Patents by Inventor Tom Washington

Tom Washington 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).

  • Hardware-based weight and range limitation system, apparatus and method
    Patent number: 9056669
    Abstract: The present disclosure endeavors to provide systems, methods and apparatus for ensuring aircraft compliance with governmental guidelines, such as, for example, Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Category II compliance. A hardware-based system may be employed to reduce range and/or payload below predetermined ranges and a payload capacities. Also provided herein are hardware-based systems, methods, and apparatus for restricting a system's range to predetermined range and/or the payload to a predetermined limit using, for example, an Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) installed in the flight control system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation
    Inventors: Tom Washington, Thorsten Hisam, Martin Gomez