Patents by Inventor Robert James Fanfelle

Robert James Fanfelle 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: 20240014963
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and techniques to indicate resources of reference signals. In at least one embodiment, a system includes one or more processors to receive an indication of two or more non-uniformly distributed frequencies or time slots of two or more corresponding reference signals to be transmitted by the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: James Hansen Delfeld, Robert James Fanfelle
  • Publication number: 20240014987
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and techniques to indicate resources of reference signals. In at least one embodiment, a system includes one or more processors to transmit an indication of two or more non-uniformly distributed frequencies or time slots of two or more corresponding reference signals to be received by the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: James Hansen Delfeld, Robert James Fanfelle
  • Publication number: 20230040172
    Abstract: An electrical energy storage device for use in an electrical distribution grid where storage may be located across various voltage transitions throughout the network, enabling energy to bypass stepdown transformers, monitoring on both sides of a transformer, and power conditioning to optimize transformer and grid performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: BreakEats LLC
    Inventors: Robert James Fanfelle, Ezra Robert Gold
  • Patent number: 11359769
    Abstract: A cartridge loader includes a lever arm, a hinge axle and a cam centered on the hinge axle, and a housing for receiving a cartridge, the housing having a first end and a second end, the first end adapted to connect to an appliance, and the second end adapted to allow the lever arm to open and close, the housing having an aperture exposing an interior of the housing, the aperture shaped to receive the cartridge and the lever arm, wherein the cam is adapted to assist in seating the cartridge in the housing when the lever arm is closed, and ejecting the cartridge when the lever arm is opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: BREAKEATS LLC
    Inventors: Ezra Robert Gold, Robert James Fanfelle
  • Publication number: 20210126460
    Abstract: An electrical energy storage device for use in an electrical distribution grid where storage may be located across various voltage transitions throughout the network, enabling energy to bypass stepdown transformers, monitoring on both sides of a transformer, and power conditioning to optimize transformer and grid performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: BreakEats LLC
    Inventors: Robert James Fanfelle, Ezra Robert Gold
  • Publication number: 20210010644
    Abstract: A cartridge loader includes a lever arm, a hinge axle and a cam centered on the hinge axle, and a housing for receiving a cartridge, the housing having a first end and a second end, the first end adapted to connect to an appliance, and the second end adapted to allow the lever arm to open and close, the housing having an aperture exposing an interior of the housing, the aperture shaped to receive the cartridge and the lever arm, wherein the cam is adapted to assist in seating the cartridge in the housing when the lever arm is closed, and ejecting the cartridge when the lever arm is opened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: BreakEats LLC
    Inventors: Ezra Robert Gold, Robert James Fanfelle
  • Patent number: 8492175
    Abstract: A method is provided for assembling a stack of surface-mount devices (SMDs) on a substrate. The method provides a substrate, die, or printed circuit board (PCB) with a top surface having a landing pad and a first reference feature. An alignment jig is placed overlying the substrate top surface. The alignment jig second reference feature is aligned with respect to the substrate first reference feature. A first SMD is placed overlying the substrate landing pad. The first SMD third reference feature is aligned with respect to the alignment jig second reference feature. A second SMD is placed overlying the substrate top surface. Then, the alignment jig first boundary feature is mated with the second SMD second boundary feature. In response to the mating, the second SMD first interface is aligned over an underlying SMD active element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignees: Applied Micro Circuits Corporation, Volex PLC
    Inventor: Robert James Fanfelle
  • Patent number: 8488618
    Abstract: A system and method provide both inline services and in-network services for a dual-connect service box interposed between a modem and a router. The method transceives communications between a service box wide area network (WAN) port and a local area network (LAN) port of a WAN-connected broadband modem, and between a service box WAN-proxy port and a WAN port of a router. The method also selectively transceives communications between the service box WAN port and a LAN port. A service box binding module monitors messages transceived between the router and the modem to determine the service box WAN IP address, and registers at least one service box WAN IP addresses with a WAN network-connected account server. The method selectively transceives communications in response to an authentification means, which may be identifying an authorized port number in the communications, or identifying an authorized command in the communications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Applied Micro Circuits Corporation
    Inventors: Millind Mittal, Robert James Fanfelle
  • Patent number: 7023871
    Abstract: Method and apparatus to carry out wideband DOCSIS both upstream and downstream in a point-to-multipoint environment of an HFC system using port trunking concepts. For the downstream, each CMTS has a frame distributor which distributes frames to various transmitters transmitting on downstream channels to be used to transmit downstream data simultaneously to a CM using wideband DOCSIS. The frame distributor adds sequence numbers in some embodiments to guarantee proper order of frames can be restored at the CM, and schedules transmissions according to quality of service considerations to meet guaranteed and committed portions of constant bit rate and variable bit rate flows. The CMTS sends and Extended Channel Enable (ECE) message to wideband capable CMs telling them which downstreams to enable. Each CM has a frame collector to which all frames received on various downstream channels are sent. The frame collector makes sure they are all there, puts them into the proper order and delivers them to a NI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Assignee: Terayon Communication Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Alan Lind, Robert James Fanfelle, Selim Shlomo Rakib
  • Publication number: 20040244043
    Abstract: Method and apparatus to carry out wideband DOCSIS both upstream and downstream in a point-to-multipoint environment of an HFC system using port trunking concepts. For the downstream, each CMTS has a frame distributor which distributes frames to various transmitters transmitting on downstream channels to be used to transmit downstream data simultaneously to a CM using wideband DOCSIS. The frame distributor adds sequence numbers in some embodiments to guarantee proper order of frames can be restored at the CM, and schedules transmissions according to quality of service considerations to meet guranteed and committed portions of constant bit rate and variable bit rate flows. The CMTS sends and Extended Channel Enable (ECE) message to wideband capable CMs telling them which downstreams to enable. Each CM has a frame collector to which all frames received on various downstream channels are sent. The frame collector makes sure they are all there, puts them into the proper order and delivers them to a NI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2003
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Inventors: Paul Alan Lind, Robert James Fanfelle, Belim Shlomo Rakib