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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7854409 | Canarded deltoid main wing aircraft Canarded deltoid main wing aircraft idea allows for design of large supersonic civil and military aircraft with cruising speeds of up to Mach 3 at the altitude of over 25,000 meters. The fuel consumption per unit of payload of such aircraft would be at least twice l... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7735775 | Wing-in-ground-effect craft A wing-in-ground-effect craft (11) having a loaded canard forewing (13) and a main forward delta configuration wing (15) attached to fore (17) and mid (19) sections of a body (21) respectively. The body (21) is formed... | 06/15/2010 |
| 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 |
| 7322547 | Aerospace vehicle leading edge slat devices and corresponding methods Aerospace vehicle leading edge slat devices and corresponding methods are generally disclosed herein. One aspect of the invention is directed toward an aerospace vehicle system that includes an airfoil having a leading edge. The system further includes a first flow ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7308762 | Method and apparatus for rotatably supporting movable components, including canards Methods and apparatuses for rotatably supporting movable components, including canards. An apparatus in accordance with one embodiment of the invention includes an airfoil configured positioned external to an aircraft fuselage. A connecting portion can depend from t... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7278609 | Movable nose cap and control strut assembly for supersonic aircraft A nose cap and control strut assembly for supersonic aircraft is disclosed. In one embodiment, the nose cap extends forward from the nose of the aircraft to deflect shock waves and decrease draft during supersonic flight. In another embodiment, control struts extend... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7267298 | Method for correcting the flight path of ballistically fired spin-stabilised artillery ammunition At very low apparatus expenditure, namely with a canard system which is adjustable in a single-axis mode, it is possible to achieve a spatially two-dimensional trajectory correction in respect of the artillery ammunition which in itself is unguided, with the additio... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7258302 | Aircraft internal wing and design An aircraft designed with three wings located on either side of the fuselage. The forward wing has a downward angle with a curved top and bottom surface. The upper wing is located towards the rear of the aircraft and above the forward wing. The lower wing is located... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7252268 | Interior configuration for an aircraft cabin An interior layout of an aircraft cabin including a set of aircraft seats arranged in the aircraft cabin. Each set includes two rows of seats arranged transversely in relation to the longitudinal axis of the cabin in which they are located and a single longitudinal ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7240878 | High wing monoplane aerospace plane based fighter The Hypersonic Orbital Fighter and the methods of flying it are disclosed. The Hypersonic Orbital Fighter is characterized by a winged, modified lifting body shape with the forward ventral section comprising an X-30 type compressive air inlet, throttleable supersoni... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7229048 | Aerodynamic control of a hypersonic entry vehicle A hypersonic vehicle having in one or more embodiments a control surface that is movable to a deployed position. The control surface is movable in a pivotal manner that establishes a gap between the leading edge of the control surface and the outer surface of the ve... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7204463 | Balancer device for hanging article A balancer device, which is adapted for incorporating with a hanging article having two sidewalls, a front side, and an opposed rear side facing towards a supporting surface, includes two balancing wings each having an inner end, and two connecting units provided at... | 04/17/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7014142 | Low-drag rotor/wing flap Rotor/wing aircraft having a low-drag flap are disclosed. In one embodiment, a rotor/wing aircraft includes an elongated blade having a body portion and a flap portion. The body portion has first and second edges and includes a non-symmetric portion proximate the se... | 03/21/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6929216 | Method and apparatus for installing and actuating movable airfoils, including canards Methods and apparatuses for installing and actuating movable airfoils, such as canards. A canard in one embodiment of the invention includes an airfoil positioned external to an aircraft fuselage. The airfoil can include a first portion and a second portion (such as... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6926228 | Method and arrangement for extending the range of fire of a fin-stabilized artillery missile Method and arrangement for extending the range of fire of a fin-stabilized artillery missile. The fin-stabilized artillery missile (1), which is fired in a ballistic trajectory, has fins (3-6), which have been given a sawtooth-shaped leading wing edge ... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6923404 | Apparatus and methods for variable sweep body conformal wing with application to projectiles, missiles, and unmanned air vehicles An unmanned air vehicle (“UAV”) apparatus is configured to have a body and a body-conformal wing. The body-conformal wing is configured to variably sweep from a closed position to a fully deployed position. In the closed position, the body-conformal wing span is... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6857599 | Highly swept canard with low sweep wing supersonic aircraft configuration An aircraft, comprising a fuselage having an elongated, narrow forward portion, a main wing carried by a rear portion of the fuselage, a canard wing carried by said fuselage forward portion and having swept back leading and trailing edges tapering toward a tip or ti... