Patents by Inventor Eric L. Valentine

Eric L. Valentine 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).

  • Publication number: 20240072616
    Abstract: A control module for a high power motor includes a mounting frame made up of thermally-conductive material including a bottom wall and four side walls; a circuit board disposed within the side walls of the mounting frame; power switches configured as an inverter circuit oriented in two arrays mounted on opposite surfaces of the circuit board; an auxiliary circuit board extending substantially perpendicularly from the circuit board; capacitors mounted on the auxiliary circuit board with a long axis thereof extending parallel to the circuit board and away from the power switches; and connectors mounted between an edge of the circuit board and distal ends of the capacitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventors: ABHISHEKA MOTURU, JOHN T. LINKO, FREDERICK C. MALONZO, MICHAEL J. KOWALSKI, CHRISTOPHER W. SHOOK, ALASTAIR G. VALENTINE, ERIC L. KUNZ, ANJALI GARG
  • Patent number: 5937056
    Abstract: A communication network and associated method, which includes a plurality of switches, routes a call from a receiving switch to a destination switch either directly or through an alternate switch. Either the receiving switch or the destination switch, or both, analyze the contents of a store to determine whether the calling party or the called party is marked for alternate routing. The call may be routed to the alternate switch either from the receiving switch or the destination switch if the call is marked for alternate routing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1999
    Assignee: Ericsson Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Coyne, Ari Peltonen, Erkki Joensuu, Eric L. Valentine
  • Patent number: 5898770
    Abstract: An apparatus and method within a communication switch for prompting a telemarketing organization to remove a consumer phone number from a call list includes a call list deregistration system which establishes a phone connection with a telemarketing organization phone and plays a specified message on the successful connection. Entry of a specified code on a telephone keypad activates the system to establish a connection with the telemarketing orgainization and play a specified message thereto. The specified message includes an identification of the consumer (called party) usually in the form of a phone number. Other aspects of the disclosure include the use of an alternate number bank for specified deregistration call back numbers and the use of a store for maintaining a list of those numbers which have been called back and to which the specified message has been played to request removal from the call lists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1999
    Assignee: Ericsson Inc
    Inventor: Eric L. Valentine
  • Patent number: 5884170
    Abstract: A mobile station communication network includes a high penetration network which schedules high transmission power level paging to reach a mobile station for which an acknowledgment signal is not received. A home location register stores mobile station high penetration network (HPN) subscriber feature information. The HPN analyzes mobile station class to determine an appropriate response when a mobile station fails to acknowledge a page request. The HPN further maintains a record of short message service (SMS) time out (timer) values and examines the ID of the center that generated the message to determine when the SMS center will time out. Just prior to the time out, the HPN will send a "user unavailable" signal to the originating SMS center to avoid unnecessary paging request retries by the SMS center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1999
    Assignee: Ericsson, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric L. Valentine, Erkki Joensuu, Michael Coyne, Ari Peltonen
  • Patent number: 5878115
    Abstract: A routing address representing an alternative terminal is assigned to a particular service area. Such a service area comprises a Local Access and Transport Area (LATA), Mobile Switching Center (MSC) area, Location Area, and Cell Area. Whenever an incoming call is received towards a mobile station currently located within the particular service area, instead of transmitting a routing address representing the mobile station, the serving mobile switching center (MSC) transmits a signal containing the routing address representing the alternative terminal. Instead of routing the call to the intended mobile station, the gateway mobile switching center (GMSC) utilizes the received routing address and reroutes the incoming call to the alternative terminal. By rerouting all incoming calls towards the alternative terminal in case of an emergency, all available access channels are reserved for making outgoing calls by the mobile subscribers located within the emergency service area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1999
    Assignee: Ericsson, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric L. Valentine, Vladimir Alperovich, James L. Mills, Erkki Joensuu, Mahesh Patel, David Boltz