Patents by Inventor Dick Kaptein

Dick Kaptein has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5551649
    Abstract: System for reducing vibrations in the cabin of an aircraft driven by two or more propellers each having n blades (n being an integer equal or larger than 2) of which the relative phase angle can be adjusted, said system comprising synchrophase means for adjusting said relative phase angle such that a predetermined relative phase angle is maintained. The system furthermore comprises means supplying information about the vibration level at one or more positions within the cabin or thereto related information and for generating a thereto corresponding level signal, and a control unit which in response to said level signal supplies an error signal to the synchrophase means causing the synchrophase means to adjust the blades of the various propellers such that a new relative phase angle is maintained which differs m.(2.pi./n) radians (m being an integer) from the previous relative phase angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 3, 1996
    Assignee: Fokker Aircraft B.V.
    Inventor: Dick Kaptein
  • Patent number: 5295641
    Abstract: System for reducing vibrations in the cabin of an aircraft driven by two or more propellers each having n blades (n being an integer equal or larger than 2) of which the relative phase angle can be adjusted, said system comprising synchrophase means for adjusting said relative phase angle such that a predetermined relative phase angle is maintained. The system furthermore comprises means supplying information about the vibration level at one or more positions within the cabin or thereto related information and for generating a thereto corresponding level signal, and a control unit which in response to said level signal supplies an error signal to the synchrophase means causing the synchrophase means to adjust the blades of the various propellers such that a new relative phase angle is maintained which differs m.(2.pi./n) radians (m being an integer) from the previous relative phase angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 22, 1994
    Assignee: Fokker Aircraft B.V.
    Inventor: Dick Kaptein
  • Patent number: 5150855
    Abstract: System for reducing vibrations in the cabin of an aircraft driven by two or more propellers each having n blades (n being an integer equal or larger than 2) of which the relative phase angle can be adjusted, said system comprising synchrophase means for adjusting said relative phase angle such that a predetermined relative phase angle is maintained. The system furthermore comprises means supplying information about the vibration level at one or more positions within the cabin or thereto related information and for generating a thereto corresponding level signal, and a control unit which in response to said level signal supplies an error signal to the synchrophase means causing the synchrophase means to adjust the blades of the various propellers such that a new relative phase angle is maintained which differs m.(2.pi./n) radians (m being an integer) from the previous relative phase angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1992
    Assignee: Fokker Aircraft B.C.
    Inventor: Dick Kaptein