Patents by Inventor Christopher B. Kettering

Christopher B. Kettering 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).

  • Aircraft safety and configuration monitoring system and method
    Patent number: 9162776
    Abstract: An aircraft safety and configuration monitoring system includes a plurality of RFID equipped items, a plurality of RFID interrogators communicating with the plurality of RFID equipped items, a processor communicating with the plurality of RFID interrogators and adapted to determine an issue with respect to any of the plurality of RFID equipped items and an indicating mechanism communicating with the processor and adapted to indicate the issue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Rebecca Shore, Steve Kopecki, Winfeng Li, William P. Coop, Thanh D. Hoang, Swanee Yourkowski, Kevin Yong Ung, Yucheng Zheng, Robert Lee Avery, Christopher B. Kettering
  • Formable RFID tag
    Patent number: 8231062
    Abstract: A formable RFID tag includes a tag inlay including a composite polymer material having a pliant and flexible pre-cured state and a hardened cured state, non-rigid RFID circuitry embedded in the tag inlay and a non-rigid RFID antenna embedded in the tag inlay and interfacing with the RFID circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Arun Ayyagari, Kevin Yong Ung, Winfeng Li, William P. Coop, Thanh D. Hoang, Swanee Yourkowski, Rebecca Shore, Yucheng Zheng, Robert Lee Avery, Christopher B. Kettering
  • AIRCRAFT SAFETY AND CONFIGURATION MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20120044092
    Abstract: An aircraft safety and configuration monitoring system includes a plurality of RFID equipped items, a plurality of RFID interrogators communicating with the plurality of RFID equipped items, a processor communicating with the plurality of RFID interrogators and adapted to determine an issue with respect to any of the plurality of RFID equipped items and an indicating mechanism communicating with the processor and adapted to indicate the issue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Inventors: Rebecca Shore, Steve Kopecki, Winfeng Li, William P. Coop, Thanh D. Hoang, Swanee Yourkowski, Kevin Yong Ung, Yucheng Zheng, Robert Lee Avery, Christopher B. Kettering
  • Methods and apparatus providing an airborne e-enabled architecture as a system of systems
    Patent number: 7756145
    Abstract: A network architecture for implementation in a vehicle is described that comprises an Ethernet gateway module (EGM) and network interface module (NIM). The EGM comprises an Ethernet switch and router therein and is configured to provide an open data network (ODN) connection to the network architecture for a plurality of open data network devices. The NIM is configured to provide an isolated data network and comprises an Ethernet switch to connect a plurality of secure devices to an isolated data network (IDN), the secure devices related to operation and navigation of the vehicle, a router and a gateway/router. The router is configured to interface the IDN to the open data network connections and comprises a packet filtering function to determine which, if any, data from the ODN may be passed through to the IDN and applied to operation and navigation of the vehicle via the secures devices connected to the IDN.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Christopher B. Kettering, Daniel B. Moore, Freelon F. Hunter, Jeffery L. Toolson, Charles D. Royalty, Michael N. Jacobs