Patents by Inventor Joseph A. Sharp

Joseph A. Sharp 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).

  • Combined aircraft angle of attack and dynamic/static pressure sensor assembly
    Patent number: 5544526
    Abstract: A rotatable airstream direction probe is additionally provided with a dynamic pressure sensing port positioned substantially midway between a pair of pneumatic sensing ports with respect to the probe's stagnation line. Pneumatic output ports may thus be provided, each of which communicates with a respective one of the pneumatic sensing and dynamic sensing ports in the probe. The pressure outputs from such output ports may thus be indicative of static and dynamic pressure of an airstream so as to be capable of determining flight information of an aircraft such as airspeed, altitude and vertical speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1996
    Assignee: Avionics Specialties, Inc.
    Inventors: Guntis U. Baltins, Russell W. Boyle, Denis G. Mason, Howard M. Moore, A. DeBow Owen, Joseph A. Sharp