Patents by Inventor Edward V. Miller

Edward V. Miller 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).

  • Deployable wing with propulsion for range extension
    Patent number: 6322021
    Abstract: A deployable wing that is folded so as to fit into a carrier such as an airplane that is released and automatically with the aid of parachutes to deploy and fly a given distance without assistance other than steering to reach a given destination and a propeller driven by a gas powered engine is actuated to propel the wing an extended distance. A guard is disposed adjacent to the propeller to assure that the lines of the parachutes do not get tangled into the propeller blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Assignee: Advanced Systems Technology, INC
    Inventors: Jeffrey A. Fisher, Edward V. Miller
  • Method and apparatus for deploying a wing
    Patent number: 5884863
    Abstract: The deployable wing of the present invention comprises an internal structure having diverging leading edge spars attached to a keel spar and cross spars to form a delta wing configuration. This internal structure is enclosed within a volume defined by a fabric sail having an upper section, a lower section, and fabric ribs disposed therebetween. This fabric sail volume is internally pressurized through a ram air intake at the nose stagnation point. This deployable wing can be folded, extracted from an aircraft and deployed in the air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1999
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey A. Fisher, Edward V. Miller, Dennis Van Dam
  • Method and apparatus for landing a wing
    Patent number: 5878979
    Abstract: The deployable wing of the present invention comprises an internal structure having diverging leading edge spars attached to a keel spar and cross spars to form a delta wing configuration. This internal structure is enclosed within a volume defined by a fabric sail having an upper section and a lower section. This fabric sail volume is internally pressurized through a ram air intake at the nose stagnation point. This deployable wing can be folded closed, extracted from an aircraft, deployed in the air and landed with the aid of parachutes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1999
    Assignee: USBI
    Inventors: Jeffrey A. Fisher, Edward V. Miller, Dennis Van Dam
  • Deployable wing
    Patent number: 5474257
    Abstract: The deployable wing of the present invention comprises an internal structure having diverging leading edge spars attached to a keel spar and cross spars to form a delta wing configuration. This internal structure is enclosed within a volume defined by a fabric sail having an upper section, a lower section, and fabric ribs disposed therebetween. This fabric sail volume is internally pressurized through a ram air intake at the nose stagnation point. This deployable wing can be folded and deployed in the air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 12, 1995
    Assignee: USBI Co.
    Inventors: Jeffrey A. Fisher, Edward V. Miller, Dennis Van Dam