Patents by Inventor Danny D. Flynn

Danny D. Flynn 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).

  • Remote control locomotive simulator
    Patent number: 7143017
    Abstract: A remote control locomotive simulator including a display and a first input device similar to a remote control locomotive controller to be operated by the operator to provide train signals. A computer drives the display to move a train relative to a track in response to the train signals. A remote control locomotive controller may be an actual remote control locomotive system or may be a virtual remote control locomotive controller where the input device is one or more of a keyboard, a mouse or a touch screen of the computer. Data associated with a simulator session of this device is recorded and made available for real-time or post-processing analysis including visual review of train management using the included computer generated graphics system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: New York Air Brake Corporation
    Inventors: Danny D. Flynn, C. Mackay Foster, Michael J. Hawthorne
  • Remote control locomotive simulator
    Publication number: 20030236654
    Abstract: A remote control locomotive simulator including a display and a first input device similar to a remote control locomotive controller to be operated by the operator to provide train signals. A computer drives the display to move a train relative to a track in response to the train signals. A remote control locomotive controller may be an actual remote control locomotive system or may be a virtual remote control locomotive controller where the input device is one or more of a keyboard, a mouse or a touch screen of the computer. Data associated with a simulator session of this device is recorded and made available for real-time or post-processing analysis including visual review of train management using the included computer generated graphics system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2002
    Publication date: December 25, 2003
    Applicant: New York Air Brake Corporation
    Inventors: Danny D. Flynn, C. Mackay Foster, Michael J. Hawthorne