Patents by Inventor Frank Saggio, III

Frank Saggio, III 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: 10053218
    Abstract: A system for positioning an unmanned aerial vehicle is provided including a position reference system including an electromagnetic radiation transmitter configured to modulate a transmission signal to encode location information associated with a coordinate system relative to the electromagnetic radiation transmitter. The system further includes an unmanned aerial vehicle including at least one control device configured to control a position of the unmanned aerial vehicle and an electromagnetic radiation receiver configured to receive the transmission signal. The unmanned aerial vehicle further includes a control system configured to control the at least one control device based at least in part on the location information received by the electromagnetic radiation receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Michael Steven Feldmann, Michael Joseph Dell'Anno, Mauricio Castillo-Effen, James Gerard Lopez, Frank Saggio, III, William J. Berendsen
  • Publication number: 20170285627
    Abstract: A system for positioning an unmanned aerial vehicle is provided including a position reference system including an electromagnetic radiation transmitter configured to modulate a transmission signal to encode location information associated with a coordinate system relative to the electromagnetic radiation transmitter. The system further includes an unmanned aerial vehicle including at least one control device configured to control a position of the unmanned aerial vehicle and an electromagnetic radiation receiver configured to receive the transmission signal. The unmanned aerial vehicle further includes a control system configured to control the at least one control device based at least in part on the location information received by the electromagnetic radiation receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Michael Steven Feldmann, Michael Joseph Dell'Anno, Mauricio Castillo-Effen, James Gerard Lopez, Frank Saggio, III, William J. Berendsen
  • Patent number: 9435635
    Abstract: A relative navigation system and methods of intrusion detection for such a relative navigation system where the method includes repeatedly projecting from a grid generator a set of lines defining a grid into three dimensional space to define a field bounded by the grid and encoded with grid data configured to identify predetermined points on the grid and determining a presence of an intruding object within the field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: GE AVIATION SYSTEMS LLC
    Inventors: Michael Steven Feldmann, Frank Saggio, III, Timothy John Paasche, Mark Lawrence Turner, John Andrew Ingersoll
  • Publication number: 20160252342
    Abstract: A relative navigation system and methods of intrusion detection for such a relative navigation system where the method includes repeatedly projecting from a grid generator a set of lines defining a grid into three dimensional space to define a field bounded by the grid and encoded with grid data configured to identify predetermined points on the grid and determining a presence of an intruding object within the field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventors: Michael Steven Feldmann, Frank Saggio, III, Timothy John Paasche, Mark Lawrence Turner, John Andrew Ingersoll
  • Patent number: 8872081
    Abstract: A relative navigation system projects a grid into space from a grid generator and an object, such as an unmanned aerial vehicle, may use the projected grid to aid in the landing of the object. Methods of adjusting the projected grid including stabilizing the projected grid and orienting the grid generator relative to the earth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: GE Aviation Systems LLC
    Inventors: Michael Steven Feldmann, Frank Saggio, III, John Robert Washburn
  • Patent number: 8868345
    Abstract: A method of providing approximate weather data points for an aircraft trajectory to a system, such as a flight management system (FMS), which is configured to accept a number of weather data points for the aircraft trajectory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: David Michael Lax, Frank Saggio, III
  • Patent number: 8600588
    Abstract: A method of selecting weather data for use in at least one of a flight management system (FMS) of an aircraft and a ground station includes selecting a reduced set of weather data points to send to the FMS and taking into account a trajectory of the aircraft when determining what data points to include in the reduced set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ana Isabel Del Amo Blanco, Frank Saggio, III
  • Patent number: 8561947
    Abstract: A method and system for a refueling drogue coupling system are provided. The system includes a coupling latch assembly coupled to the coupling outlet wherein the coupling latch assembly includes a latch member configured to matingly engage a complementary latch-receiving member of a refueling probe. The coupling latch assembly further includes a latch member actuator operatively coupled to the latch member to permit the latch member to move from a first locked position to a second unlocked position. A probe position sensor is configured to detect a position of the refueling probe. A hose tension sensor is configured to measure a tension in a hose coupled to the coupling inlet. A drogue control system is positioned on the refueling drogue coupling system and communicatively coupled to the latch member actuator, the probe position sensor, and the hose tension sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: GE Aviation Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Steven Feldmann, Lawrence William Stimac, Frank Saggio, III, Mark Lawrence Turner
  • Publication number: 20130107219
    Abstract: A relative navigation system projects a grid into space from a grid generator and an object, such as an unmanned aerial vehicle, may use the projected grid to aid in the landing of the object. Methods of adjusting the projected grid including stabilizing the projected grid and orienting the grid generator relative to the earth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: GE AVIATION SYSTEMS LLC
