Patents by Inventor Richard D. Egbert

Richard D. Egbert 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).

  • Virtualized hardware and methods for leveraging virtualized hardware with munition support software
    Patent number: 11599373
    Abstract: An apparatus includes at least one memory configured to store a virtualization associated with a programming and test platform and a munition. The virtualization includes a virtual machine containing first software or firmware instructions associated with the programming and test platform and second software or firmware instructions that control behavior of the programming and test platform relative to the munition. The virtualization also includes a virtual representation of the munition. The virtualization further includes one or more virtual communication channels configured to communicatively couple the virtual machine and the virtual representation of the munition. The apparatus also includes at least one processor configured to execute the virtualization and simulate the programming and test platform and the munition on the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Brad A. Walker, Richard D. Egbert, Frederick K. Jones, Jonathan Johansen
  • VIRTUALIZED HARDWARE AND METHODS FOR LEVERAGING VIRTUALIZED HARDWARE WITH MUNITION SUPPORT SOFTWARE
    Publication number: 20210279086
    Abstract: An apparatus includes at least one memory configured to store a virtualization associated with a programming and test platform and a munition. The virtualization includes a virtual machine containing first software or firmware instructions associated with the programming and test platform and second software or firmware instructions that control behavior of the programming and test platform relative to the munition. The virtualization also includes a virtual representation of the munition. The virtualization further includes one or more virtual communication channels configured to communicatively couple the virtual machine and the virtual representation of the munition. The apparatus also includes at least one processor configured to execute the virtualization and simulate the programming and test platform and the munition on the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Brad A. Walker, Richard D. Egbert, Frederick K. Jones, Jonathan Johansen