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Patent No.:

US 9731814 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017

Filed:

May. 20, 2014

Alternative method to determine the air mass state of an aircraft and to validate and augment the primary method

Applicant:

The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);

Inventors:

Melville Duncan Walter McIntyre, Bellevue, WA (US);

Andrew W. Houck, Woodinville, WA (US);

Russell T. Bridgewater, Monroe, WA (US);

Robert Erik Freeman, Seattle, WA (US);

Paul Salo, Lynnwood, WA (US);

Douglas L. Wilson, Mercer Island, WA (US);

Jonathan K. Moore, Kirkland, WA (US);

Assignee:

THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);

Attorney:

Patterson + Sheridan, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Cuong H Nguyen

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01); B64C 19/00 (2006.01); B64C 13/50 (2006.01); G01P 5/16 (2006.01); G01P 13/02 (2006.01); B64D 43/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 19/00 (2013.01); B64C 13/503 (2013.01); B64D 43/00 (2013.01); G01P 5/16 (2013.01); G01P 13/025 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method, apparatus, and computer program product for identifying air data for an aircraft. The lift for the aircraft is identified. The number of surface positions for the aircraft is identified. The angle of attack during flight of the aircraft is identified. A synthetic dynamic pressure is computed from the lift, the number of surface positions, and the angle of attack.

Find Patent Forward Citations

McIntyre, Melville Duncan Walter. (2017). Alternative method to determine the air mass state of an aircraft and to validate and augment the primary method (U.S. Patent No. 9731814). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9731814

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