Patents by Inventor Javier Orlando Rojas
Javier Orlando Rojas 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).
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Patent number: 9379608Abstract: A system including a bus and a plurality of devices coupled thereto and configured to communicate with each other via the bus. The system further includes a power supply coupled to the bus, to power to the plurality of devices via the bus and to detect an event, and in response, alternately supply power to the plurality of devices via the bus at a first current level or at a lesser second current level. This allows additional devices to be used on a bus, even where the total power consumption of the devices would normally exceed a maximum defined by a bus architecture. This also helps allow a single gauge of wire to be used throughout a bus network (even where long lengths of wire are required) while still providing sufficient power to the devices connected to the bus.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2015Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignee: OSRAM SYLVANIA Inc.Inventors: Marc Hoffknecht, Javier Orlando Rojas, Liam John O'Hagan
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Publication number: 20150123575Abstract: A system according to various embodiments of the disclosure includes a bus and a plurality of devices coupled to the bus, the devices configured to communicate with each other via the bus. The system further includes a power supply coupled to the bus, the power supply for supplying power to the plurality of devices via the bus. The power supply is configured to detect an event, and in response to the event, alternately supply power to the plurality of devices via the bus at a first current level or at a second current level, the second current level less than the first current level. Among other things, embodiments in this disclosure help allow additional devices to be used on a bus, even where the total power consumption of the devices would normally exceed a maximum defined by a bus architecture.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2015Publication date: May 7, 2015Applicant: OSRAM SYLVANIA Inc.Inventors: Marc Hoffknecht, Javier Orlando Rojas, Liam John O'Hagan
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Patent number: 8843788Abstract: Systems for helping identify faults on a bus, as well as to determine the topology of a bus network, are disclosed. A system according to one embodiment includes a bus interface for connecting to a bus and a switch coupled to the bus interface, the switch configured to alternate between an open state and a closed state. The system is connected to the bus via the bus interface when the switch is in the closed state, and the system is disconnected from the bus via the bus interface when the switch is in the open state.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2011Date of Patent: September 23, 2014Assignee: OSRAM SYLVANIA Inc.Inventors: Marc Hoffknecht, Javier Orlando Rojas, Liam John O'Hagan
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Patent number: 8694817Abstract: A power supply according to various embodiments of the disclosure is configured to detect an event and, in response to the event, alternately supply power to a plurality of provided devices via a provided bus at a first current level or at a second current level, the second current level less than the first current level. Among other things, embodiments in this disclosure help allow additional devices to be used on a bus, even where the total power consumption of the devices would normally exceed a maximum defined by a bus architecture. Furthermore, various embodiments help allow a single gauge of wire to be used throughout a bus network (even where long lengths of wire are required) while still providing sufficient power to the devices connected to the bus.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2011Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: OSRAM SYLVANIA Inc.Inventors: Marc Hoffknecht, Javier Orlando Rojas, Liam John O'Hagan
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Patent number: 8658929Abstract: A switch according to various embodiments of the disclosure comprises a mechanical actuator configured to control a function associated with the switch and a face coupled to the actuator. The face is configured to depress in response to a force applied to at least a portion of the face, whereby depression of the face engages the actuator to control the function associated with the switch. The face includes a plurality of segments, each segment for controlling a respective additional function associated with the switch. A respective capacitive touch sensor is coupled to each respective segment of the plurality of segments, wherein each capacitive touch sensor is configured to control the function associated with its respective segment in response to detecting human skin in contact with the segment.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2011Date of Patent: February 25, 2014Assignee: OSRAM SYLVANIA Inc.Inventors: Marc Hoffknecht, Peter Reist, Javier Orlando Rojas, Timothy J. Poupore, Steve Armstrong
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Publication number: 20120324257Abstract: A power supply according to various embodiments of the disclosure is configured to detect an event and, in response to the event, alternately supply power to a plurality of provided devices via a provided bus at a first current level or at a second current level, the second current level less than the first current level. Among other things, embodiments in this disclosure help allow additional devices to be used on a bus, even where the total power consumption of the devices would normally exceed a maximum defined by a bus architecture. Furthermore, various embodiments help allow a single gauge of wire to be used throughout a bus network (even where long lengths of wire are required) while still providing sufficient power to the devices connected to the bus.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2011Publication date: December 20, 2012Inventors: Marc Hoffknecht, Javier Orlando Rojas, Liam John O'Hagan
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Publication number: 20120318657Abstract: A switch according to various embodiments of the disclosure comprises a mechanical actuator configured to control a function associated with the switch and a face coupled to the actuator. The face is configured to depress in response to a force applied to at least a portion of the face, whereby depression of the face engages the actuator to control the function associated with the switch. The face includes a plurality of segments, each segment for controlling a respective additional function associated with the switch. A respective capacitive touch sensor is coupled to each respective segment of the plurality of segments, wherein each capacitive touch sensor is configured to control the function associated with its respective segment in response to detecting human skin in contact with the segment.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2011Publication date: December 20, 2012Inventors: Marc Hoffknecht, Peter Reist, Javier Orlando Rojas, Timothy J. Poupore, Steve Armstrong
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Publication number: 20120323399Abstract: A system according to various embodiments of the disclosure includes a bus and a plurality of devices coupled to the bus, the devices configured to communicate with each other via the bus. The system further includes a power supply coupled to the bus, the power supply for supplying power to the plurality of devices via the bus. The power supply is configured to detect an event, and in response to the event, alternately supply power to the plurality of devices via the bus at a first current level or at a second current level, the second current level less than the first current level. Among other things, embodiments in this disclosure help allow additional devices to be used on a bus, even where the total power consumption of the devices would normally exceed a maximum defined by a bus architecture.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2011Publication date: December 20, 2012Inventors: Marc Hoffknecht, Javier Orlando Rojas, Liam John O'Hagan
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Publication number: 20120324296Abstract: Systems for helping identify faults on a bus, as well as to determine the topology of a bus network, are disclosed. A system according to one embodiment includes a bus interface for connecting to a bus and a switch coupled to the bus interface, the switch configured to alternate between an open state and a closed state. The system is connected to the bus via the bus interface when the switch is in the closed state, and the system is disconnected from the bus via the bus interface when the switch is in the open state.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2011Publication date: December 20, 2012Inventors: Marc Hoffknecht, Javier Orlando Rojas, Liam John O'Hagan