Patents by Inventor Lee G. Hofmann

Lee G. Hofmann 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).

  • Large angle, gravity compensated, bank-to-turn pursuit controller
    Patent number: 4590567
    Abstract: A bank-to-turn pursuit controller provides rapid and precise pursuit steering control toward a target point with direction substantially different from the vehicle direction of travel using positive lift load factors between zero and a specified maximum to generate commands which rotate the vehicle toward the target point at every instant of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 1985
    Date of Patent: May 20, 1986
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Lee G. Hofmann, Charles J. Dittmar, Jr.
  • Large angle, gravity compensated, bank-to-turn pursuit controller
    Patent number: 4511972
    Abstract: A bank-to-bank pursuit controller provides rapid and precise pursuit steering control toward a target point with direction substantially different from the vehicle direction of travel using positive lift load factors between zero and a specified maximum to generate commands which rotate the vehicle toward the target point at every instant of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 1982
    Date of Patent: April 16, 1985
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Lee G. Hofmann, Charles J. Dittmar, Jr.