Patents by Inventor Hermann Mannstein

Hermann Mannstein 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).

  • Device and method for determining and indicating climate-relevant effects of a contrail produced by an airplane
    Patent number: 9002660
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method for determining and indicating, on board of an airplane, climate-relevant effects of a contrail produced by the airplane. The method for determining and indicating, on board of an airplane, climate-relevant effects of a contrail produced by the airplane includes determining radiation data of short-wave and long-wave atmospheric radiation directed upwards in the earth atmosphere at location of the airplane, determining an air temperature and air humidity at the location of the airplane, determining a zenith angle of the sun at the location of the airplane, determining a radiative forcing value produced by the contrail based on the determined radiation data, the air temperature and air humidity, and the zenith angle, and indicating at least one of the radiative forcing value and variables derived therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR e.V.)
    Inventors: Hermann Mannstein, Ulrich Schumann
  • Device and Method for Determining and Indicating Climate-Relevant Effects of a Contrail Produced by an Airplane
    Publication number: 20120173147
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method for determining and indicating, on board of an airplane climate-relevant effects of a contrail produced by the airplane. The method for determining and indicating, on board of an airplane climate-relevant effects of a contrail produced by the airplane includes determining radiation data of short-wave and long-wave atmospheric radiation directed upwards in the earth atmosphere at location of the airplane, determining air temperature and air humidity at the location of the airplane, determining zenith angle of the sun at the location of the airplane, determining a radiative forcing value produced by the contrail based on the determined radiation data, air temperature and air humidity, and the zenith angle, and indicating at least one of the radiative forcing value and variables derived therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2010
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR e.V.)
    Inventors: Hermann Mannstein, Ulrich Schumann