Patents by Inventor Curt B. Burris

Curt B. Burris 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).

  • Aerodynamic wing load distribution control
    Patent number: 8998132
    Abstract: An aerodynamic wing load distribution control apparatus for increasing flight performance of an aircraft. The apparatus may include an aileron uprigger connectable to left and right ailerons of an aircraft and configured to uprig the left and the right wing ailerons of such aircraft. An operator interface communicates operator command inputs to the aileron uprigger. The aileron uprigger includes left and right actuators actuable in response to command inputs received from an operator through the operator interface and are connectable into respective left and right aileron control linkages of an aileron actuator assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventor: Curt B. Burris
  • Aerodynamic wing load distribution control
    Publication number: 20130134258
    Abstract: An aerodynamic wing load distribution control apparatus for increasing flight performance of an aircraft. The apparatus may include an aileron uprigger connectable to left and right ailerons of an aircraft and configured to uprig the left and the right wing ailerons of such aircraft. An operator interface communicates operator command inputs to the aileron uprigger. The aileron uprigger includes left and right actuators actuable in response to command inputs received from an operator through the operator interface and are connectable into respective left and right aileron control linkages of an aileron actuator assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventor: Curt B. Burris