Patents by Inventor Richard L. Sitzmann

Richard L. Sitzmann 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).

  • Publication number: 20100217899
    Abstract: A munitions control unit for integrating existing vehicle electronics with at least one weapon, wherein said existing vehicle electronics are not equipped to interface with the at least one weapon includes a first I/O interface for communicating control signals with said vehicle, at least one second I/O interface different from the first I/O interface, said at least one second I/O interface communicating control signals with said weapon, a processor and memory operatively coupled to said first and at least one second I/O interface, and reconfigurable logic stored in memory and executable by the processor. The reconfigurable logic is operative to enable the munitions control unit to interface with a plurality of vehicles having different interfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicant: RAYTHEON COMPANY
    Inventors: Richard L. Sitzmann, Ryan J. Peters, Alan Haggh