Patents by Inventor Edwin J. Saltzman

Edwin J. Saltzman 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).

  • Patent number: 6892989
    Abstract: A method for reducing drag upon a blunt-based vehicle by adaptively increasing forebody roughness to increase drag at the roughened area of the forebody, which results in a decrease in drag at the base of this vehicle, and in total vehicle drag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2005
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Inventors: Stephen A. Whitmore, Edwin J. Saltzman, Timothy R. Moes, Kenneth W. Iliff
  • Patent number: 4343506
    Abstract: A low-drag truck consisting of a tractor-trailer rig (10) characterized by a rounded forebody and a protective fairing (16) for the gap conventionally found to exist between the tractor and the trailer, particularly suited for establishing an attached flow of ambient air along the surfaces thereof, and a forward facing, ram air inlet and duct (24 and 22) and a plurality of submerged inlets (18) and outflow ports (20) communicating with the trailer (14) for continuously flushing heated gasses from the trailer as the rig is propelled at highway speeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1980
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1982
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Inventor: Edwin J. Saltzman