Special Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: David T. Jennings, III, Alex A. Kouznetsov