Patents by Inventor Joseph Anthony Zarrella

Joseph Anthony Zarrella 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).

  • Consolidated vehicle propulsion control using integrated modular avionics
    Patent number: 8868260
    Abstract: A vehicle is provided. The vehicle may include, but is not limited to, a virtual backplane, a vehicle management computer communicatively coupled to the first virtual backplane and having a first predetermined schedule, a consolidated propulsion controller communicatively coupled to the virtual backplane and having a second predetermined schedule different from the first predetermined schedule, at least one engine communicatively coupled to the first virtual backplane, each of the at least one engines having a unique schedule, and at least one control system communicatively coupled to the first virtual backplane, each of the at least one control systems having a unique schedule, wherein each of the vehicle management computer, consolidated propulsion controller, at least one engines and at least one control system are configured to add and consume date from the virtual backplane according to their respective schedules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Anthony Zarrella, Mitch Fletcher, Gordon Collyer, Richard Willis, Pat Resing
  • CONSOLIDATED VEHICLE PROPULSION CONTROL USING INTEGRATED MODULAR AVIONICS
    Publication number: 20140121862
    Abstract: A vehicle is provided. The vehicle may include, but is not limited to, a virtual backplane, a vehicle management computer communicatively coupled to the first virtual backplane and having a first predetermined schedule, a consolidated propulsion controller communicatively coupled to the virtual backplane and having a second predetermined schedule different from the first predetermined schedule, at least one engine communicatively coupled to the first virtual backplane, each of the at least one engines having a unique schedule, and at least one control system communicatively coupled to the first virtual backplane, each of the at least one control systems having a unique schedule, wherein each of the vehicle management computer, consolidated propulsion controller, at least one engines and at least one control system are configured to add and consume date from the virtual backplane according to their respective schedules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Joseph Anthony Zarrella, Mitch Fletcher, Gordon Collyer, Richard Willis, Pat Resing