Patents by Inventor Bruce D. Harmon

Bruce D. Harmon 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).

  • Patent number: 9489340
    Abstract: An electrical power generation and distribution health monitoring system includes a network of a plurality of nodes included in an electrical system of a vehicle. Each node of the plurality of nodes is synchronized with other nodes of the plurality of nodes. The network is configured to communicate electrical system health data associated with the electrical system to at least one vehicle health reporting system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Robab Safa-Bakhsh, Bruce D. Harmon
  • Publication number: 20160103162
    Abstract: A vehicle electrical power flow monitoring system including at least one channel power monitor node corresponding to a respective power distribution channel of a vehicle electrical power system, the at least one channel power monitor node being common to at least another different vehicle monitoring system, and at least one data acquisition node within each power distribution channel, each of the at least one data acquisition node being common to the at least another different vehicle monitoring system and communicably connected to a respective channel power monitor node, and wherein the at least one channel power monitor node is configured to receive electrical power flow data from a corresponding data acquisition node and determine an operating state of the vehicle electrical power system based on the electrical power flow data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: Robab Safa-Bakhsh, Bruce D. Harmon