Patents by Inventor Cecil N. LaVance

Cecil N. LaVance 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).

  • Method of returning to a last point in a path after a temporary discontinuance of an operation
    Patent number: 4231093
    Abstract: In conjunction with an operation of flying a plurality of parallel paths in a predetermined pattern utilizing an electronic positioning apparatus including a radar for periodically measuring the distance of the apparatus from each of two spaced apart reference stations and for continuously computing the distance of the apparatus along any of the parallel paths, a method of returning to a last point in a path of the pattern after temporary discontinuance of the operation including resetting an original reference coordinate system so that the zero point thereof coincides with the last point and providing a distance indicator which indicates distance along an axis of the coordinate system so that the pilot can use the indicator to fly the airplane back to zero in the coordinate system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1978
    Date of Patent: October 28, 1980
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Cecil N. LaVance, Allan A. Beale
  • Course error and distance indicator or similar article
    Patent number: D255880
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1978
    Date of Patent: July 15, 1980
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Allan A. Beale, Cecil N. LaVance