Patents by Inventor Garret A. Moose

Garret A. Moose 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).

  • Methods for incorporating area ruled surfaces in a supersonic aircraft
    Patent number: 7311287
    Abstract: A vertical stabilizer is configured to minimize the rate of change of cross-sectional area distribution of the vehicle or device to which the vertical stabilizer is mounted. One or more “waisted” areas can be included at the tip and/or the root of the vertical stabilizers, as well as over the distance from tip to root of the vertical stabilizer. In some situations, a strake is mounted on the vehicle or device, such as an aircraft, and the vertical stabilizer is mounted to the tip of the strake. The strake can also be area ruled with one or more “waisted” sections at the juncture of the vertical stabilizer. Applying area ruling to the vertical stabilizer helps to further reduce the drag of the vehicle or device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2007
    Assignee: Supersonic Aerospace International, LLC
    Inventors: John M. Morgenstern, Alan E. Arslan, Garret A. Moose
  • Methods for incorporating area rules surfaces in a supersonic aircraft
    Publication number: 20050224640
    Abstract: A vertical stabilizer is configured to minimize the rate of change of cross-sectional area distribution of the vehicle or device to which the vertical stabilizer is mounted. One or more “waisted” areas can be included at the tip and/or the root of the vertical stabilizers, as well as over the distance from tip to root of the vertical stabilizer. In some situations, a strake is mounted on the vehicle or device, such as an aircraft, and the vertical stabilizer is mounted to the tip of the strake. The strake can also be area ruled with one or more “waisted” sections at the juncture of the vertical stabilizer. Applying area ruling to the vertical stabilizer helps to further reduce the drag of the vehicle or device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2005
    Publication date: October 13, 2005
    Inventors: John Morgenstern, Alan Arslan, Garret Moose
  • Area ruling for vertical stabilizers
    Publication number: 20050116107
    Abstract: A vertical stabilizer is configured to minimize the rate of change of cross-sectional area of the vehicle or device to which the vertical stabilizer is mounted. One or more “waisted” areas can be included at the tip and/or the root of the vertical stabilizers, as well as over the distance from tip to root of the vertical stabilizer. In some situations, a strake is mounted on the vehicle or device, such as an aircraft, and the vertical stabilizer is mounted to the tip of the strake. The strake can also be area ruled with one or more “waisted” sections at the juncture of the vertical stabilizer. Applying area ruling to the vertical stabilizer helps to further reduce the drag of the vehicle or device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2003
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Applicant: Supersonic Aerospace International, LLC
    Inventors: John Morgenstern, Alan Arslan, Garret Moose