Patents by Inventor Elia N. Gianopulos

Elia N. Gianopulos 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).

  • Engine inlet with deployable particle separator
    Patent number: 11525398
    Abstract: A system that filters airborne particles when the aircraft is in a dusty environment and is disengaged when the aircraft is flying up and away from the dusty environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventor: Elia N. Gianopulos
  • ENGINE INLET WITH DEPLOYABLE PARTICLE SEPARATOR
    Publication number: 20200318542
    Abstract: A system that filters airborne particles when the aircraft is in a dusty environment and is disengaged when the aircraft is flying up and away from the dusty environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Elia N. Gianopulos
  • VERTICALLY LANDING AIRCRAFT
    Publication number: 20150274289
    Abstract: An aircraft takes off, lands, or hovers with at least one wing-mounted thrust-producing device attached to at least one wing of the aircraft and at least two fuselage-mounted thrust-producing devices attached to a fuselage of the aircraft both providing vertical thrust. The aircraft is flown while the at least one wing-mounted thrust-producing device provides horizontal thrust and with the at least two fuselage-mounted thrust-producing devices not providing any thrust.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: The Boeing Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Ira Newman, Roger W. Lacy, Robin M. Preator, Elia N. Gianopulos, Perry Ziegenbein