Patents by Inventor Todd Abler

Todd Abler 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: 11306664
    Abstract: Flight control systems, flight control methods, and aircraft are provided. An aircraft including a system and a method for receiving, via a fuel switch, a first control signal indicative of an off position on a fuel switch, determining a throttle resolver angle of a throttle controller in response to the first control signal, comparing the throttle resolver angle to a threshold throttle angle, and generating a pilot warning in response to the first control signal and the throttle resolver angle exceeding the threshold throttle angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
    Inventors: Craig Ziolkowski, Desmond Ruhan, Todd Abler, Andrew Martin
  • Publication number: 20210317790
    Abstract: Flight control systems, flight control methods, and aircraft are provided. An aircraft including a system and a method for receiving, via a fuel switch, a first control signal indicative of an off position on a fuel switch, determining a throttle resolver angle of a throttle controller in response to the first control signal, comparing the throttle resolver angle to a threshold throttle angle, and generating a pilot warning in response to the first control signal and the throttle resolver angle exceeding the threshold throttle angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
    Inventors: Craig Ziolkowski, Desmond Ruhan, Todd Abler, Andrew Martin
  • Patent number: 10229606
    Abstract: Avionics systems, controllers, and aircraft are provided. An avionics system includes a display unit and a controller, and an aircraft includes the avionics system. The display unit is configured to present an image. The controller is communicatively coupled with the display unit and is configured to control the display unit to present the image in a takeoff mode and in a flight mode of the controller. The controller is further configured to receive signals indicating an aircraft attitude, a target attitude, and an aircraft flight path, to generate a marker in the image in the takeoff mode based on an attitude difference between the aircraft attitude and the target attitude, to generate the marker in the image in the flight mode based on the aircraft flight path, and to generate a signal that causes the display unit to present the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
    Inventors: Brendan Moran, Scott Buethe, Andrew Martin, Todd Abler, Thomas Horne
  • Publication number: 20180061250
    Abstract: Avionics systems, controllers, and aircraft are provided. An avionics system includes a display unit and a controller, and an aircraft includes the avionics system. The display unit is configured to present an image. The controller is communicatively coupled with the display unit and is configured to control the display unit to present the image in a takeoff mode and in a flight mode of the controller. The controller is further configured to receive signals indicating an aircraft attitude, a target attitude, and an aircraft flight path, to generate a marker in the image in the takeoff mode based on an attitude difference between the aircraft attitude and the target attitude, to generate the marker in the image in the flight mode based on the aircraft flight path, and to generate a signal that causes the display unit to present the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Brendan Moran, Scott Buethe, Andrew Martin, Todd Abler, Thomas Horne