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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4103850 | Maneuverable glider kite A kite is disclosed having a main body portion fabricated of a flexible material consisting of two substantially triangular panels joined along one edge, and joined again, in an aerodynamic curve, adjacent to, and roughly parallel with, the original join,... | 08/01/1978 |
| 4082240 | Continuous integrated clamping hoop space vehicle support system A cradle for supporting a space vehicle such as an upper stage in a reusable launch vehicle (such as a space shuttle orbiter) cargo bay. The cradle includes means for supporting the space vehicle and any satellite attached thereto against launch loads and... | 04/04/1978 |
| 4076191 | Spacecraft component rotation means A bearing and drive mechanism to rotate precisely spacecraft components, in particular, an array of solar panels. A drive shaft in such a mechanism designed for long-life capability is required to have high stiffness in addition to axial and radial constr... | 02/28/1978 |
| 4072283 | Aerial refueling boom articulation A flying refueling boom for an aerial tanker airplane, with a mechanism for moving the boom about different axes. The boom having a pair of aerodynamic surfaces formed into a Vee and known as ruddevators, for moving the boom about the following axes: a ti... | 02/07/1978 |
| 4066226 | Airfoil, reduced profile, "Y" flow, hybrid A hybrid airfoil of extremely short span and thick chord section having a large portion of the trailing edge truncated with openings in the ends or side for air to enter and openings in the rear for the airflow to exit describing a flow pattern which rese... | 01/03/1978 |
| 4057205 | Aircraft with oxygen supply and method of supplying oxygen thereto Oxygen is discharged from a source of supply into the cabin of an airplane under the control of an oxygen sensing device to maintain the supply of oxygen in each volume of air at a comfortable level but without increasing the pressure of the atmosphere in... | 11/08/1977 |
| 4057206 | Ejection sequencing system with airspeed and altitude sensing An ejection sequencing system used particularly in an ejection seat operation includes continuous sensing of both airspeed and altitude. The continuous airspeed sensing is accomplished by continuously measuring the airstream temperature and then determini... | 11/08/1977 |
| 4056247 | Aircraft arresting gear net raising device In this device for raising the net of an aircraft arresting gear, a post is pivotally mounted on each side of the strip in a frame structure disposed obliquely to the center line of the strip, this post being pivotally connected intermediate its ends to t... | 11/01/1977 |
| 4055316 | Method and equipment for aerial transport Method and equipment to aerially transport loads between two sites. A winch is provided at each site and a load carrying balloon is coupled by cables to each winch. Auxiliary balloons are provided to maintain the cables at a height above objects in the li... | 10/25/1977 |
| 4053125 | Staggered channel wing-type aircraft A staggered channel aircraft having a forward pair of wings and a rearward pair of wings. The forward pair of wings are substantially horizontal and are swept backward from the fuselage to join at their tips the pair of rearward wings. The rearward wings ... | 10/11/1977 |
| 4053123 | Method and apparatus to determine need for rotor blade pitch adjustment and/or blade substitution The output of an aircraft propulsion or lift rotor blade out-of-track pick-up is processed in such a way as to enable quick determination of need for blade pitch adjustment, the approximate amount of such adjustment to optimize reduction of out-of-track v... | 10/11/1977 |
| 4051622 | Free flying aerodynamic toy with high stability A free flying aerodynamic toy that is manually launched and is composed of an elongate air foil having two identical surfaces that are joined to one another symmetrically of the longitudinal axis so that in response to rotation and translation through air... | 10/04/1977 |
| 4050122 | Side-mounted automatic power release attachment for manual connectors An attachment for a manually operable quick-release connector to enable the onnector to be retrofitted so as to be power operated by a remote signal, the attachment being mounted to the side of the connector in a position offering a low profile, a minimum ... | 09/27/1977 |
| 4050651 | Wing and reduced airspeed system for jet aircraft A thin, high performance swept wing of the tapered type with an improved leading edge characterized by (1) camber that increases from a minimum near the wing root to a maximum near the wing tip, and (2) substantially a constant leading edge radius extendi... | 09/27/1977 |
| 4050654 | Hang glider A foot-launched passenger carrying wing capable of flight including a frame, a flexible wing covering the frame, a keel, a bracket slidable on the keel, cross brace members pivotally attached to the bracket at one end and to leading edge members of the fr... | 09/27/1977 |
| 4050653 | Balloon A balloon has an airfoil-shaped member connected to its top surface. The airfoil-shaped member has a top curved skin with a plurality of parallelly-spaced partitions which form therebetween a plurality of air passageways for air. Upon the descent or later... | 09/27/1977 |
| 4049220 | Ejector sleeves for aircraft mounted gas turbine engines An aircraft jet propulsion power plant is fitted with a sliding ejector sleeve for the provision by selection, of an auxiliary flow of ambient air within the sleeve so as to quieten the noise of the gas efflux. The sleeve is mounted independently of the p... | 09/20/1977 |
| 4049222 | Ejector rack for nuclear stores A 30 inch ejector rack, for use with an aircraft, to support and release and/or forcibly eject a nuclear store (or a large conventional store) from the aircraft, with both the ejector rack and the store carried internal of the aircraft. Unlike the prior a... | 09/20/1977 |
| 4047682 | Fan cowl translation lock A gas turbine engine cowl has a portion which translates axially of the remainder, to open or close a reverser gas flow gap. A yoke is attached to the fixed cowl upstream of the gap which yoke is engageable with a member on the translating cowl portion, b... | 09/13/1977 |
| 4047680 | Swingtail for spacecraft and for fast aircraft Spacecraft having space shuttle capabilities and aircraft having supersonic and subsonic flight capabilities which utilize swinging horizontal tail halves to generally reduce the landing speeds and the required runway lengths, to enable landings of space ... | 09/13/1977 |
