Patents by Inventor Mike Andrew Hritzo

Mike Andrew Hritzo 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).

  • Methods and apparatus to control and monitor a folding wingtip actuation system
    Patent number: 11203411
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to control and monitor a folding wingtip actuation system are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a sequence and control module to determine whether to control a movement of a folding wingtip assembly coupled to a wing of an aircraft, the sequence and control module is to determine actions during a first stage and a second stage to complete in sequence to move the folding wingtip assembly, determine a status of a first component of the folding wingtip assembly based on a sensor measurement, in response to the status being a non-responsive status, replace a first input from the first component with a second input from a second component, and control the movement of the folding wingtip assembly based on the actions and the second input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Aaron Niemiec, Adam Michael Honse, Gregory James Garmire, Mike Andrew Hritzo
  • Methods and apparatus to control and monitor a folding wingtip actuation system
    Patent number: 11084568
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to control and monitor a folding wingtip actuation system are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a sequence and control module to determine whether to control a movement of a folding wingtip assembly coupled to a wing of an aircraft, the sequence and control module is to determine actions during a first stage and a second stage to complete in sequence to move the folding wingtip assembly, determine a status of a first component of the folding wingtip assembly based on a sensor measurement, in response to the status being a non-responsive status, replace a first input from the first component with a second input from a second component, and control the movement of the folding wingtip assembly based on the actions and the second input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Aaron Niemiec, Adam Michael Honse, Gregory James Garmire, Mike Andrew Hritzo
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS TO CONTROL AND MONITOR A FOLDING WINGTIP ACTUATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20190270509
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to control and monitor a folding wingtip actuation system are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a sequence and control module to determine whether to control a movement of a folding wingtip assembly coupled to a wing of an aircraft, the sequence and control module is to determine actions during a first stage and a second stage to complete in sequence to move the folding wingtip assembly, determine a status of a first component of the folding wingtip assembly based on a sensor measurement, in response to the status being a non-responsive status, replace a first input from the first component with a second input from a second component, and control the movement of the folding wingtip assembly based on the actions and the second input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: Aaron Niemiec, Adam Michael Honse, Gregory James Garmire, Mike Andrew Hritzo
  • Methods and apparatus to control and monitor a folding wingtip actuation system
    Patent number: 10293917
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to control and monitor a folding wingtip actuation system are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a collection module to obtain flight stage information of an aircraft. The example apparatus further includes a sequence and control module to calculate a first position of a folding wingtip assembly operatively coupled to a wing of the aircraft, determine actions during a first stage and a second stage to complete in sequence to move the folding wingtip assembly, determine a status of a component of the folding wingtip assembly based on a measurement of a sensor, and control a movement of the folding wingtip assembly in accordance with the actions and based on the status.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Aaron Niemiec, Adam Michael Honse, Gregory James Garmire, Mike Andrew Hritzo
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS TO CONTROL AND MONITOR A FOLDING WINGTIP ACTUATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20180170516
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to control and monitor a folding wingtip actuation system are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a collection module to obtain flight stage information of an aircraft. The example apparatus further includes a sequence and control module to calculate a first position of a folding wingtip assembly operatively coupled to a wing of the aircraft, determine actions during a first stage and a second stage to complete in sequence to move the folding wingtip assembly, determine a status of a component of the folding wingtip assembly based on a measurement of a sensor, and control a movement of the folding wingtip assembly in accordance with the actions and based on the status.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Aaron Niemiec, Adam Michael Honse, Gregory James Garmire, Mike Andrew Hritzo