Patents by Inventor Ian Kopp

Ian Kopp 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).

  • Semi cantilevered landing gear actuated by an external articulating load damper for improved take-off
    Patent number: 10766606
    Abstract: A landing gear arrangement may comprise a lever configured to be coupled between an axle and a strut piston of a shock strut, a load damper configured to be externally coupled between the shock strut and the lever, wherein the load damper is configured to increase a length of the landing gear arrangement in response to an extension force of the load damper increasing above a ground force reacted through the landing gear arrangement. The load damper may be located externally from the strut piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Goodrich Corporation
    Inventors: Charles J. Spink, Ian Kopp, Dennis W. Martin, William E. Luce
  • SEMI CANTILEVERED LANDING GEAR ACTUATED BY AN EXTERNAL ARTICULATING LOAD DAMPER FOR IMPROVED TAKE-OFF
    Publication number: 20190112033
    Abstract: A landing gear arrangement may comprise a lever configured to be coupled between an axle and a strut piston of a shock strut, a load damper configured to be externally coupled between the shock strut and the lever, wherein the load damper is configured to increase a length of the landing gear arrangement in response to an extension force of the load damper increasing above a ground force reacted through the landing gear arrangement. The load damper may be located externally from the strut piston.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: Goodrich Corporation
    Inventors: Charles J. Spink, Ian Kopp, Dennis W. Martin, William E. Luce