Patents by Inventor Malcolm Edwards

Malcolm Edwards 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: 7791179
    Abstract: An integrated battery package, that contains semiconductor chips, for example to control and regulate battery charging and to monitor the package operation, uses a single lead frame to interconnect several internal chips, to internally connect said control chips to the battery and to connect the whole package assembly externally. The invention eliminates the need for any additional connecting mechanism. The invention uses established production processes. A molding process, similar to plastic chip encapsulation, encloses the battery controlling chips and forms at the same time the body of the battery package. An additional cover, sealed to said body, closes the battery package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Dialog Semiconductor GmbH
    Inventor: Malcolm Edwards
  • Publication number: 20080116550
    Abstract: An integrated battery package, that contains semiconductor chips, for example to control and regulate battery charging and to monitor the package operation, uses a single lead frame to interconnect several internal chips, to internally connect said control chips to the battery and to connect the whole package assembly externally. The invention eliminates the need for any additional connecting mechanism. The invention uses established production processes. A molding process, similar to plastic chip encapsulation, encloses the battery controlling chips and forms at the same time the body of the battery package. An additional cover, sealed to said body, closes the battery package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2008
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Inventor: Malcolm Edwards
  • Patent number: 7332363
    Abstract: An integrated battery package, that contains semiconductor chips, for example to control and regulate battery charging and to monitor the package operation, uses a single lead frame to interconnect several internal chips, to internally connect said control chips to the battery and to connect the whole package assembly externally. The invention eliminates the need for any additional connecting mechanism. The invention uses established production processes. A molding process, similar to plastic chip encapsulation, encloses the battery controlling chips and forms at the same time the body of the battery package. An additional cover, sealed to said body, closes the battery package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Dialog Semiconductor GmbH
    Inventor: Malcolm Edwards
  • Publication number: 20050129989
    Abstract: An integrated battery package, that contains semiconductor chips, for example to control and regulate battery charging and to monitor the package operation, uses a single lead frame to interconnect several internal chips, to internally connect said control chips to the battery and to connect the whole package assembly externally. The invention eliminates the need for any additional connecting mechanism. The invention uses established production processes. A molding process, similar to plastic chip encapsulation, encloses the battery controlling chips and forms at the same time the body of the battery package. An additional cover, sealed to said body, closes the battery package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2004
    Publication date: June 16, 2005
    Inventor: Malcolm Edwards
  • Publication number: 20050122292
    Abstract: A system and a method for visual, electronic communication and/or entertainment purposes, displaying a lightshow, which can, if desired, represent selected information/events have been achieved. Said lightshow/information is displayed using one or more LED modules comprising more than one, usually three, LEDs emitting each light in different primary colors of a color space. Thus a lightshow/information/events can be visually displayed using a multitude of colors, different brightness, by flashing, by activation of specific positions, and by ON/OFF intervals. Said LED modules are controlled by a circuit comprising a LED driver unit, controlling the light intensity of each LED, a sequencer to control said LED drivers, and a memory to store the patterns for the illumination, the sequence and the brightness. The LEDs can be preferably addressed in a multiplexing mode, thus the connection between the LED drivers and the LEDs can be simplified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2004
    Publication date: June 9, 2005
    Inventors: Richard Schmitz, Richard Gray, Malcolm Edwards
  • Patent number: D328537
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1992
    Assignee: Chippenhook, Ltd.
    Inventor: Malcolm Edwards