Patents by Inventor John M. Mendala

John M. Mendala 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).

  • Addressing system for simultaneously polling plural remote stations
    Patent number: 4667193
    Abstract: In a contention polling arrangement wherein polling messages are transmitted by a central controller for simultaneously polling a group of remote stations, the polling message contains an address which defines the entire range of remote stations to be polled and the remote stations will respond if their addresses fall between the address contained in the polling message and an address resulting from converting any trailing 0's of the address in the polling message to 1's.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1983
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1987
    Assignee: Honeywell, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary R. Cotie, Charles H. Culp, Daniel J. Dargis, John M. Mendala, Stephen C. Spielman
  • Unique start bit for data transmissions
    Patent number: 4589120
    Abstract: In a data transmission system, the start bit is arranged so that at least a portion thereof has a different time duration than a data bit so that the data bit and start bit can be easily distinguished.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1983
    Date of Patent: May 13, 1986
    Assignee: Honeywell Inc.
    Inventor: John M. Mendala