Patents by Inventor Awais Raza

Awais Raza 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).

  • Rotorcraft autopilot control
    Patent number: 9868522
    Abstract: A rotorcraft autopilot system includes a series actuator connecting a cockpit control component to a swashplate of a rotorcraft, the series actuator to modify a control input from the cockpit control component to the swashplate through a downstream control component. The rotorcraft autopilot system also includes a differential friction system connected to the cockpit control component, the differential friction system to control the series actuator to automatically adjust a position of the cockpit control component during rotorcraft flight based, in part, on a flight mode of the rotorcraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON INC.
    Inventors: Carl D. Griffith, Brady G. Atkins, Awais Raza, Paul M. Wilson
  • ROTORCRAFT AUTOPILOT CONTROL
    Publication number: 20160052628
    Abstract: A rotorcraft autopilot system includes a series actuator connecting a cockpit control component to a swashplate of a rotorcraft, the series actuator to modify a control input from the cockpit control component to the swashplate through a downstream control component. The rotorcraft autopilot system also includes a differential friction system connected to the cockpit control component, the differential friction system to control the series actuator to automatically adjust a position of the cockpit control component during rotorcraft flight based, in part, on a flight mode of the rotorcraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Carl D. Griffith, Brady G. Atkins, Awais Raza, Paul M. Wilson