Patents by Inventor Mark W. Scott

Mark W. Scott 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).

  • Flight control system for a hybrid aircraft in the pitch axis
    Patent number: 6474603
    Abstract: A flight control system includes a blending algorithm which evaluates the current flight regime and determines the effectiveness of the flight controls to effect the rotational moment of a hybrid vehicle about the pitch axis. Gain schedules for both pitch cyclic and elevator control provide a quantitative measure of control effectiveness. Based on the respective gain schedules, the algorithm determines how much of the control commands should be sent to each control surface. The result is that for a given control command, the same amount of pitch moment will be generated regardless of flight regime. This simplifies the underlying flight control law since the commands it generates are correct regardless of flight regime.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
    Inventors: W. Douglas Kinkead, Mark W. Scott
  • Flight control system for a hybrid aircraft in the roll axis
    Patent number: 6431494
    Abstract: A flight control system includes a blending algorithm which evaluates the current flight regime and determines the effectiveness of the flight controls to effect the rotational moment of a hybrid vehicle about the roll axis. Gain schedules for both roll cyclic and aileron control provide a quantitative measure of control effectiveness. Based on the respective gain schedules, the algorithm determines how much of the control commands should be sent to each control surface. The result is that for a given control command, the same amount of roll moment will be generated regardless of flight regime. This simplifies the underlying flight control law since the commands it generates are correct regardless of flight regime.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignee: Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
    Inventors: W. Douglas Kinkead, Mark W. Scott
  • IMPROVED STORAGE AND DISPENSING CONTAINER FOR VISCOUS FLUIDS PAINTS AND THE LIKE AND METHOD OF MINIMIZING DRIPPING
    Publication number: 20010025865
    Abstract: An improved container for storing, dispensing and handling viscous and semi-viscous fluids such as paint and the like, having novel spout and other design features that enable substantially dripless dispensing and improved handling and storage
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 1999
    Publication date: October 4, 2001
    Inventors: MICHAEL H. BRAVO, CRAIG M. ROWLES, JOHN P. SULLIVAN, DAVID MARKHAM, MARK W. SCOTT, CHRIS VAN BUITEN, GREGORY J. MASCOLI, ROBERT SLACK, CORINNA LEE
  • Unmanned multi-mode vertical take off and landing aircraft
    Patent number: D418805
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2000
    Assignee: Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
    Inventors: James P. Cycon, Christopher W. DeWitt, Mark W. Scott