Patents by Inventor Pavel Belik
Pavel Belik 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).
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Publication number: 20160163206Abstract: An aircraft defining an upright orientation and an inverted orientation, a ground station; and a control system for remotely controlling the flight of the aircraft. The ground station has an auto-land function that causes the aircraft to invert, stall, and controllably land in the inverted orientation to protect a payload and a rudder extending down from the aircraft. In the upright orientation, the ground station depicts the view from a first aircraft camera. When switching to the inverted orientation: (1) the ground station depicts the view from a second aircraft camera, (2) the aircraft switches the colors of red and green wing lights, extends the ailerons to act as inverted flaps, and (3) the control system adapts a ground station controller for the inverted orientation. The aircraft landing gear is an expanded polypropylene pad located above the wing when the aircraft is in the upright orientation.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2015Publication date: June 9, 2016Applicant: AEROVIRONMENT INC.Inventors: Christopher E. Fisher, Thomas Robert Szarek, Justin B. McAllister, Pavel Belik
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Patent number: 9340302Abstract: Liquid dispensing assemblies including adhesive anchoring assemblies configured to adhere to a support surface external to a device such as a vehicle. An air vehicle includes (a) a fluid adhesive container assembly detachably attached to the air vehicle, wherein the fluid adhesive container assembly comprises: (i) an adhesive container comprising fluid adhesive; and (ii) one or more fibers, wherein the one or more fibers are configured, or a brush of fibers, or a fabric of fibers, is configured to conduct the fluid adhesive and to structurally support an adhesive bond between the one or more fibers and a surface; and (b) means for dispensing the fluid adhesive from the fluid adhesive container, to the one or more fibers.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2014Date of Patent: May 17, 2016Assignee: AeroVironment, Inc.Inventors: Christopher E. Fisher, John Peter Zwaan, David R. Thompson, Marc L. Schmalzel, Karl R. Klingbiel, Tyson R. Jensen, Pavel Belik, Eric James Aagaard
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Patent number: 9309006Abstract: In one possible embodiment, a UAV payload module retraction mechanism is provided including a payload pivotally attached to a housing. A biasing member is mounted to bias the payload out of the housing and a winch is attached to the payload. An elongated flexible drawing member is coupled between the housing and the winch, the elongated drawing flexible member being capable of being drawn by the winch to retract the payload within the housing.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2012Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: AeroVironment, Inc.Inventors: John Peter Zwaan, Pavel Belik, Manolis Dimotakis, Christopher J. D'Aquila
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Patent number: 9208689Abstract: An aircraft defining an upright orientation and an inverted orientation, a ground station; and a control system for remotely controlling the flight of the aircraft. The ground station has an auto-land function that causes the aircraft to invert, stall, and controllably land in the inverted orientation to protect a payload and a rudder extending down from the aircraft. In the upright orientation, the ground station depicts the view from a first aircraft camera. When switching to the inverted orientation: (1) the ground station depicts the view from a second aircraft camera, (2) the aircraft switches the colors of red and green wing lights, extends the ailerons to act as inverted flaps, and (3) the control system adapts a ground station controller for the inverted orientation. The aircraft landing gear is an expanded polypropylene pad located above the wing when the aircraft is in the upright orientation.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2012Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignee: AeroVironment Inc.Inventors: Christopher E. Fisher, Thomas Robert Szarek, Justin B. McAllister, Pavel Belik
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Publication number: 20150040484Abstract: A water-tight or air-tight accessible compartment has a removable hatch sealed at the edge with elastically conformable opposing seals, with elongate communication elements extending into the compartment between the opposing seals, seals conforming to the topology formed between the compartment edge and the elongate communication elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2012Publication date: February 12, 2015Applicant: AeroVironment, Inc.Inventors: Ronald H. Olch, Pavel Belik
