Patents by Inventor Wayne David Goodrich

Wayne David Goodrich 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).

  • Unmanned aerial vehicle
    Patent number: 11292596
    Abstract: An aircraft has a fuselage, a wing assembly coupleable to the fuselage, and an empennage including a pair of tail booms configured to be removably coupled to the wing assembly. The wing assembly includes a pair of boom interfaces located on laterally opposite sides of the fuselage. Each tail boom has a boom forward end configured to be mechanically attached to one of the boom interfaces using an externally-accessible mechanical fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Matthew David Grubb, Jeffrey David Lydecker, Wayne David Goodrich
  • UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20190168872
    Abstract: An aircraft has a fuselage, a wing assembly coupleable to the fuselage, and an empennage including a pair of tail booms configured to be removably coupled to the wing assembly. The wing assembly includes a pair of boom interfaces located on laterally opposite sides of the fuselage. Each tail boom has a boom forward end configured to be mechanically attached to one of the boom interfaces using an externally-accessible mechanical fastener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Matthew David Grubb, Jeffrey David Lydecker, Wayne David Goodrich
  • AERIAL LAUNCH AND/OR RECOVERY FOR UNMANNED AIRCRAFT, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20170225784
    Abstract: Aerial launch and/or recovery for unmanned aircraft, and associated systems and methods. A representative method for operating an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system includes directing a first, multi-rotor carrier aircraft to carry a second, carried aircraft aloft, and release the second aircraft for flight, while powering the first aircraft with an on-board battery. The method can further include directing the first aircraft to position a capture line in a flight path of the second aircraft to capture the second aircraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Andrew Royds Hayes, James Statelar McGrew, Wayne David Goodrich, Jeffrey Hugh Knapp, Charles Lawrence Guthrie, Bradley Louis Schrick, Darcy Lynn Davidson, Peter Josef Kunz, Rolf Theodoor Rysdyk