Patents by Inventor James D. Chase

James D. Chase 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).

  • Lift and twist control using trailing edge control surfaces on supersonic laminar flow wings
    Patent number: 7004428
    Abstract: An aircraft includes a fuselage, thin supersonic wings on the fuselage, there being trailing edge flaps carried by the wings, the flaps configured to provide flap deflection to simultaneously control wing twist and to reduce drag, when the aircraft is operated at subsonic flight conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: Aerion Corporation
    Inventors: Richard R. Tracy, James D. Chase
  • Laminar flow wing for transonic cruise
    Patent number: 7000870
    Abstract: In combination, an aircraft wing and fuselage, comprising the wing having camber at or near the wing leading edge which has blunted sharpness and low sweep angle, and the fuselage having indentation along the wing side thereof, and lengthwise of the fuselage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignee: Aerion Corporation
    Inventors: Richard R. Tracy, James D. Chase, Ilan Kroo
  • Highly swept canard with low sweep wing supersonic aircraft configuration
    Patent number: 6857599
    Abstract: An aircraft, comprising a fuselage having an elongated, narrow forward portion, a main wing carried by a rear portion of the fuselage, a canard wing carried by said fuselage forward portion and having swept back leading and trailing edges tapering toward a tip or tips, the canard wing having less lifting surface than the main wing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2005
    Assignee: Aerion Corporation
    Inventors: Richard R. Tracy, James D. Chase, Ilan Kroo
  • Highly swept canard with low sweep wing supersonic aircraft configuration
    Publication number: 20040140395
    Abstract: An aircraft, comprising a fuselage having an elongated, narrow forward portion, a main wing carried by a rear portion of the fuselage, a canard wing carried by said fuselage forward portion and having swept back leading and trailing edges tapering toward a tip or tips, the canard wing having less lifting surface than the main wing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2003
    Publication date: July 22, 2004
    Inventors: Richard R. Tracy, James D. Chase, Ilan Kroo
  • Laminar flow wing for transonic cruise
    Publication number: 20040129837
    Abstract: In combination, an aircraft wing and fuselage, comprising the wing having camber at or near the wing leading edge which has blunted sharpness and low sweep angle, and the fuselage having indentation along the wing side thereof, and lengthwise of the fuselage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2003
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Inventors: Richard R. Tracy, James D. Chase, Ilan Kroo