Patents by Inventor Forest Sutton

Forest Sutton 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).

  • Systems and methods for determining real time fuel consumption information of an aircraft
    Patent number: 12276231
    Abstract: A system includes one or more control units configured to determine one or more fuel consumption models for an aircraft. A method includes determining, by one or more control units, one or more fuel consumption models for an aircraft. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising executable instructions that, in response to execution, cause one or more control units comprising a processor, to perform operations including determining one or more fuel consumption models for an aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Forest Sutton, Stephen Solomon Altus, Samantha Schwartz, Hendrik Schoeniger, Michael Christian Büddefeld, Maximilian Peter Juengst, Salin Maharjan, Andrea Sanzone
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING REAL TIME FUEL CONSUMPTION INFORMATION OF AN AIRCRAFT
    Publication number: 20250067224
    Abstract: A system includes one or more control units configured to determine one or more fuel consumption models for an aircraft. A method includes determining, by one or more control units, one or more fuel consumption models for an aircraft. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising executable instructions that, in response to execution, cause one or more control units comprising a processor, to perform operations including determining one or more fuel consumption models for an aircraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Forest Sutton, Stephen Solomon Altus, Samantha Schwartz, Hendrik Schoeniger, Michael Christian Büddefeld, Maximilian Peter Juengst, Salin Maharjan, Andrea Sanzone
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REAL TIME DETERMINATION OF A FUEL LEVEL FOR AN AIRCRAFT
    Publication number: 20250019091
    Abstract: A system and a method include a control unit configured to determine one or more fuel levels for an aircraft at one or more arrival airports for one or more alternate flight plans that divert from an original flight plan. The control unit is configured to determine the one or more fuel levels based on traffic at the one or more arrival airports, and performance data for the aircraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2023
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Michael-Christian Büddefeld, Hendrik Schöniger, Samantha Schwartz, Forest Sutton