Patents by Inventor James A. Windsor

James A. Windsor 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).

  • Patent number: 6920571
    Abstract: A voltage regulation steering circuit reads a voltage input code from a device and detects a set of predetermined conditions for gradually counting an output voltage code. Depending upon the set of predetermined conditions, the steering circuit either gradually counts the output voltage code from a predetermined initial voltage code to the voltage input code or gradually counts the output voltage code from the voltage input code to a predetermined low voltage code. As the steering circuit gradually counts from the predetermined initial voltage code, the steering circuit compares the output voltage code to voltage input code until the output voltage code matches the voltage input code. As the steering circuit gradually counts from the voltage input code, the steering circuit compares the output voltage code to the predetermined low voltage code until the voltage output code matches the predetermined low voltage code. The output voltage code is provided from the steering circuit to a voltage controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Charles N. Shaver, Joseph A. Clegg, James A. Windsor
  • Publication number: 20020109489
    Abstract: A voltage regulation steering circuit reads a voltage input code from a device and detects a set of predetermined conditions for gradually counting an output voltage code. Depending upon the set of predetermined conditions, the steering circuit either gradually counts the output voltage code from a predetermined initial voltage code to the voltage input code or gradually counts the output voltage code from the voltage input code to a predetermined low voltage code. As the steering circuit gradually counts from the predetermined initial voltage code, the steering circuit compares the output voltage code to voltage input code until the output voltage code matches the voltage input code. As the steering circuit gradually counts from the voltage input code, the steering circuit compares the output voltage code to the predetermined low voltage code until the voltage output code matches the predetermined low voltage code. The output voltage code is provided from the steering circuit to a voltage controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2000
    Publication date: August 15, 2002
    Inventors: Charles N. Shaver, Joseph A. Clegg, James A. Windsor
  • Patent number: 5126910
    Abstract: A memory expansion board capable of holding up to 16 Mbytes of memory devices, using primarily 1 Mbit chips, in 2 Mbyte module increments, on a single IBM PC/AT compatible size board. The circuit board is so designed that when the memory expansion board is populated by modules and placed in a computer system it does not interfere with any of the other expansion slots within the computer system, all of the expansion slots being normally spaced apart. The memory expansion board also includes a means of protecting the memory expansion board and modules from damage due to misalignment when inserting the board and/or modules. When certain of the modules are inserted rotated 180 degrees the circuit board cannot be properly installed in the system board because of physical interference. Lastly, the memory expansion board includes a means for providing reduced length addressing memory lines to memory devices appearing on opposite sides of a circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1992
    Assignee: Compaq Computer Corporation
    Inventors: James A. Windsor, Mustafa A. Hamid, Roy E. Thoma, James P. Paschal, Francis A. Felcman