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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8074917 | Flying cycle apparatus A flying cycle apparatus comprises a fuselage and a pair of wings extending laterally from the fuselage to provide lift. A jet engine is mounted within the fuselage with the air intake thereof extending through the front of the fuselage. The jet engine has a jet exh... | 12/13/2011 |
| 7441724 | System and method for controlling a roll rate of a torsionally-disconnected freewing aircraft An aircraft includes a fuselage, and first and second freewings. Each of the first and second freewings is separately mounted to the fuselage and independently freely pivotable about respective pivot axes. The aircraft includes an angular rate sensor configured to m... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7427048 | Linear acoustic pulsejet A linear acoustic pulsejet (LAP) including a body having a first side panel and an opposing substantially parallel second side panel. A plurality of substantially parallel intercostals are orthogonally connected to each of the first and second side panels to create ... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7370828 | Rotary wing aircraft A rotary wing aircraft is provided with longitudinally oriented counter-rotating rotors with circumferentially spaced variable pitch elongated rotor blades connected at their opposite ends to rotatable support rings mounted on the aircraft fuselage. Rotor downwash m... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7364115 | System and method for controlling engine RPM of a ducted fan aircraft An aircraft including a ducted fan and an engine for driving the ducted fan includes a plurality of vanes movably mounted to the aircraft at a substantially rectangular exhaust end of the aircraft. Each of the plurality of vanes is substantially rectangular or squar... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7317384 | Optical exploration device and vehicle comprising said device The invention relates to an optical exploration device, particularly for the detection of the blind spot of a vehicle, comprising first passive thermal infrared detection means (2) of the thermopile variety, for example, having a sensitivity range within a fi... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7311288 | Aircraft wing structure and a method for decreasing flight speed of the aircraft The invention provides a wing structure for an aircraft, including a top skin and a bottom skin defining a primary wing surface, the surface having a width, a length, a leading edge and a trailing edge; a flap having a width smaller than the width of the wing surfac... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7275722 | Wing tip device An aircraft comprises a wing tip device, for example a winglet, a raked-tip device, a wing tip fence or a planar wing extension, mounted in the region of the tip of a wing on the aircraft. The wing tip device is rotatably moveable between a first position and a seco... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7267300 | Aircraft capable of vertical and short take-off and landing Aircraft comprising an airframe having a forward end, an aft end opposite the forward end, a top extending between the forward end and the aft end, and a bottom opposite the top side. The aircraft further includes a power plant mounted on the airframe. In addition, ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7252265 | Microaircraft and cellular phone equipped with microaircraft An aircraft which is attachable to, for example, a cellular phone. The aircraft is provided with at least four rotors actuated with compressed fluid or by ring-shaped electric motors. ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7249732 | Aerodynamically stable, VTOL aircraft A hover aircraft employs an air impeller engine having an air channel duct and a rotor with outer ends of its blades fixed to an annular impeller disk that is driven by magnetic induction elements arrayed in the air channel duct. The air-impeller engine is arranged ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7231997 | Hybrid drive powered lift platform An air-based thrust recovery system for use in a powered lift platform utilizing fixed-pitch propellers is provided. The system utilizes an air compressor coupled to the drive motor of the platform and an on-board, high pressure tank for air storage. The fixed-pitch... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7226017 | Aerodynamically stable, high-lift, vertical takeoff aircraft In a preferred embodiment, a vertical takeoff aircraft body having an inverted hemispherical upper portion, a generally cylindrical lower portion with a diameter of its upper end slightly greater than a diameter of its lower end but less than a diameter of the lower... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7219854 | Cycloidal hybrid advanced surface effects vehicle A “wing in ground effect” aerial vehicle includes a wing mounted on a fuselage, and two cycloidal propulsion units for providing lift, thrust and longitudinal control. Additional lift is provided by a lighter-than-air gas such as helium contained in the fuselage... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7213786 | Lift unit for vertical take-off and landing aerial vehicle A lift unit for a vertical take-off and landing type aerial vehicle. A smooth, cylindrical rotor, rotating at a high rate, as close as is practicable to the smooth, inside of a half-cylindrical, cradle-shaped stator, generates lift. While there is no up or down forc... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7201346 | Circular fixed wing VTOL aircraft A VTOL aircraft includes a wing, a propulsion system, and an air dam. The propulsion system is located in a central void formed in the wing to cause air flow from an outer perimeter of the wing over the wing and down through the void to generate lift. The air dam is... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7198234 | Method and apparatus for modulating flow separation An apparatus comprising: an aerodynamic surface adapted for producing an adverse pressure gradient in a fluid flow; and a first pulse detonation actuator disposed adjacent the aerodynamic surface and adapted for impulsively detonating a fuel/air mixture to produce a... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7188580 | Variable-geometry graduated surface-foil for wing-in-ground effect vehicles The invention is a marine wing-in-ground effect vehicle capable of sustained high speed operation in varying seas. The vehicle comprises an aerodynamic flat bottom lifting wing with a fuselage, a longitudinal keel member under the wing, a propulsion unit installed i... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7185848 | Mass transfer system for stabilizing an airship and other vehicles subject to pitch and roll moments The invention relates to a mechanism to control the pitch and/or roll and/or center of gravity of a vehicle. The first embodiment is a track-based mass transfer system in which pathways are positioned along or radially terminate at a central horizontal plane of the ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7165744 | Turbine engine arrangements A fan turbine engine arrangement is provided in which a core engine is aligned such that an input of a nacelle is aligned with the upwash of a wing to which the arrangement is secured. The engine drives a fan such that bypass flows produced by the fan are guided by ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7159817 | Vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft with distributed thrust and control An aircraft having a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) propulsion system. The aircraft includes a fuselage, the VTOL propulsion system, at least one forward thruster, a power source used for both the VTOL propulsion system and forward thruster, fore and aft wings... