Patents by Inventor Joseph F. Reilly

Joseph F. Reilly 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).

  • Reconfigurable communications module
    Patent number: 5751222
    Abstract: A reconfigurable communications module for power distribution and control apparatus is taught. Briefly stated, a communication module is rack insertable into a voltage regulator controller and has disposed therein a microprocessor board for communicating with host power distribution control apparatus and which also communicates with a transceiver board. The transceiver board may be one of several types of boards which provide a physical link with other equipment. Such boards may, for example, include a fiber optic, an RF based board, or a wire based board which is interchangeable in the communications module thereby allowing reconfiguration of the communication module to different media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1998
    Assignee: Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc.
    Inventors: John J. Trainor, Carl J. Laplace, Michael A. Kinney, Joseph F. Reilly
  • Expansion chassis for a voltage regulator controller
    Patent number: 5642290
    Abstract: A voltage regulator controller having integral expansion ports. The expansion ports are provided by way of an I/O expansion chassis which is electrically coupled to the controller's microprocessor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 24, 1997
    Assignee: Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph F. Reilly, Michael A. Bellin, Carl J. Laplace, Jr., John J. Trainor