Patents by Inventor John A. Sekora

John A. Sekora 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).

  • Automatic data bus wire integrity verification device
    Patent number: 10859637
    Abstract: A device for verifying wire connectivity of a bus may include a bus connector configured to connect to a bus comprising a plurality of wires and measurement circuitry configured to perform a verification test on each wire of the bus. The verification test of each wire may include connecting a wire under test in a predetermined configuration relative to the other wires for performing the verification test and measuring a value of an electrical parameter associated with the wire under test. The verification test may also include comparing the value of the measured electrical parameter associated with the wire under test to an expected value of the electrical parameter. The wire under test passes the verification test in response to the measured value of the electrical parameter corresponding substantially to the expected value of the electrical parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Sean M. Ramey, Jeffrey A. Lawrence, Enoch E. McDowell, John A. Sekora, Edgar L. von Trotha, III, David E. Lawrence
  • AUTOMATIC DATA BUS WIRE INTEGRITY VERIFICATION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20180067159
    Abstract: A device for verifying wire connectivity of a bus may include a bus connector configured to connect to a bus comprising a plurality of wires and measurement circuitry configured to perform a verification test on each wire of the bus. The verification test of each wire may include connecting a wire under test in a predetermined configuration relative to the other wires for performing the verification test and measuring a value of an electrical parameter associated with the wire under test. The verification test may also include comparing the value of the measured electrical parameter associated with the wire under test to an expected value of the electrical parameter. The wire under test passes the verification test in response to the measured value of the electrical parameter corresponding substantially to the expected value of the electrical parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Sean M. Ramey, Jeffrey A. Lawrence, Enoch E. McDowell, John A. Sekora, Edgar L. von Trotha, III, David E. Lawrence
  • Automatic data bus wire integrity verification device
    Patent number: 9835669
    Abstract: A device for verifying wire connectivity of a bus may include a bus connector configured to connect to a bus comprising a plurality of wires and measurement circuitry configured to perform a verification test on each wire of the bus. The verification test of each wire may include connecting a wire under test in a predetermined configuration relative to the other wires for performing the verification test and measuring a value of an electrical parameter associated with the wire under test. The verification test may also include comparing the value of the measured electrical parameter associated with the wire under test to an expected value of the electrical parameter. The wire under test passes the verification test in response to the measured value of the electrical parameter corresponding substantially to the expected value of the electrical parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Sean M. Ramey, Jeffrey A. Lawrence, Enoch E. McDowell, John A. Sekora, Edgar L. von Trotha, III, David E. Lawrence
  • AUTOMATIC DATA BUS WIRE INTEGRITY VERIFICATION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20170160332
    Abstract: A device for verifying wire connectivity of a bus may include a bus connector configured to connect to a bus comprising a plurality of wires and measurement circuitry configured to perform a verification test on each wire of the bus. The verification test of each wire may include connecting a wire under test in a predetermined configuration relative to the other wires for performing the verification test and measuring a value of an electrical parameter associated with the wire under test. The verification test may also include comparing the value of the measured electrical parameter associated with the wire under test to an expected value of the electrical parameter. The wire under test passes the verification test in response to the measured value of the electrical parameter corresponding substantially to the expected value of the electrical parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Sean M. Ramey, Jeffrey A. Lawrence, Enoch E. McDowell, John A. Sekora, Edgar L. von Trotha, III, David E. Lawrence
  • AUTOMATIC DATA BUS WIRE INTEGRITY VERIFICATION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20160178683
    Abstract: A device for verifying wire connectivity of a bus may include a bus connector configured to connect to a bus comprising a plurality of wires and measurement circuitry configured to perform a verification test on each wire of the bus. The verification test of each wire may include connecting a wire under test in a predetermined configuration relative to the other wires for performing the verification test and measuring a value of an electrical parameter associated with the wire under test. The verification test may also include comparing the value of the measured electrical parameter associated with the wire under test to an expected value of the electrical parameter. The wire under test passes the verification test in response to the measured value of the electrical parameter corresponding substantially to the expected value of the electrical parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Sean M. Ramey, Jeffrey A. Lawrence, Enoch E. McDowell, John A. Sekora, Edgar L. von Trotha, III, David E. Lawrence