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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2014
Filed:
May. 23, 2012
Applicants:
Erik Johnson, Philadelphia, PA (US);
John M. Yerger, Harleysville, PA (US);
Inventors:
Erik Johnson, Philadelphia, PA (US);
John M. Yerger, Harleysville, PA (US);
Assignee:
Microchip Technology Incorporated, Chandler, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 23/00 (2006.01); G08B 7/06 (2006.01); G08B 3/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 3/10 (2013.01); G08B 7/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A plurality of hazard alarm devices are in spatially diverse locations and coupled together with an input-output bus. An interconnect protocol enables non-originating alarm devices to synchronize their audible alert tone pulses with audible alert tone pulses from an originating alarm device in a local hazard alarm condition. Hence, all audible alert tone pulses start sounding substantially together with allowances for signal contention and arbitration between the spatially diverse alarm devices.