Patents by Inventor John L. Henry

John L. Henry 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: 11997554
    Abstract: System and methods for smart cell selection and reselection are described. A mobile device may attempt to camp on a cell in a tracking area that has advertised a particular frequency band. If the mobile device is unable to recognize an information element identifying a different subset of the advertised frequency band than that supported by the mobile device, the mobile device will store a record of the tracking area and the advertised frequency band and compare future cell information broadcasts to the entry, avoiding attempts to operate within cells in the same tracking area advertising the same frequency. In this way the mobile device conserves resources by avoiding actions in incompatible cells and avoids storing information about many cells by only storing the tracking area information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Kun Lu, Egil Gronstad, Alan Denis MacDonald, Scott Francis Migaldi, John Humbert, Brett L. Christian, Hsin Fu Henry Chiang, William M. Shvodian
  • Patent number: 5006972
    Abstract: The invention converts the voltage output of a DC source to a higher voltage. A germanium transistor start-up circuit receives a DC supply voltage input and includes an astable multivibrator which produces a square wave voltage output that is transformed to a substantially DC steady-state voltage output by a transformer and a capacitor. This elevated voltage is provided to an oscillator circuit which provides two square wave outputs. Each output is provided to an array of invertors operably coupled to an array of field effect transistors. The transistors are operably coupled to a power transformer. The square wave outputs of the power transformer are full wave rectified to provide a DC output having a higher voltage than the system input voltage. The power transformer also provides another full wave rectified voltage which disables the start-up circuit to eliminate parasitic energy losses attributable to its continued oscillation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 9, 1991
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Russell E. Hammond, John L. Henry
  • Patent number: 4575811
    Abstract: A time sequence of square waves is summed to provide minimum distortion h power voltage sinusoids. The phase difference of two identical sinusoids is varied to control the resultant summed amplitude. Amplitude modulation of the sum sinusoid is achieved through varying the phase relationship between the two identical sinusoids. Frequency and phase modulation is achieved through digital control of the individual square waves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1982
    Date of Patent: March 11, 1986
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Russell E. Hammond, John L. Henry