Patents by Inventor James Kemmitt

James Kemmitt 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-to-air refueling drogue assemblies
    Patent number: 8950708
    Abstract: An air to air refuelling drogue assembly includes a reception coupling and a drogue canopy connected to the reception coupling by connection means which hold the canopy in an operative, drag producing, position relative to the reception coupling during refuelling. The drogue assembly is arranged to controllably fail so as to reduce the drag load produced by the drogue when a drag load on the canopy exceeds a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Flight Refuelling Limited Brook Road
    Inventors: Christopher Mouskis, Georgios Filippos Papaioannou, Adrian Bedford, Richard John Foxwell, James Kemmitt
  • AIR-TO-AIR REFUELING DROGUE ASSEMBLIES
    Publication number: 20120199696
    Abstract: An air to air refuelling drogue assembly includes a reception coupling and a drogue canopy connected to the reception coupling by connection means which hold the canopy in an operative, drag producing, position relative to the reception coupling during refuelling. The drogue assembly is arranged to controllably fail so as to reduce the drag load produced by the drogue when a drag load on the canopy exceeds a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: FLIGHT REFUELLING LIMITED
    Inventors: Christopher MOUSKIS, Georgios Filippos PAPAIOANNOU, Adrian BEDFORD, Richard John FOXWELL, James KEMMITT
  • Drogue assembly for in-flight refuelling
    Patent number: 8205837
    Abstract: A drogue assembly includes a probe guide such as a standard small high speed drogue with a first canopy (14), and a foldable second canopy (20) mounted around the first canopy which is biased outwardly, and is foldable inwardly under air pressure loading to overlie the small drogue at low speeds. Thus the drag produced by the drogue varies automatically with airspeed allowing the assembly to be used over a wide range of airspeeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Flight Refuelling Limited
    Inventors: Christopher Mouskis, Ismet Gursul, James Kemmitt
  • DROGUE ASSEMBLY FOR IN-FLIGHT REFUELLING
    Publication number: 20100019090
    Abstract: A drogue assembly includes a probe guide such as a standard small high speed drogue with a first canopy (14), and a foldable second canopy (20) mounted around the first canopy which is biased outwardly, and is foldable inwardly under air pressure loading to overlie the small drogue at low speeds. Thus the drag produced by the drogue varies automatically with airspeed allowing the assembly to be used over a wide range of airspeeds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2007
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Inventors: Christopher Mouskis, Ismet Gursul, James Kemmitt