Dale R Robertson, 6776 W Elm St, Townsend, MA 01474

7532474, May 12, 2009

Feb 21, 2006

11/358384

Bryce Xiaobo Xue - Acton MA, US
Dale G. Robertson - Lowell MA, US

3Com Corporation - Marlborough MA

H05K 7/20

361704, 361690, 361719, 165 802, 165185

An electronic device includes a housing configured to enclose an electronic component mounted to an inner portion of the housing. A thermally conductive gap-filler is in thermal contact with the electronic component. A heat sink is in thermal contact with the thermally conductive gap-filler and a thermally conductive plate is in thermal contact, at a first side, with the heat sink through an opening in the housing, and affixed, at the first side, to an outer portion of the housing surrounding the opening.

8638066, Jan 28, 2014

Dec 21, 2010

12/974895

Dale G. Robertson - Lowell MA, US

BBN Technologies Corp. - Cambridge MA

H02J 7/00
H02J 7/04
H02J 7/06

320132, 320152, 320157, 320159, 320162

A method and apparatus for providing battery optimization and protection in a low power energy environment is presented. A current configuration of a battery module including a plurality of a particular type of battery is determined. A voltage level of the battery module is detected. A determination is made whether the current configuration of the battery module is a preferred configuration for the particular type of batteries of the battery module. When the determination is that the current configuration of the battery module is not the preferred configuration for the particular type of batteries of the battery module, then the battery module is reconfigured to a preferred configuration for the particular type of batteries of the battery module.

2016003, Feb 4, 2016

Oct 15, 2015

14/884307

- Cambridge MA, US
Dale Gordon Robertson - Billerica MA, US

H04L 12/10

According to one aspect, embodiments of the invention provide a method for providing power to a distributed sensor system, the method comprising providing power from at least one port of an interface unit to a first port of a first sensor unit of at least one of a plurality of sensor strings, powering up the first sensor unit, forwarding power from a second port of the first sensor unit to a first port of a second sensor unit of the at least one of the plurality of sensor strings, powering up the second sensor unit, monitoring the plurality of sensor strings for a fault condition, and in response to detecting a fault condition in a first sensor string of the plurality of sensor strings, providing power from a second one of the plurality of sensor strings to the first sensor string.

2014026, Sep 18, 2014

Mar 14, 2013

13/826276

- Cambridge MA, US
Dale Gordon Robertson - Billerica MA, US

RAYTHEON BBN TECHNOLOGIES CORP. - Cambridge MA

H04L 12/10

307 1

According to one aspect, embodiments of the invention provide a distributed sensor network comprising an interface unit and a plurality of sensor strings, each sensor string comprising a plurality of sensor units coupled in series to a port of the interface unit, wherein each one of the plurality of sensor units is configured to be provided both power and network connectivity via a first cable from one of the interface unit and another sensor unit within the sensor string and also to provide both power and network connectivity via a second cable to another sensor unit within the sensor string, and wherein a first string of the plurality of sensor strings is configured to be coupled to a second string of the plurality of sensor strings and wherein at least one sensor unit within the first string is configured to provide power to a sensor unit within the second string.