Patents by Inventor Nancy M. Clark

Nancy M. Clark 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: 5001647
    Abstract: An inertial transformation matrix generator generates a succession of Euler transformation matrices in inertial coordinates, and is useful for converting to inertial coordinates the responses of a sensor hard mounted on the hull of a craft (e.g., an aircraft). First, second and third rate-sensing gyros located proximately to said sensor are strapped down to the craft hull, and are oriented to sense the motion of the craft hull in three mutually orthogonal directions, for providing respective output signals indicative of components of craft hull motion in each of those three mutually orthogonal directions. The output signals of the gyros are digitized, and based on these digital signals successive incremental Euler transformation matrices are generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1991
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Stephen J. Rapiejko, David S. Chan, Daniel A. Staver, Nancy M. Clark