Patents by Inventor Ben Stone

Ben Stone 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).

  • Amusement device with vortex airflow
    Publication number: 20070010339
    Abstract: An amusement device including a support structure, a carriage suspended from the support structure and a vortex generator adapted to generate a vortex airflow such that the carriage interacts with the vortex airflow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2006
    Publication date: January 11, 2007
    Inventor: Ben Stone
  • Method and apparatus for creating a wind tunnel by redirecting an air flow ninety degrees
    Patent number: 6378361
    Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus for redirecting air flow, and more particularly, an apparatus for efficiently generating a vertically directed air flow having a generally uniform velocity profile from a horizontally oriented fan. In particular, the present invention provides an apparatus for redirecting a three-dimensional inwardly directed flow to a planar radially inward directed flow, as well as an apparatus for redirecting a generally horizontal planar radially inward directed flow to a vertically outward directed flow, perpendicular to the radial inward directed flow, having a relatively uniform velocity profile across the cross section of the flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Assignee: Vertical Wind Tunnel Corporation
    Inventors: Harold C. Larsen, Chris J. Landon, Ben Stone