US Patent Issued to Rockwell Collins on Nov. 18 for "Flight management system departure and arrival performance display based on weather data uplink" (Iowa, Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,475,806, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Rockwell Collins Inc. (Cedar Rapids, Iowa).

"Flight management system departure and arrival performance display based on weather data uplink" was invented by Michael J. Nielsen (North Liberty, Iowa), Bradley R. Thompson (Cedar Rapids, Iowa), Ricky M. Kannothra (Marion, Iowa), Carlo L Tiana (Portland, Ore.), Robert B. Wood (Beaverton, Ore.), David L. Flanders (Tigard, Ore.) and Lu Bai (Lake Oswego, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flight management system includes a communications system configured to receive weather data from a remote source, a display system configured to generate an outp...