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6851646 | Method and apparatus for actuating movable components, including canards, over multiple ranges Methods and apparatuses for installing and actuating movable components, including canards, over multiple ranges. An apparatus in accordance with one embodiment of the invention includes a canard coupled to multiple actuators, one of which moves the canard over a fi... | 02/08/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6843450 | Method and apparatus for rotatably supporting movable components, including canards Methods and apparatuses for rotatably supporting movable components, including canards. An apparatus in accordance with one embodiment of the invention includes an airfoil configured positioned external to an aircraft fuselage. A connecting portion can depend from t... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6764044 | Airplane spiralling mechanism An airplane 1 with a spiral inducing assembly 2 which is capable of inducing the airplane to travel in a continuous spiralling motion without the airplane rolling. Two fins 6 and 17 are attached to a tube 3 that is able to rotate a... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6729579 | Flight control device for improving the longitudinal stability of an automatically controlled airplane and method of operating same Flight control system for the longitudinal control of an automatically controlled airplane having adjusting surfaces provided for the longitudinal control which, viewed from the longitudinal axis of the airplane, are on the outside and on the inside. For the stabili... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6705567 | Tandem wing aircraft and method for manufacturing and operating such aircraft An aircraft and associated method of manufacture and operation. The aircraft can include a fuselage having a first portion and a second portion projecting upwardly from the first portion, with the first portion housing a passenger deck and the second portion being p... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6698688 | Apparatus and methods for actuating rotatable members Apparatus and methods for actuating rotatable members are disclosed. In one embodiment, an assembly for actuating a rotatable member includes an extendible actuator having a first end and a second end, and a drive member having a first portion pivotally c... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6561456 | Vertical/short take-off and landing aircraft An aircraft is provided having a fuselage and a pair of main wings. Each main wing includes a lift fan segment, a generally circular duct defined within the lift fan segment and a fan mounted within the duct. A tip extender is coupled with the tip of at l... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6422518 | Aircraft with means for a premature breakdown of the wing vortex pair For a premature breakdown of a wing vortex pair +/-.GAMMA.M behind an aircraft in flight (1) comprising a symmetry plane (7), two wings (3), a fuselage (2) and a horizontal tail plane (HTP) (4), the wing vortex pair +/-.GAMMA.M being... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6360997 | Automatic wing-flap An automatic wing-flap that consists of the use of each side of the fuselage of additional small wings, which act simultaneously as individual wings and as flaps, fastened and divided with a rotating shaft parallel to the transversal axis of the aircraft ... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6138954 | Aircraft funnel slat system Aircraft air funnel slat system of this invention for increased lift to aircraft wings and rotors comprises a pair of symmetrical and retractable slats or flaps or planks or other similarly shaped strong rigid and light weight rectangular members angled a... | 10/31/2000 |
| 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 |
| 6045095 | Vane-airfoil combination A vane-airfoil combination for shifting forces associated with an airfoil. The vane-airfoil combination includes an airfoil moving through a fluid, such as air. A plurality of vanes is positioned in front of the airfoil to divert the path of the fluid to ... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5992792 | Aircraft with jet flap propulsion In an aircraft (1) according to the invention the engine drives a blower and the compressed air is used to increase the lift of the wing (18) and the canard (22) using jet flap propulsion. The airfoil profile has maximum thickness just forward of the control ... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5992796 | Secondary wing system for use on an aircraft A secondary wing system for use on an aircraft augments the lift, stability, and control of the aircraft at subsonic speeds. The secondary wing system includes a mechanism that allows the canard to be retracted within the contour of the aircraft fuselage ... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5901925 | Serrated-planform lifting-surfaces A novel set of serrated-planform lifting surfaces produce unexpectedly high lift coefficients at moderate to high angles-of-attack. Each serration, or tooth, is designed to shed a vortex. The interaction of the vortices greatly enhances the lifting capabi... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5842666 | Laminar supersonic transport aircraft The present invention is a laminar supersonic transport aircraft having a reverse delta wing located between a forward section and a distal end of the aircraft, a set of jet engines superposed on another set of jet engines, a stabilizing vertical tail loc... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5740984 | Low sonic boom shock control/alleviation surface A sonic control device that reduces the effects of shock waves generated by an aircraft traveling at supersonic speeds. The control device includes a control surface located at or near the nose section of the aircraft. The position of the control surface ... | 04/21/1998 |