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Publication number: 20140350748Abstract: An aircraft defining an upright orientation and an inverted orientation, a ground station; and a control system for remotely controlling the flight of the aircraft. The ground station has an auto-land function that causes the aircraft to invert, stall, and controllably land in the inverted orientation to protect a payload and a rudder extending down from the aircraft. In the upright orientation, the ground station depicts the view from a first aircraft camera. When switching to the inverted orientation: (1) the ground station depicts the view from a second aircraft camera, (2) the aircraft switches the colors of red and green wing lights, extends the ailerons to act as inverted flaps, and (3) the control system adapts a ground station controller for the inverted orientation. The aircraft landing gear is an expanded polypropylene pad located above the wing when the aircraft is in the upright orientation.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2012Publication date: November 27, 2014Applicant: AeroVironment Inc.Inventors: Christopher E. Fisher, Thomas Robert Szarek, Justin B. McAllister, Pavel Belik
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Publication number: 20140343752Abstract: An aircraft defining an upright orientation and an inverted orientation, a ground station; and a control system for remotely controlling the flight of the aircraft. The ground station has an auto-land function that causes the aircraft to invert, stall, and controllably land in the inverted orientation to protect a payload and a rudder extending down from the aircraft. In the upright orientation, the ground station depicts the view from a first aircraft camera. When switching to the inverted orientation: (1) the ground station depicts the view from a second aircraft camera, (2) the aircraft switches the colors of red and green wing lights, extends the ailerons to act as inverted flaps, and (3) the control system adapts a ground station controller for the inverted orientation. The aircraft landing gear is an expanded polypropylene pad located above the wing when the aircraft is in the upright orientation.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2012Publication date: November 20, 2014Applicant: AEROVIRONMENT INC.Inventors: Christopher E. Fisher, Thomas Robert Szarek, Justin B. McAllister, Pavel Belik
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Publication number: 20140314565Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2014Publication date: October 23, 2014Inventors: Emil Ghapgharan, Lane Dennis Dalan, Pavel Belik, Christopher Eugene Fisher, Austin Craig Gunder
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Publication number: 20140291443Abstract: Liquid dispensing assemblies including adhesive anchoring assemblies configured to adhere to a support surface external to a device such as a vehicle. An air vehicle includes (a) a fluid adhesive container assembly detachably attached to the air vehicle, wherein the fluid adhesive container assembly comprises: (i) an adhesive container comprising fluid adhesive; and (ii) one or more fibers, wherein the one or more fibers are configured, or a brush of fibers, or a fabric of fibers, is configured to conduct the fluid adhesive and to structurally support an adhesive bond between the one or more fibers and a surface; and (b) means for dispensing the fluid adhesive from the fluid adhesive container, to the one or more fibers.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2014Publication date: October 2, 2014Applicant: AeroVironment, Inc.Inventors: Christopher E. Fisher, John Peter Zwaan, David R. Thompson, Marc L. Schmalzel, Karl R. Klingbiel, Tyson R. Jensen, Pavel Belik, Eric James Aagaard
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Patent number: 8622343Abstract: Liquid dispensing assemblies including adhesive anchoring assemblies configured to adhere to a support surface external to a device such as a vehicle. An air vehicle includes (a) a fluid adhesive container assembly detachably attached to the air vehicle, wherein the fluid adhesive container assembly comprises: (i) an adhesive container comprising fluid adhesive; and (ii) one or more fibers, wherein the one or more fibers are configured, or a brush of fibers, or a fabric of fibers, is configured to conduct the fluid adhesive and to structurally support an adhesive bond between the one or more fibers and a surface; and (b) means for dispensing the fluid adhesive from the fluid adhesive container, to the one or more fibers.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2012Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Inventors: Christopher E. Fisher, John Peter Zwaan, David R. Thompson, Marc L. Schmalzel, Karl R. Klingebiel, Tyson R. Jensen, Pavel Belik, Eric James Aagaard
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Publication number: 20130256464Abstract: In one possible embodiment, an amphibious unmanned aerial vehicle is provided, which includes a fuselage comprised of a buoyant material. Separators within the fuselage form separate compartments within the fuselage. Mounts associated with the compartments for securing waterproof aircraft components within the fuselage. The compartments each have drainage openings in the fuselage extending from the interior of the fuselage to the exterior of the fuselage.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2012Publication date: October 3, 2013Inventors: Pavel Belik, Thomas Szarek, Gabriel E. Torres, Vernon P. Fraye
