Patents by Inventor James W. Ernst

James W. Ernst 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: 10125692
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine system includes a gas turbine engine, an electric machine, a fuel pump, and a clutch arranged to selectively couple and decouple the electric machine and the fuel pump with the gas turbine engine. Control circuitry may control the clutch in response to data signals indicating engine operating information, current operating conditions, and/or other information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Corporation
    Inventor: James W. Ernst
  • Publication number: 20160053691
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine system includes a gas turbine engine, an electric machine, a fuel pump, and a clutch arranged to selectively couple and decouple the electric machine and the fuel pump with the gas turbine engine. Control circuitry may control the clutch in response to data signals indicating engine operating information, current operating conditions, and/or other information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventor: James W. Ernst
  • Patent number: 6448914
    Abstract: An integrated circuit chip for interfacing a digital computer to sensors and controlled devices can be configured to accept and provide a variety of analog and discrete input and output signals. The circuit includes a plurality of signal conditioning cells, a plurality of signal conversion cells, and input and output signal multiplexors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2002
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Mohamed Younis, James W. Ernst
  • Patent number: 6178522
    Abstract: A stand alone Redundancy Management System (RMS) provides a cost-effective solution for managing redundant computer-based systems in order to achieve ultra-high system reliability, safety, fault tolerance, and mission success rate. The RMS includes a Cross Channel Data Link (CCDL) module and a Fault Tolerant Executive (FE) module. The CCDL module provides data communication for all channels, while the FTE module performs system functions such as synchronization, data voting, fault and error detection, isolation and recovery. System fault tolerance is achieved by detecting and masking erroneous data through data voting, and system integrity is ensured by a dynamically reconfigurable architecture that is capable of excluding faulty nodes from the system and re-admitting healthy nodes back into the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2001
    Assignee: AlliedSignal Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Xiaofeng Zhou, Thomas Gilbert Roden, III, Louis P. Bolduc, Dar-Tzen Peng, James W. Ernst, Mohamed Younis