Patents by Inventor William Kunik
William Kunik 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: 11714098Abstract: An ultrasonic air data system can include a pole having a length longer than a boundary layer thickness of a boundary layer flow such that at least a distal end of the pole is configured to extend outwardly from an aircraft surface to be at least partially outside of the boundary layer flow. The system can include a transmitter disposed on or in the pole at or near the distal end of the pole such that the transmitter is located at least partially outside of the boundary layer flow when in use, wherein the transmitter is configured to output a transmitter signal. The system can include one or more receivers disposed downstream of the pole as defined by the boundary layer flow and configured to receive the transmitter signal.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2019Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: Rosemount Aerospace Inc.Inventors: Jaime Sly, Daniel W. Shannon, Brian Daniel Matheis, Todd Anthony Ell, William Kunik, Sudarshan N. Koushik
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Patent number: 11593927Abstract: A method of inspecting an air data probe for damage or misalignment on a mounting surface includes retrieving reference data for the air data probe from a database, capturing images of the air data probe via a camera and generating dimensions from the captured images of the air data probe via a feature extractor. An alignment calculator analyzes the generated dimensions from the captured images of the air data probe and the reference data for the air data probe from the database to identify misalignment of the air data probe, and analyzes the generated dimensions from the captured images of the air data probe and the reference data for the air data probe from the database to identify damage of the air data probe. A maintenance recommendation for the air data probe is generated and outputted, based on the identified misalignment or damage of the air data probe.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2020Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: Rosemount Aerospace Inc.Inventors: Cal Roeske, William Kunik, Brian Brent Naslund, Rameshkumar Balasubramanian
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Publication number: 20210398263Abstract: A method of inspecting an air data probe for damage or misalignment on a mounting surface includes retrieving reference data for the air data probe from a database, capturing images of the air data probe via a camera and generating dimensions from the captured images of the air data probe via a feature extractor. An alignment calculator analyzes the generated dimensions from the captured images of the air data probe and the reference data for the air data probe from the database to identify misalignment of the air data probe, and analyzes the generated dimensions from the captured images of the air data probe and the reference data for the air data probe from the database to identify damage of the air data probe. A maintenance recommendation for the air data probe is generated and outputted, based on the identified misalignment or damage of the air data probe.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2020Publication date: December 23, 2021Inventors: Cal Roeske, William Kunik, Brian Brent Naslund, Rameshkumar Balasubramanian
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Publication number: 20200333371Abstract: An ultrasonic air data system can include a pole having a length longer than a boundary layer thickness of a boundary layer flow such that at least a distal end of the pole is configured to extend outwardly from an aircraft surface to be at least partially outside of the boundary layer flow. The system can include a transmitter disposed on or in the pole at or near the distal end of the pole such that the transmitter is located at least partially outside of the boundary layer flow when in use, wherein the transmitter is configured to output a transmitter signal. The system can include one or more receivers disposed downstream of the pole as defined by the boundary layer flow and configured to receive the transmitter signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2019Publication date: October 22, 2020Inventors: Jaime Sly, Daniel W. Shannon, Brian Daniel Matheis, Todd Anthony Ell, William Kunik, Sudarshan N. Koushik
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Patent number: 10810729Abstract: Inspecting an air data probe for physical degradation includes generating a silhouette of the air data probe based on an identification of the air data probe to be inspected. The silhouette is simultaneously displayed with an image of the air data probe produced by a camera, and the displayed image of the air data probe is caused to conform to the silhouette on the display. An image of the air data probe is captured while the displayed image of the air data probe conforms to the silhouette on the display. The captured image is analyzed to identify physical degradation of the air data probe. A maintenance recommendation for the air data probe is generated based on the identified physical degradation.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2018Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: Rosemount Aerospace Inc.Inventors: William Kunik, Brian Brent Naslund, Scott J. Braun
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Patent number: 10723479Abstract: In one example, a method includes receiving, over an aircraft data communications bus, a plurality of non-pneumatic inputs corresponding to aircraft operational parameters. The method further includes processing the plurality of non-pneumatic inputs through an artificial intelligence network to generate an air data output value, and outputting the air data output value to a consuming system for use when a pneumatic-based air data output value is determined to be unreliable.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2018Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: Rosemount Aerospace Inc.Inventors: Kaare Josef Anderson, Brian Daniel Matheis, Derrick D. Hongerholt, William Kunik
