Patents by Inventor Edwin L. Dana

Edwin L. Dana 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: 4187535
    Abstract: A voltage power supply, particularly one which is especially suitable for providing a relatively high DC voltage output of rapidly changing amplitude adapted to drive a cathode ray tube (CRT), is disclosed herein. This voltage supply includes circuitry adapted for connection to a relatively low amplitude (actually magnitude) DC voltage input for first converting this input to an AC voltage output and then converting the AC voltage output to a DC drive voltage having a fixed amplitude substantially higher than the DC voltage input. This higher amplitude DC voltage is applied to voltage varying circuitry, specifically a pullup and pulldown circuit arrangement, for producing at its output an adjustable DC output voltage having an amplitude which does not exceed the amplitude of the drive voltage. A voltage adjusting circuit is connected to this latter circuit arrangement and is also adapted for connection to a coded signal for rapidly changing the amplitude of the adjustable output voltage in response thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1978
    Date of Patent: February 5, 1980
    Assignee: CPS, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick A. Wigley, Edwin L. Dana, Alfred Pletz, Jr.