Patents by Inventor Floyd W. Hagan

Floyd W. Hagan 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).

  • Three axis air data system for air vehicles
    Patent number: 5369993
    Abstract: An apparatus senses a free stream flow parameter using airflow adjacent an air vehicle. The apparatus includes a first sensor sensing a longitudinal axial component and a lateral axial component of a parameter of local airflow immediately adjacent the first sensor. A second sensor senses a longitudinal axial component and a second axial component perpendicular to the lateral axial component sensed by the first sensor of a parameter of local airflow immediately adjacent the second sensor. The first and second sensors are mounted on the air vehicle such that a longitudinal axis of the first sensor lies in a first plane including a longitudinal axis and a longitudinal axis of the second sensor means lies in a second plane substantially perpendicular to the first plane and including the longitudinal axis of the first plane. A correction unit obtains a signal representing the free stream flow parameter as a function of the parameter components sensed by the first and second sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 6, 1994
    Assignee: The B. F. Goodrich Company
    Inventor: Floyd W. Hagan