Patents by Inventor Herman McKenzie, Jr.

Herman McKenzie, Jr. 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).

  • Method and system for performing quantitative sneak circuit analysis
    Patent number: 5856932
    Abstract: A method and system for determining bi-directional sneak current paths of an electrical/electronic circuit. The electrical/electronic circuit is converted into a corresponding schematic having a plurality of components and a plurality of line segments. A segment identifier is then inserted into each of the plurality of line segments. Next, a DC analysis is performed on the electrical/electronic schematic for each possible switch position combination to obtain a current value for each of the plurality of components. Bi-directional sneak current paths are then determined based on the plurality of segment identifiers and the current value for each of the plurality of components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1999
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Henry Heping Huang, Herman McKenzie, Jr., Shaun S. Devlin, Thomas Anthony Spoto