Patents by Inventor Daniel Caruana

Daniel Caruana 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).

  • Aircraft aerodynamic surface with trailing edge deflector
    Patent number: 6565045
    Abstract: An aerodynamic surface, such as a wing, empennage, angle of drift, nacelle pylon and the like for an aircraft includes at least one lightening hole pertaining to the trailing edge of the underwing, at least one hinged baffle that can be mounted in the lightening hole of the underwing, whereby the chord thereof is equal to a several hundredths of the chord of the aerodynamic surfacer and an actuator for the moveable baffle so that it can rotate around the hinge line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: Onera
    Inventors: Michel Correge, André Mignosi, Daniel Caruana, Jean-Louis Gobert