Patents by Inventor Matthew V. Clifford

Matthew V. Clifford 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).

  • Flight deck handling system for landed aircraft
    Patent number: 6527226
    Abstract: A remotely controlled movably powered shuttle frame has foundation pads attached thereto at all four corner portions for separating skid pads of a helicopter from the flight deck of a marine vessel, wherein both the skid pads and the fight deck are outfitted with hook and loop fabrics. Skid blades displaced from retracted positions underlying the foundation pads are extended from the shuttle frame underlying a landed aircraft whose weight has been lifted off the flight deck by lifting arms pivotally mounted on the foundation pads. The aircraft carried by the lifting arms on the shuttle frame after the skid blades are retracted is shuttled by wheeled movement of the shuttle frame to a desired location on the flight deck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Matthew V. Clifford, Ralph E. Williams, Andrew R. Bush