Patents by Inventor Clarence Sigurd Melander

Clarence Sigurd Melander 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).

  • Escape slide with support tube assembly
    Patent number: 5820773
    Abstract: An aircraft slide assembly used for evacuating personnel from an aircraft or other elevated structure having a longitudinally extending inflatable escape slide and a stabilizing support tube assembly attached to the underneath portion thereof closely adjacent the head end or upper end of the escape slide. The support tube has a first chamber and a second chamber with an orifice therebetween that allows inflation of the second chamber from the first chamber and thence allows the end wall of the first chamber to retract.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1998
    Assignee: The B. F. Goodrich Company
    Inventors: Roland Dwight Hintzman, Clarence Sigurd Melander