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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2012
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Joseph Anthony Zarrella, Palm Harbor, FL (US);
Mitch Fletcher, Glendale, AZ (US);
Gordon Collyer, Culpeper, VA (US);
Richard Willis, Largo, FL (US);
Pat Resing, Seminole, FL (US);
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
A vehicle is provided. The vehicle may include, but is not limited to, a virtual backplane, a vehicle management computer communicatively coupled to the first virtual backplane and having a first predetermined schedule, a consolidated propulsion controller communicatively coupled to the virtual backplane and having a second predetermined schedule different from the first predetermined schedule, at least one engine communicatively coupled to the first virtual backplane, each of the at least one engines having a unique schedule, and at least one control system communicatively coupled to the first virtual backplane, each of the at least one control systems having a unique schedule, wherein each of the vehicle management computer, consolidated propulsion controller, at least one engines and at least one control system are configured to add and consume date from the virtual backplane according to their respective schedules.