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Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover
An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5381985 | Wingtip mounted, counter-rotating proprotor for tiltwing aircraft A tiltwing aircraft, capable of in-flight conversion between a hover and forward cruise mode, employs a counter-rotating proprotor arrangement which permits a significantly increased cruise efficiency without sacrificing either the size of the conversion ... | 01/17/1995 |
| 5348252 | Vectorable nozzle mounting A vectorable nozzle mounting for an engine installation in a VSTOL aircraft in which hot gas nozzles are mounted on the airframe is described. A swivelable nozzle is mounted by means of a bearing on an intermediate fixed member such as a mounting ring on ... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5244167 | Lift augmentation system for aircraft A lift augmentation system for aircraft which comprises a plurality of propellers parallel to an aircraft wing and inset parallel to and at the trailing edge of the wing. The propellers function to both directly produce vertical lift in the manner of heli... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5242132 | Multi-hulled aircraft/boat An amphibious aircraft capable of V-STOL operations, the aircraft comprised of a pair of buoyant, coterminus, and elongated body members having an axially converging and diverging profile, joined together at the forward end thereof by a forward fuselage h... | 09/07/1993 |
| 5178344 | VTOL aircraft A VTOL aircraft (100) is provided having a plurality of rotor blade sets (2) disposed at least partially beneath the fuselage (1). The aircraft is propelled vertically by means of the thrust generated from the rotating sets of rotor blades (2), and augmen... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5145129 | Unmanned boom/canard propeller v/stol aircraft An unmanned aircraft is provided which dual turbo shaft engines diving contra-rotating propellers. A bow plane provides pitch control during normal aircraft cruising. The contra-rotating propellers generate a slipstream for wing and tail sections that per... | 09/08/1992 |
| 5131605 | Four engine VTOL aircraft A VTOL aircraft has a first engine nacelle mounted under the wing on one side of the fuselage and houses two of the aircraft engines. The first engine nacelle is mounted in close proximity with the fuselage. A second engine nacelle is mounted under the wi... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5096140 | Aircraft with engine pods tiltable about a transverse axis The invention concerns an aircraft with engine pods located outboard on the wings and tiltable about a transverse axis. A fixed wing centerpiece is provided which terminates at the outside in each spanwise direction in a separation location. A through tub... | 03/17/1992 |
| 5076512 | Ventral segmented nozzles for promoting rapid temperature and pressure decay A thrust deflector system for VSTOL aircraft. The thrust directing system consists of a number of spaced-apart, downwardly facing openings along the bottom of the fuselage. The openings are fluidly connected with the outlet of the aircraft engine so that ... | 12/31/1991 |
| 5062588 | Segmented rotatable nozzles A thrust deflector for use in VSTOL aircraft which has a pressurized gas generator. The thrust deflector consists of a number of adjacent nozzles. Each of the nozzles has a body with a first face and a second face. The nozzles further have an inlet for re... | 11/05/1991 |
| 4969614 | Jet-propelled aircraft In a jet-propelled aircraft of the type in which the propulsion jets are directed onto a wing so as to achieve an ejector effect, two vertical tail-fin surfaces are provided and extend downwardly beneath the center of gravity of the aircraft to return the... | 11/13/1990 |
| 4898343 | Thrust-deflecting vane device of V/STOL aircraft Two tail control surfaces operable doubly as thrust-deflecting vanes are rotatably supported on respective lateral sides of a jet engine of a V/STOL aircraft. Each tail surface can be actuated to rotate about an axis parallel to the engine axis and also t... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4856732 | Airborne vehicle with hydraulic drive and control An airborne craft with at least four propellers arranged in a front propeller pair and a rear propeller pair having substantial vertical or forwardly inclined axes has hydraulic motors which drive the propellers. A pumping device supplies two pairs of sep... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4828058 | Hovercraft with improved maneuverability Disclosed is a hovercraft having a pair of air cushions, associated with each air cushion is a rotatable fan which partly produces lifting force and partly propels and maneuvers the craft. The fans are mounted perpendicular to the direction of travel, per... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4767083 | High performance forward swept wing aircraft A high performance aircraft capable of subsonic, transonic and supersonic speeds employs a forward swept wing planform and at least one first-and-second-solution ejector located on the inboard section of the wing. A high degree of flow control on the inbo... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4643374 | Steering apparatus for a flying body The steering of a jet propelled flying body is improved by positioning jet eflector flaps into the propulsion jet for deflecting the propulsion jet. The deflector flaps can steer the flying body automatically in response to a flight control unit either alo... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4613097 | Rigid wing flying craft The invention relates to a rigid wing flying craft having at least one airfoil and at least one driving unit and a cabin for receiving loads. At least one air channel piercing the airfoil is provided in the surface center of the airfoil and at least two s... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4613098 | Devices which may be borne in air and on devices applicable therein A rotor having airfoil section shaped blades is set into a fluid stream. Over a connection or transmission means a propeller is connected to the rotor. The fluid stream whereinto the rotor is set gives airflow energy to the rotor and revolves the rotor. T... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4569493 | Integrated multi-role variable sweep wing aircraft Canards are pivotally mounted on the fuselage of a variable sweep wing jet aircraft and project laterally with respect to the fuselage forwardly of the wings. The canards are positioned and configured to produce pitch control moments about the center of g... | 02/11/1986 |
