Patents by Inventor Donald F. Fenstermaker

Donald F. Fenstermaker 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: 5382954
    Abstract: An aircraft indicating system for displaying a resolution advisory signal from a Traffic Advisory and Collision Avoidance System provides an indicating pitch attitude symbol to the pilot engendering an instinctive response to avoid a collision. A driving circuit converts a TCAS signal in the form of a vertical speed command to a pitch command for energizing the indicating symbol by effecting a vertical displacement thereof in accordance with the guidance resolution advisory. The display signal is generated in accordance with the relationship: ##EQU1## where: .PHI.=aircraft roll attitude, limited to + or - 30.degree..THETA..sub.CMD =commanded pitch attitude defining the upper and lower pitch limits of the resolution advisory symbology.THETA..sub.EXIST =current pitch angleV.sub.ZTCAS =TCAS vertical speed commandV.sub.ZEXIST =current vertical speedV.sub.T =true airspeedK=conversion constant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 17, 1995
    Assignee: Honeywell Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas W. Kennedy, Jr., Donald F. Fenstermaker