Patents by Inventor Jon M. Vishnauski

Jon M. Vishnauski 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).

  • Hypersonic flight vehicle
    Patent number: 5082206
    Abstract: A hypersonic inlet and a hypersonic engine and flight vehicle having such an inlet. The three-dimensionally-swept inlet has an upper member with a caret-shaped lower surface portion producing a two-dimensional wedge flow below such lower surface portion. The inlet also has a lower member having two inverted and transposed semi-caret-shaped upper surface portions producing a two-dimensional wedge flow above such upper surface portions. An inlet aft portion connects together the upper and lower members and has an orifice defining the engine inlet throat which at least partially receives the two-dimensional flows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 21, 1992
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Paul H. Kutschenreuter, Jr., Jon M. Vishnauski