Patents by Inventor Anthony Paul Banks

Anthony Paul Banks 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: 6870428
    Abstract: A mobile radio communications device has a first crystal oscillator for providing a first master clock frequency for the timebase of a first communications system, a second crystal oscillator for providing a second master clock frequency for the timebase of a second communications system, and a phase locked loop connected between the first and second crystal oscillators and arranged to lock the first and second crystal oscillators together so that the two timebases cannot drift.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Ormson, Nicholas Craig Bowdler, Anthony Paul Banks, Martin Hennelly
  • Publication number: 20030231066
    Abstract: A mobile radio communications device has a first crystal oscillator for providing a first master clock frequency for the timebase of a first communications system, a second crystal oscillator for providing a second master clock frequency for the timebase of a second communications system, and a phase locked loop connected between the first and second crystal oscillators and arranged to lock the first and second crystal oscillators together so that the two timebases cannot drift.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2003
    Publication date: December 18, 2003
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Ormson, Nicholas Craig Bowdler, Anthony Paul Banks, Martin Hennelly
  • Patent number: 6095823
    Abstract: A system for detachable mounting a component onto a printed circuit board comprises a printed circuit board having a through-hole, a compression spring constructed from, or coated with, an electrically conductive material, and a component having an electrical contact thereon. The compression spring having a first end of a diameter larger than the diameter of the through-hole, and a second end smaller than the diameter of the through-hole. The second end of the compression spring passes through the through-hole and is secured at its first end to the first side of the printed circuit board. The second end of the compression spring protrudes beyond the second side of the printed circuit board. When the component is placed against the second side of the printed circuit board, the compression spring is compressed and the desired electrical connection is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2000
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Anthony Paul Banks