Patents by Inventor Bill Slade

Bill Slade 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).

  • Ordnance system with common bus, method of operation and aerospace vehicle including same
    Patent number: 7261028
    Abstract: An ordnance system and method for controlling an ordnance system is provided. The system and method utilizes an addressable common, or shared, bus configured to transmit and receive data thereon. The addressable bus has further coupled thereto an ordnance controller including a control process and a telemetry process configured to control the addressable bus. The ordnance system further includes at least one initiator coupled to the addressable bus and responsive to the control process and at least one telemetry sensor coupled to the addressable bus and configured to interact with the telemetry process. The method provides control for the ordnance system by receiving telemetry data from a telemetry sensor over an addressable bus with an ordnance being further controlled by an ordnance controller over the addressable bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: Alliant Techsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Derek Devries, Bill Slade, Bonnie Uresk, Scott R. Jamison, Robert A. Rauscher
  • Ordnance system with common bus, method of operation and aerospace vehicle including same
    Publication number: 20050150998
    Abstract: An ordnance system and method for controlling an ordnance system is provided. The system and method utilized an addressable common, or shared, bus configured to transmit and receive data thereon. The addressable bus has further coupled thereto an ordnance controller including a control process and a telemetry process configured to control the addressable bus. The ordnance system further includes at least one initiator coupled to the addressable bus and responsive to the control process and at least one telemetry sensor coupled to the addressable bus and configured to interact with the telemetry process. The method provides control for the ordnance system by receiving telemetry data from a telemetry sensor over an addressable bus with an ordnance being further controlled by an ordnance controller over the addressable bus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2003
    Publication date: July 14, 2005
    Inventors: Derek Devries, Bill Slade, Bonnie Uresk, Scott Jamison, Robert Rauscher