Patents by Inventor Jackie Wayne Spears

Jackie Wayne Spears 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).

  • Electronic safe/arm system and methods of use thereof
    Patent number: 9297627
    Abstract: An ordnance firing system is disclosed that includes a reusable electronics module and an ordnance module, each enclosed in a separate, sealed housing. The electronics module housing encloses firing electronics for electrically triggering initiation of a detonator in the ordnance module. The electronics module detachably connects to the ordnance modules via a connector which extends away from the electronics module housing. The housing of the ordnance module is constructed to be blast-resistant to prevent detonation of the detonator from rendering the electronics module inoperable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: ORBITAL SCIENCES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Curtis Havran, Jackie Wayne Spears, Karina Ogilvie, Robert John Keller, David Philips
  • Electronic safe/arm system and methods of use thereof
    Patent number: 8573124
    Abstract: An ordnance firing system is disclosed that includes a reusable electronics module and an ordnance module, each enclosed in a separate, sealed housing. The electronics module housing encloses firing electronics for electrically triggering initiation of a detonator in the ordnance module. The electronics module detachably connects to the ordnance modules via a connector which extends away from the electronics module housing. The housing of the ordnance module is constructed to be blast-resistant to prevent detonation of the detonator from rendering the electronics module inoperable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Orbital Sciences Corporation
    Inventors: Curtis Havran, Jackie Wayne Spears, Karina Ogilvie, Robert John Keller, David Phillips
  • ELECTRONIC SAFE/ARM SYSTEM AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20110277620
    Abstract: An ordnance firing system is disclosed that includes a reusable electronics module and an ordnance module, each enclosed in a separate, sealed housing. The electronics module housing encloses firing electronics for electrically triggering initiation of a detonator in the ordnance module. The electronics module detachably connects to the ordnance modules via a connector which extends away from the electronics module housing. The housing of the ordnance module is constructed to be blast-resistant to prevent detonation of the detonator from rendering the electronics module inoperable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2010
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Inventors: Curtis Havran, Jackie Wayne Spears, Karina Ogilvie, Robert John Keller, David Phillips