Patents by Inventor William A. Broadhurst

William A. Broadhurst 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).

  • System for, and method of, regulating the amount of power provided by battery in a processing apparatus
    Patent number: 6047038
    Abstract: A first device provides a repetitive count of time. A second device indicates in each successive count of time by the first device during the processing apparatus operation whether the processing apparatus has processed data for at least a first particular percentage of time in each such successive time count. A third device indicates in each successive count of time by the first device during the processing apparatus operation whether the processing apparatus has processed data for at least a second particular percentage of time in each such successive time count where the second particular time percentage is less than the first particular time percentage. A power supply provides power to the processing apparatus during the time that the apparatus is processing data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2000
    Assignee: Integrated Systems Design Center
    Inventors: William A. Broadhurst, Gregory A. Stoike