Patents by Inventor Peter Howlett

Peter Howlett 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).

  • Patent number: 7908052
    Abstract: A rapidly installable and rapidly removable set of equipment (1-6, 11) which can be replaced by standard exchanges, furnished with individual electronic circuits for monitoring proper operation (1a-6a, 20a-23a, 30a-32a, 1 1a) assuming, at their level, a BITE function (Build [sic] In Test Equipment) for testing, for fault diagnosis and for issuing fault messages sent by data transmission to a central maintenance computer (7) itself formulating a report regarding the overall state of operation of the set of equipment. It relates more especially to the hardware parts of the electronic circuits for monitoring proper operation which are integral with the equipment (1-6) or with equipment parts (20-23, 30-32) and which are furnished with a nonvolatile memory (405) and by means of detection, selection and capture (403, 413, 423) into their nonvolatile memories (405), of the report formulated by the central maintenance computer (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Thales
    Inventors: Peter Howlett, Francois Fournier
  • Publication number: 20060155425
    Abstract: The invention relates to the maintenance of a rapidly installable and rapidly removable set of equipment (1-6, 11) which can be replaced by standard exchanges, furnished with individual electronic circuits for monitoring proper operation (1a-6a, 20a-23a, 30a-32a, 11a) assuming, at their level, a BITE function (Build [sic] In Test Equipment) for testing, for fault diagnosis and for issuing fault messages sent by data transmission to a central maintenance computer (7) itself formulating a report regarding the overall state of operation of the set of equipment. It relates more especially to the hardware parts of the electronic circuits for monitoring proper operation which are integral with the equipment (1-6) or with equipment parts (20-23, 30-32) and which are furnished with a nonvolatile memory (405) and with means of detection, selection and capture (403, 413, 423) into their nonvolatile memories (405), of the report formulated by the central maintenance computer (7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2001
    Publication date: July 13, 2006
    Inventors: Peter Howlett, Francois Fournier