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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4627585 | Pusher type auto-plane An improved auto-plane has been invented which has been adapted for air travel and road travel using a Pusher type design. The present invention auto-plane has two main wings which are cut approximately parallel to an imaginary fuselage centerline at abou... | 12/09/1986 |
| 4601444 | Aerial load-lifting system An aerial load-lifting system comprised of a lighter-than-air unit, such as a blimp, below which is suspended a powered heavier-than-air unit, such as a helicopter, for example. The latter unit produces thrust which can be directed vertically, up or down,... | 07/22/1986 |
| 4591112 | Vectored thrust airship An airship with provisions for vectored thrust provided by a plurality of controllable pitch rotor thrust producing units attached to the elongated aerostat hull spaced from and on opposite sides of the center of overall mass of the airship. The pitch con... | 05/27/1986 |
| 4579297 | Air, land and sea vehicle Air, Land and Sea vehicle is convertible between aircraft form, road vehicle form and boat form. The conversion between aircraft form and road vehicle forms having (4) four tires as an automobile as well as a roadable vehicle structure that are movable ou... | 04/01/1986 |
| 4505346 | Rolling vehicle A rolling vehicle having a generally spherical cage-like body with a diametrical axle on which a pod is suspended within the cage structure. The pod contains a propulsion unit which provides thrust for driving the vehicle in a particular direction and als... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4462560 | Airplane take-off system This invention provides a system for launching aircraft into free flight regime regardless of runway conditions, wherein a sled of the self-powered air cushion vehicle type is configured in plan form so as to accept in temporarily locked relation thereupo... | 07/31/1984 |
| 4451017 | Three stage rocket vehicle with parallel staging A three stage rocket vehicle (11) having a large forward propellant tank (12) and a small aft propellant tank (13) axially aligned. Secured to the rear end of the aft propellant tank (13) is an engine mount structure (14) carrying rocket engines (15). Off... | 05/29/1984 |
| 4417706 | Flying wing driven by an earthbound machine A flying craft which is pushed by a surface vehicle which follows the flying craft is disclosed. The craft includes a winged body which is connected by an elongated push pole to a ground engaging propelling vehicle. The control of the winged body is accom... | 11/29/1983 |
| 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 |
| 4375280 | Free wing flyer A flying device capable of carrying man, which contains a wing, a fuselage, and means such as cables for attaching the wing to the fuselage so that the fuselage is suspended below the wing. The fuselage contains a propulsion unit and normally does not hav... | 03/01/1983 |
| 4366936 | Aircraft having buoyant gas balloon An airship is provided utilizing a spherical balloon filled with buoyant gas such as helium at a pressure substantially greater than atmospheric so that its dimensions are substantially unaffected by changes in atmospheric pressure or temperature. The sph... | 01/04/1983 |
| 4365772 | Aircraft having buoyant gas balloon An aircraft is provided utilizing a spherical balloon filled with buoyant gas such as helium at a pressure substantially greater than atmospheric so that its dimensions are substantially unaffected by changes in atmospheric pressure or temperature. The ai... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4358072 | Land vehicle and aircraft combination A combination road and air vehicle having separate engines for each craft is disclosed. The aircraft has an air frame with wings and tail elements attached to a fuselage with a tricycle landing gear attached to the air frame. A nose platform extends forwa... | 11/09/1982 |
| 4296892 | Spherical living module or space A substantially spherical human living module or space has a plurality of pontoons projecting from its lower hemisphere. It is preferably arranged to be self-propelled, as a vehicle, and the pontoons are preferably extensible and retractable. In a version... | 10/27/1981 |
| 4269374 | Combined road vehicle and aircraft The apparatus is convertible between road vehicle and aircraft forms having wing and tail assemblies as well as propelling structure that are movable outwardly for the flying form and movable inwardly in stored position for the road vehicle form. All of t... | 05/26/1981 |
| 4267987 | Helicopter airborne load systems and composite aircraft configurations This invention pertains to helicopter airborne load systems and composite aircraft configurations. The composite aircraft configurations are designed to allow a fixed wing aircraft to take off and land either vertically or in a short ground run when assis... | 05/19/1981 |
