Patents by Inventor Richard I. McMonagle

Richard I. McMonagle 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).

  • Aerial refueling receptacle floodlights-spoiler and fuselage, nose mounted
    Patent number: 4288845
    Abstract: A floodlight illumination system, in structural combination with a fuel-receiving aircraft having an aerial refueling receptacle, that permits efficient and effective in-flight night refueling of the aircraft. The illumination system comprises: a selectively lightable, retractable aerodynamically shaped spoiler mounted on the nose of the aircraft which illuminates the top surface of the refueling receptacle, and, two similar (i.e., symmetrically shaped and dimensioned), selectively lightable fairings mounted on the port and starboard sides of the hose of the aircraft, parallel to airflow lines, with one fairing illuminating the port side surface of the refueling receptacle, and with the other fairing illuminating the starboard side surface of the refueling receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1981
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: Wilma L. Finsness, Richard I. McMonagle, Edward M. Sedenquist