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Publication number: 20130193269Abstract: In one possible embodiment, a UAV payload module retraction mechanism is provided including a payload pivotally attached to a housing. A biasing member is mounted to bias the payload out of the housing and a winch is attached to the payload. An elongated flexible drawing member is coupled between the housing and the winch, the elongated drawing flexible member being capable of being drawn by the winch to retract the payload within the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2012Publication date: August 1, 2013Inventors: John Peter Zwaan, Pavel Belik, Manolis Dimotakis, Christopher J. D'Aquila
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Publication number: 20120298292Abstract: Liquid dispensing assemblies including adhesive anchoring assemblies configured to adhere to a support surface external to a device such as a vehicle. An air vehicle includes (a) a fluid adhesive container assembly detachably attached to the air vehicle, wherein the fluid adhesive container assembly comprises: (i) an adhesive container comprising fluid adhesive; and (ii) one or more fibers, wherein the one or more fibers are configured, or a brush of fibers, or a fabric of fibers, is configured to conduct the fluid adhesive and to structurally support an adhesive bond between the one or more fibers and a surface; and (b) means for dispensing the fluid adhesive from the fluid adhesive container, to the one or more fibers.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2012Publication date: November 29, 2012Inventors: CHRISTOPHER E. FISHER, JOHN PETER ZWAAN, DAVID R. THOMPSON, MARC L. SCHMALZEL, KARL R. KLINGEBIEL, TYSON R. JENSEN, PAVEL BELIK, ERIC JAMES AAGAARD
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Publication number: 20040253383Abstract: The invention relates to a method for coating a surface. According to said method, a coating substance having a viscosity of <100 Pa.s, measured at 25° C., is applied to a surface to be coated and left to harden. The inventive method is characterised in that, during the application of the coating substance, a gas flow is guided over the surface to be coated by means of at least one mobile overpressure ventilation device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2004Publication date: December 16, 2004Inventors: Pavel Belik, Heinz-Jochen Auer, Wolfram Desch, Dieter Raab, Stefan Krall, Juergen Streit, Sybille Scholl
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Patent number: 6498209Abstract: There are provided plastisols based on poly(meth)acrylate which have a mean molecular weight in excess of 3,500,000 which have superior shelf life, tensile strength extensibility and viscosity as well as gel formation and filmforming propeties to those known heretofore. These plastisols are formed by emulsion polymerization.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2000Date of Patent: December 24, 2002Assignee: Roehm GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Gerd Loehden, Pavel Belik, Klaus Dorn, Natascha Schickel, Mauren Traebing, Georg Schneider
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Patent number: 6043293Abstract: There are provided foamable, foamable polyvinyl halide resin masses containing: A) 1 to 25 parts relative to 100 parts of polyvinyl halide, of a polymerizate obtainable through the emulsion polymerization of i) up to 20 to not more than 75 parts of methylmethacrylate, ii) 25 to 80 parts of one or more C.sub.2 -C.sub.18 alkylmethacrylates, iii) 0 to 5 parts of one or more vinyl unsaturated monomers copolymerizable with (i) and/or (ii, wherein the components (i)-(iii) together yield 100 parts and are polymerized with up to a further 100 parts of usual additives for emulsion polymerization, wherein the emulsion polymerizate is single stepped and has a viscosity number of >700 cm.sup.3 /g and wherein copolymers are excluded which contain iv) MMA per se, or less than 20 or more than 75 parts of MMA together with either v) one or more acrylic acid esters, and/or vi) ethyl methacrylate, n-butyl-methacrylate, or ethylhexyl methacrylate. The resin mass further includes: B) 0.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 1998Date of Patent: March 28, 2000Assignees: Agomer Gesellschaft mit beschrankter, Barlocher Gesellschaftmit beschrankter HatfungInventors: Pavel Belik, Georg Schneider, Klaus Dorn, Stefan Forster, Bernd Frischkemuth
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Patent number: 5763719Abstract: A fullerene derivative of the formula I ##STR1## where the symbols and indices have the following meanings: F is a fullerene radical of the formula (C.sub.20+2m), where m is a number from 1 to 50R.sup.1 to R.sup.8 are identical or different and are each H, CO.sub.2 R.sup.9, CN, COR.sup.10, Cl, Br, I, F, OR.sup.11, C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 -alkyl, phenyl or H, R.sup.1 -R.sup.4 and/or R.sup.5, R.sup.7 can also be part of a cycloalipathic, cycloaromatic or cycloheteroaromatic system which in turn is substituted by C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 -alkyl, aryl, carboxyl, carbonyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, halogen, nitro, alcohol or amine, or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 can together be ##STR2## where R.sup.15 -R.sup.18 are each H, C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 -alkyl, F, Cl, Br, I or phenyl, andAR is the radical of a fused cyclo-aromatic system, and n is from 1 to 20 and a process for its preparation.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 1995Date of Patent: June 9, 1998Assignee: Hoechst AGInventors: Andreas Gugel, Pavel Belik, Klaus Mullen