Patents by Inventor Charles Couland

Charles Couland 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: 6140585
    Abstract: The equipment includes two connectors for connection to two respective lines, and a multilayer printed circuit, one region of which supports signal processing components, each of the lines including at least two electrical conductors. The printed circuit incorporates essentially inductive electrical links between the connectors and the components. The printed circuit further incorporates metallizations associated with the two connectors which link them respectively to the conductors of the two lines. These metallizations belong to different layers of the printed circuit and are situated facing one another so as to produce capacitive coupling between the two lines so that a fast electromagnetic disturbance arising on one of the lines is diverted to the other line rather than reaching the signal processing components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Assignee: FIHEM
    Inventor: Charles Couland