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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7410121 | Man-powered ornithopter-sailplane A man-powered ornithopter-sailplane, which has one or two pair of flapping wings and a hang-glider wing wherein substantially novel femoral and humeral muscular propulsion engines with the aid of which the body members connected thereto form integrated moving-flying... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7350745 | Apparatuses and methods for applying forces to a structure utilizing oscillatory wing motions in a fluid Methods and apparatuses are disclosed that rotate a first member about a first point relative to a chassis, wherein the first member is rotatably coupled to a second member at a second point. A second member is counter-rotated at a ratio of the rotational speed of t... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7341222 | Micro-unmanned aerodynamic vehicle A MEMS-based micro-unmanned vehicle includes at least a pair of wings having leading wing beams and trailing wing beams, at least two actuators, a leading actuator beam coupled to the leading wing beams, a trailing actuator beam coupled to the trailing wing beams, a... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7255305 | Flying device utilizing natural principles An efficient flying device having flapping wings, an ornithopter, which uses many of the principles seen in bird flight, is presented herein. The wings are highly flexible, translationally stable and oscillate as a natural pendulum. Described as a springboard, the w... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7219855 | Rising and moving apparatus and manufacturing method thereof A fluid-structure interactive analysis is performed while n types of wing structure models are caused to flap in accordance with a prescribed model of flapping manner. Based on an analysis, data 1, data 2, . . . data n of physical values related to flu... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7204455 | Motion assisting apparatus A drive assembly for use with a mechanical flying or walking device comprises an articulated member (7) having first and second portions (7a, 7b) arranged such that the portions move relative to each other, and a drive mechanism ( | 04/17/2007 |
| 7195199 | Flapping apparatus A flapping apparatus includes a first disk rotated by a driving source, and a second disk that rotates in contact with a main surface of the first disk. The second disk is provided with first and second stoppers that limit its angle of rotation. When the stopper is ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7097134 | Wing device for sporting activities A human body attached wing device (20) for use during downhill alpine activities such as skiing and snowboarding. Wing device (20) includes independently operable, mirror image, left and right wings (24) and (26), which may be joined to a... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7048227 | Parachute supported aircraft with controlled wing collapse and inflation This invention relates to a parachute supported aircraft having a frame and a seat for supporting at least a pilot. A parachute is coupled to the frame by a plurality of riser lines for allowing the parachute to inflate and form a wing for lifting the frame. A pair ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7039367 | Communications using unmanned surface vehicles and unmanned micro-aerial vehicles A communications system and method utilizes an unmanned surface vehicle (USV) capable of collecting data about an environment in which the USV resides. At least one micro-aerial vehicle (MAV), equipped for unmanned flight after a launch thereof, is mounted on the US... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7036769 | Microstructures using carbon fiber composite honeycomb beams A drive assembly for a wing of a micromechanical flying insect. The drive assembly comprises a honey comb structure. A method for flying a micromechanical flying insect comprising moving a wing with a drive assembly having a stiffness to weight ratio greater than ab... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7007889 | Flexible airfoils and method An airfoil for use in kites, movable wing aircraft and fixed wing aircraft has a straight spar inserted into a sleeve in the arcuate leading edge of a flexible wing panel. The resultant forces on the spar dynamically shape the airfoil. The airfoil is reinforced by b... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6959895 | Dual wing-pair air vehicle A vehicle for flying and having a forward portion and a rearward portion opposite the forward. The vehicle includes a first pair of wings arranged at the forward portion of the vehicle, a second pair of wings arranged at the rearward portion of the vehicle, and a su... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6942455 | Strain isolated trim tab A rotor blade assembly system includes a trim tab assembly which utilizes relatively thick resilient members bonded between a trim tab and the two trim tab doublers. Spanwise segmenting of the tab and the use of thick resilient member isolates the trim tab from norm... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6938853 | Biomimetic mechanism for micro aircraft A biomimetic pitching and flapping mechanism including a support member, at least two blade joints for holding blades and operatively connected to the support member. An outer shaft member is concentric with the support member, and an inner shaft member is concentri... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6926230 | Flapping apparatus A flapping apparatus includes a first disk rotated by a driving source, and a second disk that rotates in contact with a main surface of the first disk. The second disk is provided with first and second stoppers that limit its angle of rotation. When the stopper is ... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6840476 | Resonant wingbeat tuning circuit using strain-rate feedback for ornithoptic micro aerial vehicles A resonant wingbeat tuning circuit automatically tunes the frequency of an actuating input to the resonant frequency of a flexible wing structure. Through the use of feedback control, the circuit produces the maximum flapping amplitude of a mechanical ornithoptic sy... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6824094 | Power assembly for ornicopter An ornithopter has a power assembly which provides flapping of the wings by a reciprocating shaft and bell cranks. The wings are mounted on a hub which rotates in response to the flapping of the wings. The sinusoidal movement of the wings provides lift for flight. | 11/30/2004 |
