Patents by Inventor Kristine K. Weed

Kristine K. Weed 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 tip alarm system
    Patent number: 7944372
    Abstract: A tip alarm system for an aircraft having a nose landing gear (NLG) includes a sensor having first and second parts respectively disposed on first and second portions of the NLG that are respectively fixed to the aircraft and moveable relative to the fixed portion and operable to detect the position of the first and second portions relative to each other and to produce a tip alarm signal when the first and second NLG portions are disposed at a selected position relative to each other corresponding to an imminent aircraft tipping condition and thereby prevent the aircraft from tipping back onto the ground due to improper loading of the aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Geoffrey E. Gouette, Steven B. White, James M. Merrick, Kristine K. Weed, Paul A. VanGinhoven, Steven L. Wehr, Ralph E. Fossen, Farid Piroozmandi, Brian L. Collen, Sudershan K. Taneja
  • AIRCRAFT TIP ALARM SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20090261203
    Abstract: A tilarm system for an aircraft having a nose landing gear (NLG) includes a sensor having first and second parts respectively disposed on first and second portions of the NLG that are respectively fixed to the aircraft and moveable relative to the fixed portion and operable to detect the position of the first and second portions relative to each other and to produce a tip alarm signal when the first and second NLG portions are disposed at a selected position relative to each other corresponding to an imminent aircraft tipping condition and thereby prevent the aircraft from tipping back onto the ground due to improper loading of the aircraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2008
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Inventors: Geoffrey E. Gouette, Steven B. White, James M. Merrick, Kristine K. Weed, Paul A. VanGinhoven, Steven L. Wehr, Ralph E. Fossen, Farid Piroozmandi, Brian L. Collen, Sudershan K. Taneja