Patents by Inventor John J. Mattero

John J. Mattero 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: 10013885
    Abstract: An aircraft deconfliction system including a registration system having an airspace database, a registered airspace, wherein registration details of the registered airspace are logged in the airspace database, and an aircraft assigned to the registered airspace, the aircraft including a flight control system, a guidance computer controlling the flight control system based on a pilot input, and an override unit in communication with the guidance computer, wherein the override unit overrides the pilot input when the aircraft breaches the registered airspace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Michael J. Duffy, John J. Mattero
  • Publication number: 20170301243
    Abstract: An aircraft deconfliction system including a registration system having an airspace database, a registered airspace, wherein registration details of the registered airspace are logged in the airspace database, and an aircraft assigned to the registered airspace, the aircraft including a flight control system, a guidance computer controlling the flight control system based on a pilot input, and an override unit in communication with the guidance computer, wherein the override unit overrides the pilot input when the aircraft breaches the registered airspace.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Michael J. Duffy, John J. Mattero
  • Patent number: 9495877
    Abstract: An aircraft deconfliction system including a registration system having an airspace database, a registered airspace, wherein registration details of the registered airspace are logged in the airspace database, and an aircraft assigned to the registered airspace, the aircraft including a flight control system, a guidance computer controlling the flight control system based on a pilot input, and an override unit in communication with the guidance computer, wherein the override unit overrides the pilot input when the aircraft breaches the registered airspace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Michael J. Duffy, John J. Mattero
  • Patent number: 9457899
    Abstract: Apparatus, systems, and methods provide for a modular vehicle system utilized for lifting and maneuvering payloads. According to aspects of the disclosure, any number of individual lift vehicles may be connected to create a unified lift vehicle. The individual lift vehicles may be placed adjacent to one another according to a determined lifting array formation and coupled together using connection mechanisms. The connection mechanisms rigidly and communicatively connect the individual lift vehicles to create the unified lift vehicle suitable for lifting and maneuvering a payload.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Michael J. Duffy, Scott H. Bouwer, John J. Mattero
  • Publication number: 20150348424
    Abstract: An aircraft deconfliction system including a registration system having an airspace database, a registered airspace, wherein registration details of the registered airspace are logged in the airspace database, and an aircraft assigned to the registered airspace, the aircraft including a flight control system, a guidance computer controlling the flight control system based on a pilot input, and an override unit in communication with the guidance computer, wherein the override unit overrides the pilot input when the aircraft breaches the registered airspace.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Michael J. Duffy, John J. Mattero
  • Patent number: 9079662
    Abstract: A cargo lift system employs multiple unmanned lift vehicles acting as vertical lift generating machines. An autonomous control system controls coordinated movements of the cooperating unmanned vertical lift generating machines. A coupling system connects the cargo load to each of the plurality of unmanned vertical lift generating machines. The plurality of unmanned vertical lift generating machines are separated from each other by a distance through spacing by individual onboard flight computers in the lift generating machines or by rigid or semi-rigid connections between the lift generating machines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Michael J. Duffy, John J. Mattero, Andrew Feit
  • Publication number: 20140374532
    Abstract: Apparatus, systems, and methods provide for a modular vehicle system utilized for lifting and maneuvering payloads. According to aspects of the disclosure, any number of individual lift vehicles may be connected to create a unified lift vehicle. The individual lift vehicles may be placed adjacent to one another according to a determined lifting array formation and coupled together using connection mechanisms. The connection mechanisms rigidly and communicatively connect the individual lift vehicles to create the unified lift vehicle suitable for lifting and maneuvering a payload.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Michael J. Duffy, Scott H. Bouwer, John J. Mattero