| 6802473 | Ornithopter with flexible fuselage An ornithopter has the capability of slow speed flight as a result of vertical movement of its wings. Two sets of wings are provided with vertical movement of each set of wings 180 degrees out of phase for counterbalancing vertical forces on the fuselage. The direct... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6783097 | Wing-drive mechanism and vehicle employing same A wing-drive mechanism is described that permits, with proper control, movement of a wing about multiple wing trajectories. The wing-drive is capable of independent movement about three rotational degrees of movement; movement about a flap axis is independent of mov... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6769949 | Power-driven ornithopter An ornithopter with an airframe structure that is lightweight, simple and stable and can generate sufficient lift and thrust. The ornithopter comprises a body, a main wing attached to an upper portion of a front section of the body, and a tail wing attached to a rea... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6644589 | Compressed air engine and flying object equipped therewith A compressed air engine and a flying object using the engine are disclosed. The flying object includes the following elements. That is, the compressed air engine includes: a top member 11 provided with an air inlet 16; an upper cylinder 12; a lower cylind... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6550716 | Power-driven ornithopter piloted by remote controller A power-driven ornithopter piloted by a remote controller wherein a takeoff and landing motion, a climbing and descending motion, and a turning motion of the ornithopter can be controlled using the remote controller. The ornithopter comprises a body, a ma... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6540177 | Flying object by flapping motion of wings equipped with compressed air engine The present invention to a flying object by flapping motion of two pair of wings, which comprises a compressed air engine, a flying body (or compressed air container) assembled with the compressed air engine and in which compressed air is contained, two p... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6530541 | Compressed air engine and flying object equipped therewith A compressed air engine and a flying object using the engine are disclosed. The flying object includes the following elements. That is, the compressed air engine includes: a top member 11 provided with an air inlet 16; an upper cylinder 12; a lower cylind... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6530540 | Flapping-wing flying device A flapping wing flying device comprises wings that pivot about a pivot axis extending generally perpendicularly to an elongate body of the flying device, and wings that move relative to said elongate body of the flying device, so that the entire leading e... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6064923 | Aircraft with reduced wing structure loading An aircraft having a reduced-load wing structure is provided with a controllable canard stabilizer (5G, 5D) at the front end of the aircraft and a controller that controls the canard stabilizer. The controller generates a turn command corresponding to an ... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6061612 | Aircraft flight management system A process for managing air speed of an aircraft in flight. The method includes a first step of determining a point on the flight path at which it is theoretically possible to comply with a required time constraint by following a pre-established speed prof... | 05/09/2000 |
| 5975462 | Integrated propulsion/lift/control system for aircraft and ship applications A new method for boundary layer energization and boundary layer propulsion or use on vehicles moving through fluids, which comprises mounting small airfoils parallel or perpendicular to the vehicle's surface, said airfoils being embedded within the said ve... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5951608 | Flight control system for jet powered tri-mode aircraft The disclosed flight control system includes a rotor blade speed monitor for monitoring the rotor blade speed of the jet powered tri-mode aircraft and for outputting a rotor blade speed command. The flight control system also includes an aircraft attitude... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5931411 | Hovering aircraft In a novel hovering aircraft, an airfoil blade structure rotatable about a vertical axis comprises a set of upper blades and a set of lower blades, all having variable lift, the upper blades converging toward the lower blades from root to tip. Struts, loc... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5899408 | Ornithopter An ornithopter aircraft which flys by flapping a wing. The wing is flapped by a constructively sympathetically forced dampened harmonic oscillation induced in a leading edge strut which preferable is a single flexible steel rod extending the length of the... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5170965 | Hang glider which can fly by human strength A human powered hang glider has a right main wing and a left main wing, both of which are swingably attached to a post by a universal joint. A rope is stretched in a loop shape between a pedal provided at a lower part of the post and the main wing, and is... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5163861 | Wing-operated flying toy, and a process for automatically locking the wings, at the end of a flight Process and apparatus providing the automatic locking of the wings of a wing-operated flying toy, wherein a locking device associated with the operating mechanism is applied, under the effect of elastic pressure, against a notch or slot of the circular di... | 11/17/1992 |
| 4793573 | Figure eight wing drive A machine designed to move a pair of light weight graphite fiber composite covered wings in such a way that their tips will describe a horizontal figure eight through the air. Thereby sustaining an attack angle and creating lift throughout as much as 80% ... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4749149 | Ornithopter-type vehicle, and methods of constructing and utilizing same An ornithopter which is propelled upwardly and forwardly by means of flapping wings, similar to the flight of a bird or bat. The power is supplied by a small engine that is mechanically-connected to a hydraulic pump which drives a single hydraulic cylinde... | 06/07/1988 |
| 4417707 | Human powered hang glider A human powered hang glider (10) has a fixed wing portion (12) and a pair of movable wing portions (14, 16). Flexible sheet material (26, 28) is connected to trailing edges (30, 32) of the movable wing portions (14, 16). A support structure (34, 36) for t... | 11/29/1983 |
| 4155195 | Toy airplane A toy airplane which is to be constructed of two pairs of overlapping wings which are to flap relative to each other. Each pair of wings is to move in synchronism with respect to the fuselage. The flapping motion of each wing is driven by a crank arm whic... | 05/22/1979 |
| 4081155 | Man-powered flying machine A heavier-than-air structure has a delta-shaped wing and a plurality of rearwardly-directed flat fans mounted upon the rear thereof. The fans are driven in up and down arcuate oscillations by a rotating shaft carrying flap board assemblies, one board for ... | 03/28/1978 |
| 4053122 | Flapping wing aircraft A flapping wire aircraft capable of being operated by manpower comprising double wings acting in a countermovement is provided with a toggle lever system on each side for separate actuating the right-hand and left-hand wings respectively to improve steeri... | 10/11/1977 |
