Patents by Inventor Robert G. Blattner

Robert G. Blattner 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).

  • Low-side bidirectional battery disconnect switch
    Patent number: 6590440
    Abstract: A bidirectional battery disconnect switch, i.e., a switch which is capable of blocking a voltage in either direction when open and conducting a current in either direction when closed, is disclosed. The switch includes a four-terminal MOSFET having no source/body short and circuitry for assuring that the body is shorted to whichever of the source/drain terminals of the MOSFET is biased at a lower voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: Siliconix, Incorporated
    Inventors: Richard K. Williams, Robert G. Blattner
  • Low-side bidirectional battery disconnect switch
    Patent number: 5689209
    Abstract: A bidirectional battery disconnect switch, i.e., a switch which is capable of blocking a voltage in either direction when open and conducting a current in either direction when closed, is disclosed. The switch includes a four-terminal MOSFET having no source/body short and circuitry for assuring that the body is shorted to whichever of the source/drain terminals of the MOSFET is biased at a lower voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 18, 1997
    Assignee: Siliconix Incorporated
    Inventors: Richard K. Williams, Robert G. Blattner