| 4265416 | Orbiter/launch system An orbit vehicle launch system including reusable turbojet propelled booster vehicles releasably connected to a reusable rocket powered orbit vehicle. The coupled orbiter-booster combination takes off horizontally and ascends to staging altitude and speed... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4173321 | Vehicle for traveling in the air and on the ground equipped with hydraulically driven propellers A vehicle for traveling in the air and 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 comprises two rotors which are connected in individual hy... | 11/06/1979 |
| 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 |
| 4165846 | Convertible airplane A land-, air- and water-vehicle comprising a rolling, floatable and steerable fuselage, the roof-hinged doors of which serve as its wings, and which fuselage's lateral and rear portions are extendable into an airfoil with attached fins and stabilizer, whe... | 08/28/1979 |
| 4154254 | Automobile protector A cover which may be removably installed over a vehicle including a shroud mounted on an umbrella-like frame which fits in close relationship to a vehicle to be covered. The frame may include a plurality of supports or ribs extending outwardly from a cent... | 05/15/1979 |
| 4114837 | Air transport and lifting vehicle An air lifting vehicle includes, inter alia, a main frame containing an engine, a helicopter-type rotor driven by the engine, a rear located propeller which provides torque compensation for the rotor as well as yaw control for the vehicle, and a pilot's c... | 09/19/1978 |
| 4068810 | Combination motorcycle and hang-glider A combination motorcycle and hang-glider comprising a triangular wing formed by a flexible sheet material affixed to a trifurcated frame structure which is pivotally attached to a vehicle, such as a motorcycle suspended below the wing by a plurality of tr... | 01/17/1978 |
| 4050653 | Balloon A balloon has an airfoil-shaped member connected to its top surface. The airfoil-shaped member has a top curved skin with a plurality of parallelly-spaced partitions which form therebetween a plurality of air passageways for air. Upon the descent or later... | 09/27/1977 |
| 4027835 | Airplane An airplane which is universally adaptable to land on any type of flat surface, such as water, snow, ice, as well as land. The landing pods of the aircraft include a wheel with a V-shaped ski surface surrounding each wheel. Each landing pod is constructed... | 06/07/1977 |
| 4022403 | Convertible aircraft An aircraft that is designed to additionally be able to travel along a railroad track so that it can get into a heart of a city, instead of terminating at an airport located some distance away from the city; the aircraft including wings which can be folde... | 05/10/1977 |
| 4007892 | Aircraft flight method and apparatus for boosting an aircraft to a very high altitude and thereafter boosting the aircraft to a high rate of forward speed This invention relates to a method and apparatus whereby functioning airborne conventional aircraft and engine combinations may be assisted during flight in attaining above normal airspeeds and/or altitudes; for the purpose of improving their performance ... | 02/15/1977 |
| 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 |
| 3991487 | Flight training assembly A flight training assembly is disclosed comprising an airplane having pilot operable flight controls, a truck for propelling the airplane at a speed sufficient to achieve lift of the airplane, and a boom structure interconnecting the airplane and truck. O... | 11/16/1976 |
| 3976265 | Semibuoyant composite aircraft Various modifications are disclosed of the composite aircraft, which is the subject of U.S. Pat. No. 3,856,236 by this same inventor. The control console is supported from the center of the upper rotating balloon sphere instead of its south pole to reduce... | 08/24/1976 |
| 3960103 | Marine skimmer craft This invention relates to marine skimmer craft that is, watercraft of the kind that is only partially immersed and skims along the surface of the water under propulsion, the craft being supported at least partly by aerodynamic force produced by suitable s... | 06/01/1976 |
| 3955780 | Flying platform A hovercraft capable of free flight having lifting fans driven alternatively by a gas turbine coupled to the fan shafts or by the diverted exhaust gases of jet engines impinging on circumferential turbine blades on the fans. The jet engines normally provi... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3931942 | Air car A dual-function aircraft is disclosed having a fuselage shaped like an airfoil, a series of airfoils of shorter chord length arranged in tandem and disposed below the fuselage to provide additional aerodynamic lift, and a downwardly movable rear wall and ... | 01/13/1976 |
