Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Secured backup feature for an embedded system
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Application No.: US16193467Application Date: 2018-11-16
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Publication No.: US11440677B2Publication Date: 2022-09-13
- Inventor: Dawn Kay Andrus , Daniel John Bitz , Richard Joseph Skertic
- Applicant: Rolls-Royce Corporation , Rolls-Royce North American Technologies, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US IN Indianapolis; US IN Indianapolis
- Assignee: Rolls-Royce Corporation,Rolls-Royce North American Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Rolls-Royce Corporation,Rolls-Royce North American Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IN Indianapolis; US IN Indianapolis
- Agency: Shumaker & Sieffert, P.A.
- Main IPC: B64D45/00
- IPC: B64D45/00 ; B64D31/04 ; B64D31/06 ; F02D41/30

Abstract:
A system is described that includes a controllable component of an engine configured to regulate fuel flow to the engine, a digital control unit configured to control the engine by at least communicating with the controllable component of the engine, and a protection component configured to disable communication between the digital control unit and the controllable component of the engine. The system further includes an analog control unit configured to control the engine by at least communicating with the controllable component of the engine in response to the protection component disabling communication between the digital control unit and the controllable component of the engine.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200156805A1 SECURED BACKUP FEATURE FOR AN EMBEDDED SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2020-05-21
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