Patents by Inventor Jimmie Paul Partee

Jimmie Paul Partee 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: 10634731
    Abstract: A system and method for testing a power supply. A selection of one or more power supplies to test is received. A tester is automatically configured to test the one or more power supplies utilizing test parameters associated with the selection. A power-end of each of the one or more power supplies is received in power ports of the tester. An adapter-end of each of the one or more power supplies is received in adapter ports of the tester. The one or more power supplies are automatically tested utilizing test parameters. Performance characteristics of the loop one or more power supplies are measured during testing. Indications are given whether each of the one or more power supplies past the testing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: FedEx Supply Chain Logistics & Electronics, Inc.
    Inventor: Jimmie Paul Partee
  • Publication number: 20190372684
    Abstract: A system, method, and WiFi test chamber. The WiFi test chamber includes a case defining a number of isolation chambers. The case is configured to prevent radio frequency signals from entering the number of isolation chambers. The WiFi test chamber includes a number of wireless access points (WAPs) with one of the wireless access points in each of the number of isolation chambers. The WiFi test chamber includes interfaces extending from the exterior from the case and connected to the plurality of WAPs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventor: Jimmie Paul PARTEE
  • Patent number: 10425169
    Abstract: A system, method, and WiFi test chamber. The WiFi test chamber includes a case defining a number of isolation chambers. The case is configured to prevent radio frequency signals from entering the number of isolation chambers. The WiFi test chamber includes a number of wireless access points (WAPs) with one of the wireless access points in each of the number of isolation chambers. The WiFi test chamber includes interfaces extending from the exterior from the case and connected to the plurality of WAPs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: FEDEX SUPPLY CHAIN LOGISTICS & ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventor: Jimmie Paul Partee
  • Publication number: 20190265311
    Abstract: A system and method for testing a power supply. A selection of one or more power supplies to test is received. A tester is automatically configured to test the one or more power supplies utilizing test parameters associated with the selection. A power-end of each of the one or more power supplies is received in power ports of the tester. An adapter-end of each of the one or more power supplies is received in adapter ports of the tester. The one or more power supplies are automatically tested utilizing test parameters. Performance characteristics of the loop one or more power supplies are measured during testing. Indications are given whether each of the one or more power supplies past the testing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventor: Jimmie Paul PARTEE
  • Patent number: 10387135
    Abstract: A system and method for flashing an electronic device. An electronic device is received for remote flashing. The electronic device is in direct communication with a remote device. The identifying information is received for the electronic device. User instructions associated with the electronic device are displayed for flashing the electronic device. The electronic device is flashed in response to the identifying information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: FEDEX SUPPLY CHAIN LOGISTICS & ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventor: Jimmie Paul Partee
  • Patent number: 10330740
    Abstract: A system and method for testing a power supply. A selection of one or more power supplies to test is received. A tester is automatically configured to test the one or more power supplies utilizing test parameters associated with the selection. A power-end of each of the one or more power supplies is received in power ports of the tester. An adapter-end of each of the one or more power supplies is received in adapter ports of the tester. The one or more power supplies are automatically tested utilizing test parameters. Performance characteristics of the loop one or more power supplies are measured during testing. Indications are given whether each of the one or more power supplies past the testing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: FEDEX SUPPLY CHAIN LOGISTICS & ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventor: Jimmie Paul Partee
  • Patent number: 10326684
    Abstract: A system and method for testing multiple residential gateways. One of the multiple residential gateways is engaged in a testing platform of a test fixture. The testing platform includes an adapter for interfacing the set-top box with the test fixture. The multiple residential gateways are automatically tested in parallel. Test results for each of the multiple residential gateways are measured. The test results for each of the multiple residential gateways are displayed to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: FEDEX SUPPLY CHAIN LOGISTICS & ELECTRONICS, INC
    Inventor: Jimmie Paul Partee
  • Patent number: 10271047
    Abstract: A test fixture for testing set-top boxes. The test fixture includes a controller operable to control parallel testing of set-top boxes. The test fixture further includes computing devices in communication with the controller operable to perform testing of each of the set-top boxes in response to commands from the controller. The test fixture further includes testing platforms in communication with the computing devices operable to receive each of the set-top boxes for testing. Each of the testing platforms includes an adapter module for electrically interfacing each of the set-top boxes with the test fixture. The test fixture further includes a user interface in communication with the controller for displaying the test results and receiving input from a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: FEDEX SUPPLY CHAIN LOGISTICS & ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventor: Jimmie Paul Partee
  • Patent number: 10234494
    Abstract: A system for testing radio frequency (RF) characteristics of a wireless device includes a test fixture. The test fixture includes a base plate that receives a wireless device, and a back plate that receives an RF antenna and positions the RF antenna relative to the wireless device. Additionally, the system includes test equipment that in operation performs RF testing on the wireless device using the RF antenna to determine RF characteristics of the wireless device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: FEDEX SUPPLY CHAIN LOGISTICS & ELECTRONICS, INC
    Inventors: Carlos Valmonte Jimenez, Jimmie Paul Partee, Fredrick Oluoch Onyango
  • Patent number: 10187167
    Abstract: A system and method for testing multiple set-top boxes. One of the multiple set-top boxes is engaged in a testing platform of the test fixture. The testing platform includes an adapter for interfacing the set-top box with the test fixture. The multiple set-top boxes are automatically tested in parallel. Test results for each of the multiple set-top boxes are measured. The test results for each of the multiple set-top boxes are displayed to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: FEDEX SUPPLY CHAIN LOGISTICS & ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventor: Jimmie Paul Partee
  • Publication number: 20170343616
    Abstract: A system and method for testing a power supply. A selection of one or more power supplies to test is received. A tester is automatically configured to test the one or more power supplies utilizing test parameters associated with the selection. A power-end of each of the one or more power supplies is received in power ports of the tester. An adapter-end of each of the one or more power supplies is received in adapter ports of the tester. The one or more power supplies are automatically tested utilizing test parameters. Performance characteristics of the loop one or more power supplies are measured during testing. Indications are given whether each of the one or more power supplies past the testing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventor: Jimmie Paul PARTEE
  • Patent number: 9792104
    Abstract: A system and method for flashing wireless devices. One or more wireless devices are received. The testing device being operable to receive the one or more wireless devices simultaneously. A selection of one or more original equipment manufactures (OEMs) is received. Models of wireless devices associated with the one or more OEMS are visually displayed in response to receiving the selection of the one or more OEMS associated with the one or more wireless devices. A selection of one or more models associated with the one or more wireless devices is received on the test device. Instructions associated with the one or more models are displayed for flashing the one or more wireless devices. The one or more wireless devices are flashed in response to a user selection to flash each of the one or more wireless devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: FedEx Supply Chain Logistics & Electronics, Inc.
