Patents by Inventor Stanley Ronald Meek

Stanley Ronald Meek 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).

  • Patent number: 6086016
    Abstract: A triple mode aircraft which can take off as a helicopter, or in gyrocopter mode with no power to the rotors or as a conventional aircraft obtaining lift from a circular wing and in another embodiment from short stub wings; a canard wing and high lift tailplane. So it combines the flexibility of a helicopter with the same efficiency and safety of a gyrocopter and a fixed wing aircraft, also has the same simplicity and efficiency of flying a helicopter that doesn't have a tail rotor to worry about. The rotor craft includes two counter-rotating rotors with weighted tips on one set of rotors or a circular airfoil (CA) attached to at least one set of rotors. This CA gives the lift to function as a conventional aircraft, it also weights the tips of the rotor to give a gyro-stabilizing effect to the whole aircraft. Also there is a down draft rudder that functions as a rudder in horizontal flight or catches the down draft from the rotors for directional control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2000
    Inventor: Stanley Ronald Meek