Patents by Inventor Harm Gerwin Joan Voss

Harm Gerwin Joan Voss 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 bus system operable in a sleep mode and a normal mode
    Patent number: 7424315
    Abstract: The communication bus system comprises a plurality of node circuits (10a-d) and a relay circuit (12, 14, 16) coupling the node circuits (10a-d). The relay circuit (12, 14, 16) has a transceiver circuit (124, 164) for relaying messages (21) between the node circuits (10a-d) in a normal mode. The transceiver circuit (124, 164) is powered down in a sleep mode. A detector circuit (120, 160) detects an incoming message (41) when the relay circuit (12, 14, 16) is in a sleep mode. A mode control circuit (122, 162) powers up the transceiver (124, 164) in response to detection of an incoming message (21). Steps are taken that ensure, in the normal mode, that messages (21) will not be relayed in unreadable form. The mode control circuit (122, 162) is arranged to cause the transceiver (124, 164) to relay a remainder (25) of the incoming message (21) after power up.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Patrick Willem Hubert Heuts, Hendrik Boezen, Harm Gerwin Joan Voss, Stefan Gerhard Erich Butselaar
  • Active switching star node and network of stations interconnected by such a star node
    Patent number: 7095751
    Abstract: In a network a star node (SN1) interconnects a plurality of stations (ST1–ST3). The star node (SN1) has interfaces (I1–I3), each having a connection terminal (BP) for connecting a selected one of the stations to the star node (SN1) and each interface receives at a connection terminal (BP) a signal from the station associated with that interface and forwards the received signal to the connection terminal (BP) of the other interfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2006
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Hendrik Boezen, Stefan Gerhard Erich Butselaar, Harm Gerwin Joan Voss
  • Active switching star node and network of stations interconnected by such a star node
    Publication number: 20020141430
    Abstract: In a network a star node (SN1) interconnects a plurality of stations (ST1-ST3). The star node (SN1) has interfaces (I1-I3), each having a connection terminal (BP) for connecting a selected one of the stations to the star node (SN1) and each interface receives at a connection terminal (BP) a signal from the station associated with that interface and forwards the received signal to the connection terminal (BP) of the other interfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2002
    Publication date: October 3, 2002
    Inventors: Hendrik Boezen, Stefan Gerhard Erich Butselaar, Harm Gerwin Joan Voss