Patents by Inventor Clint P. Kilroy

Clint P. Kilroy 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).

  • Apparatus and method for predicting clear air turbulence
    Patent number: 5974875
    Abstract: The invention provides a system for passive measurement of atmospheric temperature using a passive direction detector for detecting the energy of a narrow wavelength band emanating from a volume of atmospheric gas. The resulting signal can be associated with an effective temperature. The effective temperature can be associated with an effective range. The system generates a temperature map which can determine, at predetermined time intervals, atmospheric temperatures in an azimuth plane associated with a predefined range from the detector. The temperature map can then be used to calculate temperature gradients that in turn can be used to compute the average Richardson number over an atmospheric layer and other atmospheric conditions to predict the presence of clear air turbulence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: AlliedSignal Inc.
    Inventors: Kenrick R. Leslie, Michael L. Shand, Martin C. Baker, Joseph J. Barrett, Clint P. Kilroy