Patents by Inventor Jason Garde
Jason Garde 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).
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Patent number: 11346954Abstract: An aircraft is provided. The aircraft comprises: a fuselage; and a laser transceiver configured to transmit one or more laser light beams, wherein the laser transceiver is mounted to the aircraft at a waterline location along the center of the fuselage of the aircraft, wherein the center is between the top and bottom of the fuselage, and wherein the laser transceiver is configured to measure at least one air data parameter.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2020Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventor: Jason Garde
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Patent number: 11016117Abstract: Method and systems of determining when to replace an air data probe are provided. The method includes measuring a temperature of a heating element of an air data probe; tracking an amount of time the heating element is within at least one temperature range; and providing an air data probe replacement indication when a replacement threshold is met that is at least in part based on reaching a cumulative amount of time the heating element has a measured temperature within the at least one temperature range.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2018Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Grant A. Gordon, Merle L Sand, Lloyd Bratlien, Jason Garde, John W Jacoby
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Patent number: 10775504Abstract: In one embodiment, a system includes a vehicle and a laser air data sensor, including a laser transceiver configured to transmit one or more laser light beams, mounted to the vehicle. In some embodiments, a window of the laser transceiver is fixed and oriented to transmit one or more laser light beams away from the vehicle and approximately parallel to a vertical axis of the vehicle. In some embodiments, a window of the laser transceiver is fixed and oriented to transmit one or more laser light beams toward another portion of the vehicle. In some embodiments, the system further includes a processing device configured to control the laser air data sensor to attenuate the one or more laser light beams based on one or more operating parameters of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2016Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Jason Garde, Grant Lodden, Xiao Zhu Fan, Danny Thomas Kimmel
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Publication number: 20200183015Abstract: An aircraft is provided. The aircraft comprises: a fuselage; and a laser transceiver configured to transmit one or more laser light beams, wherein the laser transceiver is mounted to the aircraft at a waterline location along the center of the fuselage of the aircraft, wherein the center is between the top and bottom of the fuselage, and wherein the laser transceiver is configured to measure at least one air data parameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2020Publication date: June 11, 2020Applicant: Honeywell International Inc.Inventor: Jason Garde
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Patent number: 10672282Abstract: A system for determining visibility comprises a particle sensor unit mounted onboard a vehicle, and a processor unit in communication with the particle sensor unit. The particle sensor unit comprises a light source configured to transmit a light beam into an external air region; a set of receive optics configured to collect a scattered portion of the light beam from particles in the air region; and an optical detector configured to receive the collected scattered portion and measure a signal intensity. The processor unit is operative to perform a method for determining visibility that comprises analyzing data received from the particle sensor unit to determine particle distribution in a volume of the air region; performing particle differentiation to determine sizes and types of particles in the distribution; calculating visibility data based on the sizes and types of the particles; and outputting the visibility data to one or more onboard systems.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2018Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventor: Jason Garde
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Patent number: 10598789Abstract: An aircraft is provided. The aircraft comprises: a fuselage; and a laser transceiver configured to transmit one or more laser light beams, wherein the laser transceiver is mounted to the aircraft at a waterline location along the center of the fuselage of the aircraft, wherein the center is between the top and bottom of the fuselage, and wherein the laser transceiver is configured to measure at least one air data parameter.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2016Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventor: Jason Garde
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Patent number: 10591422Abstract: A particle detection system is provided. The particle detection system comprises at least one transmitter; at least one receiver; a first interrogation volume formed by a first intersection of a first pair of a transmitter beam of a transmitter and a receiver field of view of a receiver; and a second interrogation volume formed by a second intersection of a second pair of a transmitter beam of a transmitter and a receiver field of view of a receiver.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2017Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Xiao Zhu Fan, Matthew Wiebold, Jason Garde, Lee R Wienkes
