Michael F Mclaughlin

US Patent:

7248949, Jul 24, 2007

Filed:

Oct 22, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/970279

Inventors:

W. Dwight Love - Herndon VA, US
Michael P. McLaughlin - McLean VA, US
Roland O. Lejeune - Fairfax VA, US

Assignee:

The MITRE Corporation - McLean VA

International Classification:

G08G 7/00
G01S 3/00

US Classification:

701 4, 342 33

Abstract:

Stochastic models of aircraft flight paths and a method for deriving such models from recorded air traffic data. Each stochastic model involves identifying the flight plan for one or more aircraft; identifying important parameters from each flight plan, such as aircraft type, cruise altitude, and airspeed; optionally identifying flight plan amendments for each flight; representing each route of flight as a series of navigational fixes; representing at least one aircraft flight parameter probabilistically; modeling realistic differences in at least one dimension between each planned route of flight and the flight path as it might actually be flown; and communicating the modeled deviations or simulated flight paths to the user. At least one aircraft flight parameter is represented as a random variable with a particular statistical distribution, such as a normal (Gaussian), Laplacian, or logistic distribution; or with a more complex algorithm containing one or more random elements. The modeled flight parameters may be any of lateral position, longitudinal position, climb altitude, descent altitude, climb airspeed, descent airspeed, cruise airspeed, cruise altitude transition, or response time to a flight plan amendment.

US Patent:

7901839, Mar 8, 2011

Filed:

Sep 28, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/863396

Inventors:

Christoph Georg Erben - Los Gatos CA, US
Michael Jeffrey Mclaughlin - Richmond VA, US
Kathryn Lynn Longley - Saratoga Springs NY, US
Shantaram Narayan Naik - Bangalore IN, US
Mahesh Kisan Chaudhari - Jalgaon IN, US
Jyoti Balkrishna Shet - Ponda IN, US
Varadarajan Sundararaman - Chennai IN, US
Yogendrasinh Bharatsinh Chauhan - Gujarat IN, US
Gary Charles Davis - Albany NY, US
Sumeet Jain - Niskayuna NY, US
Moitreyee Sinha - Niskayuna NY, US

Assignee:

General Electric Company - Niskayuna NY

International Classification:

G03H 1/02

US Classification:

430 1, 430 2, 359 3

Abstract:

The present invention provides a method for storing holographic data comprising providing a holographic storage medium comprising an optically transparent substrate including a photochemically active dye having at least two nitrone groups; and irradiating the optically transparent substrate with a holographic interference pattern, wherein the pattern has a first wavelength and an intensity both sufficient to convert, within a volume element of the substrate, at least some of the photochemically active dye into a photo-product, and producing within the irradiated volume element concentration variations of the photo-product corresponding to the holographic interference pattern, thereby producing a first optically readable datum corresponding to the volume element.

US Patent:

7989488, Aug 2, 2011

Filed:

Sep 28, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/863385

Inventors:

Christoph Georg Erben - Los Gatos CA, US
Michael Jeffrey Mclaughlin - Richmond VA, US
Kathryn Lynn Longley - Saratoga Springs NY, US
Shantaram Narayan Naik - Bangalore, IN
Mahesh Kisan Chaudhari - Jalgaon, IN
Jyoti Balkrishna Shet - Ponda, IN
Varadarajan Sundararaman - Chennai, IN
Yogendrasinh Bharatsinh Chauhan - Vadodara, IN
Gary Charles Davis - Albany NY, US
Sumeet Jain - Niskayuna NY, US
Moitreyee Sinha - Niskayuna NY, US

Assignee:

General Electric Company - Niskayuna NY

International Classification:

A61K 31/381
C07D 333/12

US Classification:

514444, 549 74

Abstract:

In one aspect, the present invention provides a novel thiophene-containing polynitrone compound having structure (II).

US Patent:

8333945, Dec 18, 2012

Filed:

Feb 17, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/029896

Inventors:

Michael Jeffrey McLaughlin - Richmond VA, US
Naresh Mathur - Midlothian VA, US

Assignee:

Afton Chemical Corporation - Richmond VA

International Classification:

C10F 17/00
C10M 125/10

US Classification:

423263, 508165, 977773, 977776, 977777

Abstract:

A method for making a self-dispersing cerium oxide nanoparticles additive for lubricants, a lubricant composition containing the nanoparticles and a method for reducing boundary friction using the nanoparticles. The nanoparticles are made by an improved process of reacting a mixture of organo-cerium salt, fatty acid, and amine in the substantial absence of water and organic solvent at a temperature ranging from about 150 to about 250 C. , the improvement comprising reacting the organo-cerium salt, fatty acid and amine in a molar ratio ranging from about 1:1:1 to about 1:2:2 in the reaction mixture to provide the reaction product comprising from about 20 to about 40% by weight of the nanoparticles in a substantially organic medium.