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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7357352 | Air vehicle assembly and an associated control system and method An air vehicle assembly and a corresponding method for launching an air vehicle assembly are provided, along with corresponding control systems and methods. The air vehicle assembly may include a plurality of air vehicles releasably joined to one another during a po... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7344110 | Aircraft with detachable passenger escape cabin Aircraft 5 with a detachable passenger escape cabin 1 comprising detachable piloting systems, namely the center pedestal 3b, the control stick 1k, the pedals 1r as well as the upright sliding bars 1v, 1v′, and 1 | 03/18/2008 |
| 7272470 | Path guidance systems for a parachute/paraglider and flight path planning devices for planning the use of at least one parachute or paraglider, and system for carrying out said path guidance and planning Flight path planning device for determining path guidance specifications for at least one parachute or paraglider (5), which determines an altitude/time corridor (20, 30) as a flying range to be maintained by the parachute or paraglider (5) or a... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7234667 | Modular aerospace plane This invention relates to the design of a Modular Aerospace Plane (MAP) comprising a forward fuselage section, a main wing section, a tail section and wing attachments. Various sections can be integrated to offer a variety of aircraft characteristics, performance an... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7219613 | Reconfigurable attack and reconnaissance vessel II A reconfigurable marine vessel is disclosed. The marine vessel includes an upper hull, two propulsion hulls, and two struts for coupling the propulsion hulls to the upper hull. The struts are segmented and are capable of reconfiguring the marine vessel. The upper hu... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7093798 | Transformable airplane A transformable airplane may be reconfigured easily and rapidly to perform any one or a combination of tanking, transport, bombing, or command and control missions as desired for a tactical situation by installing or replacing mission-specific modules as desired. A ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7059566 | Unmanned aerial vehicle for logistical delivery A hollow elliptical-cylindrical hull conformingly houses a hollow rectangular-prismatic cabin whereby the four longitudinal parallel outside edges of the latter make contact with the inside surface of the former. The fully constructed aircraft (either non-powered or... | 06/13/2006 |
| 6968799 | Safety device A safety device to prevent a passenger from becoming injured during a crash, severe weather conditions, or other event that could cause bodily harm. The safety device comprises a substantially fracture resistant spherical shell and at least one harnessed passenger s... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6964219 | Blast resistant partitions The invention provides an array of blast-resistant partitions arranged to subdivide a predetermined space into a multiplicity of interconnected subspaces and thereby to substantially confine an explosive blast to one or more of the subspaces while protecting the rem... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6948682 | Lifting body aircraft and reentry vehicle A lifting body aircraft suitable for atmospheric flight and/or as a reentry vehicle. The craft has a substantially flat upper surface, a lower surface with a doubly convex first section and a flat sloping second section. The doubly convex first section allows the cr... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6817579 | Passenger transport module system for supersonic aircraft An autonomous passenger module is releasably carried on a super-sonic aircraft, such as a military fighter jet, for carrying plural passengers on supersonic and near space flights. The passenger module is equipped with passenger service and life support systems to p... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6776373 | Aircraft escape cabin An Aircraft Escape (AEC) is designed for manned atmospheric or space vehicles having a fly away capability at any time during the flight of the parent aircraft. The AEC houses the crew, passengers, life support systems, aircraft flight controls, propulsion, navigati... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6761334 | Aircraft passenger safety module An aircraft has a fuselage with a cockpit and a tail, and jet or propeller propulsion. The improved aircraft has a fuselage with one or more modules located between the cockpit and the tail. The modules include passenger seating, means to seal the modules, and means... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6695257 | Ejection escape system for a passenger airplane An ejection escape system for passenger airplane that there is a locking mechanism at the connection of the left top cabin cover, the right top cabin cover with the airplane body, there is also a locking mechanism at the connection of the left top cabin c... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6682017 | Aircraft with a detachable passenger escape cabin and an aircraft with airbags An aircraft with a detachable cabin (1) that serves to rescue its passengers as a result of the aircraft's sudden fall either due to its malfunction or fire. The cabin escapes either smoothly or by means of fast ejection and descends slowly to the Earth w... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6557801 | Airplane evacuation system and method therefor An evacuation system and method for an airplane. The evacuation system and method consists of an evacuation cabin that is positioned within an airplane, and that is deployed through a trap door in the bottom of the airplane. The evacuation cabin is positi... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6554227 | Flight apparatus A apparatus with releasably fastened transport units for carrying a useful load, such as persons or freight.... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6497389 | Airbag system and method for facilitating emergency egress from an aircraft An airbag system for elevating the fuselage of an aircraft off a landing surface a sufficient degree to allow for emergency egress of passengers and crew through ventral emergency exit doors. An airbag assembly made up of a plurality of independent airbag... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6382563 | Aircraft with severable body and independent passenger cabins An airplane has an outer shell with a plurality of individual passenger cabins slidably located with it in a tandem manner. The outer shell is severable at a predetermined breakable location by various methods. The outer shell is severable with control ex... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6224018 | Occupant protection system A occupant protection system for protecting an occupant of a motor vehicle, boat, or airplane during a crash. The occupant protection system includes a chair positioned inside a vehicle such as an airplane, automobile, truck, or a boat. The chair has a se... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6213429 | Life preserver for aircraft A life preserver for aircraft includes a fire-protective, anti-knock, inflatable bag defining an inflatable chamber and a life chamber within the inflatable chamber and having an exit, a bumper frame structure supported inside the life chamber for protect... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6102332 | High capacity air transport system and method A method of transporting large numbers of passengers by air from a departure airfield to a destination airfield. The method comprises providing a large flying wing airframe, providing a plurality of passenger pods adapted to be loaded with passengers at a... | 08/15/2000 |
