Patents by Inventor John R. Adamson

John R. Adamson 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for protecting the integrity of process data stored on a removable storage medium
    Patent number: 5734894
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for preventing the loss and/or corruption of process data stored by data collection and/or test instruments (referred to hereinafter collectively as "recording instruments"), which may otherwise result from events such as the removal of aforementioned storage media while data transfer operations are in progress; loss of power to the recording instrument while data transfer operations are in progress; and/or the execution of internal CPU traps or other CPU reset conditions while data transfer operations are in progress. The methods and apparatus contemplated by the invention also provide for the recovery of process data which has been corrupted during a power loss or CPU reset when normal operation of a recording instrument resumes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1998
    Assignee: Honeywell Inc.
    Inventors: John R. Adamson, Scott L. Kern, Thomas A. Satko, Ellyse E. Smolenak