Patents by Inventor Patrick A. McCabe

Patrick A. McCabe 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: 8438951
    Abstract: A pill bottle opener including a base, a utility ring, and a cap. The utility ring includes two tabs positioned in its inner portion. The cap has a hollow, cylindrical body open on one end and has a dome-shaped top on its other end. The utility ring and cap may be interlocked by a locking mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: University of South Florida
    Inventors: Patrick A. McCabe, Mark Jeffrey Hornick, Eliot Thomas Dill, Michael Wood, Dean A. Collura
  • Patent number: 8027420
    Abstract: A circuit is provided for transferring a signal from a fast clock domain to a slow clock domain. The circuit includes a fast clock domain configured to receive an input signal and, responsively, transfer an intermediate signal. The circuit also a slow clock domain configured to receive the transferred intermediate signal from the fast clock domain and, responsively, generate an output signal. The circuit further includes a first synchronizer disposed in the slow clock domain and a second synchronizer disposed in the fast clock domain. The first synchronizer, operating with a slow clock, is configured to receive the intermediate signal and, responsively, provide the output signal as a transferred signal which is synchronized to the input signal. The second synchronizer, operating with a fast clock, is configured to receive a feedback signal from the first synchronizer for acknowledging synchronization of the output signal to the input signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventor: Patrick A. McCabe
  • Publication number: 20090158007
    Abstract: A system for implementing waveform processing in a software defined radio (SDR) includes a scaleable array processor having a plurality of micro-engines (MEs) interconnected by a two dimensional topology. Each micro-engine includes multiple FIFOs for interconnecting to each other in the two dimensional topology. One micro-engine communicates with another adjacent micro-engine by way of the respective FIFOs. The micro-engines are dedicated to predetermined algorithms. The two dimensional topology includes an array of N×M micro-engines interconnected by the multiple FIFOs. The N×M are integer numbers of rows and columns, respectively, in the array of micro-engines. The micro-engines are dedicated to baseband processing of data for RF transmission or RF reception.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2007
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventor: Patrick A. McCabe
  • Patent number: 6208650
    Abstract: The present invention is a hardware implementation of frame relay switching functions which provides for real time concurrent multiple processes by implementing the processes in dedicated hardware logic operating in parallel, whereas in a typical software implementation the processes are sequentially processed. While data structures in software based implementations are accessed on some multiple of a byte regardless of the logical structure of the data, in the hardware implementation of the present invention the physical widths and the logical widths of the data structure elements are identical. This allows direct access of the logical structure by the operating process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2001
    Assignee: Paradyne Corporation
    Inventors: Suzanne Hassell, Patrick A. McCabe, Louis F. Villarosa, Jr., Jeffrey E. Conner