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Publication number: 20200072866Abstract: Method and systems of determining when to replace an air data probe are provided. The method includes measuring a temperature of a heating element of an air data probe; tracking an amount of time the heating element is within at least one temperature range; and providing an air data probe replacement indication when a replacement threshold is met that is at least in part based on reaching a cumulative amount of time the heating element has a measured temperature within the at least one temperature range.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2018Publication date: March 5, 2020Applicant: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Grant A. Gordon, Merle L Sand, Lloyd Bratlien, Jason Garde, John W Jacoby
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Publication number: 20200066170Abstract: A system for determining visibility comprises a particle sensor unit mounted onboard a vehicle, and a processor unit in communication with the particle sensor unit. The particle sensor unit comprises a light source configured to transmit a light beam into an external air region; a set of receive optics configured to collect a scattered portion of the light beam from particles in the air region; and an optical detector configured to receive the collected scattered portion and measure a signal intensity. The processor unit is operative to perform a method for determining visibility that comprises analyzing data received from the particle sensor unit to determine particle distribution in a volume of the air region; performing particle differentiation to determine sizes and types of particles in the distribution; calculating visibility data based on the sizes and types of the particles; and outputting the visibility data to one or more onboard systems.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2018Publication date: February 27, 2020Applicant: Honeywell International Inc.Inventor: Jason Garde
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Publication number: 20200049625Abstract: In one embodiment, a particle sensor on or in a vehicle is provided. The laser particle sensor comprises an optical system; a processing system coupled to the optical system; wherein the optical system is configured to transmit one or more laser light beams to detect particles in a volume of freestream fluid, and to have the one or more light beams terminate on a portion of the vehicle on which the optical system is mounted; and wherein the optical system is configured to receive a backscattered portion of the one or more laser light beams transmitted by the optical system.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2019Publication date: February 13, 2020Applicant: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Jason Garde, Xiao Zhu Fan, Grant Lodden, Danny Thomas Kimmel
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Patent number: 10518896Abstract: In one embodiment, a method of determining the onset of a stall condition in a vehicle is provided. The method comprises: measuring, with a stall detection system, data which would indicate the presence of turbulent fluid flowing proximate to a foil; determining from the data whether an onset of a stall condition has occurred; and upon determining the onset of the stall condition, performing at least one of: issuing an alert, and causing the vehicle to avoid or exit the stall condition, and cease such activity when the onset of the stall condition no longer exists.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2016Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Jason Garde, Grant Lodden, Xiao Zhu Fan, Matthew Wiebold
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Publication number: 20190107496Abstract: A particle detection system is provided. The particle detection system comprises at least one transmitter; at least one receiver; a first interrogation volume formed by a first intersection of a first pair of a transmitter beam of a transmitter and a receiver field of view of a receiver; and a second interrogation volume formed by a second intersection of a second pair of a transmitter beam of a transmitter and a receiver field of view of a receiver.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2017Publication date: April 11, 2019Inventors: Xiao Zhu Fan, Matthew Wiebold, Jason Garde, Lee R. Wienkes
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Publication number: 20190086544Abstract: An air data sensor system comprises a plurality of light detection and ranging (LiDAR) units spatially distributed on a vehicle body, with each of the LiDAR units comprising a transmit/receive module having a decoupled line of sight with respect to the other LiDAR units. A processor is in operative communication with each of the LiDAR units. The processor is configured to receive collected light data from each of the LiDAR units; correct for spatial separation between the decoupled lines of sight of the LiDAR units; compensate for alignment shifts due to perturbations in the vehicle body; and compute one or more air data parameters based on the collected light data, the corrections for spatial separation, and the compensation for alignment shifts. The LiDAR units are each configured to transmit light into respective external interaction air regions, and collect scattered portions of the transmitted light from the external interaction air regions.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2017Publication date: March 21, 2019Inventors: Grant Lodden, Matthew Wiebold, Jason Garde
