Horizontal Stabilizer Conforms To And Continues Wing Or Fuselage Configuration, E.g., Lifting Body Type Patents (Class D12/333)
  • Patent number: 11981421
    Abstract: A system and method for controlling boundary layer transition for a high-speed vehicle are disclosed. The method includes determining a location of onset of boundary-layer transition that naturally develops during high-speed flight of the high-speed vehicle, and providing a pair of flow control strips at a surface/wall/skin of the high-speed vehicle such that the boundary-layer transition is delayed or prevented during high-speed flight of the high-speed vehicle. The delayed or prevented locations of the transition result in a change in the high-speed boundary layer during the high-speed flight of the high-speed vehicle. The change in the high-speed boundary layer transition affects skin friction drag, aero-thermodynamic heating, and pressure fluctuations in the boundary layer of the high-speed vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona
    Inventors: Hermann F. Fasel, Christoph Hader
  • Patent number: 11396376
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are related to a Y-shaped airliner including an elongate main fuselage bifurcated into two outwardly angled fuselage extensions defined as a first fuselage extension and a second fuselage extension. The airliner includes a NACA inlet, a medial fan, a pair of forward canard wings, and a pair of side wings each including at least one engine. The medial fan is positioned between the first fuselage extension and the second fuselage extension. The NACA inlet is positioned on the main fuselage rear skin and is structured to feed airflow into the medial fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Inventor: Cameron Carnegie
  • Patent number: 8382040
    Abstract: A wing assembly has a wing and one or more no-bias laminar flow oval diskettes that are fixed on a support structure along the C/L (center of lift) of an airfoil, of an aircraft wing. The benefit of an oval diskette with laminar flow is that it has no speed limitations and it allows an aircraft to clime at a speed that matches its Ground Effect Lift speed which is a 25% performance increase and a 40% reduction in vortex drag with a increase stability that eliminates inertia coupling of high-speed airfoils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Inventor: Terry Wayne Hamilton
  • Patent number: 6908360
    Abstract: The invention is a projectile plaything, namely a boomerang-like toy that, if properly thrown, will fly in an arcuate path and return to the area of its release. The plaything will be formed to imitate the shape of the United States Air Force B2 Bomber, aka the Stealth Bomber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2005
    Inventor: Steven L. Christensen
  • Patent number: 5090636
    Abstract: An aircraft comprises a body portion and a pair of wings extending from either side of the body portion. An upward step is formed in the underside of the body portion in the center of the aircraft, and defines a rearwardly facing riser surface. The riser surface extends outwardly toward the wing tips, terminating substantially inwardly of the wing tips so that a majority of the length of the underside of each wing is uninterrupted by the riser surface. The step is located at the front-to-rear center of gravity of the aircraft, and provides an area of low pressure adjacent the riser surface to maintain the rear portion of the aircraft down. The aircraft can be constructed either as a full-scale or a small-scale aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 25, 1992
    Inventor: James M. Sadowski
  • Patent number: D437284
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Knutson, John Whittenbury
  • Patent number: D439876
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2001
    Assignee: Zakrytoe Actsionernoe Obshchestvo “Otdelenie morskikh sistem OKB im. P.O. Sukhogo”
    Inventors: Mikhail P. Simonov, Viktor I. Merkulov, Yury L. Ivanov, Konstantin K. Marbashev, Aleksandr Y. Maranov, Anatoly S. Klyagin, Leonid G. Chernov
  • Patent number: D455389
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2002
    Inventor: Webster G. Billington
  • Patent number: D259713
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1978
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1981
    Inventor: Perry B. Johnson
  • Patent number: D266413
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1980
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1982
    Inventor: Perry B. Johnson
  • Patent number: D267171
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1980
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1982
    Inventor: Perry B. Johnson
  • Patent number: D269176
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1979
    Date of Patent: May 31, 1983
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Gottfried O. Friebel
  • Patent number: D281680
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1982
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1985
    Inventor: Charles Henderson
  • Patent number: D291215
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 1985
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1987
    Inventor: Winfield H. Arata, Jr.
  • Patent number: D291431
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1985
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1987
    Assignee: Fairchild Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Gordon Rosenthal
  • Patent number: D314366
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 5, 1991
    Assignee: Northrop Corporation
    Inventors: Irving T. Waaland, John F. Cashen, James E. Kinnu
  • Patent number: D317003
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 21, 1991
    Assignee: Northrop Corporation
    Inventors: Alex E. Tribe, Marion R. Bottorff, Ronald G. Cottrell, Richard L. Ranes, William B. Whistler
  • Patent number: D319805
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1991
    Inventor: Gerald A. Wiegert
  • Patent number: D326081
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1992
    Assignee: McDonnell Douglas Corporation
    Inventors: Richard T. Cathers, Derek MacWilkinson
  • Patent number: D328872
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1992
    Inventor: Gary C. Sutton
  • Patent number: D331893
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1992
    Inventor: Joseph J. Szakacs
  • Patent number: D342717
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1993
    Assignee: Northrop Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew N. Mrdeza, Daniel R. Rihn, Barnaby S. Wainfan
  • Patent number: D362234
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 12, 1995
    Assignee: Lockheed Corporation
    Inventor: David M. Urie, Jr.
  • Patent number: D364600
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 28, 1995
    Assignee: The Testor Corporation
    Inventor: John J. Andrews
  • Patent number: D365545
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 26, 1995
    Assignee: Northrop Grumman Corporation
    Inventors: Barnaby S. Wainfan, Matthew N. Mrdeza
  • Patent number: D371536
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 9, 1996
    Inventor: Steven L. Jones
  • Patent number: D372218
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1996
    Assignee: Rockwell International Corporation
    Inventors: James S. Herzberg, Gerald D. Miller
  • Patent number: D382851
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 26, 1997
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Eric D. Knutson, Joseph M. Wurts, Michael H. Pohlig
  • Patent number: D388392
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 30, 1997
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: John E. McGinnis, Bruce R. Wright
  • Patent number: D394039
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1998
    Assignee: Boeing North American, Inc.
    Inventor: Darold B. Cummings
  • Patent number: D396445
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1998
    Inventor: Manuel Navarro-Machado
  • Patent number: D396685
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1998
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Robert I. Baumgartner, John D. Elvin, Jordan S. Reaser
  • Patent number: D396842
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1998
    Inventor: Steven Lonnie Jones
  • Patent number: D399816
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1998
    Inventor: Lynn Edward Peacock
  • Patent number: D405750
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1999
    Assignee: Pioneer Rocketplane Corporation
    Inventors: Mitchell B. Clapp, Robert M. Zubrin, Daniel P. Raymer
  • Patent number: D417184
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1999
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Tom Hartmann, John M. Morgenstern, Daniel Sokol
  • Patent number: D418804
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2000
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Edsel R. Glasgow, Grant E. Carichner
  • Patent number: D418805
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2000
    Assignee: Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
    Inventors: James P. Cycon, Christopher W. DeWitt, Mark W. Scott
  • Patent number: D418840
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2000
    Inventors: Phillip A. Cota, Craig L. Cota
  • Patent number: D428381
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2000
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas M. Hartmann, John M. Morgenstern, Daniel H. Sokol
  • Patent number: D890074
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: volans-i, Inc
    Inventors: Hannan Parvizian, Guangyuan Zheng, Manuel Lopez