    Inventor: Jimmie Paul Partee
  • Patent number: 9759783
    Abstract: A system and method for testing a power supply. A power-end of the power supply is received in a power port of a power supply tester. Information about the power supply is received. A load is dynamically configured for the power supply in response to the information. The power supply tester is automatically activated to power the power supply in response to the power supply being received by the power supply tester and the load being configured. Performance characteristic of the power supply are measured. The performance characteristics of the power supply are displayed to the user indicating functionality of the power supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: FedEx Supply Chain Logistics and Electrons, Inc.
    Inventor: Jimmie Paul Partee
  • Patent number: 9753095
    Abstract: A system and method for testing a power supply. A selection of one or more power supplies to test is received. A tester is automatically configured to test the one or more power supplies utilizing test parameters associated with the selection. A power-end of each of the one or more power supplies is received in power ports of the tester. An adapter-end of each of the one or more power supplies is received in adapter ports of the tester. The one or more power supplies are automatically tested utilizing test parameters. Performance characteristics of the loop one or more power supplies are measured during testing. Indications are given whether each of the one or more power supplies past the testing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: FedEx Supply Chain Logistics & Electronics, Inc.
    Inventor: Jimmie Paul Partee
  • Patent number: 9571211
    Abstract: A system, method, and enclosure for testing wireless devices. The enclosure includes a number of walls enclosing a testing space. The enclosure also includes a sliding cover secured between the two of the number of walls. The enclosure also includes one or more radio frequency layers disposed on the number of walls and the sliding cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: ATC Logistics & Electronics, Inc.
    Inventor: Jimmie Paul Partee
  • Patent number: 9490920
    Abstract: A system, method, and testing station for testing wireless network devices. The testing station includes a control system configured to control parallel testing of the wireless network devices. The testing station includes one or more computing devices in communication with the control system. The one or more computing devices are configured to perform testing of each of the wireless network devices in response to commands from the control system. The testing station includes a number of testing chambers configured to isolate the wireless network devices from outside radio frequency signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: ATC Logistics & Electronics, Inc.
    Inventor: Jimmie Paul Partee
  • Patent number: 9400314
    Abstract: A system and method for testing multiple power supplies. Multiple power supplies are received including a power-end and an adapter end for connection to a power supply tester. Programmable loads and test parameters are configured for the power supply tester in response to a user selection. The multiple power supplies are automatically tested utilizing the test parameters. Performance characteristics of the multiple power supplies are measured during testing. The performance characteristics of the multiple power supplies are recorded. Results indicating whether each of the multiple power supplies passed the testing are displayed utilizing one or more displays and light emitting diodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: ATC Logistics & Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Clark Humphrey, Jimmie Paul Partee, Martin Bronsard, Mateusz Jecz, Robert F. Straker
  • Patent number: 9341662
    Abstract: A method for performing RF testing of an electronic device. An RF antenna is received in a base plate. The base plate defines a grid of grooves. One or more guides are received for connection to the base plate for securing the electronic device above the RF antenna. The electronic device is secured on the base plate utilizing the one or more guides to perform the RF testing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: ATC Logistics & Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Jimmie Paul Partee, Carlos Valmonte Jimenez, Fredrick Oluoch Onyango
  • Patent number: 9335360
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a system, method, and test fixture for performing RF testing of an electronic device. An RF antenna is received in a base plate. One or more guides are positioned on the base plate for securing the electronic device above the RF antenna. The electronic device is secured on the base plate to perform the RF testing utilizing the one or more guides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: ATC Logistics & Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Jimmie Paul Partee, Carlos Valmonte Jimenez, Fredrick Oluoch Onyango
  • Patent number: 9207283
    Abstract: A system and method for charging batteries. Stops are adjusted for each of the batteries to secure the number of batteries in place. The batteries are placed to abut the stops. Adjustable contacts of the battery charger are positioned against terminals of the batteries. The batteries are secured within the receptacles of the battery charger. The batteries are charged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: ATC Logistics & Electronics, Inc.
    Inventor: Jimmie Paul Partee