Patents by Inventor Andrea Antoni

Andrea Antoni 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).

  • Vertical take-off and/or landing aircraft and method for controlling a flow of a fluid along a fluidic line of a vertical take-off and/or landing aircraft
    Patent number: 11643201
    Abstract: A vertical take-off and/or landing aircraft comprising: a fuselage having a longitudinal axis; a pair of semi-wings protruding from the fuselage in a transversal direction with respect to the longitudinal axis; a pair of a predetermined breaking areas of the semi-wings defining respective preferred rupture sections at which the respective semi-wings are designed to break, during operation, in a controlled way moving along a preferred collapse trajectory in the event of impact; and at least one fluidic line configured to convey at least one service fluid from and/or towards at least one said semi-wing and crossing at least one of said preferred rupture sections; the aircraft comprises a self-sealing coupling movable between a first configuration in which it enables the flow of said service fluid from and/or towards the semi-wing, and a second configuration in which it prevents the above-mentioned flow and the spilling of the service fluid from the fluidic line; the self-sealing coupling is movable from the fir
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: LEONARDO S.P.A.
    Inventors: Roberto Vanni, Andrea Antoni
  • VERTICAL TAKE-OFF AND/OR LANDING AIRCRAFT AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A FLOW OF A FLUID ALONG a FLUIDIC LINE OF A VERTICAL TAKE-OFF AND/OR LANDING AIRCRAFT
    Publication number: 20220024572
    Abstract: A vertical take-off and/or landing aircraft comprising: a fuselage having a longitudinal axis; a pair of semi-wings protruding from the fuselage in a transversal direction with respect to the longitudinal axis; a pair of a predetermined breaking areas of the semi-wings defining respective preferred rupture sections at which the respective semi-wings are designed to break, during operation, in a controlled way moving along a preferred collapse trajectory in the event of impact; and at least one fluidic line configured to convey at least one service fluid from and/or towards at least one said semi-wing and crossing at least one of said preferred rupture sections; the aircraft comprises a self-sealing coupling movable between a first configuration in which it enables the flow of said service fluid from and/or towards the semi-wing, and a second configuration in which it prevents the above-mentioned flow and the spilling of the service fluid from the fluidic line; the self-sealing coupling is movable from the fir
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Roberto Vanni, Andrea Antoni