Patents by Inventor John H. Gover

John H. Gover 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).

  • Aircraft autorecovery systems and methods
    Patent number: 7098810
    Abstract: Methods and systems for performing auto-recovery for an aircraft. An example system includes position and information systems, an automatic flight control system, a database, and a processor. The database includes terrain data, airport data, obstacle data, and protected airspace data. The processor determines if one of a caution alert or a warning alert exists based on data stored in the database and information received from the position and information systems. Auto-recovery instructions are generated and sent to the automatic flight control system if no positive flight control input has been performed at time of expiration of a waiting period. Auto-recovery instructions are generated based on an analysis of two or more auto-recovery routes. The system does not perform auto-recovery if components of the system fail to meet a predefined validity or integrity level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Charles D. Bateman, John H. Gover, Steven C. Johnson
  • Aircraft autorecovery systems and methods
    Publication number: 20040215372
    Abstract: Methods and systems for performing auto-recovery for an aircraft. An example system includes position and information systems, an automatic flight control system, a database, and a processor. The database includes terrain data, airport data, obstacle data, and protected airspace data. The processor determines if one of a caution alert or a warning alert exists based on data stored in the database and information received from the position and information systems. Auto-recovery instructions are generated and sent to the automatic flight control system if no positive flight control input has been performed at time of expiration of a waiting period. Auto-recovery instructions are generated based on an analysis of two or more auto-recovery routes. The system does not perform auto-recovery if components of the system fail to meet a predefined validity or integrity level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2004
    Publication date: October 28, 2004
    Inventors: Charles D. Bateman, John H. Gover, Steven C. Johnson