Patents by Inventor Ryan L. Pettit

Ryan L. Pettit 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).

  • Flap pressure shape biasing
    Patent number: 11897597
    Abstract: Flap pressure shape biasing is disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus includes a flight monitor to determine a movement parameter of an aircraft, the movement parameter corresponding to at least one of a Mach number of the aircraft, an airspeed of the aircraft, or a vertical acceleration of the aircraft, and a spoiler controller to adjust a position of a spoiler of the aircraft to reduce pressure on a flap based on the movement parameter by moving a pressure transition away from the flap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Kevin Mark Johnsen, Ryan L. Pettit, Heidi M. Haugeberg, Ryley Thies Ohlsen
  • FLAP PRESSURE SHAPE BIASING
    Publication number: 20220017209
    Abstract: Flap pressure shape biasing is disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus includes a flight monitor to determine a movement parameter of an aircraft, the movement parameter corresponding to at least one of a Mach number of the aircraft, an airspeed of the aircraft, or a vertical acceleration of the aircraft, and a spoiler controller to adjust a position of a spoiler of the aircraft to reduce pressure on a flap based on the movement parameter by moving a pressure transition away from the flap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Kevin Mark Johnsen, Ryan L. Pettit, Heidi M. Haugeberg, Ryley Thies Ohlsen
  • Flight controller management system with a backdrive monitor
    Patent number: 8494690
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for a monitoring module. The monitoring module is configured to identify a difference between measured position information for a controller and expected position information for the controller. The monitoring module is configured to compare the difference with thresholds for managing an autopilot in a control system of a vehicle to form a comparison. The monitoring module is configured to manage an operation of the autopilot based on the comparison such that the autopilot remains operating when a backdrive system is inoperative and an intentional override of the autopilot is absent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Steven Barry Krogh, William Milo Bresley, Ian M. Conner, Benjamin D. Levine, Jasmine Beth Minteer-Levine, Ryan L. Pettit
  • Flight Controller Management System with a Backdrive Monitor
    Publication number: 20120277933
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for a monitoring module. The monitoring module is configured to identify a difference between measured position information for a controller and expected position information for the controller. The monitoring module is configured to compare the difference with thresholds for managing an autopilot in a control system of a vehicle to form a comparison. The monitoring module is configured to manage an operation of the autopilot based on the comparison such that the autopilot remains operating when a backdrive system is inoperative and an intentional override of the autopilot is absent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Steven Barry Krogh, William Milo Bresley, Ian M. Conner, Benjamin D. Levine, Jasmine Beth Minteer-Levine, Ryan L. Pettit