Ultra Hi-Rel Electronics
LaunchPoint’s activity in high-reliability electronic systems is lead by Larry Yount. Prior to joining LaunchPoint, Larry developed some of the most sophisticated methods for reliable electronics in the design of the Boeing 787 fly-by-wire system as a Technical Fellow at Honeywell. The 787 flight controls command actuators on control surfaces via electrical conductors rather than hydraulics. The rate of hazardous errors in this fly-by-wire system is less than 1 in a billion hours. Mr. Yount has applied these methods to LaunchPoint’s artificial heart designs and is currently designing hi-rel battery management systems (BMS) for Li-ion batteries which are safety critical in electric vehicles.
Relevant Patents:
L. J. Yount, “Fail-operational fault-tolerant flight-critical computer architecture and monitoring method,” U.S. Patent 5,550,736, 1996.
L. J. Yount, “Fault recovery mechanism, transparent to digital system function,” U.S. Patent 4,996,687, 1991.
L. J. Yount, “Digital fail-operational automatic flight control system utilizing redundant dissimilar data processing,” U.S. Patent 4,622,667, 1986.