Patents by Inventor Ronald Meir Sonntag

Ronald Meir Sonntag 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).

  • Aircraft equipment management system
    Patent number: 8981967
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for managing equipment on an aircraft. An apparatus comprises an interrogator, a display system, and a processor unit. The interrogator is configured to read information from a set of wireless tags associated with a set of equipment in an aircraft. The processor unit is configured to identify the set of equipment from the information read from the set of wireless tags by the interrogator. The processor unit is further configured to display a layout of an interior of the aircraft on the display system. The processor unit is further configured to display a number of graphical indicators for the set of equipment on the layout in a number of locations on the layout corresponding to a number of locations of where the set of equipment is located in the interior of the aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Rebecca Shore, William Phillip Coop, Swanee Yourkowski, Lois Hill, Rocke Robert Koreis, Ronald Meir Sonntag