Patents by Inventor Richard Nicolas

Richard Nicolas 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: 9164572
    Abstract: An approach for saving power in a memory subsystem that uses memory access idle timer to enable low power mode and memory scrub operation within computing system has been provided. The computing system determines that a memory subsystem is switched out of low power operation mode due to a memory scrub operation. In addition, the computing system bypasses the low power operation mode of an idle timer of the memory subsystem such that the memory subsystem is returned to the low power operation mode upon completion of the memory scrub operation. The computing system further sets a scrub flag of the memory subsystem to a high state, and clears the scrub flag to a low state to track if the idle timer should be bypassed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joab D. Henderson, Richard Nicolas, Stephen J. Powell, Kenneth L. Wright
  • Publication number: 20140304566
    Abstract: An approach for saving power in a memory subsystem that uses memory access idle timer to enable low power mode and memory scrub operation within computing system has been provided. The computing system determines that a memory subsystem is switched out of low power operation mode due to a memory scrub operation. In addition, the computing system bypasses the low power operation mode of an idle timer of the memory subsystem such that the memory subsystem is returned to the low power operation mode upon completion of the memory scrub operation. The computing system further sets a scrub flag of the memory subsystem to a high state, and clears the scrub flag to a low state to track if the idle timer should be bypassed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Joab D. Henderson, Richard Nicolas, Stephen J. Powell, Kenneth L. Wright
  • Publication number: 20140304537
    Abstract: An approach for saving power in a memory subsystem that uses memory access idle timer to enable low power mode and memory scrub operation within computing system has been provided. The computing system determines that a memory subsystem is switched out of low power operation mode due to a memory scrub operation. In addition, the computing system bypasses the low power operation mode of an idle timer of the memory subsystem such that the memory subsystem is returned to the low power operation mode upon completion of the memory scrub operation. The computing system further sets a scrub flag of the memory subsystem to a high state, and clears the scrub flag to a low state to track if the idle timer should be bypassed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2013
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Joab D. Henderson, Richard Nicolas, Stephen J. Powell, Kenneth L. Wright
  • Patent number: 6024585
    Abstract: A method for connecting two ends (34, 36) of a conductive member (32) to a circuit-bearing article (20) includes the steps of: selecting a conductive member (32) having two ends (34,36) adapted to be terminated to receptacles; selecting at least two heat-insensitive terminals (40), electrically connecting the terminals (40) to a respective circuit terminus (24) with a selected amount of fluid conductive material; and mating the conductive member ends (34, 36) to respective receptacles (44) of the terminals (40).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2000
    Assignee: The Whitaker Corporation
    Inventors: Scott Keith Mickievicz, Richard Nicolas Whyne, Scott Frederick Morin, Jennifer Lyn Peavy, Robert Thomas Hirsbrunner
  • Patent number: D686942
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Buttonfix Limited
    Inventors: Brian John Watson, Anthony Arthur Wills, Philip Mark Hall, Richard Nicolas Gore