Patents by Inventor Paul D. Russell

Paul D. Russell 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).

  • Test system for a gas turbine engine control programming plug
    Patent number: 6605948
    Abstract: A test system for testing the wiring configuration of a programming plug 10 for a gas turbine engine control unit 16 includes an array of multiplexers 28. The multiplexers concurrently acquiring one data bit from a prescribed data pin in each of several groups of data pins projecting from the plug. A computer operating under the authority of an executable computer program produces an incrementable selection signal to successively prescribe the individual data pins from which data is to be acquired. The system also includes standards against which the condition or validity of the wiring configuration is assessed. A display system, such as a video monitor reports the condition of the programming plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2003
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Paul D. Russell
  • TEST SYSTEM FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE CONTROL PROGRAMMING PLUG
    Publication number: 20030076114
    Abstract: A test system for testing the wiring configuration of a programming plug 10 for a gas turbine engine control unit 16 includes an array of multiplexers 28. The multiplexers concurrently acquiring one data bit from a prescribed data pin in each of several groups of data pins projecting from the plug. A computer operating under the authority of an executable computer program produces an incrementable selection signal to successively prescribe the individual data pins from which data is to be acquired. The system also includes standards against which the condition or validity of the wiring configuration is assessed. A display system, such as a video monitor reports the condition of the programming plug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2001
    Publication date: April 24, 2003
    Inventor: Paul D. Russell