Patents by Inventor Silvano P. Colombano

Silvano P. Colombano 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).

  • System for failure response advice based on diagnosed failures and their effect on planned activities
    Patent number: 10861256
    Abstract: A system and method of warning and planning failure responses using an automated failure response system including, providing an electro-mechanical system having mechanical and electrical components and providing a failure response system for diagnosing failures of the components. The failure response system then determines effects of said failures on carrying out system activities using the failure response system, quantifies a severity for each failure diagnosed by the failure response system, and identifies repairs for each component failure. The failure response system also prioritizes each failure of a component based on severity and then recommends which repairs should be prioritized as most urgent to keep the electro-mechanical system operational based upon the severity of the associated failures and the effects of their corresponding failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of NASA
    Inventors: Silvano P. Colombano, Liljana Spirkovska, Paul H. Morris