The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Feb. 10, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2001
Steven C. Johnson, Issaquah, WA (US);
Howard Glover, Bellevue, WA (US);
Honeywell International, Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method for determining a currently obtainable climb gradient of an aircraft by determining an estimated aircraft weight as a function of phase of flight, determining the current aircraft weight as a function of the current dynamic pressure, the unaccelerated lift of the aircraft, and the wing surface area of the aircraft during steady-state flight, updating said estimated aircraft weight as a function of the current aircraft weight, determining the current lift and drag coefficients of the aircraft, determining currently available aircraft thrust, and estimating a currently obtainable maximum climb gradient as a function of said thrust, current weight, current lift and drag coefficients.