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7150432 | Horizontal augmented thrust system and method for creating augmented thrust A horizontal augmented thrust system includes at least one wing. The wing includes a wing outer envelope, a trailing edge and a flap. At least one pulse jet engine is positioned entirely within the wing outer envelope. The pulse jet engine produces a pulsating thrus... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7143973 | Avia tilting-rotor convertiplane The present invention provides a tilt rotor aircraft having a centrally mounted tiltable engine and rotor assembly. A turbine or other type of engine (or engines) is pivotally mounted on a central frame above and between the pilot and co-pilot, who occupy separate a... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7137592 | High-aspect ratio hybrid airship In one aspect, a hybrid airship including an outer shell, a plurality of helium filled gas envelopes, and an all-electric propulsion system can have a high-aspect ratio wing shape. In some embodiments, the hybrid airship may be launched using buoyancy lift alone and... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7107757 | Aircraft provided with thrust reversers Some but not all engines of an aircraft are provided with thrust reversers. A safety device disables, at least from the position corresponding to idling, the action of the throttles corresponding to the engines devoid of thrust reversers when the thrust reversers ar... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7093789 | Delta-winged hybrid airship In one aspect, a hybrid airship including an outer shell, a plurality of helium filled gas envelopes, and an all-electric propulsion system may have the shape of a delta-wing. In some embodiments, the hybrid airship may be launched using buoyancy lift alone and aero... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7093796 | Aircraft An aircraft has an aircraft part with driving means and a body, and an impact reducing device which is movable between an inoperative position in which it is located close to the body and an operative position in which it is moved away from the body so as to first b... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7090549 | System to propel an air powered boat Air propulsion system for a boat comprises an internal combustion engine for powering a propeller in a single rotational direction. A pivoting mechanism pivots the propulsion system through a 360 degree arc about a transverse horizontal axis from a first position in... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7059259 | Wing in ground effect vehicle with endplates A Wing In Ground Effect Vehicle has a pair of supercavitating endplates (17) which extend below the fuselage (2) such that they can be immersed in water during flight thereover. The endplates have a nose (28) defining a leading edge (20) ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7055638 | Virtual airdam and method for a vehicle An air curtain (jet flow) replaces the conventional air-diverting baffle on the underside of a vehicle's front engine compartment to reduce drag and increase volumetric air flow for cooling. ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7055450 | Transportation vehicle and method operable with improved drag and lift A powered transportation vehicle uses hydro and aero pressure lift on flat bottom surfaces for providing increased efficiency of operation. An elongate hull has a bottom surface having a large length to width aspect ratio operates in water, with a smaller aspect rat... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7044718 | Radial-radial single rotor turbine A rotor for use in turbine applications has a radial compressor/pump having radially disposed spaced apart fins forming passages and a radial turbine having hollow turbine blades interleaved with the fins and through which fluid from the radial compressor/pump flows... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7045238 | SORFC power and oxygen generation method and system A solid oxide regenerative fuel cell system is used to supply power in a fuel cell mode and to generate metabolic oxygen and a hydrocarbon fuel reserve in an electrolysis mode. The system may also be used as a secondary power source or for energy peak shaving applic... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7044422 | Gyrostabilized self propelled aircraft An unmanned air vehicle comprises a fuselage that defines aerodynamic flight surfaces, an engine mounted to the fuselage having an engine shaft arranged to rotate about a longitudinal axis with respect to the fuselage, and a propeller mounted to the engine shaft so ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7032861 | Quiet vertical takeoff and landing aircraft using ducted, magnetic induction air-impeller rotors A hover aircraft employs an air impeller engine having an air channel duct and a rotor with outer ends of its blades fixed to an annular impeller disk that is driven by magnetic induction elements arrayed in the air channel duct. The air-impeller engine is arranged ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7017863 | Turbulent flow drag reduction The present invention relates to apparatus for influencing fluid flow over a surface, and more particularly, but not exclusively, to turbulent boundary layer flow drag reduction for an aircraft. The present invention provides such apparatus including a plasma genera... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7000869 | Cross section for a supersonic airplane A fuselage for an airplane comprising a first side of the fuselage having a first curvature; and a second side of the fuselage having a second curvature; wherein the first curvature is different from the second curvature at a substantially vertical cross section of ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6994394 | Automobile body performing decreased aerodynamic lift Automobile body performing with reduced aerodynamic lift while speeding, and therefore having its fuselage shape of a parallelogram with acute angle. The fuselage is made with roof projected straight backward and also having its body rear plate, slanted upward towar... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6976654 | Vertical takeoff and landing aircraft A flight capable mobile platform adapted for covert deployment is provided. The mobile platform is additionally adapted to have a reduced vulnerability to hostile detection and aggression. The mobile platform includes a fuselage having a pair of sidewalls and a bott... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6974106 | V/STOL biplane The present invention is a 2 passenger aircraft capable of vertical and conventional takeoffs and landings, called a jyrodyne. The jyrodyne comprises a central fuselage with biplane-type wings arranged in a negative stagger arrangement, a horizontal ducted fan inlet... | 12/13/2005 |
