Patents by Inventor Richard Burdick

Richard Burdick 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).

  • Fault detection in vehicle control systems
    Patent number: 12258027
    Abstract: An evaluation computing system may implement techniques to validate a vehicle controller, such as based on an update thereto. The evaluation computing system may access data associated with an operation of the vehicle in an environment as controlled by the controller. The evaluation computing system may modify a portion of the data representative of a fault associated with the controller. The evaluation computing system may run a simulation utilizing modified log data to determine whether the controller detects and/or mitigates the fault within a threshold time. Based on a determination that the controller does not detect and/or mitigate the fault within the threshold time, the evaluation computing system may determine an error associated with the controller. Based on a determination that the controller detects and/or mitigates the fault within the threshold time, the evaluation computing system may validate the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Zoox, Inc.
    Inventors: Anne-Claire Elisabeth Marie Le Henaff, Guillermo Duenas Arana, David Burdick Berman, Soroush Dean Khadem, Richard Martin Murray, Daniel Miller, Francesco Papi
  • Electronic module with conductively heat-sunk components
    Patent number: 5999407
    Abstract: A heat transfer arrangement for one or more heat-generating components (18a) on a printed-circuit board (16) includes a heat transfer plate (316) defining an aperture (416) registered with the components. A "vertically" movable heatsink adapter (410) is adjusted to juxtapose its "lower" surface with the "upper" surface of the components to be heat-sunk. A heat-transfer pad (318) may be used between the heatsink adapter (410) and the component (18a). In various embodiments, the heatsink adapter takes the form of circular (410) or rectangular (410R) plugs, a draw-tube (808) arrangement, or a bellows (1010).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corp.
    Inventors: Stephan John Meschter, Gary Miller, Mark Richard Burdick, Joseph Edward Kane
  • Overdraw assembly for an archery bow
    Patent number: 5205267
    Abstract: An overdraw assembly for use with an archery bow of the type including a bow having a central bow section and limb sections and a bow string secured at its opposite ends to the free ends of the limb sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1993
    Inventor: Richard Burdick