Patents by Inventor Richard Marcos Muñiz

Richard Marcos Muñiz 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).

  • Statistically equivalent level of safety modeling for aircraft fleets
    Patent number: 10504305
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for statistically equivalent level of safety modeling. One method includes identifying sub-fleets within a fleet based upon usage profiles, determining a sub-fleet reliability value for each sub-fleet, determining a baseline fleet reliability for the fleet by combining the sub-fleet reliability values on a weighted basis, applying at least one credit to at least one sub-fleet, determining a post-credit sub-fleet reliability value for each sub-fleet based upon the at least one credit, determining a post-credit fleet reliability for the fleet by combining the post-credit sub-fleet reliability values on a weighted basis, comparing the baseline fleet reliability with the post-credit fleet reliability to identify a change in fleet reliability and determining whether the change in fleet reliability is within a predetermined threshold to validate the at least one credit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Edward Tucker, Richard Marcos Muñiz
  • Statistically Equivalent Level of Safety Modeling for Aircraft Fleets
    Publication number: 20180374287
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for statistically equivalent level of safety modeling. One method includes identifying sub-fleets within a fleet based upon usage profiles, determining a sub-fleet reliability value for each sub-fleet, determining a baseline fleet reliability for the fleet by combining the sub-fleet reliability values on a weighted basis, applying at least one credit to at least one sub-fleet, determining a post-credit sub-fleet reliability value for each sub-fleet based upon the at least one credit, determining a post-credit fleet reliability for the fleet by combining the post-credit sub-fleet reliability values on a weighted basis, comparing the baseline fleet reliability with the post-credit fleet reliability to identify a change in fleet reliability and determining whether the change in fleet reliability is within a predetermined threshold to validate the at least one credit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Edward Tucker, Richard Marcos Muñiz
  • Statistically equivalent level of safety modeling
    Patent number: 10062218
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for statistically equivalent level of safety modeling. One method includes identifying sub-fleets within a fleet based upon usage profiles, determining a sub-fleet reliability value for each sub-fleet, determining a baseline fleet reliability for the fleet by combining the sub-fleet reliability values on a weighted basis, applying at least one credit to at least one sub-fleet, determining a post-credit sub-fleet reliability value for each sub-fleet based upon the at least one credit, determining a post-credit fleet reliability for the fleet by combining the post-credit sub-fleet reliability values on a weighted basis, comparing the baseline fleet reliability with the post-credit fleet reliability to identify a change in fleet reliability and determining whether the change in fleet reliability is within a predetermined threshold to validate the at least one credit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Edward Tucker, Richard Marcos Muñiz
  • Statistically Equivalent Level of Safety Modeling
    Publication number: 20170358153
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for statistically equivalent level of safety modeling. One method includes identifying sub-fleets within a fleet based upon usage profiles, determining a sub-fleet reliability value for each sub-fleet, determining a baseline fleet reliability for the fleet by combining the sub-fleet reliability values on a weighted basis, applying at least one credit to at least one sub-fleet, determining a post-credit sub-fleet reliability value for each sub-fleet based upon the at least one credit, determining a post-credit fleet reliability for the fleet by combining the post-credit sub-fleet reliability values on a weighted basis, comparing the baseline fleet reliability with the post-credit fleet reliability to identify a change in fleet reliability and determining whether the change in fleet reliability is within a predetermined threshold to validate the at least one credit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Edward Tucker, Richard Marcos Muñiz