Patents by Inventor Robert James Flemming

Robert James Flemming 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).

  • Virtual ice accretion meter display
    Patent number: 9352841
    Abstract: An example flight display for an aircraft includes a virtual ice accretion meter display having a liquid water content portion and an ice thickness portion. The ice thickness portion is configured to display a virtual ice thickness value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
    Inventor: Robert James Flemming
  • VIRTUAL ICE ACCRETION METER DISPLAY
    Publication number: 20140285363
    Abstract: An example flight display for an aircraft includes a virtual ice accretion meter display having a liquid water content portion and an ice thickness portion. The ice thickness portion is configured to display a virtual ice thickness value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Inventor: Robert James Flemming
  • Virtual ice accretion meter display
    Patent number: 8779945
    Abstract: A flight display for an aircraft includes a virtual ice accretion meter having a liquid water content portion and an ice thickness portion. A method for determining ice accretion includes integrating over a time period a constant K multiplied by a liquid water content (LWC) and true airspeed (TAS).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
    Inventor: Robert James Flemming
  • Passive control of ice shedding
    Patent number: 8770512
    Abstract: A plate including a body with an aft face at an aft portion of the body, which is attachable to a leading edge of an ice accretion surface such that the body protrudes substantially in a forward direction from the leading edge, and a forward face opposite the aft face, which extends between opposing surfaces of the body and which is oriented substantially perpendicularly with respect to the forward direction and a predominant flow direction of air flowing past the leading edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
    Inventors: Robert James Flemming, Eric G. Olsen
  • PASSIVE CONTROL OF ICE SHEDDING
    Publication number: 20120181389
    Abstract: A plate including a body with an aft face at an aft portion of the body, which is attachable to a leading edge of an ice accretion surface such that the body protrudes substantially in a forward direction from the leading edge, and a forward face opposite the aft face, which extends between opposing surfaces of the body and which is oriented substantially perpendicularly with respect to the forward direction and a predominant flow direction of air flowing past the leading edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2012
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robert James Flemming, Eric G. Olsen
  • VIRTUAL ICE ACCRETION METER DISPLAY
    Publication number: 20110226904
    Abstract: A flight display for an aircraft includes a virtual ice accretion meter having a liquid water content portion and an ice thickness portion. A method for determining ice accretion includes integrating over a time period a constant K multiplied by a liquid water content (LWC) and true airspeed (TAS).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Inventor: Robert James Flemming
  • ICE RATE METER WITH VIRTUAL ASPIRATION
    Publication number: 20080167764
    Abstract: A system and method of determining an actual liquid water content (Actual LWC) with an ice rate meter probe without aspiration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2008
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Inventor: Robert James Flemming