Patents by Inventor Michael A. Torrano

Michael A. Torrano 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: 4968949
    Abstract: An ohmically isolating input circuit accepts a three pin connector of a cable from a signal source output for virtually all three pin connector standards, and will output a signal of the same voltage regardless of which of the three pin connector standards are used. In one embodiment of the invention, the input circuit includes a center tapped transformer having its tap primary winding side connected to the circuits three input terminals and having its secondary winding side connected directly into the input of an operational amplifier which forces the transformer to operate as a current transformer with virtually no voltage drop across its secondary or primary windings. The output of the operational amplifier, which serves as the output of the input circuit, is fed back to the inverting input of the operational amplifier to provide a high gain negative feedback circuit which converts signal currents from the transformer secondary winding to an output voltage signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1988
    Date of Patent: November 6, 1990
    Assignee: Meyer Sound Laboratories Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael A. Torrano, John D. Meyer, Bill Hemsath, Felicity Seidel