Patents by Inventor Michael E. Sanderson

Michael E. Sanderson 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).

  • Receiver/driver/repeater interface
    Patent number: 4670886
    Abstract: A repeater circuit for repeating data on a communication channel, the repeater circuit having two receiver/driver circuits arranged in repeating fashion and having a control circuit for maintaining the receiver/driver circuits in a listening mode, for switching one of the receiver/driver circuits to a transmitting mode when the other of the receiver/driver circuits receives data, and for maintaining the switched receiver/driver circuits switched by an amount of time required for the bus connected to the switched receiver/driver circuit to return to its normal state after the cessation of transmitted data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1987
    Assignee: Honeywell Inc.
    Inventors: William R. Newcombe, Jr., Daniel G. Prysby, Michael E. Sanderson, David S. Schiller