Patents by Inventor Oliver F. Garreau

Oliver F. Garreau 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).

  • Same single board computer system operable as a system master and a bus target
    Patent number: 6769035
    Abstract: A same single board computer system that is operable as a system master and a bus target and methods of operating the same are described. In one system, a processor having a system master mode of operation and a bus target mode of operation is mounted on a printed circuit board. An expansion board connector is coupled to the processor and is configured to couple to an expansion board. A system master connector also is coupled to the processor and is configured to couple to an expansion board connector of a system master board. In a method of operating the above-described system, the processor is configured as a system master or a bus target in response to a received mode control signal, and a target bus or a system master bus is selectively enabled in response to the received mode control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2004
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies North America Corp.
    Inventor: Oliver F. Garreau
  • Joined-wing tilt-wing aircraft
    Patent number: D724001
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Inventor: Oliver F. Garreau