Patents by Inventor Randall Johnston

Randall Johnston 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).

  • Publication number: 20190228745
    Abstract: A guitar and bridge assembly includes a body that has a pocket defining a plurality of blind holes. A plurality of inserts each having at least one exterior thread is received by a respective one of the blind holes. A base of a bridge is received by the pocket, and the base has a plurality of through holes. A plurality of fasteners is received through the through holes in the base and is received in threaded engagement with the plurality of inserts. The bridge supports a plurality of strings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventor: David Randall Johnston
  • Patent number: 8564922
    Abstract: A telecommunications system includes a telecommunications device having ā€œnā€ line card slots for receiving ā€œnā€ line cards powered from a power supply. The device includes at least one installed line card. A smart breaker is connected to the telecommunications device and includes a current detector configured to detect current flow from the power supply through the smart breaker to any installed line cards. A controller has logic and is configured to select a trip value in response to the detected current flow and stored configuration information relating to any installed line cards within the telecommunications device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Adtran, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Christian Smith, Randall Johnston
  • Patent number: 8564920
    Abstract: A smart breaker includes a current detector configured to detect current flow from a power source to a protected device. A controller has logic and is configured to select a trip value in response to the detected current flow and stored configuration information relating to the protected device. The protected device includes at least one installed component requiring power and the stored configuration information can be at least one of data regarding the number of installed components in the protected device requiring power, the amount of power used by each of the installed components, and the expected power requirements of the installed components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Adtran, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Christian Smith, Randall Johnston