Patents by Inventor Ian David Wynne Jones

Ian David Wynne Jones 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 apparatus for interconnecting modules
    Patent number: 7917675
    Abstract: An industrial process control apparatus and method that includes a number of processors and a number of input/output modules. Each processor is connected to a plurality of the input/output modules by a unidirectional command line. Each input/output module is connected to a plurality of the processors by a unidirectional response line. The processors are arranged to issue an identifier request to all of the connected input/output modules and each input/output module is arranged to respond to the identifier request via the respective response line with a response that includes a unique identifier. Such a configuration allows each processor to identify the physical location of each respective input/output module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth John Murphy, Linda Murphy, legal representative, Thomas Bruce Meagher, Philip John Agar, Ian David Wynne Jones, Gerald Robert Creech
  • Method and Apparatus for Interconnecting Modules
    Publication number: 20090198348
    Abstract: An industrial process control apparatus and method that includes a number of processors and a number of input/output modules. Each processor is connected to a plurality of the input/output modules by a unidirectional command line. Each input/output module is connected to a plurality of the processors by a unidirectional response line. The processors are arranged to issue an identifier request to all of the connected input/output modules and each input/output module is arranged to respond to the identifier request via the respective response line with a response that includes a unique identifier. Such a configuration allows each processor to identify the physical location of each respective input/output module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2009
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Inventors: Kenneth John Murphy, Linda Murphy, Thomas Bruce Meagher, Philip John Agar, Ian David Wynne Jones, Gerald Robert Creech