Patents by Inventor Peter R. Wilkinson

Peter R. Wilkinson 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: 4529150
    Abstract: A console assembly, suitable for example, for an aircraft cockpit, including a fixed structure, having a display area (1) permanently presented to, for example, a crew member, a movable panel (2) having a flat face region (3) and a flat edge region (4), both of rectangular form, the edge region being of substantially less area than the face region, a recess (5) in the fixed structure with a mouth (6) formed in the permanently presented display area (1), mounting means (7, 10) mounting the movable panel (2) on the fixed structure (1) for movement between a stowed position in which the movable panel (2) lies within the recess (5) with its edge region (4) presented to the crew member at said recess mouth (6), and a display position in which its face region (3) is presented to the crew member in front of the permanently presented display (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1983
    Date of Patent: July 16, 1985
    Assignee: British Aerospace Public Limited Company
    Inventors: James B. Owen, Peter R. Wilkinson