Patents by Inventor Robert Testa

Robert Testa 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).

  • Automatically-reloadable, remotely-operated weapon system having an externally-powered firearm
    Patent number: 8336442
    Abstract: An automatically-reloadable, remotely-operated weapon system may include an operator station located distant from a weapon station. The weapon station may include an externally-powered firearm, a firearm mover for adjusting an azimuth and an angle of inclination of the firearm, and an ammunition storage and transport system for automatically moving ammunition to and from the firearm. From the operator station, a user may remotely control all aspects of firearm operation and ammunition reloading.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Robert Testa, Michael Manuel Mera, William Burgermeister, Brian Hoffman, James Lee, Bai Ming Cen
  • AUTOMATICALLY-RELOADABLE, REMOTELY-OPERATED WEAPON SYSTEM HAVING AN EXTERNALLY-POWERED FIREARM
    Publication number: 20120152103
    Abstract: An automatically-reloadable, remotely-operated weapon system may include an operator station located distant from a weapon station. The weapon station may include an externally-powered firearm, a firearm mover for adjusting an azimuth and an angle of inclination of the firearm, and an ammunition storage and transport system for automatically moving ammunition to and from the firearm. From the operator station, a user may remotely control all aspects of firearm operation and ammunition reloading.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2009
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Inventors: ROBERT TESTA, Michael Manuel Mera, William Burgermeister, Brian Hoffman, James Lee, Bai Ming Cen
  • Preventing livelocks in processor selection of load requests
    Patent number: 8015565
    Abstract: A method, and apparatus are provided for preventing livelocks in processor selection of load requests in a multiprocessor (MP) system. On random occasions a selection mechanism is changed for first holding up all requests and then a random selection is made. Then a round robin selection mechanism is used for further requests. A livelock-preventing selection mechanism includes a pair of linear feedback shift registers (LFSRs), each LFSR for generating pseudo random values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Richard William Doing, John R. Patty, Steven Robert Testa, Thuong Quang Truong