Patents by Inventor Tim Richmond

Tim Richmond 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).

  • Message verification for vehicle ECUs
    Patent number: 12505198
    Abstract: A computer includes a processor and a memory, and the memory stores instructions executable by the processor to nondeterministically select a message from a plurality of messages, the messages including respective message authentication codes; set a current trust status by verifying the message authentication code from the selected message; and forward the selected message to a recipient in response to a previous trust status being trusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2025
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Tim Richmond, Jacob David Nelson, Cameron Smyth, Omar Fayad, Jeremy L. Russell, William David Treharne
  • MESSAGE VERIFICATION FOR VEHICLE ECUS
    Publication number: 20250315513
    Abstract: A computer includes a processor and a memory, and the memory stores instructions executable by the processor to nondeterministically select a message from a plurality of messages, the messages including respective message authentication codes; set a current trust status by verifying the message authentication code from the selected message; and forward the selected message to a recipient in response to a previous trust status being trusted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2024
    Publication date: October 9, 2025
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Tim Richmond, Jacob David Nelson, Cameron Smyth, Omar Fayad, Jeremy L. Russell, William David Treharne
  • Comparator digital noise filter
    Patent number: 6337649
    Abstract: Spurious pulses are eliminated in the output of a comparator performing analog to digital conversion by addition of logic which eliminates pulses having a width less than a selected width from the output of the comparator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: Litton Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeff Becker, Robert Curby, Tim Richmond, George H. McCammon