Patents by Inventor JEFFREY BETHEL

JEFFREY BETHEL 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: 11150105
    Abstract: The present general inventive concept relates to methods and systems to select and display information on an avionics display screen. The systems and methods allow for the selection and display of information using knobs to highlight and select the desired information for display, eliminating the need for a cursor function. The systems and methods also provide for multiple pages and/or multiple windows or “tiles” within these pages and/or windows simultaneously on a single screen of a display, with each window, page, and/or tile being fully controlled independently when selected. The present general inventive concept also relates to systems and methods to provide multiple cues on an electronic display system altitude tape to a pilot in advance and impending approach to a predefined altitude. The present general inventive concept also relates to systems and methods to employ variable resolution topographical data based on display range for an avionics navigation display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Aspen Avionics, Inc.
    Inventors: Sean Rieb, Jeffrey Bethel, Tony Malerich, Constantinos Kyriakos, William Brodegard, Penny Heinz, Peter Lyons, David Berlin
  • Patent number: 10951024
    Abstract: A system and method to automatically disconnect a retrofit electrical unit from an electrical system in the event of an emergency situation and maintain power to the retrofit electrical unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: ASPEN AVIONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Bethel, Peter Lyons
  • Publication number: 20200256702
    Abstract: The present general inventive concept relates to methods and systems to select and display information on an avionics display screen. The systems and methods allow for the selection and display of information using knobs to highlight and select the desired information for display, eliminating the need for a cursor function. The systems and methods also provide for multiple pages and/or multiple windows or “tiles” within these pages and/or windows simultaneously on a single screen of a display, with each window, page, and/or tile being fully controlled independently when selected. The present general inventive concept also relates to systems and methods to provide multiple cues on an electronic display system altitude tape to a pilot in advance and impending approach to a predefined altitude. The present general inventive concept also relates to systems and methods to employ variable resolution topographical data based on display range for an avionics navigation display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: SEAN RIEB, JEFFREY BETHEL, TONY MALERICH, CONSTANTINOS KYRIAKOS, WILLIAM BRODEGARD, PENNY HEINZ, PETER LYONS, DAVID BERLIN
  • Publication number: 20180248368
    Abstract: A system and method to automatically disconnect a retrofit electrical unit from an electrical system in the event of an emergency situation and maintain power to the retrofit electrical unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Jeffrey Bethel, Peter Lyons
  • Patent number: 9960595
    Abstract: An system and method to automatically disconnect a retrofit electrical unit from an electrical system in the event of an emergency situation and maintain power to the retrofit electrical unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Aspen Avionics, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Bethel, Peter Lyons
  • Publication number: 20160118788
    Abstract: An system and method to automatically disconnect a retrofit electrical unit from an electrical system in the event of an emergency situation and maintain power to the retrofit electrical unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: Jeffrey Bethel, Peter Lyons
  • Publication number: 20080094255
    Abstract: An electronic display instrument configured to secure in a desired position over multiple pre-existing instrument holes in a dashboard of an aircraft in place of multiple conventional display instruments, each conventional instrument having a conventional readout. The instrument comprises a display screen having a plurality of readouts corresponding to the conventional readouts of the multiple conventional instruments that the electronic display instrument replaces. The instrument further includes a body having a front and a back opposite the front and a top and a bottom opposite the top. The body is positioned adjacent and connected to the display screen. The instrument also includes an electronics module protruding from the back of the body to position in one of the pre-existing instrument holes in the dashboard panel of the aircraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2007
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Inventor: JEFFREY BETHEL