Patents by Inventor Thomas Craig Clinger

Thomas Craig Clinger 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).

  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SYNCHRONIZING A FLIGHT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH AN EXTERNAL DEVICE
    Publication number: 20230401965
    Abstract: A method of transmitting a set of conforming data frames within an avionics system. The avionics system including a Flight Management System (FMS) and an avionics device. The method including generating, via the avionics device, at least one specialized message, transmitting, via the avionics device, the at least on specialized message, generating, via the avionics device, the set of conforming data frames, and transmitting, via the avionics device, at least a subset of the set of conforming data frames. The method comprising receiving, via the FMS, at least one transmission including at least one of the specialized header frame or the set of conforming data frames from the avionics device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Joachim Karl Ulf Hochwarth, Freda Mae Diemer, Thomas Craig Clinger
  • Method and system for synchronizing a flight management system with an external device
    Patent number: 11783714
    Abstract: A method for synchronizing information with a Flight Management System (FMS) with a receiving unit comprising receiving an uplink transmission of data directly or indirectly from the receiving unit, determining if the load was successful, generating a status message related to whether or not the load was successful, outputting data including a sequence number and a status message, and flying an aircraft according to a flight plan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: GE Aviation Systems LLC
    Inventors: Joachim Karl Ulf Hochwarth, Freda Mae Diemer, Thomas Craig Clinger
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SYNCHRONIZING A FLIGHT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH AN EXTERNAL DEVICE
    Publication number: 20210142681
    Abstract: A method for synchronizing information with a Flight Management System (FMS) with a receiving unit comprising receiving an uplink transmission of data directly or indirectly from the receiving unit, determining if the load was successful, generating a status message related to whether or not the load was successful, outputting data including a sequence number and a status message, and flying an aircraft according to a flight plan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Joachim Karl Ulf Hochwarth, Freda Mae Diemer, Thomas Craig Clinger