Alan T Mcgrath

US Patent:

7296503, Nov 20, 2007

Filed:

Jan 23, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/337318

Inventors:

Alan Thomas McGrath - Glenview IL, US

International Classification:

B63G 7/02

US Classification:

89 113, 102402

Abstract:

Method and apparatus for the neutralization of improvised explosive devices by using electrical energy to render them inoperable or to explode them yards in front of a military vehicle equipped with the device. It is an object of the invention to counteract acts of terrorism by providing a safe means of transport through hostile territory by ensuring that explosive devices do not detonate directly underneath or alongside a vehicle equipped with the invention. The invention can also be carried aloft by a helicopter and used to destroy all the mines in a minefield quickly and efficiently.

US Patent:

20090326792, Dec 31, 2009

Filed:

May 5, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/151178

Inventors:

Alan Thomas McGrath - Glenview IL, US

International Classification:

G05D 1/00
G06G 7/70
G06F 19/00
G01W 1/08

US Classification:

701120, 701 4

Abstract:

A system and method for determining wind profile and current icing potential information, comprising the steps of flying a plane; carrying a plurality of dropsondes on the plane; releasing the dropsondes into an atmosphere, for movement with a wind; collecting meteorology data by the dropsondes; transmitting the data from the dropsondes to the plane; transmitting the data from the plane to a remote control center; interpreting the meteorological data; and guiding the plane to a flight path with favorable winds and other favorable weather conditions. The invention also discloses an automated data management and decision support navigational system to make these navigational calculations and to correct the unmanned aircraft's flight path thus increasing the degree of autonomy of the unmanned aircraft.

US Patent:

20130174720, Jul 11, 2013

Filed:

Jan 9, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/374706

Inventors:

Alan McGrath - Glenview IL, US

International Classification:

F41H 7/02

US Classification:

89 3608, 89930

Abstract:

The present invention discloses an improved mine resistant ambush protected vehicle. The apparatus of the present invention features the use of a plurality of armored pods positioned on an armored frame. These pods are large enough to accommodate one crew member each and are spaced far enough apart from each other to allow the energy impulse and overpressure created from an IED attack to pass in between the pods. These armored pods also provide an improved method of defense against RPG attacks for if one pod is hit by a RPG, the other pods have a high probability of surviving that attack.