| 4046337 | Hinged control surfaces for pressurized hot air airship A hot air airship including an elongate aerodynamic shaped gas envelope carrying a pressure hot air generating means for pressurizing the envelope with heated air during flight and having inflatable hollow first tail members at the aft end for stabilizing... | 09/06/1977 |
| 4046336 | Vortex diffusion and dissipation Vortex diffusion means for an aircraft having lift structure rooted therein that extends outboard to a structure tip from which a discrete tip vortex develops when said tip is propelled through the air. A sub-wing extends from the tip of the lift structur... | 09/06/1977 |
| 4046338 | Airfoil for aircraft having improved lift generating device An airfoil for an aircraft having a first surface extending between the leading edge and the trailing edge, and a second surface joined to the first along the leading edge and projecting rearwardly in the direction of said trailing edge. The second surfac... | 09/06/1977 |
| 4044974 | Closed cradle space vehicle support and deployment system A cradle for supporting a space vehicle such as an upper stage in a reusable launch vehicle (such as a space shuttle orbiter) cargo bay. The cradle includes means for supporting the space vehicle and any satellite attached thereto against launch loads and... | 08/30/1977 |
| 4044973 | Nacelle assembly and mounting structures for a turbofan jet propulsion engine A nacelle assembly including an inlet channel, an exterior cowl, a fan channel, and a turbine exhaust nozzle is directly mounted on a turbofan jet propulsion engine. The engine in turn is shock mounted directly on a strut, in turn affixed to an aircraft. ... | 08/30/1977 |
| 4044972 | Aircraft with circular wings An aircraft has two concentric wings of substantially equal diameters, the wings being connected to each other and stayed by an elongated central corridor which is located beneath a central engine duct disposed in the plane of the upper wing.... | 08/30/1977 |
| 4044971 | High speed, long range turbo-jet aircraft An aircraft forwardly propelled by a power plant including a pair of jet engines, is operated in a VTOL mode by powered rotation of a rotary wing mechanically rotoring the engines. When unloaded during fixed wing flight, the power plant is operated in an ... | 08/30/1977 |
| 4043524 | Support and load alleviation system for space vehicles A cradle for supporting a space vehicle such as an upper stage in a reusable launch vehicle (such as a space shuttle orbiter) cargo bay. The cradle includes means for supporting the space vehicle and any satellite attached thereto against launch loads and... | 08/23/1977 |
| 4043525 | Variable orificing device A store carrier for mounting a jettisonable store on a vehicle such as an aircraft and for releasing the store with ejective force applied at forward and aft locations by thrusters actuated by pressurized medium, the carrier including apparatus for adjust... | 08/23/1977 |
| 4042193 | Safety device for aircraft doors or hatches A door or hatch operating mechanism is blocked by a bolt when the aircraft moves in that dynamic pressure is sensed by a spring biased displaceable large piston moving a small piston which acts on a hydraulic link acting, in turn, on another spring biased... | 08/16/1977 |
| 4042192 | Balloon with deflation and maneuvering ports A hot air balloon with an adjustable deflation port at its upper end and a maneuvering port on a side region which allows both ports to be selectively opened and closed on the ground and during flight such that positive control of such ports exist by the ... | 08/16/1977 |
| 4040582 | Wind power accessory for a vehicle wheel A wind-utilization attachment for pneumatic-tired vehicle for automobiles, aircraft wheels, or the like. The attachment consists of an annular disc with spaced cups to catch head winds and convert their forces into rotational torque. The disc is secured t... | 08/09/1977 |
| 4040577 | Lockwood airfoil used in conjunction with man transport device A man transport device that is strapped to a person and has two turbo type ngines with controls for actuating devices at the turbo jet engines to control lift, roll, pitch and yaw of the device and also to utilize control of fluid through span wise slots o... | 08/09/1977 |
| 4040580 | Control apparatus for an air brake The present apparatus controls the position of the brake flap or air brake of an aircraft. The air brake is operated by a power amplifier including a pressure cylinder and a piston. The piston is mechanically coupled to the brake flap or air brake in such... | 08/09/1977 |
| 4040579 | Variable camber leading edge airfoil system A variable camber leading edge airfoil system that is attached to the front f the fixed wing section of an aircraft. When the system is in the retracted position it provides an airfoil having a slight curvature suitable for supersonic flight and when in th... | 08/09/1977 |
| 4039163 | Aircraft cargo ramp A cargo ramp stowable within the cargo compartment of an aircraft and deployable between the sill region of the aircraft cargo opening and the surface of the ground is disclosed. The cargo ramp, which is arranged for ease of deployment and stowage, includ... | 08/02/1977 |
| 4039161 | Hidden vortex generators An improvement to the controllability of aircraft wherein vortex generators are connected to a control surface in front of the hinge line of the control surface so that when the control surface is deflected, the vortex generators project into the airstrea... | 08/02/1977 |
| 4037808 | Travelling tail-unit with circular arc motion Aircraft having subsonic and supersonic flight capabilities which utilize travelling tail units with circular arc motions, connected with the rear fuselage by means of two arm-frames that swing upward and rearward and vice versa, to generally increase sta... | 07/26/1977 |
| 4037809 | Device for mounting a turboreactor on an aeroplane A device for mounting in a nacelle on an airframe a turbojet engine contad by a casing, the device being of the type comprising a mast member integral with the airframe, a nacelle coaxial to the turbojet engine, quick release locking members connecting t... | 07/26/1977 |
| 4036455 | Air-cargo liner For increasing the cargo capacity of an airplane of given weight, the cargo space is formed by a plurality of parallel tubes having their lengths extending spanwise of the wing, so that such cargo-carrying space is generally coextensive with the lift-prod... | 07/19/1977 |
