Patents by Inventor Fred Austin

Fred Austin 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).

  • MANAGING FUEL IN AIRCRAFT
    Publication number: 20140278039
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for managing aircraft. Data about components for the aircraft is identified. Fuel efficiency of the aircraft is identified using the data about the components for the aircraft and a model of the aircraft. The model of the aircraft identifies fuel use. The aircraft is managed using the fuel efficiency identified for the aircraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Luigi Peter Righi, Mark A. Talbot, Gregory Mark Wellbrook, John Lyttle, Fred Austin, Douglas Olie Nelson
  • Managing fuel in aircraft
    Patent number: 8768607
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for managing aircraft. Data about components for the aircraft is identified. Fuel efficiency of the aircraft is identified using the data about the components for the aircraft and a model of the aircraft. The model of the aircraft identifies fuel use. The aircraft is managed using the fuel efficiency identified for the aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Luigi Peter Righi, Mark A. Talbot, Gregory Mark Wellbrook, John Lyttle, Fred Austin, Douglas Olie Nelson
  • Managing Fuel in Aircraft
    Publication number: 20120072098
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for managing aircraft. Data about components for the aircraft is identified. Fuel efficiency of the aircraft is identified using the data about the components for the aircraft and a model of the aircraft. The model of the aircraft identifies fuel use. The aircraft is managed using the fuel efficiency identified for the aircraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2010
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Luigi Peter Righi, Mark A. Talbot, Gregory Mark Wellbrook, John Lyttle, Fred Austin, Douglas Olie Nelson
  • Apparatus and method for controlling the shape of structures
    Patent number: 5531407
    Abstract: An apparatus and method control the shape of a structure with one or more surfaces and internal actuators. A plurality of translational actuators are capable of extending and contracting. The structure can have any number of controllable surfaces, including one. The shapes of the surfaces are controlled by computing the actuator strokes or loads required for achieving specified surface deflections. There are two methods for accomplishing this control. In the actuator stroke-control method, the surface deflections, or deflection errors for closed-loop control, are multiplied by a stroke-control gain matrix which is a function of the properties of the structure with the actuators absent. In the actuator load-control method, the surface deflections, or deflection errors for closed-loop control, are multiplied by a load-control gain matrix which is a function of the properties of the structure with the actuators absent. The control gain matrices minimize the surface shape errors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 2, 1996
    Assignee: Grumman Aerospace Corporation
    Inventors: Fred Austin, Gareth J. Knowles, Michael J. Rossi