Patents by Inventor Ronald Lee Shaffer II

Ronald Lee Shaffer II 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).

  • POWER DISTRIBUTION AND COMMUNICATIONS FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20230331112
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an electric vehicle system includes a power system for charging a battery installed in an electric vehicle and comprising a bi-directional power and data connector for receiving power and data from or transmitting the power and data to an electric vehicle charging device, a communications system comprising a server and configured for receiving power from the power system and receiving data from or transmitting the data to the power system for download or upload at the electric vehicle charging device, and an authentication module for authenticating the electric vehicle charging device. A method is also disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Joel Richard Goergen, Kameron Rose Hurst, Sean Ceballos-McGee, Anant Thakar, Robert Gregory Twiss, Ronald Lee Shaffer, II, Jared Pendleton, Chad M. Jones
  • Power distribution and communications for electric vehicle
    Patent number: 11708002
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an electric vehicle system includes a power system for charging a battery installed in an electric vehicle and comprising a bi-directional power and data connector for receiving power and data from or transmitting the power and data to an electric vehicle charging device, a communications system comprising a server and configured for receiving power from the power system and receiving data from or transmitting the data to the power system for download or upload at the electric vehicle charging device, and an authentication module for authenticating the electric vehicle charging device. A method is also disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Joel Richard Goergen, Kameron Rose Hurst, Sean Ceballos-McGee, Anant Thakar, Robert Gregory Twiss, Ronald Lee Shaffer, II, Jared Pendleton, Chad M. Jones
  • POWER DISTRIBUTION AND COMMUNICATIONS FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20220032804
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an electric vehicle system includes a power system for charging a battery installed in an electric vehicle and comprising a bi-directional power and data connector for receiving power and data from or transmitting the power and data to an electric vehicle charging device, a communications system comprising a server and configured for receiving power from the power system and receiving data from or transmitting the data to the power system for download or upload at the electric vehicle charging device, and an authentication module for authenticating the electric vehicle charging device. A method is also disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Joel Richard Goergen, Kameron Rose Hurst, Sean Ceballos-McGee, Anant Thakar, Robert Gregory Twiss, Ronald Lee Shaffer, II, Jared Pendleton, Chad M. Jones
  • USING GLASS WEAVE MARKER STRUCTURE TO AUTHENTICATE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS
    Publication number: 20210382967
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a printed circuit board (PCB) that includes a woven glass laminate layer. The woven glass laminate layer includes a plurality of glass bundles woven together, where a marker structure including at least one marker is defined within the woven glass laminate layer. A security chip is coupled with the PCB and includes memory that stores an authentication identifier of the PCB, where the authentication ID includes a representation of the marker structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Joel Goergen, Sam Gupta, Dylan Thomas Walker, Chirag K. Shroff, Christopher Shannon Gourley, Rachel Marie Weeks, Elizabeth Ann Kochuparambil, Ronald Lee Shaffer II