Patents by Inventor Gilbert Lewis Crouse, JR.

Gilbert Lewis Crouse, JR. 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).

  • AIR VEHICLES INCLUDING FREEWINGS AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20230278704
    Abstract: Example air vehicles including freewings and related methods are disclosed herein. An example air vehicle includes a fuselage; a freewing coupled to the fuselage, the freewing pivotable relative to the fuselage; and a rotor carried by the freewing, the rotor pivotable independently of the freewing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventor: Gilbert Lewis Crouse, JR.
  • Battery switch with current control
    Patent number: 11462918
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a multifunction battery switch and method of connecting a battery pack to an external bus via the multifunction battery switch. The multifunction battery switch having a multifunctional controller, a plurality of switches, an inductor, and a resistor. Each of the plurality of switches is independently controllable via switch commands from the multifunctional controller. The inductor, the resistor, and the plurality of switches are arranged to define a buck-boost converter to selectively regulate power transfer between the battery pack and the external bus as a function of the switch commands from the multifunctional controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation
    Inventor: Gilbert Lewis Crouse, Jr.
  • Battery Switch with Current Control
    Publication number: 20200274368
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a multifunction battery switch and method of connecting a battery pack to an external bus via the multifunction battery switch. The multifunction battery switch having a multifunctional controller, a plurality of switches, an inductor, and a resistor. Each of the plurality of switches is independently controllable via switch commands from the multifunctional controller. The inductor, the resistor, and the plurality of switches are arranged to define a buck-boost converter to selectively regulate power transfer between the battery pack and the external bus as a function of the switch commands from the multifunctional controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventor: Gilbert Lewis Crouse, JR.