Patents by Inventor John B. McCormack

John B. McCormack 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).

  • Lightning strike prediction system based on radio receiver static
    Patent number: 11085957
    Abstract: A system for predicting a triggered lightning strike upon an aircraft, which includes an antenna for collecting an RF signal. The system includes one or more processors and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory storing data into a database and program code that, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the system to receive as input a filtered, amplified form of the RF signal collected by the antenna and a non-filtered, amplified form of the RF signal collected by the antenna. The system determines a difference between the filtered, amplified form of the RF signal and the non-filtered and amplified form of the RF signal. The difference is a static signal. The system determines the triggered lightning strike upon the aircraft based on the static signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Halasya Siva Subramania, Balaji Viswanadh, John B. McCormack, Pattada A. Kallappa
  • LIGHTNING STRIKE PREDICTION SYSTEM BASED ON RADIO RECEIVER STATIC
    Publication number: 20190049500
    Abstract: A system for predicting a triggered lightning strike upon an aircraft, which includes an antenna for collecting an RF signal. The system includes one or more processors and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory storing data into a database and program code that, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the system to receive as input a filtered, amplified form of the RF signal collected by the antenna and a non-filtered, amplified form of the RF signal collected by the antenna. The system determines a difference between the filtered, amplified form of the RF signal and the non-filtered and amplified form of the RF signal. The difference is a static signal. The system determines the triggered lightning strike upon the aircraft based on the static signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventors: Halasya Siva Subramania, Balaji Viswanadh, John B. McCormack, Pattada A. Kallappa