Patents by Inventor Gary Alexander Cousins

Gary Alexander Cousins 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).

  • Aircraft coupling method and system
    Patent number: 10732648
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for physically coupling together a first aircraft and a second aircraft, for example for the purpose of performing air-to-air refueling. The first aircraft is an aircraft in flight. The second aircraft is an aircraft in flight. The method comprises: sending, from a transmitter located on the first aircraft, an electromagnetic signal; receiving, by a receiver located on the second aircraft, the signal; and controlling, by one or more processors, using the signal received by the second aircraft, at least one of the first and second aircraft such that the first and second aircraft are in a predetermined configuration in which the first and second aircraft are physically coupled together, for example attached together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: BAE Systems plc
    Inventors: Robert Mark Crockett, Gary Alexander Cousins
  • AIRCRAFT COUPLING METHOD AND SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20180173246
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for physically coupling together a first aircraft and a second aircraft, for example for the purpose of performing air-to-air refueling. The first aircraft is an aircraft in flight. The second aircraft is an aircraft in flight. The method comprises: sending, from a transmitter located on the first aircraft, an electromagnetic signal; receiving, by a receiver located on the second aircraft, the signal; and controlling, by one or more processors, using the signal received by the second aircraft, at least one of the first and second aircraft such that the first and second aircraft are in a predetermined configuration in which the first and second aircraft are physically coupled together, for example attached together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: BAE Systems plc
    Inventors: Robert Mark Crockett, Gary Alexander Cousins