Patents by Inventor Jonathan Lee Smith

Jonathan Lee Smith 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).

  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EFFICIENT POWER DELIVERY IN POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20220094194
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a power supply operable to output power to a load along with at least one other power supply, a sensing component for identifying a load level, and a control component for switching the power supply from a full power mode to a power saving mode based on the identified load level. The power supply shares current with the other power supply at a lower current and generally the same voltage as the other power supply while in the power saving mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Douglas Paul Arduini, Sung Kee Baek, Jonathan Lee Smith, Joel Richard Goergen
  • Method and apparatus for efficient power delivery in power supply system
    Patent number: 11239689
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a power supply operable to output power to a load along with at least one other power supply, a sensing component for identifying a load level, and a control component for switching the power supply from a full power mode to a power saving mode based on the identified load level. The power supply shares current with the other power supply at a lower current and generally the same voltage as the other power supply while in the power saving mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Douglas Paul Arduini, Sung Kee Baek, Jonathan Lee Smith, Joel Richard Goergen
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EFFICIENT POWER DELIVERY IN POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20210408822
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a power supply operable to output power to a load along with at least one other power supply, a sensing component for identifying a load level, and a control component for switching the power supply from a full power mode to a power saving mode based on the identified load level. The power supply shares current with the other power supply at a lower current and generally the same voltage as the other power supply while in the power saving mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Douglas Paul Arduini, Sung Kee Baek, Jonathan Lee Smith, Joel Richard Goergen
  • Electrical power control and fault protection
    Patent number: 10216249
    Abstract: A fault processing subsystem of an electronics assembly, senses an alarm state at an output of a first power distribution element of multiple power distribution elements arranged in a hierarchy in the electronics assembly. The first element is at a level of the hierarchy other than the top level, and the alarm state corresponds to an output of the first element being different than an expected output of that element. The fault processing subsystem commands, in response to the sensing the alarm state, the first element to disable via a control input to the first element. In response to the fault processing subsystem thereafter sensing an alarm state at the power output of the commanded element, the fault processing subsystem commands an element at the next higher level in the hierarchy from the first element to disable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Douglas Paul Arduini, Jonathan Lee Smith, Joel Richard Goergen, Marc Henry Mantelli
  • ELECTRICAL POWER CONTROL AND FAULT PROTECTION
    Publication number: 20180088656
    Abstract: A fault processing subsystem of an electronics assembly, senses an alarm state at an output of a first power distribution element of multiple power distribution elements arranged in a hierarchy in the electronics assembly. The first element is at a level of the hierarchy other than the top level, and the alarm state corresponds to an output of the first element being different than an expected output of that element. The fault processing subsystem commands, in response to the sensing the alarm state, the first element to disable via a control input to the first element. In response to the fault processing subsystem thereafter sensing an alarm state at the power output of the commanded element, the fault processing subsystem commands an element at the next higher level in the hierarchy from the first element to disable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Douglas Paul Arduini, Jonathan Lee Smith, Joel Richard Goergen, Marc Henry Mantelli