Patents by Inventor T. James Beasley

T. James Beasley 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: 4024383
    Abstract: A navigation method and system suitable for highly accurate all-weather navigation of vehicles such as ships and aircraft. An initial position of the vehicle relative to a plurality of known points each located at predetermined geographic positions is first determined. The distance or range of the initial position from each of the plurality of known points is determined and when the vehicle moves to a second and unknown position, the difference between the propagation time of electromagnetic wave energy transmitted from each of the plurality of known points at the initial and second positions is determined to thereby determine an incremental change in the distance to the second position from each of the plurality of known points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1975
    Date of Patent: May 17, 1977
    Assignee: Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
    Inventor: T. James Beasley