Patents by Inventor John Brian Bell

John Brian Bell 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).

  • Assisting failure mode and effects analysis of a system comprising a plurality of components
    Patent number: 8347146
    Abstract: A method of assisting failure mode and effects analysis of a system having a plurality of components includes obtaining data associated with a component, or a group of components, of the system. The component or the group is associated with component type data or group type data, respectively, that includes data relating to at least one failure feature common to all components or groups, respectively, of that type. The component/group data and the component/group type data can then be stored and/or transferred for use in a failure mode and effects analysis of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: BAE Systems PLC
    Inventors: John Brian Bell, Richard Lee Bovey
  • ASSISTING FAILURE MODE AND EFFECTS ANALYSIS OF A SYSTEM COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF COMPONENTS
    Publication number: 20100262867
    Abstract: A method of assisting failure mode and effects analysis of a system having a plurality of components includes obtaining data associated with a component, or a group of components, of the system. The component or the group is associated with component type data or group type data, respectively, that includes data relating to at least one failure feature common to all components or groups, respectively, of that type. The component/group data and the component/group type data can then be stored and/or transferred for use in a failure mode and effects analysis of the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS PLC
    Inventors: John Brian Bell, Richard Lee Bovey