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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8056852 | Longitudinal flying wing aircraft The Longitudinal Flying Wing aircraft idea provides for design of large cargo and passenger aircraft in range from low to high subsonic and transonic speed. Such aircraft would have up to twice lower fuel consumption per unit of payload, higher lift capacity, and a ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 7793884 | Deltoid main wing aerodynamic configurations “T-tailed Deltoid Main Wing” idea allows for design of high-subsonic passenger aircraft with a capacity between 200 and 650 passengers with outer dimensions fitting within 80 m box on class VI airports while having more than twice lower fuel consumption per unit... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7618005 | Stealth bomber, transporter, air-to-air fueling tanker, and space plane A stealth transporter aircraft having a rhomboid airframe with a dihedral bottom surface and a top surface designed as an airfoil. The rhomboid cross-sectional configuration of the airframe gives it increased lift, stealth characteristics, and enhanced load bearing ... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7419120 | Triple-fuselage aircraft and families of aircraft of said type A method of air transport includes improved reliability and safety of passengers and cargo transported by an aircraft having three fuselages. The method includes locating a cockpit of the aircraft at a forward portion of the first fuselage and isolating the cockpit ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7407132 | Method of steering aircraft by moving the stagnation point and aircraft using the method An aircraft which includes elements providing air circulation and directing the circulation along a housing. Different operational stages of the aircraft such as take off and level flight are achieved by using the same functionally inter-connected elements. The circ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7367532 | High lift longitudinal axis control system A bipartite, full span airplane flap system having an inboard flap portion and an outboard flap portion, wherein the outboard flap portion includes an integrated aileron mounted on its substantially equivalent spanwise length. ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7364118 | Propulsion arrangement In order to achieve greater operational efficiency a propulsive arrangement is provided in which a relatively large number of small propulsive assemblies 9; 31, 32, 33 are provided in aircraft structures in particular the wing 7; 30. The assemblies ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7311287 | Methods for incorporating area ruled surfaces in a supersonic aircraft A vertical stabilizer is configured to minimize the rate of change of cross-sectional area distribution of the vehicle or device to which the vertical stabilizer is mounted. One or more “waisted” areas can be included at the tip and/or the root of the vertical s... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7281682 | Spacecraft and launch system A spacecraft system for achieving LEO and beyond includes a lifting body spacecraft, and an acceleration bed unit for accelerating the spacecraft horizontally on a runway to liftoff. The rocket engines of the spacecraft then power the spacecraft into LEO, and the sp... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7249736 | Process for landing a tailless aircraft A process for landing a tailless aircraft having a nose, wings that produce lift, a nose landing gear with a shock strut, and main landing gear, comprises the steps of allowing the nose landing gear shock strut to compress after touchdown to a point where the nose o... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7246770 | Aircraft with rotatable leading edge of fuselage and wings A rotatable leading edge for the fuselage and wings of an aircraft is disclosed. The leading edge may be rotated from an undeflected or retracted position adjacent to the fuselage and wings to a deflected or extended position. In the extended position, the leading e... | 07/24/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7216835 | Aircraft with extendable leading edge of fuselage and wings An extendable leading edge for the fuselage and wings of an aircraft is disclosed. The leading edge may be extended from a retracted position adjacent to the fuselage and wings to an extended position. In the extended position, the leading edge increases lift of the... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7204454 | Aircraft with articulated leading edge of fuselage and wings An articulated leading edge for the fuselage and wings of an aircraft is disclosed. The leading edge may be moved from an undeflected or retracted position adjacent to the fuselage and wings to a deflected or extended position. The leading edge includes fuselage and... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7150435 | Type aircraft The present invention relates to a new type aircraft. The aircraft includes the airframe and wing, characterized in that the transverse section of airframe has an oblate (oval) profile with corrugated area on the ventral of airframe; the aircraft has uneven friction... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7113855 | Process for controlling front or rear spoilers Method of controlling front or rear spoilers in which at least the rotational speed, the engine torque, the temperature and the standing time (tSTAND) are determined. The required engine power is determined from the detected engine torque, and the front o... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7108457 | System and method for reducing drag and vortex induced vibration in marine applications A marine riser that includes active boundary-layer control (“BLC”) for reducing hydrodynamic drag and vortex-induced-vibration (“VIV”) caused by currents. The marine riser includes at least one riser pipe surrounded by a BLC sheath. Extending through the she... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7104498 | Channel-wing system for thrust deflection and force/moment generation An aircraft comprising a Channel Wing having blown channel circulation control wings (CCW) for various functions. The blown channel CCW includes a channel that has a rounded or near-round trailing edge. The channel further has a trailing-edge slot that is adjacent t... | 09/12/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7070148 | Aerodynamic component for controlling a landing guide path of an aircraft An aerodynamic including a main body and a control member. The main body is configured to be connected to a wing of an aircraft. The control member is connected to the main body, the control member including a fixed member secured to the main body and a pivotable me... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7063291 | Amphibian delta wing jet aircraft An amphibian delta wing jet aircraft, which has a plurality of triangular folding wing panels, two of which are hingedly attached to a lifting shape body, which incorporates a W-shaped hull in it's cross section of a fuselage so that the craft operates efficiently a... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7004428 | Lift and twist control using trailing edge control surfaces on supersonic laminar flow wings An aircraft includes a fuselage, thin supersonic wings on the fuselage, there being trailing edge flaps carried by the wings, the flaps configured to provide flap deflection to simultaneously control wing twist and to reduce drag, when the aircraft is operated at su... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7000870 | Laminar flow wing for transonic cruise In combination, an aircraft wing and fuselage, comprising the wing having camber at or near the wing leading edge which has blunted sharpness and low sweep angle, and the fuselage having indentation along the wing side thereof, and lengthwise of the fuselage. ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6966271 | Waveless hull A vessel hull that does not create bow, stern, or transverse waves when moving through the water having an exterior surface that has a substantially constant cross-section along the length of the hull, and an interior surface that substantially encloses a flow chann... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6957792 | Lifting arrangement for aircraft fuselages A lifting arrangement for aircraft fuselages that consists of placing longitudinal vertical or slanted fins or plates on the lower and lateral lower part of the whole fuselage, said fins forming a channel with the underside of the fuselage, including nose, fuselage ... | 10/25/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6935592 | Aircraft lift device for low sonic boom An aircraft lift device comprises a strake capable of coupling to an aircraft fuselage and extending to a leading edge of a wing. The strake has a leading edge. The life device further comprises a leading-edge flap coupled to the strake leading edge. ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6926235 | Runway-independent omni-role modularity enhancement (ROME) vehicle A modular component set is configurable to form a plurality of flight capable platforms. A plurality of end pieces each has contiguously connected curved outer portions each longitudinally expanding from a tip to terminate at a blunt attachment face. Body members ha... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6923403 | Tailed flying wing aircraft The “Tailed Flying Wing Aircraft” idea represents new aerodynamic concepts for large high subsonic aircraft. Large high subsonic aircraft based on these new aerodynamic concepts are having a significantly higher lift capacity and longer range, as well as a signi... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6892982 | Aircraft with forward opening inlay spoilers for yaw control An aircraft comprises first and second wings positioned on opposite sides of a longitudinal axis, a first forward opening control surface attached to an upper surface of the first wing, and a second forward opening control surface attached to an upper surface of the... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6758439 | Apparatuses and methods for attaching engine nacelles to aircraft Aircraft engine nacelles and methods for structurally attaching them to aircraft structures, such as aircraft wings. In one embodiment, an aircraft engine nacelle is attached to a wing between a trailing edge region of the wing and an aft deck region of the wing. In... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6708924 | Variable size blended wing body aircraft A blended wing body aircraft having a modular body having a body that includes a plurality of laterally-extending body structures. Changes to the cargo capacity of the aircraft is accomplished through the employment of body structures that are wider or narrower. Con... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6669142 | Lifting arrangement for lateral aircraft surfaces Lifting arrangement for lateral aircraft surfaces that consists of numerous lateral flutings, grooves, splines, flutes or riblets parallel to each other, arranged on the lateral surfaces of fuselages, fin units, pylons and gondolas of aircraft with a down... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6666406 | Blended wing and multiple-body airplane configuration A partial blended wing body airplane configuration combining the advantages of a pure blended wing configuration with the advantages of conventional aircraft design. A blended tri-body airplane configuration wherein three pressurized body elements are con... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6659394 | Compound tilting wing for high lift stability and control of aircraft An aircraft including a fuselage, a compound tilting wing (CTW) and aircraft engines mounted on the aircraft. The CTW includes a leading edge wing portion and a tilting main wing portion. The leading edge wing portion and the tilting main wing portion eac... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6634594 | Hypersonic waverider variable leading edge flaps A hypersonic aircraft producing a shock wave during hypersonic flight. The shape of the shock wave changes depending upon changes in Mach speed and angle of attack, the latter of which can vary significantly with flight dynamic pressure. The aircraft incl... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6595466 | Boarding device for aircraft and flying wings equipped with such a device Boarding device for aircraft and flying wings equipped with such a device. The boarding device consists of at least one tunnel (20) connected to the outside of the aerodynamic shell (12) of the aircraft. More precisely, the tunnel is attached to the trailing e... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6568632 | Variable size blended wing body aircraft A blended wing body aircraft having a modular body. In one embodiment, the configuration or cargo capacity of the aircraft can be varied by adding or subtracting intermediate body structures rather than by adding or subtracting segments from the lateral s... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6464170 | Aircraft and aircraft manufacturing method An aircraft and method of manufacture therefor are provided. A fuselage is formed of composite materials and in at least two sections, each section having an integral, internal longeron spanning a length of the sections. The sections are connected by slid... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6446908 | Aircraft lift arrangement An aircraft lift arrangement that consists of fine fins which are parallel among themselves and slightly curved, arranged attached along the sides of the aircraft fuselage, beginning at the front and running downward toward the rear, with a positive angle... | 09/10/2002 |