    Inventors: Michael Steven Feldmann, Frank Saggio, III, John Robert Washburn
  • Patent number: 8433506
    Abstract: A method of providing weather information for an aircraft trajectory to a flight management system (FMS) includes selecting a unique subset of temperature data points from weather data points along an aircraft trajectory and sending corresponding weather data points to the FMS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Frank Saggio, III, Ana Isabel Del Amo Blanco
  • Patent number: 8386096
    Abstract: A relative navigation system projecting a grid into space from a first object a grid that is repeatedly detected from a second object having a second relative reference frame and using range and attitude between the objects to adjust the attitude or range of at least one of the first and second objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Lawrence William Stimac, Michael Steven Feldmann, Frank Saggio, III, Douglas Robert Nichols
  • Patent number: 8352100
    Abstract: A method of providing a relative navigation system by projecting into space from a first object a grid that is repeatedly detected from a second object having a second relative reference frame associated with a second origin point on the second object and using range and attitude between the objects to adjust the attitude or range of at least one of the first and second objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Lawrence William Stimac, Michael Steven Feldmann, Frank Saggio, III, Douglas Robert Nichols
  • Publication number: 20130006533
    Abstract: A method of providing approximate weather data points for an aircraft trajectory to a system, such as a flight management system (FMS), which is configured to accept a number of weather data points for the aircraft trajectory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: David Michael Lax, Frank Saggio, III
  • Publication number: 20130006512
    Abstract: A method of providing weather information for an aircraft trajectory to a flight management system (FMS) includes selecting a unique subset of temperature data points from weather data points along an aircraft trajectory and sending corresponding weather data points to the FMS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Frank Saggio, III, Ana Isabel Del Amo Blanco
  • Publication number: 20130006450
    Abstract: A method of selecting weather data for use in at least one of a flight management system (FMS) of an aircraft and a ground station includes selecting a reduced set of weather data points to send to the FMS and taking into account a trajectory of the aircraft when determining what data points to include in the reduced set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Ana Isabel Del Amo Blanco, Frank Saggio, III
  • Publication number: 20120168564
    Abstract: A method and system for a refueling drogue coupling system are provided. The system includes a coupling latch assembly coupled to the coupling outlet wherein the coupling latch assembly includes a latch member configured to matingly engage a complementary latch-receiving member of a refueling probe. The coupling latch assembly further includes a latch member actuator operatively coupled to the latch member to permit the latch member to move from a first locked position to a second unlocked position. A probe position sensor is configured to detect a position of the refueling probe. A hose tension sensor is configured to measure a tension in a hose coupled to the coupling inlet. A drogue control system is positioned on the refueling drogue coupling system and communicatively coupled to the latch member actuator, the probe position sensor, and the hose tension sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventors: Michael Steven Feldmann, Lawrence William Stimac, Frank Saggio, III, Mark Lawrence Turner
  • Patent number: 8104716
    Abstract: An airborne tracking system including a radiation emitter, a radiation receiver and a signal processor. The radiation emitter is adapted to direct radiation to a positioning area a defined distance from the radiation emitter, the radiation carrying a modulated location signal containing information corresponding to positions within the positioning area. The radiation receiver is adapted to receive at least a portion of the emitted radiation carrying the modulated signal and output a signal to the signal processor indicative of the modulation of the location signal of the received radiation. Signal processor is adapted to process the outputted signal and identify a position within the positioning area indicative of the location in the positioning area of the received radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: GE Aviation Systems LLC
    Inventors: Joseph G. Mickley, Raymond Michael Stitt, Frank Saggio, III, Jane C. Pavlich, Gregory J. Wassick
  • Publication number: 20110153205
    Abstract: A relative navigation system projecting a grid into space from a first object a grid that is repeatedly detected from a second object having a second relative reference frame and using range and attitude between the objects to adjust the attitude or range of at least one of the first and second objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Lawrence William Stimac, Michael Steven Feldmann, Frank Saggio, III, Douglas Robert Nichols
  • Publication number: 20110153210
    Abstract: A method of providing a relative navigation system by projecting into space from a first object a grid that is repeatedly detected from a second object having a second relative reference frame associated with a second origin point on the second object and using range and attitude between the objects to adjust the attitude or range of at least one of the first and second objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Lawrence William Stimac, Michael Steven Feldmann, Frank Saggio, III, Douglas Robert Nichols
  • Publication number: 20110153211
    Abstract: A method of determining range between two objects, where a grid consisting of a plurality of grid lines are projected into space by the first object and detected by the second object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Lawrence William Stimac, Michael Steven Feldmann, Frank Saggio, III, Douglas Robert Nichols