Patents by Inventor Ivan R. Yates

Ivan R. Yates 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).

  • Duct means for aircraft
    Patent number: 4533095
    Abstract: A duct 11 for an aircraft comprises a flexible panel member 18 which is normally held in a non-fluid conducting condition adjacent the surface of the aircraft body by biass tension means 12, 13, so as to define a substantially continuous surface. On introduction of fluid pressure between the panel and the aircraft body, the panel member is inflated to overcome the biass of the tension means 12, 13, and to expand to a fluid conducting condition of relatively large cross-sectional area, upstanding from the surrounding aircraft surface regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1983
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1985
    Assignee: British Aerospace Public Limited Company
    Inventor: Ivan R. Yates