Patents by Inventor Emil Ghapgharan

Emil Ghapgharan 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).

  • System For Protecting a Rotatable Shaft of a Motor from Excessive Bending Moments
    Publication number: 20240124124
    Abstract: A motor assembly that includes a motor having a motor casing, a rotatable shaft extending from said motor casing to a shaft length and a hub coupled to said rotatable shaft, the hub having a circumferential skid surface disposed immediately proximal to the motor casing and having a channel configured to seat a propeller, when a propeller is present, wherein a bending moment applied to the shaft through the hub results in the circumferential skid surface contacting said motor casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Emil Ghapgharan, Lane Dalan, Pavel Belik, Christopher Eugene Fisher, Austin Craig Gunder
  • System for protecting a rotatable shaft of a motor from excessive bending moments
    Patent number: 11873074
    Abstract: A motor assembly that includes a motor having a motor casing, a rotatable shaft extending from said motor casing to a shaft length and a hub coupled to said rotatable shaft, the hub having a circumferential skid surface disposed immediately proximal to the motor casing and having a channel configured to seat a propeller, when a propeller is present, wherein a bending moment applied to the shaft through the hub results in the circumferential skid surface contacting said motor casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: AEROVIRONMENT, INC.
    Inventors: Emil Ghapgharan, Lane Dalan, Pavel Belik, Christopher Eugene Fisher, Austin Craig Gunder
  • RIB MOUNTING FLANGES FOR AN UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20230406479
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods including one or more rib mounting flanges, where each rib mounting flange comprises: a spar opening configured to receive a main spar of a wing panel; one or more holes for receiving cross-bracing cables; and one or more holes for receiving cross-bracing cables; and one or more holes for connecting the rib mounting flange to an adjacent rib mounting flange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventor: Emil Ghapgharan
  • Rib mounting flanges for an unmanned aerial vehicle
    Patent number: 11772774
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods including one or more rib mounting flanges, where each rib mounting flange comprises: a spar opening configured to receive a main spar of a wing panel; one or more holes for receiving cross-bracing cables; and one or more holes for receiving cross-bracing cables; and one or more holes for connecting the rib mounting flange to an adjacent rib mounting flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: AEROVIRONMENT, INC.
    Inventor: Emil Ghapgharan
  • System For Protecting a Rotatable Shaft of a Motor from Excessive Bending Moments
    Publication number: 20230227145
    Abstract: A motor assembly that includes a motor having a motor casing, a rotatable shaft extending from said motor casing to a shaft length and a hub coupled to said rotatable shaft, the hub having a circumferential skid surface disposed immediately proximal to the motor casing and having a channel configured to seat a propeller, when a propeller is present, wherein a bending moment applied to the shaft through the hub results in the circumferential skid surface contacting said motor casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Emil Ghapgharan, Lane Dalan, Pavel Belik, Christopher Eugene Fisher, Austin Craig Gunder
  • System for protecting a rotatable shaft of a motor from excessive bending moments
    Patent number: 11618549
    Abstract: A motor assembly that includes a motor having a motor casing, a rotatable shaft extending from said motor casing to a shaft length and a hub coupled to said rotatable shaft, the hub having a circumferential skid surface disposed immediately proximal to the motor casing and having a channel configured to seat a propeller, when a propeller is present, wherein a bending moment applied to the shaft through the hub results in the circumferential skid surface contacting said motor casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: AeroVironment, Inc.
    Inventors: Emil Ghapgharan, Lane Dalan, Pavel Belik, Christopher Eugene Fisher, Austin Craig Gunder
  • RIB MOUNTING FLANGES FOR AN UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20230058877
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods including one or more rib mounting flanges, where each rib mounting flange comprises: a spar opening configured to receive a main spar of a wing panel; one or more holes for receiving cross-bracing cables; and one or more holes for receiving cross-bracing cables; and one or more holes for connecting the rib mounting flange to an adjacent rib mounting flange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventor: Emil Ghapgharan
  • System For Protecting a Rotatable Shaft of a Motor from Excessive Bending Moments
    Publication number: 20200079494
    Abstract: A motor assembly that includes a motor having a motor casing, a rotatable shaft extending from said motor casing to a shaft length and a hub coupled to said rotatable shaft, the hub having a circumferential skid surface disposed immediately proximal to the motor casing and having a channel configured to seat a propeller, when a propeller is present, wherein a bending moment applied to the shaft through the hub results in the circumferential skid surface contacting said motor casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Emil Ghapgharan, Lane Dalan, Pavel Belik, Christopher Eugene Fisher, Austin Craig Gunder
  • System for protecting a rotatable shaft of a motor from excessive bending moments
    Patent number: 10507903
    Abstract: A motor assembly that includes a motor having a motor casing, a rotatable shaft extending from said motor casing to a shaft length and a hub coupled to said rotatable shaft, the hub having a circumferential skid surface disposed immediately proximal to the motor casing and having a channel configured to seat a propeller, when a propeller is present, wherein a bending moment applied to the shaft through the hub results in the circumferential skid surface contacting said motor casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: AEROVIRONMENT, INC.
