Class 244/110D - Aerodynamic braking

Subclass of Class 244 - Aeronautics and astronautics
No. of patents: 26
Last issue date: 03/25/2008

Number	Title	Issue Date
7347147	Braking device for a trajectory-correctable spin-stabilized artillery projectile In order to move a textile braking element (16) which is in the form of an annular disk and which is deployed radially under the effect of centrifugal force rapidly into a contour which is stable in respect of shape and which is always properly defined even u...	03/25/2008
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
7017195	Air bag inflation device This invention relates to active protective garments which are inconspicuously worn by an individual and which activate upon certain conditions being met. Activation causes inflation of regions of the active protective garment to provide padding and impact cushionin...	03/28/2006
6978968	Deployable flare for aerodynamically stabilizing a projectile The center of pressure of a projectile is caused to move upon the occurrence of an event that changes the static margin, such as the jettisoning of a body previously attached to the projectile, as noted above. In particular embodiments, this is achieved by a flare d...	12/27/2005
6830222	Balloon device for lowering space object orbits An apparatus for lowering an orbit of a space object includes an envelope, an inflation system for inflating the envelope, an inflation control system for controlling the inflation system, and attachment hardware for connecting the apparatus and the space object. In...	12/14/2004
6561461	Orbit transfer vehicle with support services An orbit-transfer vehicle provides the navigation, propulsion, and control systems required to transport a payload satellite from a geosynchronous-transfer orbit (GTO) to a predetermined low-earth orbit (LEO). Upon entering low-earth orbit, the payload sa...	05/13/2003
6550720	Aerobraking orbit transfer vehicle The excess space and weight capacity that is typical of a launch of large satellites to high-energy orbits, such as a geosynchronous orbit, is used to deploy small satellites at a substantially lower-energy orbit, such as a low-earth orbit. An orbit-trans...	04/22/2003
6409124	High-energy to low-energy orbit transfer vehicle The excess space and weight capacity of a conventional launch vehicle for a high-energy orbit, such as GEO, is used to deploy satellites to a low-energy orbit, such as LEO. In a preferred embodiment, an orbit-transfer vehicle provides the navigation, prop...	06/25/2002
6394391	Landing truck for an aircraft in a forced landing A landing truck for receiving an aircraft in a forced landing constituted with a wheeled vehicle independently driven by front and rear engines and steered synchronously via front and rear steering compartments, a landing frame controllably operative in c...	05/28/2002
6286787	Small satellite GEO-to-LEO orbit transfer vehicle The excess space and weight capacity of a conventional geosynchronous-transfer launch vehicle is used to deploy satellites to a low-earth orbit (LEO). In a preferred embodiment, an orbit-transfer vehicle provides the navigation, propulsion, and control sy...	09/11/2001
6045091	Thrust reverser with improved impact strength An aircraft gas turbine-engine thrust-reverser specifically designed to withstand impacts possibly caused by objects propelled from the engines around which they are mounted, for instance disk or blade fragments. These impacts have the energy to distort t...	04/04/2000
5826821	Drag control module for range correction of a spin stabil A range correction module which is designed to fit onto a spin stabilized llistic projectile for correcting range error. The range correction module is a self-contained module within the fuze which screws into the forward portion of the projectile. The ra...	10/27/1998
5769362	Aircraft control mechanism for a speed brake An aircraft control mechanism for a speed brake includes a shaft, an outer sleeve surrounding the shaft and a sprag clutch. The mechanism also includes input and output elements and a control element with the input element tied to the outer sleeve. The co...	06/23/1998
5593111	Safety system for removing a rider from a vehicle by deploying a parachute Methods and apparatus for reducing the velocity of a rider in or on an open cockpit vehicle when the rider is thrown from the vehicle are disclosed. The present invention provides a drag-reducing device such as a parachute or parawing that is affixed to t...	01/14/1997
5265829	Tetrahedral lander An apparatus and method is disclosed for decelerating and absorbing impact of a re-entry vehicle suitable for payloads that are relatively light as well as payloads weighing several tons or more. The apparatus includes four inflatable legs displaced equid...	11/30/1993
5201832	Integrated aerospike engine and aerobrake for a spacecraft The purpose integrated aerospike rocket engine and space vehicle aerobrake is to provide for optimum installation and performance of these systems in a space vehicle. By integrating the aerospike engine into the middle of the aerobrake, the engine can be ...	04/13/1993
5108046	Aerodynamic braking device Aerodynamic braking device, intended in particular for decelerating a space object penetrating an atmosphere at high speed, essentially constituted by a circular ring (2) made from canvas, of general shape close to that of a truncated cone but whose cross...	04/28/1992
5096144	Reverser door actuation mechanism Reverser doors on an aircraft are to be opened, closed and splayed to effect pitch and yaw control in combination with reverse thrust. A first actuator achieves open and close control. A second actuator achieves splay control through a linkage, with the f...	03/17/1992
4645144	Method and apparatus for effecting fine control of aircraft velocity In order to achieve fine control of the velocity of an aircraft flying a predetermined flight path at a predetermined nominal speed in the presence of such perturbations as wind gusts, a low inertia, fast acting device is extended or deployed into the air...	02/24/1987
4518137	Aerodynamic braking system for a space vehicle Liquid hydrogen stored aboard a space vehicle, and constituting a fuel for use in the vehicle's main rocket motor, is introduced, in a gaseous state, into an inflatable aerodynamic braking member, for moving it from a collapsed stored position outwardly i...	05/21/1985
4504031	Aerodynamic braking and recovery method for a space vehicle A space vehicle 10 is steered from outer space toward the earth's atmosphere main rocket nozzle end first. An inflatable braking member 28 is deployed around the vehicle 10 by introducing gas into it. The main rocket motor 16 is ignited to produce a subst...	03/12/1985
4445653	Method for the landing of air and spacecrafts An aircraft or spacecraft is landed with the aid of a paraglider type parachute and with a braking booster rocket which emits its jet in the landing direction. The glide number of the paraglider is selected to provide the craft for the landing with an ext...	05/01/1984
4408737	Method and apparatus enabling a horizontal landing of a flying body A flying body such as an aircraft or a re-entry vehicle is enabled to land substantially horizontally with the aid of one or several glider parachutes also referred to as paragliders, which are stored in an upper body zone and ejected during the landing. ...	10/11/1983
4003533	Combination airbrake and pitch control device An aircraft having a composite configuration comprising a conventional fuselage forebody portion which symmetrically and variformly blends into a relatively wide, substantially flat beaver-tail-like afterbody, with said afterbody having an integral pitch ...	01/18/1977
3942746	Aircraft having improved performance with beaver-tail afterbody configuration An aircraft having a composite configuration comprising a conventional fuselage forebody portion which symmetrically and variformly blends into a relatively wide, substantially flat beaver-tail-like afterbody, with the afterbody having an integral pitch t...	03/09/1976
3934668	Lightweight high performance, high security vehicle A lightweight vehicle giving very high performances but affording a considerable degree of security for young athletic customers. It includes an aerodynamic cockpit protected by the spare-wheel and two lateral shields. Both occupants take places on two se...	01/27/1976

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