Patents by Inventor Robert Bohl

Robert Bohl 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: 20120260015
    Abstract: Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (“PCIe”) Port bifurcation systems and methods are provided. An illustrative PCIe port bifurcation card can include: a PCIe interface and a plurality of PCIe devices, each independently coupled to the interface via an unswitched connection. The card can further include a read only memory (ROM) coupled to the interface, the ROM can include bifurcation data. A clocking signal replicator can be coupled to the interface to: replicate a reference clock signal received via the interface and provide the replicated reference dock signal to each of the plurality of PCIe devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2011
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Inventors: Raphael Gay, Robert J. Horning, Robert Bohl, Brooke Melinda O'Dell Loader
  • Patent number: 7310697
    Abstract: The dynamic VBUS power source provides a system and method for dynamically powering USB devices. Briefly described, one embodiment is a method comprising determining when the USB device is a master device or a slave device, powering the USB device over a USB connector using a power unit when the USB device is the slave device, and powering a second USB device over the USB connector using the USB device when the USB device is the master device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2007
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Amol Pandit, Robert Bohl, Dan Byrne
  • Publication number: 20060095641
    Abstract: The dynamic VBUS power source provides a system and method for dynamically powering USB devices. Briefly described, one embodiment is a method comprising determining when the USB device is a master device or a slave device, powering the USB device over a USB connector using a power unit when the USB device is the slave device, and powering a second USB device over the USB connector using the USB device when the USB device is the master device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2004
    Publication date: May 4, 2006
    Inventors: Amol Pandit, Robert Bohl, Dan Byrne
  • Publication number: 20050060060
    Abstract: Inventory control devices and methods for controlling the inventory of a data storage system are disclosed. In one embodiment, the inventory control device comprises a sensor to sense a position of an access device of a data storage system, the access device having an open position and a closed position, a circuit communicatively coupled to the sensor to output a circuit state indicating if the access device was opened while the data storage system was shut down, and control logic communicatively coupled to the circuit to cause the data storage system to inventory one or more storage locations associated with the access device only if the circuit state indicates the access device was opened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2003
    Publication date: March 17, 2005
    Inventors: Kelly Reasoner, Duane Harmon, Robert Bohl