Patents by Inventor Ernest G. Stout

Ernest G. Stout 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).

  • Hydro-ski craft with longitudinal flaps
    Patent number: 4067286
    Abstract: A hydro-ski craft in which load alleviation is attained by reducing the effective wetted area of the planing surfaces at high speeds, and in which elongated flaps extending longitudinally of the craft are mounted to swing about longitudinal axes between generally horizontal planing positions and upwardly swung retracted positions. Spray control dams may be carried by the flaps to themselves automatically swing between inactive and active positions in response to upward swinging movement of the flaps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1975
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1978
    Assignee: Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
    Inventors: Ernest G. Stout, Francis L. Thornburg
  • Hydro-ski craft
    Patent number: 3998176
    Abstract: A ski-type water borne craft adapted to plane along the surface of a body of water and having two stabilizing elements spaced laterally apart and mounted for upward and downward movement relative to one another in a relationship providing roll forces and giving lateral stability to the craft, with the stabilizing elements preferably being a pair of swinging flaps hinged to the after ends of two vertically shiftable hydroskis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1975
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1976
    Assignee: Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
    Inventors: Ernest G. Stout, Francis L. Thornburg
  • Hydro-ski craft with longitudinal flaps
    Patent number: RE31563
    Abstract: A hydro-ski craft in which load alleviation is attained by reducing the effective wetted area of the planing surfaces at high speeds, and in which elongated flaps extending longitudinally of the craft are mounted to swing about longitudinal axes between generally horizontal planing positions and upwardly swung retracted positions. Spray control dams may be carried by the flaps to themselves automatically swing between inactive and active positions in response to upward swinging movement of the flaps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1982
    Date of Patent: April 24, 1984
    Assignee: Lockheed Corporation
    Inventors: Ernest G. Stout, Francis L. Thornburg