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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:
Aug. 13, 1996
Filed:
Sep. 21, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Edward Smith, Lake Arrowhead, CA (US);
Richard Taylor, West Hills, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
244 / ; 2441185 ;
Abstract
Apparatus and a method are provided for converting a three pilot aircraft cockpit to a two pilot aircraft cockpit including relocating, without change, some control instruments from their existing positions to new instrument panels within reach of the remaining two crew members, the captain or pilot and first officer or copilot, modifying other control instruments for pilot workload reduction, and including the addition of a monitoring means to the cockpit for providing visual caution indicators responsive to caution indicators among the repositioned control instruments that are not within direct sight of the remaining two crew members.