Patents by Inventor Alan M. Lovelace

Alan M. Lovelace 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).

  • Patent number: 4407165
    Abstract: Apparatus for preloading a spring loaded threaded member. The apparatus is formed of three telescoping tubes. The innermost tube has means to prevent rotation of the threaded member. The middle tube is threadedly engaged with the threaded member and by axial movement applies a preload thereto. The outer tube engages a nut which may be rotated to retain the threaded member in axial position to maintain the preload.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1981
    Date of Patent: October 4, 1983
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Inventors: Alan M. Lovelace, Kenneth E. Wood
  • Patent number: 4283705
    Abstract: A display device particularly suited for providing the pilot of an aircraft with combined inflight attitude, heading, altitude, and horizontal situation information previously available only by using two or three devices providing separate displays. The preferred embodiment of this invention combines a commonly used and commercially available flight director-type device for providing a display in combination with a miniature aircraft supported for angular displacement from a vertical orientation to indicate heading error, or heading offset, and an extended course deviation indicator bar which projects into juxtaposition with the miniature aircraft for providing a true picture of the aircraft's horizontal situation relative to a selected VOR, ILS, or MLS course.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1979
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1981
    Inventors: Robert James, Alan M. Lovelace