Patents by Inventor Earl Thomas Cowden

Earl Thomas Cowden 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: 4041252
    Abstract: An electronic hybrid circuit for coupling a two-wire communication path with a four-wire communication path is disclosed wherein the use of transformer coupling is eliminated. The hybrid features a novel arrangement whereby the unbalanced four-wire path incoming voice signal is amplified, then converted to a pair of balanced signal components by complementary signal injection devices coupled to opposite sides of the two-wire path. Each resultant balanced component is injected in series with a DC battery feed potential via current amplifiers in each signal injection means. Balanced two-wire path output signals are converted for transmission to the outgoing portion of the four-wire path by coupling the two-wire path to the series combination of a differential amplifier and an output buffer amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1976
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1977
    Assignee: North Electric Company
    Inventor: Earl Thomas Cowden