Patents by Inventor Jon Goodfleisch

Jon Goodfleisch 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: 7363518
    Abstract: An information handling system (IHS) employs a power fault protection circuit to protect the IHS from overvoltages which may occur on an information line from a power adapter to the IHS. The system includes a processor coupled to the protection circuit. The circuit is operative in a first mode to decouple an information line from the IHS in response to a disable command and operative in a second mode to decouple the information line from the IHS when a voltage in the information line exceeds a predetermined threshold voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Christian L. Critz, John J. Breen, Annette M. Kobus, legal representative, Daniel W. Kehoe, Nikolai V. Vyssotski, Jon Goodfleisch
  • Publication number: 20060020833
    Abstract: An information handling system (IHS) employs a power fault protection circuit to protect the IHS from overvoltages which may occur on an information line from a power adapter to the IHS. The system includes a processor coupled to the protection circuit. The circuit is operative in a first mode to decouple an information line from the IHS in response to a disable command and operative in a second mode to decouple the information line from the IHS when a voltage in the information line exceeds a predetermined threshold voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2004
    Publication date: January 26, 2006
    Applicant: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Christian Critz, John Breen, Jon Goodfleisch, Daniel Kehoe, Nikolai Vyssotski, Annette Kobus