Patents by Inventor Jeremy Willden

Jeremy Willden 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).

  • Active cover plates
    Patent number: 9035180
    Abstract: In one example, an active cover plate includes a faceplate, a load and a spring clip extending rearward from the faceplate to interface with a receptacle body, wherein the spring clip includes a flexible conductive portion connected to the face plate by a first end and a non-conductive portion connected to an opposite end of the flexible conductive portion, wherein the spring clips extract electrical power from the receptacle body to energize the load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Inventors: Jeremy Smith, Phil Dietz, Sean Watkins, Jan Finlinson, Martin Johnson, Jeremy Willden
  • Instrumentation system having a reconfigurable instrumentation card with programmable logic and a modular daughter card
    Patent number: 7089466
    Abstract: An instrumentation system may include a base card that is configurable to perform multiple instrumentation tasks. The base card includes a programmable logic device (PLD) that is configured according to a hardware description. One of a plurality of possible daughter cards, e.g., a first daughter card or a second daughter card, may be coupled to the base card. One or more of: 1) providing a selected hardware description to the PLD; or 2) coupling of a selected daughter card to the base card may configure the reconfigurable instrumentation card to perform a desired instrumentation function. Thus, by selecting which of the daughter cards is coupled to the base card and/or by selecting which hardware description is used to configure the PLD, the base card may be reconfigured to perform different sets of instrumentation tasks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: National Instruments Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Keith Odom, Cary Paul Butler, Jeremy Willden
  • Instrumentation system having a reconfigurable instrumentation card with programmable logic and a modular daughter card
    Publication number: 20040010739
    Abstract: An instrumentation system may include a base card that is configurable to perform multiple instrumentation tasks. The base card includes a programmable logic device (PLD) that is configured according to a hardware description. One of a plurality of possible daughter cards, e.g., a first daughter card or a second daughter card, may be coupled to the base card. One or more of: 1) providing a selected hardware description to the PLD; or 2) coupling of a selected daughter card to the base card may configure the reconfigurable instrumentation card to perform a desired instrumentation function. Thus, by selecting which of the daughter cards is coupled to the base card and/or by selecting which hardware description is used to configure the PLD, the base card may be reconfigured to perform different sets of instrumentation tasks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2002
    Publication date: January 15, 2004
    Inventors: Brian Keith Odom, Cary Paul Butler, Jeremy Willden