Patents by Inventor Jack C. Shaw

Jack C. Shaw 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: 4303978
    Abstract: A plurality of inertial measuring unit (IMU) modules (41A, B, C and D) each comprising gyros and accelerometers (61, 65 and 67) for sensing inertial information along two orthogonal axes, are strapdown mounted in an aircraft, preferably such that the sense axes of the IMUs are skewed with respect to one another. Inertial and temperature signals produced by the IMU modules, plus pressure signals produced by a plurality of pressure transducer modules (43A, B and C) and air temperature signals produced by total air temperature sensors (45A and B) are applied to redundant signal processors (47A, B and C). The signal processors convert the raw analog information signals into digital form, error compensate the incoming raw digital data and, then, manipulate the compensated digital data to produce signals suitable for use by the automatic flight control, pilot display and navigation systems of the aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1980
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1981
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Jack C. Shaw, John F. Gilbert, Guy R. Olbrechts, Melville D. McIntyre