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Publication number: 20200211175Abstract: Inspecting an air data probe for physical degradation includes generating a silhouette of the air data probe based on an identification of the air data probe to be inspected. The silhouette is simultaneously displayed with an image of the air data probe produced by a camera, and the displayed image of the air data probe is caused to conform to the silhouette on the display. An image of the air data probe is captured while the displayed image of the air data probe conforms to the silhouette on the display. The captured image is analyzed to identify physical degradation of the air data probe. A maintenance recommendation for the air data probe is generated based on the identified physical degradation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2018Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventors: William Kunik, Brian Brent Naslund, Scott J. Braun
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Publication number: 20180170572Abstract: In one example, a method includes receiving, over an aircraft data communications bus, a plurality of non-pneumatic inputs corresponding to aircraft operational parameters. The method further includes processing the plurality of non-pneumatic inputs through an artificial intelligence network to generate an air data output value, and outputting the air data output value to a consuming system for use when a pneumatic-based air data output value is determined to be unreliable.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2018Publication date: June 21, 2018Inventors: Kaare Josef Anderson, Brian Daniel Matheis, Derrick D. Hongerholt, William Kunik
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Publication number: 20180172720Abstract: A first air data system for providing first aircraft air data parameter outputs is formed by a first electronics channel of a first multi-function probe (MFP) that is electrically coupled with a first electronics channel of a second MFP to receive static pressure data from the second MFP. A second air data system for providing second aircraft air data parameter outputs is formed by a second electronics channel of the second MFP that is electrically coupled with a second electronics channel of the first MFP to receive static pressure data from the first MFP. A third air data system for providing third aircraft air data parameter outputs is formed by a laser air data sensor that is configured to emit directional light into airflow about the aircraft exterior and to generate the third aircraft air data parameter outputs based on returns of the emitted directional light.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2016Publication date: June 21, 2018Inventors: Mark Sherwood Miller, Brian Brent Naslund, William Kunik
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Patent number: 9932127Abstract: In one example, a method includes receiving, over an aircraft data communications bus, a plurality of non-pneumatic inputs corresponding to aircraft operational parameters. The method further includes processing the plurality of non-pneumatic inputs through an artificial intelligence network to generate an air data output value, and outputting the air data output value to a consuming system for use when a pneumatic-based air data output value is determined to be unreliable.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2015Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignee: Rosemount Aerospace Inc.Inventors: Kaare Josef Anderson, Brian Daniel Matheis, Derrick D. Hongerholt, William Kunik
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Publication number: 20170158347Abstract: In one example, a method includes receiving, over an aircraft data communications bus, a plurality of non-pneumatic inputs corresponding to aircraft operational parameters. The method further includes processing the plurality of non-pneumatic inputs through an artificial intelligence network to generate an air data output value, and outputting the air data output value to a consuming system for use when a pneumatic-based air data output value is determined to be unreliable.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2015Publication date: June 8, 2017Inventors: Kaare Josef Anderson, Brian Daniel Matheis, Derrick D. Hongerholt, William Kunik
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Publication number: 20050264406Abstract: A wireless tire pressure sensing system for an aircraft comprises: dual resonant circuits mounted to a wheel of the aircraft, each resonant circuit comprising: a variable capacitance sensor and a wire loop of a predetermined inductance coupled thereto, one capacitance sensor for monitoring the pressure of a tire mounted to the wheel, and the other capacitance sensor operative as a reference to the one capacitance sensor; an interrogating circuit magnetically coupleable to the dual resonant circuits and operative to induce magnetically a variable frequency current in the dual resonant circuits, the one resonant circuit responding to the induced current with an E-field signal at a first resonant frequency commensurate with the capacitance of the one sensor, and the other resonant circuit responding to the induced current with an E-field signal at a second resonant frequency commensurate with the capacitance of the other sensor; a receiving circuit E-field coupleable to the dual resonant circuits and operative tType: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2005Publication date: December 1, 2005Inventors: Douglas Myhre, Mark Buenz, John Norlien, William Kunik, Wade Williams
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Publication number: 20050046558Abstract: A wireless tire pressure sensing system for an aircraft comprises: dual resonant circuits mounted to a wheel of the aircraft, each resonant circuit comprising: a variable capacitance sensor and a wire loop of a predetermined inductance coupled thereto, one capacitance sensor for monitoring the pressure of a tire mounted to the wheel, and the other capacitance sensor operative as a reference to the one capacitance sensor; an interrogating circuit magnetically coupleable to the dual resonant circuits and operative to induce magnetically a variable frequency current in the dual resonant circuits, the one resonant circuit responding to the induced current with an E-field signal at a first resonant frequency commensurate with the capacitance of the one sensor, and the other resonant circuit responding to the induced current with an E-field signal at a second resonant frequency commensurate with the capacitance of the other sensor; a receiving circuit E-field coupleable to the dual resonant circuits and operative tType: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2003Publication date: March 3, 2005Inventors: Mark Buenz, John Norlien, William Kunik, Wade Williams, Douglas Myhre