Patents by Inventor William Fell
William Fell 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).
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Patent number: 11040770Abstract: An aircraft is provided including an airframe, an extending tail, and a counter rotating, coaxial main rotor assembly including an upper rotor assembly and a lower rotor assembly. A translational thrust system positioned at the extending tail, the translational thrust system providing translational thrust to the airframe. A cockpit in the airframe, the cockpit including two seats and a single collective control input positioned between the two seats.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2015Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATIONInventors: Kevin L. Bredenbeck, William Fell, Erez Eller
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Patent number: 10618635Abstract: A fly-by-wire aircraft and method of flying a fly-by-wire aircraft is disclosed. The aircraft includes a control system for flying the aircraft in one of a proportional ground control mode and a model following controls mode. A control device at a control interface of the aircraft selectively activates a trim follow up function in the control system. When flying the aircraft in a proportional ground control mode, trim follow up function can be activated. The control system can then transition into the model following controls mode with the trim follow up function activated to reduce transient behavior.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2017Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATIONInventors: Leonard M. Wengler, III, Kevin L. Bredenbeck, Matthew T. Luszcz, Matthew A. White, William Fell
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Patent number: 10269193Abstract: A computer implemented method for displaying aircraft systems information on an aircraft display relating to and facilitating operation of an aircraft are disclosed herein. The method can include displaying a plurality of system indicators in a system indicator region of an aircraft display. At least two of the indicators of the plurality of system indicators in the system indicator region are disposed in a structurally approximated relationship relative to each other to increase system recognition and/or interpretation of status of a corresponding physical system indicated by each indicator.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2017Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATIONInventors: David Adams, Matthew T. Luszcz, William Fell
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Patent number: 10214298Abstract: An aircraft is provided and includes an airframe defining a cockpit with first and second control stations configured for co-activation and complementary deactivation, flight control assemblies disposed at multiple locations of the airframe and a flight control computer (FCC). The FCC is configured to control operations of the flight control assemblies in accordance with current flight conditions and commands received at activated ones of the first and second control stations that are inputted by a flight crew. The FCC includes a secondary monitoring system to identify when commands are input at a deactivated one of the first and second control stations, to determine whether the commands are indicative of normal and intentional piloting inputs and to generate control station cues in an event the commands are indicative of normal and intentional piloting inputs to alert the flight crew of a hazardous condition or automatically turn the station back on.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2017Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATIONInventors: William Fell, Matthew A. White, Matthew T. Luszcz
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Publication number: 20190051065Abstract: A computer implemented method for displaying aircraft systems information on an aircraft display relating to and facilitating operation of an aircraft are disclosed herein. The method can include displaying a plurality of system indicators in a system indicator region of an aircraft display. At least two of the indicators of the plurality of system indicators in the system indicator region are disposed in a structurally approximated relationship relative to each other to increase system recognition and/or interpretation of status of a corresponding physical system indicated by each indicator.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2017Publication date: February 14, 2019Inventors: David Adams, Matthew T. Luszcz, William Fell
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Publication number: 20180251210Abstract: A vehicular control system can include a control device including one or more control inputs, and a control switch operatively connected to the control device for receiving control input signals from the control device, the control switch configured to switch between a vehicle control mode such that the control input signals control one or more vehicle motion control components and at least one mission mode such that the control input signals control one or more other devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2018Publication date: September 6, 2018Inventors: David Adams, William Fell
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Publication number: 20170274987Abstract: An aircraft is provided including an airframe, an extending tail, and a counter rotating, coaxial main rotor assembly including an upper rotor assembly and a lower rotor assembly. A translational thrust system positioned at the extending tail, the translational thrust system providing translational thrust to the airframe. A cockpit in the airframe, the cockpit including two seats and a single collective control input positioned between the two seats.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2015Publication date: September 28, 2017Inventors: Kevin L. BREDENBECK, William FELL, Erez ELLER
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Publication number: 20170240292Abstract: An aircraft is provided and includes an airframe defining a cockpit with first and second control stations configured for co-activation and complementary deactivation, flight control assemblies disposed at multiple locations of the airframe and a flight control computer (FCC). The FCC is configured to control operations of the flight control assemblies in accordance with current flight conditions and commands received at activated ones of the first and second control stations that are inputted by a flight crew. The FCC includes a secondary monitoring system to identify when commands are input at a deactivated one of the first and second control stations, to determine whether the commands are indicative of normal and intentional piloting inputs and to generate control station cues in an event the commands are indicative of normal and intentional piloting inputs to alert the flight crew of a hazardous condition or automatically turn the station back on.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2017Publication date: August 24, 2017Inventors: William Fell, Matthew A. White, Matthew T. Luszcz
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Publication number: 20170225797Abstract: An aircraft is provided including an airframe, an extending tail, and a counter rotating, coaxial main rotor assembly including an upper rotor assembly and a lower rotor assembly. The upper rotor assembly and the lower rotor assembly each include a plurality of blades. A translational thrust system is positioned at the extending tail and provides translational thrust to the airframe. The plurality of blades of the main rotor assembly extend beyond a nose of the aircraft by about 13 inches.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2015Publication date: August 10, 2017Inventors: Kevin L. Bredenbeck, William Fell, Steven D. Weiner
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Publication number: 20170197705Abstract: A fly-by-wire aircraft and method of flying a fly-by-wire aircraft is disclosed. The aircraft includes a control system for flying the aircraft in one of a proportional ground control mode and a model following controls mode. A control device at a control interface of the aircraft selectively activates a trim follow up function in the control system. When flying the aircraft in a proportional ground control mode, trim follow up function can be activated. The control system can then transition into the model following controls mode with the trim follow up function activated to reduce transient behavior.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2017Publication date: July 13, 2017Inventors: Leonard M. Wengler, III, Kevin L. Bredenbeck, Matthew T. Luszcz, Matthew A. White, William Fell
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Publication number: 20150307203Abstract: Embodiments are directed to obtaining data pertaining to at least: a rate of descent of an aircraft and a measured distance of the aircraft from at least one of an obstacle and the ground, processing, by a processing device, the data to obtain a flight envelope, generating a tactile cue corresponding to the flight envelope, and applying the tactile cue to an inceptor.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2014Publication date: October 29, 2015Applicant: Sikorsky Aircraft CorporationInventors: Anthony Litwinowicz, Vineet Sahasrabudhe, Alex Faynberg, John Knag, William Fell