Patents by Inventor Richard J. Venuti

Richard J. Venuti 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).

  • Method and apparatus for efficiently targeting multiple re-entry vehicles with multiple kill vehicles
    Patent number: 8371201
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided for increasing the effectiveness of destroying selected objects in a target cloud by prioritizing the objects detected in a large aperture IR detector aboard a carrier vehicle and sequentially illuminating the detected targets with coded laser radiation, followed by the launching of multiple miniature kill vehicles from the carrier vehicle, with each kill vehicle assigned to a differently-coded object in the target cloud due to the reflection back of the coded returns, thus to permit directing of individual miniature kill vehicles to a specific object in the target cloud prior to a handoff to an IR heat seeker in the miniature kill vehicle, actuated to guide the kill vehicle for a final kill.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
    Inventors: Michael E. Deflumere, Richard J. Venuti, Fernando M. Faria
  • Method and Apparatus for Efficiently Targeting Multiple Re-Entry Vehicles with Multiple Kill Vehicles
    Publication number: 20090000465
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided for increasing the effectiveness of destroying selected objects in a target cloud by prioritizing the objects detected in a large aperture IR detector aboard a carrier vehicle and sequentially illuminating the detected targets with coded laser radiation, followed by the launching of multiple miniature kill vehicles from the carrier vehicle, with each kill vehicle assigned to a differently-coded object in the target cloud due to the reflection back of the coded returns, thus to permit directing of individual miniature kill vehicles to a specific object in the target cloud prior to a handoff to an IR heat seeker in the miniature kill vehicle, actuated to guide the kill vehicle for a final kill.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2005
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: GAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION INC.
    Inventors: Michael E. Deflumere, Richard J. Venuti, Fernando M. Faria