Patents by Inventor John C. Pace

John C. Pace 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).

  • Computer controlled distribution apparatus for distributing transactions to and from controlled machines tools
    Patent number: 4069488
    Abstract: A system for controlling a plurality of machine tools in which the central processor communicates data transactions to and from a plurality of tool controllers, each of which is operatively associated with a machine tool. Each of the controllers comprises at least one machine tool control unit which is adapted to provide a digital output to the associated machine tool for controlling a particular tool function and/or for receiving from the machine tool a digital input indicative of a particular tool condition. The central processor has connected thereto a main multiple-channel data bus for conducting data transactions by transferring parallel bits of data to and from the processor. The system also includes a plurality of multiple-channel unit data buses, each of which is connected to one of the tool control units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1976
    Date of Patent: January 17, 1978
    Assignee: IBM Corporation
    Inventors: Robert M. Fiorenza, Alan J. Fleming, Ralph J. Gerlach, Larry W. Holmstrom, John C. Pace