Patents by Inventor Robert Erik Grip

Robert Erik Grip 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).

  • Mechanism for Changing the Shape of a Control Surface
    Publication number: 20120056038
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises a structure having a first side, a second side substantially opposite to the first side, a flexible skin, and a plurality of deformable assemblies. The flexible skin is attached to the first side and the second side of the structure. The plurality of deformable assemblies is moveably connected to the structure, in which each deformable assembly in the plurality of deformable assemblies has a vertex and a base. The each deformable assembly in the plurality of deformable assemblies has a height that is capable of changing to change a shape of the structure and a shape of the flexible skin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventor: Robert Erik Grip
  • Mechanism for changing the shape of a control surface
    Patent number: 8056865
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises a structure having a first side, a second side substantially opposite to the first side, a flexible skin, and a plurality of deformable assemblies. The flexible skin is attached to the first side and the second side of the structure. The plurality of deformable assemblies is moveably connected to the structure, in which each deformable assembly in the plurality of deformable assemblies has a vertex and a base. The each deformable assembly in the plurality of deformable assemblies has a height that is capable of changing to change a shape of the structure and a shape of the flexible skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Robert Erik Grip
  • MECHANISM FOR CHANGING THE SHAPE OF A CONTROL SURFACE
    Publication number: 20100224734
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises a structure having a first side, a second side substantially opposite to the first side, a flexible skin, and a plurality of deformable assemblies. The flexible skin is attached to the first side and the second side of the structure. The plurality of deformable assemblies is moveably connected to the structure, in which each deformable assembly in the plurality of deformable assemblies has a vertex and a base. The each deformable assembly in the plurality of deformable assemblies has a height that is capable of changing to change a shape of the structure and a shape of the flexible skin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2009
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Inventor: Robert Erik Grip
  • AIRCRAFT WITH A PRESSURIZED VESSEL
    Publication number: 20100200689
    Abstract: An aircraft comprising a fuselage, a vessel associated with the fuselage, a propulsion system associated with the fuselage, and a lift system. The vessel is capable of storing a pressurized gas compressed to a density that allows the aircraft to operate under water. The lift system is capable of providing the aircraft lift to fly in air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2009
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Inventor: Robert Erik Grip