Patents by Inventor Douglas John Sharpe

Douglas John Sharpe 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: 10343782
    Abstract: An aircraft environmental control system (4) for controlling a temperature of a fluid, the control system comprising: a temperature sensor (30) configured to measure a temperature of the fluid and generate a signal indicative of that temperature; a control signal generator (52) configured to, using control laws (78) and the first signal, generate a control signal for controlling the temperature of the fluid; a memory (56) for storing performance data; a transmitter (60) configured to transmit, from the aircraft environmental control system (4), the performance data; a receiver (60) configured to receive, responsive to transmitting the performance data, update information; and an update module (58) configured to, using the update information, update the control laws (78).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: BAE Systems plc
    Inventor: Douglas John Sharpe
  • Publication number: 20180339778
    Abstract: An aircraft environmental control system (4) for controlling a temperature of a fluid, the control system comprising: a temperature sensor (30) configured to measure a temperature of the fluid and generate a signal indicative of that temperature; a control signal generator (52) configured to, using control laws (78) and the first signal, generate a control signal for controlling the temperature of the fluid; a memory (56) for storing performance data; a transmitter (60) configured to transmit, from the aircraft environmental control system (4), the performance data; a receiver (60) configured to receive, responsive to transmitting the performance data, update information; and an update module (58) configured to, using the update information, update the control laws (78).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2016
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventor: Douglas John Sharpe
  • Publication number: 20180314278
    Abstract: An aircraft environmental control system (4) for controlling a temperature of a fluid, the control system (4) comprising: a first temperature sensor (30) configured to measure a first temperature and to generate a first signal, the first temperature being a temperature of the fluid, the first signal being indicative of the measured first temperature; an amplifier (76) configured to amplify the first signal; one or more processors (64) configured to, using the amplified first signal, generate a control signal for controlling the temperature of the fluid; and a second temperature sensor (68) configured to measure a second temperature, the second temperature being a temperature of an operational environment of the amplifier (76); wherein the one or more processors (64) are further configured to, responsive to the determining that the measured second temperature satisfies one or more predetermined criteria, modify a gain of the amplifier (76) and wherein: the aircraft environmental control system (4) further comp
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2016
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: Mark Gordon Vickers, Douglas John Sharpe