Class 244/12.6 - Channel wing

Subclass of Class 244 - Aeronautics and astronautics
Definition: Apparatus wherein the airfoil fixed to the aeronautical
No. of patents: 30
Last issue date: 08/02/2011

Number	Title	Issue Date
7988088	Tubular air transport vehicle An air transport vehicle of the present invention comprises a tubular body, said body comprising an upper half and a lower half. The upper half is positioned above the lower half and connected thereto. A central bore is formed between the upper half and the lower ha...	08/02/2011
7412825	Flow path splitter duct A flow path splitter duct is provided. The flow path splitter duct includes a main hub, a first outlet hub and a second outlet hub. The main hub has a plurality of inlet ports each being separated by at least one wall. The first outlet hub has a plurality of first d...	08/19/2008
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
7363538	Cost/benefit based checkpointing while maintaining a logical standby database A method, system, and computer program product for generating checkpoint information in a database management system that determines the frequency of checkpointing of transactions based on a cost/benefit tradeoff analysis. A method for generating checkpointing infor...	04/22/2008
7341225	Aircraft wing and aeroengine arrangement for attenuating engine noise An aircraft comprising an aeroengine and a noise reflective surface, the aeroengine capable of generating a hot exhaust jet and noise characterized in that the reflective surface is profiled to reflect noise from the aeroengine into the hot exhaust jet thereby atten...	03/11/2008
7262394	Mortar shell ring tail and associated method There is provided a ring tail for a ballistic projectile and an associated method that facilitate maneuverability of the ballistic projectile. The ring tail comprises a ring member having a generally cylindrical wall and at least one rod joined to an aft section of ...	08/28/2007
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
7195203	Wing skin and method of manufacture thereof A simplified structure for a wing skin and wing box wherein the internal surface (2) of an aircraft wing skin panel (1) in the wing box includes a multiplicity of strips (3), each strip being associated with a stringer. The strips (3) hav...	03/27/2007
7121503	Better balanced canard airplane with forward engine To optimize the performance of a canard airplane with an engine in front, the canard is mounted forward of its location in existing canard airplanes. Specifically, the canard is located with its leading edge significantly ahead of the firewall. This allows the canar...	10/17/2006
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
7100867	Lifting foil A lifting foil for an aircraft, a hydrofoil or the like having a pair of courses or wings. Vortex losses due to spanwise fluid flow are substantially reduced by joining the tips of the courses with flow guides configured for jointly terminating the undesired flows. ...	09/05/2006
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
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
6860449	Hybrid flying wing An aircraft has a flying wing and two wingtip hulls installed on the wingtips of the flying wing. Both of the wingtip hulls contain lighter-than-air gas to generate static lift. These wingtip hulls not only contribute to lift-generating but also help the aircraft ac...	03/01/2005
6848649	V/STOL biplane aircraft 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...	02/01/2005
6607162	Ring-wing aircraft A ring-wing aircraft suited particularly, although not exclusively, to use in micro-unmanned air vehicles (UAV's) with ring-wings. An aircraft (10) according to the invention comprises a ring-wing (11) defining a duct (16) with a longitudinally-extending ...	08/19/2003
6450445	Stabilizing control apparatus for robtic or remotely controlled flying platform A robotic or remotely controlled flying platform (10) with reduced drag stabilizing control apparatus constructed having an air duct (12) with an air intake (14) on the top and an exhaust (16) at the bottom, containing supported therein a clockwise rotati...	09/17/2002
6113029	Aircraft capable of hovering and conventional flight Vertical lift in an aircraft is produced by driving a column of air downwardly, through an annular thrust-flow channel which is formed in the body (fuselage) of the aircraft. The aircraft also has an aerodynamic shape which is capable of developing lift r...	09/05/2000
6056617	Sidewise channeled projectile for sidewise advance during rotation around its length A light-weight yet sufficiently dense object made of reasonably rigid material for throwing and catching, having an elongated main body section (12) dividing congruent angled sections (20a & 20b) on either side. Each angled section containing a plurality ...	05/02/2000
6016992	STOL aircraft A STOL aircraft has a fuselage 22 vertical 26 and horizontal 27 rear stabilizers and at least one wing made up of a lower primary airfoil 10 and an upper complementary airfoil 11 which, between them, form the inlet 12 and exhaust 14 air ducts. The craft i...	01/25/2000
5746390	Air-land vehicle with ducted fan vanes providing improved performance A ducted fan 20 provides lift to a flying vehicle 10. The ducted fan includes direction control vanes (1, 2, 3, 4) for controlling torques applied to the vehicle, and also includes lift negation vanes (305, 306, 307, 308), which control the available lift...	05/05/1998
5597137	Vertical take-off and landing aircraft A vertical take-off and landing aircraft has an upwardly-open U-shaped channel extending from a front edge to a rear edge of each of two fixed wings and a thrust providing device, such as a propeller, mounted for tilting at the rear end of the channel. Th...	01/28/1997
5595358	Multipurpose airborne vehicle The present invention relates in general to aeronautical engineering and concerns specifically transport vehicles for transportation of liquid and loose cargoes. The invention provides an airborne vehicle capable of carrying a multiton cargo from a limite...	01/21/1997
5454531	Ducted propeller aircraft (V/STOL) The aircraft incorporates a primary and two control ducted propeller assemblies. The propellers are interconnected for rotation by a single engine. Each propeller assembly is inclined in horizontal flight and has two groups of louvers. When the groups of ...	10/03/1995
4804155	VTOL aircraft A VTOL aircraft having a fuselage with fixed ring wings on either side thereof. Each ring wing has a rearwardly extending nacelle associated with it. Each nacelle has a ring tail empennage at its after end and a propulsor fan in its nose operating in the ...	02/14/1989
4726546	Semi-venturi airfoil aircraft A VTOL/STOL aircraft of simple design and construction. The aircraft has a central semi-venturi shaped airfoil surface defining a channel integral to the fuselage, a canard system and a horizontal stabilizer system at the respective ends of the channel, a...	02/23/1988
4709879	Controlled air-flow aircraft capable of vertical flight By controlling the flow of the air over an airfoil, a lifting force can be achieved even in the absence of forward motion by the aircraft. The air flowing over the airfoil is forced into a chamber by a propulsion unit and the air entrapped in the chamber ...	12/01/1987
4498645	Wingless aircraft with ducted variable pitch airfoils A wingless aircraft having a power channel with two parallel ducts afixed to the top of the fuselage. A jet engine or other drive mechanism is positioned within each duct. No air flow is permitted between any part of the lower surface of the power channel...	02/12/1985

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