Patents by Inventor Samuel Antony RICHARDSON

Samuel Antony RICHARDSON 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: 11767109
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to reconfigurable unmanned vehicles (100). Such vehicles (100) comprise a fuselage (102) presenting a bay (118) for receiving a plurality of components (120-128), each of the plurality of components (120-128) relating to a respective entity for at least one of flight control or operation of the unmanned vehicle (100). The bay (118) comprising a bus to support communications between at least two of the plurality of components (120-128), the plurality of components (120-128) comprising a controller to determine a configuration or presence of one or more than one component of the plurality of components (120-128) when coupled to the bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: BLUE BEAR SYSTEMS RESEARCH LIMITED
    Inventors: Samuel Antony Richardson, Michael Alexander Snook, David Scott Weight
  • Publication number: 20200180760
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to reconfigurable unmanned vehicles (100). Such vehicles (100) comprise a fuselage (102) presenting a bay (118) for receiving a plurality of components (120-128), each of the plurality of components (120-128) relating to a respective entity for at least one of flight control or operation of the unmanned vehicle (100). The bay (118) comprising a bus to support communications between at least two of the plurality of components (120-128), the plurality of components (120-128) comprising a controller to determine a configuration or presence of one or more than one component of the plurality of components (120-128) when coupled to the bus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: BLUE BEAR SYSTEMS RESEARCH LIMITED
    Inventors: Samuel Antony RICHARDSON, Michael Alexander SNOOK, David Scott WEIGHT