Patents by Inventor Marcus F. Dutton

Marcus F. Dutton 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).

  • Solid state avionics display instrument
    Patent number: 7446675
    Abstract: A solid-state electronic avionics display instrument includes a needle-like display mounted within a housing in a manner that emulates the manner in which prior electro-mechanical needle indicator mechanisms have been mounted in such housings so as to indicate a value along an arcuate scale. New aircraft can be fitted with such instruments initially, while existing aircraft can be retrofitted with such instruments to replace existing electro-mechanical mechanism-based avionics instruments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: L3 Communications Corporation
    Inventor: Marcus F. Dutton
  • Replacement avionics display instrument
    Patent number: 7362240
    Abstract: A solid-state electronic avionics display instrument includes one or more bar-graph-like displays mounted within a housing in a manner that emulates the manner in which prior electro-mechanical indicator mechanisms have been mounted in such housings so as to indicate a value along a vertically readable scale. An aircraft can be retrofitted with such instruments to replace existing electro-mechanical mechanism-based avionics instruments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: L3 Communications Corporation
    Inventors: Robert K. Buell, Marcus F. Dutton, Gregory L. Leggitt