Patents by Inventor Mark Howard Thomson

Mark Howard Thomson 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).

  • Publication number: 20240010359
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a method includes: collecting usage and maintenance data for a rotorcraft at a computer of the rotorcraft; sending the usage and maintenance data to a fleet management server; generating individualized equipment data for the rotorcraft according to the usage and maintenance data at the fleet management server, the individualized equipment data including a lightweight digital representation of the rotorcraft and technical publications for the rotorcraft, the lightweight digital representation including mesh-based 3D visualizations of each component of the rotorcraft, the technical publications having views referencing the mesh-based 3D visualizations; sending the individualized equipment data to the computer of the rotorcraft; and persisting the individualized equipment data at the computer of the rotorcraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Jeremy Robert Chavez, Peter Shultz, Thomas Kurt Schneider, Mark Howard Thomson, Daniel Wesley Rowe
  • Patent number: 11794926
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a method includes: collecting usage and maintenance data for a rotorcraft at a computer of the rotorcraft; sending the usage and maintenance data to a fleet management server; generating individualized equipment data for the rotorcraft according to the usage and maintenance data at the fleet management server, the individualized equipment data including a lightweight digital representation of the rotorcraft and technical publications for the rotorcraft, the lightweight digital representation including mesh-based 3D visualizations of each component of the rotorcraft, the technical publications having views referencing the mesh-based 3D visualizations; sending the individualized equipment data to the computer of the rotorcraft; and persisting the individualized equipment data at the computer of the rotorcraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy Robert Chavez, Peter Shultz, Thomas Kurt Schneider, Mark Howard Thomson, Daniel Wesley Rowe
  • Publication number: 20210229838
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a method includes: collecting usage and maintenance data for a rotorcraft at a computer of the rotorcraft; sending the usage and maintenance data to a fleet management server; generating individualized equipment data for the rotorcraft according to the usage and maintenance data at the fleet management server, the individualized equipment data including a lightweight digital representation of the rotorcraft and technical publications for the rotorcraft, the lightweight digital representation including mesh-based 3D visualizations of each component of the rotorcraft, the technical publications having views referencing the mesh-based 3D visualizations; sending the individualized equipment data to the computer of the rotorcraft; and persisting the individualized equipment data at the computer of the rotorcraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Jeremy Robert Chavez, Peter Shultz, Thomas Kurt Schneider, Mark Howard Thomson, Daniel Wesley Rowe
  • Patent number: 10974851
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a method includes: collecting usage and maintenance data for a rotorcraft at a computer of the rotorcraft; sending the usage and maintenance data to a fleet management server; generating individualized equipment data for the rotorcraft according to the usage and maintenance data at the fleet management server, the individualized equipment data including a lightweight digital representation of the rotorcraft and technical publications for the rotorcraft, the lightweight digital representation including mesh-based 3D visualizations of each component of the rotorcraft, the technical publications having views referencing the mesh-based 3D visualizations; sending the individualized equipment data to the computer of the rotorcraft; and persisting the individualized equipment data at the computer of the rotorcraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy Robert Chavez, Peter Shultz, Thomas Kurt Schneider, Mark Howard Thomson, Daniel Wesley Rowe
  • Publication number: 20200148393
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a method includes: collecting usage and maintenance data for a rotorcraft at a computer of the rotorcraft; sending the usage and maintenance data to a fleet management server; generating individualized equipment data for the rotorcraft according to the usage and maintenance data at the fleet management server, the individualized equipment data including a lightweight digital representation of the rotorcraft and technical publications for the rotorcraft, the lightweight digital representation including mesh-based 3D visualizations of each component of the rotorcraft, the technical publications having views referencing the mesh-based 3D visualizations; sending the individualized equipment data to the computer of the rotorcraft; and persisting the individualized equipment data at the computer of the rotorcraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Jeremy Robert Chavez, Peter Shultz, Thomas Kurt Schneider, Mark Howard Thomson, Daniel Wesley Rowe
  • Publication number: 20130116884
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for aggregating health management information includes an aircraft having a flight computer coupled to a plurality of aircraft systems. Each system has a built in test (BIT) protocol that self-diagnoses a health of the system and outputs corresponding BIT data to the flight computer for contemporaneous display on a flight display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: GE AVIATION SYSTEMS LIMITED
    Inventors: Mark Howard Thomson, Jonathan Mark Dunsdon
  • Patent number: 6730845
    Abstract: A removable cover for a an electrical component box includes a pair of side walls having hinge edges including a hook and an engagement surface extending from the hook. The hook slides over and engages the hinge members of a box, and the engagement surface forms a sliding surface that allows rotation of the cover about the hinge elements. The hinge is easily installed and removed by orienting the cover at a selected angle relative to a longitudinal axis of the box, and lifting the hook over the hinge member to either engage or disengage the hook from the hinge members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Joseph Criniti, Javier Ignacio Larranaga, Vito William Santoro, Michael Gerard Tobin, Mark Howard Thomson, Thomas Randolph Campbell