Patents by Inventor John R. Fedele

John R. Fedele 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).

  • Multi-function air data sensing probe having an angle of attack vane
    Patent number: 6941805
    Abstract: A multi-function air data sensing probe has a strut that is mounted on an aircraft and extends laterally from the aircraft skin. The strut is supported on a base plate, and has a pitot pressure sensing tube at the outer end thereof, with a pitot port facing upstream, and also includes a passageway for total air temperature sensor including a forwardly facing inlet scoop that leads to a chamber in the strut that is laterally offset from the inlet scoop so that flow changes direction as it enters the chamber. The surface defining the change of direction between the scoop and the chamber is provided with bleed holes for bleeding off boundary layer air. A vane type air data sensor is mounted on a shaft that rotates freely and is supported on the strut, and is positioned to sense the relative air flow past the strut to determine changes of relative angles of such air flow. In addition, the strut has static pressure sensing ports on lateral sides thereof leading to a separate chamber on the interior of the strut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Assignee: Rosemount Aerospace Inc.
    Inventors: Greg A. Seidel, Dennis J. Cronin, John H. Mette, Mark R. Koosmann, James A. Schmitz, John R. Fedele, Dana A. Kromer
  • Multi-function air data sensing probe having an angle of attack vane
    Publication number: 20040261518
    Abstract: A multi-function air data sensing probe has a strut that is mounted on an aircraft and extends laterally from the aircraft skin. The strut is supported on a base plate, and has a pitot pressure sensing tube at the outer end thereof, with a pitot port facing upstream, and also includes a passageway for total air temperature sensor including a forwardly facing inlet scoop that leads to a chamber in the strut that is laterally offset from the inlet scoop so that flow changes direction as it enters the chamber. The surface defining the change of direction between the scoop and the chamber is provided with bleed holes for bleeding off boundary layer air. A vane type air data sensor is mounted on a shaft that rotates freely and is supported on the strut, and is positioned to sense the relative air flow past the strut to determine changes of relative angles of such air flow. In addition, the strut has static pressure sensing ports on lateral sides thereof leading to a separate chamber on the interior of the strut.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2003
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Inventors: Greg A. Seidel, Dennis J. Cronin, John H. Mette, Mark R. Koosmann, James A. Schmitz, John R. Fedele, Dana A. Kromer