Patents by Inventor David Thomas BIRKENSTOCK

David Thomas BIRKENSTOCK 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).

  • METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING BOUNDARY LAYER CONTROL (BLC) SYSTEMS AND RELATED SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20240109646
    Abstract: Methods for optimizing Boundary Layer Control (BLC) systems and related systems (e.g. a Laminar Flow Control (LFC) system or systems, a Static Pressure Thrust (SPT) system or systems, a Boundary Layer Ingestion (BLI)/Wake Immersed Propulsion (WIP) system or systems, and/or low-dissipation BLC fluid-movement system or systems) to operate in concert with each other and a bellows air-moving system are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventor: David Thomas BIRKENSTOCK
  • Aircraft wing with sequentially-timed bellows assembly for optimizing boundary layer control
    Patent number: 11840326
    Abstract: Methods for optimizing Boundary Layer Control (BLC) systems and related systems (e.g. a Laminar Flow Control (LFC) system or systems, a Static Pressure Thrust (SPT) system or systems, a Boundary Layer Ingestion (BLI)/Wake Immersed Propulsion (WIP) system or systems, and/or low-dissipation BLC fluid-movement system or systems) to operate in concert with each other and a bellows air-moving system are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Inventor: David Thomas Birkenstock
  • METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING BOUNDARY LAYER CONTROL (BLC) SYSTEMS AND RELATED SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20230002036
    Abstract: Methods for optimizing Boundary Layer Control (BLC) systems and related systems (e.g. a Laminar Flow Control (LFC) system or systems, a Static Pressure Thrust (SPT) system or systems, a Boundary Layer Ingestion (BLI)/Wake Immersed Propulsion (WIP) system or systems, and/or low-dissipation BLC fluid-movement system or systems) to operate in concert with each other and a bellows air-moving system are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventor: David Thomas BIRKENSTOCK
  • Aircraft wing with bellows assembly for optimizing a boundary layer control system
    Patent number: 11465735
    Abstract: An aircraft wing with a system for optimizing boundary layer control. The aircraft wing includes an enclosing structure, an inner cavity defined within the aircraft wing, and at least one bellows assembly disposed in the inner cavity. The bellows assembly is spaced apart from the inner surfaces of the enclosing structure so as to define a void between the bellows assembly and the inner surfaces. Boundary control inlets are defined in the enclosing structure and a wake-immersed propulsion exhaust duct disposed proximate the trailing edge of the wing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Inventor: David Thomas Birkenstock
  • METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING BOUNDARY LAYER CONTROL (BLC) SYSTEMS AND RELATED SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20200391851
    Abstract: Methods for optimizing Boundary Layer Control (BLC) systems and related systems (e.g. a Laminar Flow Control (LFC) system or systems, a Static Pressure Thrust (SPT) system or systems, a Boundary Layer Ingestion (BLI)/Wake Immersed Propulsion (WIP) system or systems, and/or low-dissipation BLC fluid-movement system or systems) to operate in concert with each other and a bellows air-moving system are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventor: David Thomas BIRKENSTOCK