Patents by Inventor Gianluigi Bandera

Gianluigi Bandera 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).

  • Patent number: 5932831
    Abstract: A device for feeding ammunition in the form of a continuous belt into a weapon carried on an aircraft; the device having a rigid conduit extending longitudinally along a side of the fuselage of the aircraft, and in turn having a rear portion for loading the ammunition, and a front portion connectable to the weapon by a flexible conduit; the rear portion of the rigid conduit being of such a width as to house the ammunition in two rows, in an accordion configuration; and the front portion being narrower to house the ammunition in a single row.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1999
    Assignee: Finmeccanica S.p.A.
    Inventor: Gianluigi Bandera
  • Patent number: 4713933
    Abstract: A helicopter with a turbine power unit on which fluid flow from the turbine exhaust nozzle, from a turbine bypass duct, from a duct communicating with the compartment housing the turbine engine, and from one or more ducts for cooling internal parts on the helicopter, converges inside a single manifold the output of which is connected to the input of a tubular screening device extending outwards from the manifold and provided with tubular transverse wing contours communicating externally and arranged in such a manner as to prevent the turbine exhaust nozzle from being directly visible from outside, and in such a manner as to define a number of ejectors for activating the fluid streams converging inside the manifold, and for mixing them together with outside air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1987
    Assignee: Costruzioni Aeronautiche Giovanni Agusta S.p.A.
    Inventor: Gianluigi Bandera