Patents
O'Neill was granted six patents in total (two posthumously) in the areas of global position determination and magnetic levitation.
- US 4359733 Satellite-based vehicle position determining system, granted November 16, 1982
- US 4744083 Satellite-based position determining and message transfer system with monitoring of link quality, granted May 10, 1988
- US 4839656 Position determination and message transfer system employing satellites and stored terrain map, granted June 13, 1989
- US 4965586 Position determination and message transfer system employing satellites and stored terrain map, granted October 23, 1990
- US 5282424 High speed transport system, granted February 1, 1994
- US 5433155 High speed transport system, granted July 18, 1995
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