Patents by Inventor Ian R. Whitehouse

Ian R. Whitehouse 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).

  • Wing flap aerodynamic noise suppression
    Patent number: 5050822
    Abstract: An arrangement for suppressing aerodynamic noise generated by cavity effect interaction between a wing flap shroud and one or more partially deployed trailing edge flaps. Noise suppression vanes are so positioned with respect to the shroud lower trailing edge and the leading edge of the wing flaps at partial deployment that eddies and vortices resulting from airflow separation at the shroud lower surface are diverted sufficiently by the noise suppression vanes to avoid significant noise inducing impingement of the separated flow on the flap leading edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 24, 1991
    Assignee: British Aerospace Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Ian R. Whitehouse, James K. Chu