Patents by Inventor Kim P. Holmes

Kim P. Holmes 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).

  • Computer control system
    Patent number: 4849893
    Abstract: A computer control system, especially a flight control computer system, comprises a series of computer modules operating in parallel and asynchronously to carry out respective parts of an overall control algorithm for a series of items to be controlled, each computer module having a data transmission port connected via a broadcast line to a respective input port of each other computer module so that communication between modules is achieved by any of the modules broadcasting asynchronous data messages onto its broadcast line for the messages to be received by any other modules which require them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 18, 1989
    Assignee: British Aerospace Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Steven J. Page, Derek P. M. Wills, Barry M. Lowe, John G. Brown, Neil J. Curtis, Adrian J. Hall, Kim P. Holmes