Patents by Inventor Paul Morphy

Paul Morphy 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).

  • Surface contact override landing scheme for a FBW rotary-wing aircraft
    Patent number: 7742846
    Abstract: A method of transitioning from a complex response flight state to a ground operation control state. Pilot intent is determined through collective position information to control the transition. An independent cockpit switch activates an emergency surface contact transition function for use with a fly-by-wire (FBW) flight control system. Once the surface contact transition function is active, FBW control laws transition from a fully augmented flight state, through an augmentation deactivation state and into the surface contact state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
    Inventors: Todd M. Fanciullo, Paul Morphy, Lorren Stiles, Alex Faynberg
  • Surface contact override landing scheme for a FBW rotary-wing aircraft
    Publication number: 20070282493
    Abstract: A method of transitioning from a complex response flight state to a ground operation control state. Pilot intent is determined through collective position information to control the transition. An independent cockpit switch activates an emergency surface contact transition function for use with a fly-by-wire (FBW) flight control system. Once the surface contact transition function is active, FBW control laws transition from a fully augmented flight state, through an augmentation deactivation state and into the surface contact state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2006
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Inventors: Todd M. Fanciullo, Paul Morphy, Lorren Stiles, Alex Faynberg