Patents by Inventor Garry Trevor Tomlins

Garry Trevor Tomlins 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).

  • Communication systems and methods for transmitting communications between a charge system and an AC adapter
    Patent number: 8810207
    Abstract: Communications systems and methods for transmitting communications between a charge system and an AC adapter are disclosed. In one embodiment, a communication system comprises an AC adapter disconnect switch that is switchable between coupling and decoupling an AC adapter DC output voltage to the charge system and a charge controller configured to modulate the AC adapter disconnect switch between coupling and decoupling to provide a communication signal to the AC adapter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Brian Ashley Carpenter, David Alexander Grant, Garry Trevor Tomlins, Ben A. Dowlat
  • COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSMITTING COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN A CHARGE SYSTEM AND AN AC ADAPTER
    Publication number: 20120119694
    Abstract: Communications systems and methods for transmitting communications between a charge system and an AC adapter are disclosed. In one embodiment, a communication system comprises an AC adapter disconnect switch that is switchable between coupling and decoupling an AC adapter DC output voltage to the charge system and a charge controller configured to modulate the AC adapter disconnect switch between coupling and decoupling to provide a communication signal to the AC adapter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2010
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Inventors: Brian Ashley CARPENTER, David Alexander Grant, Garry Trevor Tomlins, Ben A. Dowlat