Patents by Inventor Brian Anthony Derstein

Brian Anthony Derstein 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: 11299289
    Abstract: A method for determining an aircraft angle-of-attack for aircraft stall protection includes providing an output signal from an angle-of-attack sensor and determining an initial angle-of-attack signal based on the output signal. The initial angle-of-attack signal is compensated to provide a pseudo angle-of-attack signal, and the pseudo angle-of-attack signal is mapped to a true angle-of-attack signal based on flight test data. The true angle-of-attack signal is compensated based on roll rate and sideslip or estimated sideslip to provide a compensated angle-of-attack. A complementary filter is applied that complements the compensated angle-of-attack signal with a higher frequency inertial angle-of-attack rate signal, calculated from aircraft inertial data, to provide an angle-of-attack complementary filter output. An angle-of-attack threshold for aircraft stall protection is determined based on one or more compensation parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Textron Innovations, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Anthony Derstein, Steven G. Hagerott