Patents Assigned to MaxFlight Corporation
  • Flight simulator
    Patent number: 6902402
    Abstract: Flight simulator with the ability to subject a passenger in a passenger compartment to sudden and possibly substantial horizontal and vertical thrusts in addition to a full 360 degrees of motion along a pitch, roll and yaw axes is described. In some embodiments, sustained G forces are also possible by mounting the passenger compartment in a support arm which includes an additional boom around which the passenger compartment is rotated to provide sustained acceleration to passenger compartment occupants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Assignee: MaxFlight Corporation
    Inventor: Frank McClintic
  • Motion simulator
    Patent number: 5685718
    Abstract: A flight simulator wherein the pitch, roll and yaw axes are separated from the trainee to provide a more realistic simulated flight experience in that the trainee feels a translation as well as a rotation of his body as he performs a simulated climb, turn, or roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 11, 1997
    Assignee: MaxFlight Corporation
    Inventor: Frank J. McClintic