Patents by Inventor Matthew Fogarty

Matthew Fogarty 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).

  • Patent number: 10556695
    Abstract: A rotor ice protection system (RIPS) apparatus for an aircraft to heat aircraft rotor blades is provided. The RIPS apparatus includes circuitry disposed to transmit electrical loads associated with RIPS operations, an indicator unit disposed to alert a pilot of the aircraft to a RIPS condition indicating an operating status of the RIPS operations, a controller configured to actuate the RIPS operations in accordance with current conditions and to issue a command to the indicator unit to alert the pilot to the RIPS operations according to the actuation and a sensor system disposed to sense whether the circuitry is transmitting the electrical loads and to provide a sensing result to the indicator unit. The indicator unit additionally alerts the pilot to the RIPS operations according to the sensing result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robert F. Longley, Jr., Matthew Fogarty
  • Patent number: 10087902
    Abstract: A method of operating an electrical system of an aircraft is provided. The method includes initiating a cross-start action for cross-starting a non-operative engine using a generator of an operative engine, entering a power limiting mode of a generator control unit (GCU) of the operative engine, remaining in the power limiting mode for a duration of the cross-start action and returning to the non-power limiting mode of the GCU of the operative engine upon completion of the cross-start action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mark P. Eisenhauer, Frederick L. Bourne, Matthew Fogarty
  • Publication number: 20170267361
    Abstract: A rotor ice protection system (RIPS) apparatus for an aircraft to heat aircraft rotor blades is provided. The RIPS apparatus includes circuitry disposed to transmit electrical loads associated with RIPS operations, an indicator unit disposed to alert a pilot of the aircraft to a RIPS condition indicating an operating status of the RIPS operations, a controller configured to actuate the RIPS operations in accordance with current conditions and to issue a command to the indicator unit to alert the pilot to the RIPS operations according to the actuation and a sensor system disposed to sense whether the circuitry is transmitting the electrical loads and to provide a sensing result to the indicator unit. The indicator unit additionally alerts the pilot to the RIPS operations according to the sensing result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Robert F. Longley, Jr., Matthew Fogarty
  • Publication number: 20160332740
    Abstract: A method of operating an electrical system of an aircraft is provided. The method includes initiating a cross-start action for cross-starting a non-operative engine using a generator of an operative engine, entering a power limiting mode of a generator control unit (GCU) of the operative engine, remaining in the power limiting mode for a duration of the cross-start action and returning to the non-power limiting mode of the GCU of the operative engine upon completion of the cross-start action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Mark P. Eisenhauer, Frederick L. Bourne, Matthew Fogarty
  • Patent number: 5610349
    Abstract: An improved pick for playing stringed musical instruments such as guitars, banjos and the like comprising a generally flat pick body sized and configured to be grasped between the thumb and forefinger of a player and including a first end, a second end and surrounding sidewalls that define a tear drop shape, and further including picking means comprising an enlarged, substantially bullet nose shaped portion at the first pick body end for plucking the strings of the musical instrument. The improved pick of this invention further comprises gripping means disposed along the pick body's upper and lower surfaces which preferably comprise a plurality of small, cone shaped members arranged in rows. In a most preferred embodiment, the pick body of the invention will have a wedge or aerodynamic shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 11, 1997
    Inventors: William Fogarty, Matthew Fogarty