Patents by Inventor Adam Thoreen

Adam Thoreen 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).

  • Control interface for leading and trailing edge devices
    Patent number: 9656741
    Abstract: A system for controlling a high-lift device of an aircraft may include an interface for placement in a flight deck of an aircraft. The interface may include an edge control device for controlling a position of the high-lift device. The interface may be operable to select any of a plurality of control device positions. Each one of the plurality of control device positions may correspond to a different flight phase of the aircraft. The edge control device may be operable to engage, in response to a selection of a first control device position, a command mode for actuating the high-lift device in an automated manner based on the flight phase associated with the first control device position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Matthew A. Moser, Michael R. Finn, Adam Thoreen
  • System and method for optimizing performance of an aircraft
    Patent number: 9359065
    Abstract: A system for optimizing performance of an aircraft may include a flight control computer for computing an optimum flap setting based on aircraft data. The system may further include a flap control system having a flap control device. The system may additionally include a flap actuation system coupled to the flap control system for positioning the trailing edge device at the optimum flap setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Matthew A. Moser, Michael R. Finn, Mark J. Gardner, Robert M. Murphy, Adam Thoreen
  • CONTROL INTERFACE FOR LEADING AND TRAILNG EDGE DEVICES
    Publication number: 20150105945
    Abstract: A system for controlling a high-lift device of an aircraft may include an interface for placement in a flight deck of an aircraft. The interface may include an edge control device for controlling a position of the high-lift device. The interface may be operable to select any of a plurality of control device positions. Each one of the plurality of control device positions may correspond to a different flight phase of the aircraft. The edge control device may be operable to engage, in response to a selection of a first control device position, a command mode for actuating the high-lift device in an automated manner based on the flight phase associated with the first control device position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Matthew A. Moser, Michael R. Finn, Adam Thoreen
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING PERFORMANCE OF AN AIRCRAFT
    Publication number: 20150083850
    Abstract: A system for optimizing performance of an aircraft may include a flight control computer for computing an optimum flap setting based on aircraft data. The system may further include a flap control system having a flap control device. The system may additionally include a flap actuation system coupled to the flap control system for positioning the trailing edge device at the optimum flap setting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Matthew A. Moser, Michael R. Finn, Mark J. Gardner, Robert M. Murphy, Adam Thoreen