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Patent No.:

US 8442706 B1

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Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2013

Filed:

Dec. 30, 2008
Applicants:

Ronald S. Doeppner, Palm City, FL (US);

Donald W. Fowler, Oxford, CT (US);

Stephen P. Lee, Hamden, CT (US);

Lan Hoang, Cheshire, CT (US);

Anil Mehra, Fairfield, CT (US);

Inventors:

Ronald S. Doeppner, Palm City, FL (US);

Donald W. Fowler, Oxford, CT (US);

Stephen P. Lee, Hamden, CT (US);

Lan Hoang, Cheshire, CT (US);

Anil Mehra, Fairfield, CT (US);

Assignee:

Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Stratford, CT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/00 (2006.01); G08B 21/00 (2006.01); G08G 5/00 (2006.01); B64F 1/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A system and method to facilitate approach of a VTOL aircraft to an offshore facility includes inputting a waypoint for a landing platform of an offshore facility into an aircraft module, inputting an offset distance from the landing platform into the aircraft module, inputting a minimum descent height into an aircraft module, and inputting a final approach inbound course toward the landing platform into the aircraft module.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Doeppner, Ronald. (2013). Module for integrated approach to an offshore facility (U.S. Patent No. 8442706). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8442706

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