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Publication number: 20190039742Abstract: An anti-ice system for an aircraft is provided. The system includes one or more sensors that are configured to generate data indicative of one or more of the size, shape, density and type of air borne particles in the vicinity of the aircraft. The one or more sensors are coupled to a data conditioner that is configured to prepare the data for processing. The data conditioner is coupled to a reasoner that is configured to determine from the data, the severity of an icing threat to an airframe, at least one engine and at least one air data probe. One or more controllers are coupled to the reasoner. The one or more controllers automatically operate an anti-icing mechanism for at least one of the at least one engine, the airframe, and the at least one air data probe depending on the icing threats determined by the reasoner.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2017Publication date: February 7, 2019Inventors: Grant A. Gordon, Jason Garde, Brett Gordon Northcutt, Gregory J. Chapman
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Patent number: 10179654Abstract: A system for power management of air data probes is provided. The system comprises a power source in an aircraft, and two or more air data probes electrically connected to the power source. Each of the air data probes comprises a body structure coupled to a fuselage of the aircraft, and at least one electrical heater coupled to the body structure and in electrical communication with the power source. A switching mechanism is coupled between the power source and the electrical heater of each of the air data probes. The switching mechanism is controllable such that the electrical heater of each of the air data probes is electrically connectable to the power source in parallel or in series.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2015Date of Patent: January 15, 2019Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Morris G. Anderson, James B. Cox, Jason Garde, Grant A. Gordon, Danny Thomas Kimmel
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Publication number: 20180170571Abstract: In one embodiment, a method of determining the onset of a stall condition in a vehicle is provided. The method comprises: measuring, with a stall detection system, data which would indicate the presence of turbulent fluid flowing proximate to a foil; determining from the data whether an onset of a stall condition has occurred; and upon determining the onset of the stall condition, performing at least one of: issuing an alert, and causing the vehicle to avoid or exit the stall condition, and cease such activity when the onset of the stall condition no longer exists.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2016Publication date: June 21, 2018Inventors: Jason Garde, Grant Lodden, Xiao Zhu Fan, Matthew Wiebold
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Publication number: 20180120439Abstract: Systems and methods for using dissimilar LIDAR technologies are provided. In at least one implementation A system for gathering LIDAR data comprises one or more LIDAR optical modules configured to provide data from optical measurements of an environment; one or more processing units configured to process the data provided by the one or more LIDAR optical modules; and wherein the one or more processing units produces a plurality of similar LIDAR measurements, wherein the plurality of similar LIDAR measurements were produced using at least one of dissimilar processing and LIDAR optical modules.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2016Publication date: May 3, 2018Inventors: Jason Garde, Xiao Zhu Fan, Grant Lodden, Danny Thomas Kimmel
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Publication number: 20180088045Abstract: In one embodiment, a particle sensor on or in a vehicle is provided. The laser particle sensor comprises an optical system; a processing system coupled to the optical system; wherein the optical system is configured to transmit one or more laser light beams to detect particles in a volume of freestream fluid, and to have the one or more light beams terminate on a portion of the vehicle on which the optical system is mounted; and wherein the optical system is configured to receive a backscattered portion of the one or more laser light beams transmitted by the optical system.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2017Publication date: March 29, 2018Inventors: Jason Garde, Xiao Zhu Fan, Grant Lodden, Danny Thomas Kimmel
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Publication number: 20180088239Abstract: An aircraft is provided. The aircraft comprises: a fuselage; and a laser transceiver configured to transmit one or more laser light beams, wherein the laser transceiver is mounted to the aircraft at a waterline location along the center of the fuselage of the aircraft, wherein the center is between the top and bottom of the fuselage, and wherein the laser transceiver is configured to measure at least one air data parameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2016Publication date: March 29, 2018Inventor: Jason Garde
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Publication number: 20180088238Abstract: In one embodiment, a system includes a vehicle and a laser air data sensor, including a laser transceiver configured to transmit one or more laser light beams, mounted to the vehicle. In some embodiments, a window of the laser transceiver is fixed and oriented to transmit one or more laser light beams away from the vehicle and approximately parallel to a vertical axis of the vehicle. In some embodiments, a window of the laser transceiver is fixed and oriented to transmit one or more laser light beams toward another portion of the vehicle. In some embodiments, the system further includes a processing device configured to control the laser air data sensor to attenuate the one or more laser light beams based on one or more operating parameters of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2016Publication date: March 29, 2018Inventors: Jason Garde, Grant Lodden, Xiao Zhu Fan, Danny Thomas Kimmel