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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 1992
Filed:
Mar. 07, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Charles D Bateman, Bellevue, WA (US);
Assignee:
Sundstrand Corporation, Rockford, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
340970 ; 340963 ; 342 65 ;
Abstract
A ground proximity warning system monitors the descent rate of an aircraft and generates a warning if the descent rate is excessive for the current altitude above ground of the aircraft according to a predetermined relationship. The predetermined relationship is altered as a function of the deviation of the aircraft from the glidescope to generate the warning earlier if the aircraft is below the glidescope and later if the aircraft is above the glidescope. The warning is given as a specific aural message indicating the specific flight parameters of the aircraft.