Patents by Inventor Frank D. Statkus

Frank D. Statkus 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).

  • Variable camber aircraft wing tip
    Patent number: 4429844
    Abstract: A variable wing tip (18) for securing to a variable camber leading edge portion (12) of an aircraft wing (10). The wing tip has a normal fore and aft camber in an upper position and is adapted to have an increased camber curvature in a deflected down position. In the down position, the wing tip has a compound curvature, is shortened in the fore and aft direction ad is generally thickened in depth in a substantial portion of the wing tip. By operation of an actuator (96) in the leading edge (21), a multiple of generally parallel scissor plates (30,32) are pivoted apart. The plates extend in an inboard outboard direction and are spaced in the fore and aft direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1982
    Date of Patent: February 7, 1984
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Stephen T. Brown, Frank D. Statkus
  • Continuous skin, variable camber airfoil edge actuating mechanism
    Patent number: 4351502
    Abstract: An actuating mechanism for variable camber edges of aerodynamic airfoils--viz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1980
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1982
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Frank D. Statkus