Patents by Inventor Robert Newcomb Litchfield

Robert Newcomb Litchfield 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).

  • Patent number: 11641411
    Abstract: A technique of managing communications among multiple modules of a munition includes receiving, by a first module of the munition, a first set of messages from a second module of the munition. The first set of messages is received in a first protocol used for communicating among the modules of the munition over a computer network. The technique further includes translating, by an interface assembly of the first module, the first set of messages in the first protocol into a second set of messages in a second protocol. The second protocol is a native protocol of the first module and is different from the first protocol. The technique still further includes providing the second set of messages from the interface module to an operational component of the first module, the operational component then responding to the second set of messages for performing a function of the munition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Textron Systems Corporation
    Inventors: William Agassounon, Robert Newcomb Litchfield, Andrew Kevin McCann
  • Publication number: 20210067611
    Abstract: A technique of managing communications among multiple modules of a munition interconnected using a computer network includes receiving, by a first module of the munition, a first set of messages from a second module of the munition. The first set of messages is received in a first protocol, the first protocol being used for communicating among the modules of the munition over the computer network. The technique further includes translating, by an interface assembly of the first module, the first set of messages in the first protocol into a second set of messages in a second protocol. The second protocol is a native protocol of the first module and is different from the first protocol. The technique still further includes providing the second set of messages from the interface module to an operational component of the first module, the operational component then responding to the second set of messages for performing a function of the munition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: William Agassounon, Robert Newcomb Litchfield, Andrew Kevin McCann