Patents by Inventor George W. Sawn

George W. Sawn 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).

  • Quick releasing high strength connector
    Patent number: 4258888
    Abstract: A device for rapidly securing and releasing a helicopter is provided. The vice effects positive haul down of an aircraft from a landing attitude above a landing pad aboard ship to a predetermined landing position on the pad, among other uses, through a plurality of rotatable spring-loaded over-center dogs clamped onto the free end of a haul-down cable and a sliding, cylindrical spring-loaded latching device which maintains the dogs in clamped relationship with the haul-down cable. The haul-down cable is instantly released upon freeing of the dogs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1979
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1981
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventor: George W. Sawn