Patents by Inventor David A. Shikany

David A. Shikany 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).

  • Publication number: 20240153400
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer-readable storage medium are disclosed for simulating an event on an aircraft during a flight using a physical flight simulator capable of simulating the flight and the event on the aircraft. The method includes generating executable code including one or more scripts configured to be deployed on the physical flight simulator to simulate one or more aircraft parameters on the aircraft during the event, the one or more aircraft parameters characterizing a current status of the aircraft or systems thereof during the flight. The method further includes a computer processor executing a simulating application to simulate the event. Furthermore, the computer processor is configured to deploy the one or more scripts to output the one or more aircraft parameters to the physical flight simulator, subject to the one or more aircraft parameters, and receive user input in response to the event thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Kelly M. Zimmermann, Sidney Watson, Bert Mount, Luis-Alberto J. Santiago, Jia Luo, David A. Shikany
  • Patent number: 4243900
    Abstract: A stepping motor comprising a plurality of stages which may be selectively activated to effect stepping movement of the motor, and which are mounted along a common rotor shaft to achieve considerable reduction in motor size and minimum diameter, whereby sequential activation of the stages results in successive rotor steps with direction being determined by the particular activating sequence followed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1978
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1981
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy
    Inventors: William A. Niven, S. David Shikany, Michael L. Shira