    Inventors: Emil Ghapgharan, Lane Dennis Dalan, Pavel Belik, Christopher Eugene Fisher, Austin Craig Gunder
  • System for aligning a propeller
    Patent number: 10196150
    Abstract: A motor assembly that includes a motor (102) having a rotatable shaft, a hub coupled to the rotatable shaft, the hub having a propeller indexer to receive a propeller (104), when the propeller is present, a sensor trigger rotatable with the shaft (100) and positioned at a propeller offset angle ?PROP from the propeller indexer, and a sensor coupled to the motor and positioned to detect the sensor trigger so that the propeller indexer may be positioned at the propeller offset angle ?PROP from the sensor through rotation of the shaft so that said sensor is proximate to the sensor trigger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: AEROVIRONMENT, INC.
    Inventors: Jason Allen Firanski, Justin Bates McAllister, Ronald Howard Olch, Lane Dennis Dalan, Emil Ghapgharan
  • System For Protecting a Rotatable Shaft of a Motor from Excessive Bending Moments
    Publication number: 20180043987
    Abstract: A motor assembly that includes a motor having a motor casing, a rotatable shaft extending from said motor casing to a shaft length and a hub coupled to said rotatable shaft, the hub having a circumferential skid surface disposed immediately proximal to the motor casing and having a channel configured to seat a propeller, when a propeller is present, wherein a bending moment applied to the shaft through the hub results in the circumferential skid surface contacting said motor casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Emil Ghapgharan, Lane Dennis Dalan, Pavel Belik, Christopher Eugene Fisher, Austin Craig Gunder
  • System for protecting a rotatable shaft of a motor from excessive bending moments
    Patent number: 9776706
    Abstract: A motor assembly that includes a motor having a motor casing, a rotatable shaft extending from said motor casing to a shaft length and a hub coupled to said rotatable shaft, the hub having a circumferential skid surface disposed immediately proximal to the motor casing and having a channel configured to seat a propeller, when a propeller is present, wherein a bending moment applied to the shaft through the hub results in the circumferential skid surface contacting said motor casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: AEROVIRONMENT, INC.
    Inventors: Emil Ghapgharan, Lane Dennis Dalan, Pavel Belik, Christopher Eugene Fisher, Austin Craig Gunder
  • System for Aligning a Propeller
    Publication number: 20170137142
    Abstract: A motor assembly that includes a motor (102) having a rotatable shaft, a hub coupled to the rotatable shaft, the hub having a propeller indexer to receive a propeller (104), when the propeller is present, a sensor trigger rotatable with the shaft (100) and positioned at a propeller offset angle ?PROP from the propeller indexer, and a sensor coupled to the motor and positioned to detect the sensor trigger so that the propeller indexer may be positioned at the propeller offset angle ?PROP from the sensor through rotation of the shaft so that said sensor is proximate to the sensor trigger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Jason Allen Firanski, Justin Bates McAllister, Ronald Howard Olch, Lane Dennis Dalan, Emil Ghapgharan
  • System for aligning a propeller
    Patent number: 9586673
    Abstract: A motor assembly that includes a motor (102) having a rotatable shaft, a hub coupled to the rotatable shaft, the hub having a propeller indexer to receive a propeller (104), when the propeller is present, a sensor trigger rotatable with the shaft (100) and positioned at a propeller offset angle ?PROP from the propeller indexer, and a sensor coupled to the motor and positioned to detect the sensor trigger so that the propeller indexer may be positioned at the propeller offset angle ?PROP from the sensor through rotation of the shaft so that said sensor is proximate to the sensor trigger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: AEROVIRONMENT, INC.
    Inventors: Jason Allen Firanski, Justin Bates McAllister, Ronald Howard Olch, Lane Dennis Dalan, Emil Ghapgharan
  • System for Aligning a Propeller
    Publication number: 20150008857
    Abstract: A motor assembly that includes a motor (102) having a rotatable shaft, a hub coupled to the rotatable shaft, the hub having a propeller indexer to receive a propeller (104), when the propeller is present, a sensor trigger rotatable with the shaft (100) and positioned at a propeller offset angle ?PROP from the propeller indexer, and a sensor coupled to the motor and positioned to detect the sensor trigger so that the propeller indexer may be positioned at the propeller offset angle ?PROP from the sensor through rotation of the shaft so that said sensor is proximate to the sensor trigger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Jason Allen Firanski, Justin Bates McAllister, Ronald Howard Olch, Lane Dennis Dalan, Emil Ghapgharan
  • System for Protecting a Rotatable Shaft of a Motor from Excessive Bending Moments
    Publication number: 20140314565
    Abstract: A motor assembly that includes a motor having a motor casing, a rotatable shaft extending from said motor casing to a shaft length and a hub coupled to said rotatable shaft, the hub having a circumferential skid surface disposed immediately proximal to the motor casing and having a channel configured to seat a propeller, when a propeller is present, wherein a bending moment applied to the shaft through the hub results in the circumferential skid surface contacting said motor casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventors: Emil Ghapgharan, Lane Dennis Dalan, Pavel Belik, Christopher Eugene Fisher, Austin Craig Gunder