Patents by Inventor Edward A. Wen

Edward A. Wen 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).

  • Multiple application wheel well design
    Patent number: 5692703
    Abstract: An aircraft landing gear wheel stowage structure including a wing rear spar extending laterally across the aircraft; a mid bulkhead extending laterally across the aircraft and displaced rearwardly of the wing rear spar; a pressure bulkhead extending laterally across the aircraft and displaced rearwardly of the mid bulkhead; first and second longitudinal keel structures laterally spaced on each side of a longitudinal axis of the aircraft and traversing the wing rear spar, the mid bulkhead and the pressure bulkhead. The wing rear spar, the mid bulkhead, the first keel structure, and the second keel structure form a first forward outboard wheel well compartment that is outboard of the first keel structure, a second forward outboard wheel well compartment that is outboard of the second keel structure, and a forward central wheel well compartment that is between the first keel structure and the second keel structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 2, 1997
    Assignee: McDonnell Douglas Corporation
    Inventors: David G. Murphy, Neil M. Jerstad, Edward A. Wen
  • Double decked airplane
    Patent number: D354474
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 17, 1995
    Assignee: McDonnell Douglas Corporation
    Inventors: David G. Murphy, John H. Lindley, Neil M. Jerstad, Edward A. Wen, Norman T. L. Fraser