| 5921504 | Aircraft passenger extraction system An aircraft passenger extraction system having a fuselage and a tail section removably attached to the fuselage. A plurality of interconnected passenger modules are removably disposed within the fuselage. Four I-beam rails are longitudinally mounted about... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5568903 | Plane saddle for a safety airplane A safety airplane comprising a carrier portion and a saddle portion. An assembly is for retaining the saddle portion on the carrier portion. A structure is for releasing the saddle portion from the carrier portion, when there is a problem during flight. P... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5526999 | Spacecraft with a crew escape system The spacecraft comprises a fuselage (1), a wing (2), a power unit incorporating two liquid-propellant launching rocket engines (3), two liquid-propellant boost rocket engines (4), six transverse-thrust rocket engines (5) located in the spacecraft fuselage... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5297761 | Multi-axis g-compensating escape cockpit capsule An improved cockpit area for manned atmospheric or space vehicles includes a generally spherical, multi-axis G-compensating cockpit capsule which houses the crewmen, together with the appropriate operational and navigational instruments and the mechanisms... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5110071 | Personnel capsule extraction apparatus A personnel capsule extraction apparatus having a personnel capsule mounted on extraction platform which is ejected from a low flying aircraft at an altitude between five and ten feet above the ground. A drougue parachute is utilized to deploy a large ext... | 05/05/1992 |
| 5108049 | Device for overcoming the problem of crew safety during a spacecraft launch and improve the joints connecting the segments of the solid rocket booster A crew capsule 2 is connected to the body 3 of a spacecraft by a releasable coupling comprising a housing 6 secured to the capsule, a sleeve 9 secured to the body 3, and clamps 11-15 engaging interrupted thread 10 on sleeve 9 and having hooked ends engagi... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5058830 | Escape mechanism for crew of aircraft A crew protection system designed to isolate an aircraft crew and provide a means for safely evacuating an aircraft, particularly hypersonic vehicles, in emergency situations. The crew compartment is designed within the forebody of the main vehicle. The f... | 10/22/1991 |
| 5031860 | Integrated capsulized cabin for passenger aircraft An integrated capsulized cabin for a passenger aircraft is provided and consists of an independent frame structure with a pair of bulkheads on each end in which sliding bulkhead doors will close by air pressure during air pressure loss to seal the cabin. ... | 07/16/1991 |
| 4995572 | High altitude multi-stage data acquisition system and method of launching stratospheric altitude air-buoyant vehicles A multi stage high-altitude data acquisition system comprising a first stage manned lighter-than-air, engine propelled aircraft and a second stage air-buoyant vehicle of stratospheric altitude attaining capability statically sustainable aloft by a suffici... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4813634 | Flying emergency ejection seat A flying emergency ejection seat for endangered airman to escape from distressed aircraft and to fly cross country in the seat to sanctuary of a more favorable environment for recovery having the following existing state-of-the-art non-flying seat surviva... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4699336 | Airplane safety body passenger compartment An airplane safely body passenger compartment is provided which contains a mechanism for ejecting the passenger compartment from an elongated receptacle in the fuselage when an airplane is in danger of crashing so that parachutes will gently float the pas... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4651952 | Emergency aircraft system A turbojet aircraft has a fuselage pod in which all fuel is stored for engines also linked to the pod. The pod and engines can be jettisoned in flight to improve aircraft performance in the event of a forced landing.... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4580746 | Capsule and rocket extraction system A capsule and rocket extraction system for providing an inflight escape system for the pilot of a damaged aircraft. The system comprises a capsule that is separable from the main fuselage of the aircraft and a rocket for extracting the pilot from the caps... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4426050 | Dropout fuel tanks aircraft A dropable main fuel tank that comprises a portion of an aircrafts lower fuselage or part of the wing structure contains all nonessential fuel for takeoff or landing. Airfoils, parachute, or rocket motor built into the main fuel tank will separate the mai... | 01/17/1984 |
| 4379533 | Transport airplane An airplane features one basic airframe capable of carrying passengers or cargo such as intermodal containers or vehicles. It consists of a basic structure containing the cockpit, wings, engines and empennage. The cockpit and empennage portions are connec... | 04/12/1983 |
| 4306693 | Aircraft with jettisonable fuel tank means A powered aircraft has a jettisonable fuel tank releasably secured in the bottom of its fuselage. A valve is arranged to shut off fuel flow from the tank upon releasing of the tank from the fuselage, whereupon a parachute connected to the tank is released... | 12/22/1981 |
| 4143841 | Aircraft breakaway cabin section An aircraft which includes a lower main support structure to which there is attached wings, empennage, and a cabin section. The cabin section is positioned forwardly of the empennage and is supported in overlying relationship respective to the lower main ... | 03/13/1979 |
| 3999728 | Escape vehicle with fly-away capability An escape capsule integrally designed within a parent aircraft and having a fly-away capability throughout the entire speed range of the parent aircraft. The capsule utilizes segments of the leading edges of the aircraft wings to provide flight capability... | 12/28/1976 |
