Patents by Inventor Dean E. Cooper

Dean E. Cooper 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).

  • Redundant flight control system
    Patent number: 4186622
    Abstract: A flight control system utilizing pilot actuated flexible cables to selectively move a control quadrant and utilizing preloaded bungees additionally connecting each cable to the quadrant so that the quadrant can be pilot actuated despite the severance of one of the cables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1977
    Date of Patent: February 5, 1980
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Dean E. Cooper
  • Redundant flight control system
    Patent number: 4170147
    Abstract: A flight control system utilizing pilot actuated flexible cables to selectively move a control quadrant and utilizing balanced, preloaded springs connected to the quadrant to be selectively automatically releasable in response to cable severance so that the quadrant can be pilot actuated through its full control regime despite the severance of one of the cables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1977
    Date of Patent: October 9, 1979
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald A. Durno, Dean E. Cooper