Patents by Inventor James R. McGinnis

James R. McGinnis 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).

  • System and method for providing optimum multi-map overlay in a flight deck navigation display
    Patent number: 8160757
    Abstract: The present invention is a method for providing optimum multi-map overlay in a flight deck navigation display of an aircraft. The method includes outputting absolute terrain data to the navigation display for display by the navigation display. The method further includes receiving a threshold elevation input, the threshold elevation input including a threshold elevation. The method further includes receiving relative terrain data. The method further includes, when the aircraft is located below the threshold elevation, overlaying the relative terrain data onto the absolute terrain data based on the received threshold elevation input. Further, the absolute terrain data and the relative terrain data are concurrently displayed by the navigation display, the displayed relative terrain data being overlaid onto the displayed absolute terrain data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
    Inventors: John C. Frank, Craig D. Pettit, James R. McGinnis
  • Support unit for cylindrical shafts
    Patent number: D408717
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1999
    Inventor: James R. McGinnis, Jr.