| 4550877 | Streamlined nozzle for turbomachines A vectorable nozzle 17 comprising a fixed first duct 21 a rotatable second duct 22 scarfed at its rear end and a rotatable third duct 23 scarfed at its front end. The second and third ducts 22,23 are mounted in bearings 24,26 respectively and the bearing ... | 11/05/1985 |
| 4537372 | VTOL Aircraft A fuselage is provided including front and rear ends, opposite side and top and bottom portions. A pair of laterally spaced front-to-rear extending elongated support structures are supported from opposite sides of the fuselage with the front and rear ends... | 08/27/1985 |
| 4506848 | Aircraft configuration and control arrangement therefor An aircraft includes a body 10, at least one nozzle 16 mounted for movement between an aft-directed position and a downwardly directed position, the arrangement being such that when the or each nozzle 16 is directed downwardly, the thrust generated thereb... | 03/26/1985 |
| 4492353 | Aircraft capable of vertical short takeoff and landing An aircraft capable of vertical short takeoff and landing is shown according to the teachings of the present invention as including four separate engine locations. In its most preferred form, the first and second engines are located on opposite sides of t... | 01/08/1985 |
| 4482108 | Tilt wing short takeoff aircraft and method A short takeoff and landing aircraft (10) and vertical/short takeoff and landing aircraft (10), having upper surface blowing engines (12, 14) on gull-shaped wings (24, 26) which may be tilted and translated by a variable incidence translation device (52).... | 11/13/1984 |
| 4452411 | Devices which may be borne in air and in devices applicable therein A rotor having airfoil-section shaped blades is set into a fluid stream. Over a connection-or-transmission means a propeller is connected to the rotor. The fluid stream whereinto the rotor is set gives airflow energy to the rotor and revolves the rotor. T... | 06/05/1984 |
| 4358074 | Propulsion system for V/STOL aircraft A propulsion system for an aircraft having a fuselage and a wing with two nacelles disposed on opposite sides of the fuselage, each of the nacelles having a turbo fan therein with drive means connected thereto for air flow through the nacelle from a forwa... | 11/09/1982 |
| 4296896 | VTOL Airplane A VTOL airplane having a stub wing integrating a powerplant to either side of an airplane fuselage to rotatably relate the powerplant means to the airplane fuselage for uniform rotation, allow for flexible interconnecting design and lower the use of gravi... | 10/27/1981 |
| 4281795 | Jet pipe arrangement for aircraft propulsion and control A jet pipe arrangement is provided for the propulsion and control of an aircraft, which arrangement includes a first stationary pipe section which has a second pipe section fitted with a thrust nozzle attached thereto. To facilitate a simply constructed a... | 08/04/1981 |
| 4171784 | Combination road and air vehicle having a lowerable chassis A vehicle for traveling in the air and/or on the ground is equipped with two, four, or eight propellers on vertical shafts, each driven by a rotary hydraulic motor of the radial-piston type. The motor may comprise two rotors which are connected in individ... | 10/23/1979 |
| 4149688 | Lifting body aircraft for V/STOL service An unexpectedly high augmentation of aerodynamic lift for a given amount of power in STOL operation of a V/STOL aircraft is achieved by combining the unique features of a lifting body with those of a "jet flap", i.e. an aerodynamic mechanism in which a sl... | 04/17/1979 |
| 4136845 | Hydraulically operated aircraft with a retractable propeller An aircraft body has a pair of hydraulic fluid-operated motors mounted on it, a pair of stream-creating devices driven by the motors and symmetrically arranged on opposite sides of the body. One or more hydraulic fluid-flow producing devices has at least ... | 01/30/1979 |
| 4117996 | Variable aerodynamic compression flaps Aircraft flaps provide rearwardly convergent channels which terminate at or near the trailing edges of the flaps. The forward intakes of the channels are closed when the flaps are elevated and open when the flaps are depressed. A control is programmed to ... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4116405 | Airplane An airplane having a fuselage, a high wing projecting from the upper part of the fuselage to either side first at an upward angle and then slightly downwardly whereby said wing presents a gull wing frontal contour, fins to either side and forward of and a... | 09/26/1978 |
| 4093155 | Steam powered tilting engine VTOL airplane A vertical takeoff and landing airplane has a plurality of rotors which are positioned selectively about the center of balance of the airplane so that it can hover upon failure of any one of the rotors. Each rotor is driven by an associated steam propulsi... | 06/06/1978 |
| 4088284 | Phasing control for convertiplane A convertiplane having control apparatus for modification of the control signals during the course of transition in either direction between a helicopter mode and the aircraft mode. The convertiplane has at least one pylon rotatable about a lateral axis, ... | 05/09/1978 |
| 4085911 | Vertical takeoff and landing aircraft A vertical takeoff and landing aircraft having a tail assembly supporting structure which is pivotally connected to the fuselage, and having a shrouded fan driven by an engine submerged in the fuselage, the shrouded fan being connected to and rotatable wi... | 04/25/1978 |
| 3995794 | Super-short take off and landing apparatus An aircraft provided with airfoils of the non-rotating type that are configured and arranged to provide greater lift while at the same time offering stable flight at ultra-low airspeeds. The airfoils are arranged as a biplane and consist of a fixed wing a... | 12/07/1976 |
| 3985320 | Platform stabilizing systems Apparatus for stabilizing a platform characterized by a frame carrying a stabilizing gyroscope that includes a substantially horizontal rotor with its shaft fixed with respect to the frame so as to effect a precessing force 90° in the direction of rotati... | 10/12/1976 |
| 3966142 | Vertical takeoff and landing aircraft A Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) aircraft that has a small stowage envelope made possible by articulation of the aircraft empennage and fuselage, the aircraft having propulsion units capable of providing in all attitudes of the empennage with respect... | 06/29/1976 |
