Patents by Inventor Howard K. Hagy

Howard K. Hagy 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: 4676460
    Abstract: The control system includes a schedule (54) which plots airspeed versus stabilizer angle for a trim condition. Following a pilot adjustment of the stabilizer angle to establish trim, the schedule (54) plots the trim airspeed to obtain a stabilizer angle value. A change in airspeed from trim is sensed by a sensor (52) and the schedule (54) plots the new airspeed on the same graph to obtain a new stabilizer angle value. The schedule (54) determines a change in stabilizer angle signal in the form of increments of movement of the stabilizer control actuator (28) to return the stabilizer (18) to a trim condition. A schedule (40) in the system also senses any change in the rate of change of altitude from trim and computes from this change a second signal in the form of increments of actuator movement. There is an algebraic summation of these two signals and a stabilizer angle feedback signal to produce a command signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 1984
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1987
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Howard K. Hagy, Thomas A. Harrington