Patents by Inventor Michael J. Macaluso

Michael J. Macaluso 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).

  • Power line communications device in which physical communications protocol layer operation is dynamically selectable
    Patent number: 8115605
    Abstract: A power line communications PLC transmitter and receiver device includes a physical communications protocol layer that provides for dynamic selection of a communications signal transmission operating mode from a plurality of such modes, where each has a corresponding transmission data structure that is based on characteristics of the electric power distribution network to which the PLC device is to be coupled and also the communications protocol profile requirements for the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Macaluso, Bo Zhang, Oleg Logvinov
  • Smart switch
    Patent number: 6307282
    Abstract: A smart switch produces a signal responsive to movement of said switch between a first state and a second state. The said switch has a first state position and a second state position. The switch can be moved from said first state to said second state responsive to a force applied to said switch. The switch includes a transducer, such as a load cell, that is responsive to said force for producing a transducer signal indicative of the force applied to said switch. The transducer signal is indicative of the amount of movement of said switch from said first state to said second state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: David Yu, Charles B. Swope, Michael J. Macaluso
  • Variable frequency response microphone porting system
    Patent number: 6160896
    Abstract: A transducer porting assembly (100, 200, 300) includes a transducer (102) mounted within a housing (502) and an adjustable iris diaphragm (104) formed within the housing and aligned with the transducer. A selectable control (506) allows the audio response of the transducer (102) to be controlled by a user so as to accommodate various acoustic environments (508).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2000
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Macaluso, Michael W. Petersen