James E Veitengruber

6669357, Dec 30, 2003

Sep 26, 2001

09/964046

Michael L. Konicke - Snohomish WA
James E. Veitengruber - Bellevue WA
C. Edward Wischmeyer - Redmond WA

The Boeing Company - Seattle WA

F21V 2100

362470, 362545, 34081575, 244 1 R

A surface illumination system is provided that includes a lighting system mounted upon a vehicle body, such as an aircraft body. The lighting system is adapted to illuminate the surface beneath and around the periphery of the aircraft. For example, the lighting system is preferably adapted to illuminate the surface beneath at least one of the tail and distal ends of the wings. A further embodiment of the lighting system is adapted to illuminate the surface in a non-static manner. By increasing the illumination about the periphery of the aircraft, the surface illumination system draws increased attention to the aircraft and provides ground vehicles, taxiing aircraft, and landing aircraft advanced warning of the presence and position of obstacle aircraft on the ground, thereby reducing the possibility of collisions.

49105132, Mar 20, 1990

Sep 6, 1988

7/240864

Brian D. Kelly - Redmond WA
James E. Veitengruber - Bellevue WA
Alan R. Mulally - Woodinville WA

The Boeing Company - Seattle WA

G08B 2300

340966

A pitch limit symbol is generated at an aircraft attitude indicator which provides a pilot with display of a stall warning angle of attack margin which is referenced to an airplane symbol on the primary attitude indicator. The position of the pitch limit symbol relative to the aircraft symbol is a function of the difference in angle of attack between the current angle of attack at the aircraft, and a predetermined angle of attack at which the onset of stall warning occurs. Additional information is provided on the attitude indicator by a flight path angle symbol. The pitch limit symbol together with the flight path angle symbol provides the pilot with information to achieve a positive rate of climb during a pitch up maneuver while adjusting the pitch attitude of the aircraft to avoid a stall situation. The position of the pitch limit symbol may be compensated by various means to decrease the distance between the aircraft symbol and the pitch limit symbol. This is a continuation of application Ser. No.

41212460, Oct 17, 1978

Aug 8, 1977

5/822753

Delmar McLean Fadden - Kent WA
Alvin Richard Habbestad - Seattle WA
James Edwin Veitengruber - Bellevue WA

The Boeing Company - Seattle WA

H04N 718

358103

The present invention utilizes a conventional aircraft landing and approach indicator in conjunction with a pilot controllable television camera and supporting aircraft computer for tracking an airdrop target and displaying the locus of payload ground impact points directly on the television image of the terrain being approached by the aircraft. The airdrop information is presented in such a manner which does not distract the pilot from the basic task of flying the aircraft by providing automatic calculation and continuous automatic updating of the airdrop information with respect to meteorological and aircraft flight path characteristics.

48600075, Aug 22, 1989

Jan 15, 1988

7/144512

Michael L. Konicke - Everett WA
James E. Veitengruber - Bellevue WA
James G. Loesch - Seattle WA

The Boeing Company - Seattle WA

G01C 2300

340173

An integrated primary flight display apparatus for an aircraft provides coordinated information with minimum eye scan distances. Various cathode ray tube generated presentations are centered toward a common electronic attitude director indicator having indicia thereadjacent and pointers centrally directed. A moving altitude scale is utilized with a fixed vertical speed scale employed to select the correct vertical speed for leveling off at a given altitude. An arcuate shaped heading indication is expanded in angular extent to achieve enhanced sensitivity.