Patents by Inventor Luigi Peter Righi

Luigi Peter Righi 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
    Patent number: 9248914
    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: May 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Luigi Peter Righi, Mark A. Talbot, Gregory Mark Wellbrook
  • 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
  • System and method for determining instantaneous deflection of a structure
    Patent number: 8706428
    Abstract: A system may include a laser device, a target and a processor. The laser device may be mounted to the structure and may emit a laser beam. The target may also be mounted to the structure at a predetermined distance from the laser device. The laser beam may strike the target at a strike point. The target may include a plurality of photo-sensors sensing displacement of the strike point along the target corresponding to deflection of the structure. The processor may be coupled to the photo-sensors and may record a time history of the strike point displacement. The processor may determine at least one loading cycle of the structure based upon the predetermined distance and the displacement time history.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Luigi Peter Righi, Gregory Mark Wellbrook
  • 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