Patents by Inventor Jeffrey David Lydecker

Jeffrey David Lydecker 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).

  • Methods and apparatus to recover rotorcraft
    Patent number: 11718389
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to recover rotorcraft are disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus includes a rotor of a vehicle, a rotatable hub to support the rotor, and a rotor hook disposed on the rotor. The rotor hook has a groove to receive a recovery line. The rotor is to contact the recovery line when the vehicle is flown toward the recovery line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Insitu, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey David Lydecker, Rolf Rysdyk
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS TO RECOVER ROTORCRAFT
    Publication number: 20220297826
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to recover rotorcraft are disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus includes a rotor of a vehicle, a rotatable hub to support the rotor, and a rotor hook disposed on the rotor. The rotor hook has a groove to receive a recovery line. The rotor is to contact the recovery line when the vehicle is flown toward the recovery line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Jeffrey David Lydecker, Rolf Rysdyk
  • Methods and apparatus to recover rotorcraft
    Patent number: 11377207
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to recover rotorcraft are disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus includes a rotor of a vehicle, a rotatable hub to support the rotor, and a rotor hook disposed on the rotor. The rotor hook has a groove to receive a recovery line. The rotor is to contact the recovery line when the vehicle is flown toward the recovery line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Insitu, Inc., (A subsidiary of The Boeing Company)
    Inventors: Jeffrey David Lydecker, Rolf Rysdyk
  • Unmanned aerial vehicle
    Patent number: 11292596
    Abstract: An aircraft has a fuselage, a wing assembly coupleable to the fuselage, and an empennage including a pair of tail booms configured to be removably coupled to the wing assembly. The wing assembly includes a pair of boom interfaces located on laterally opposite sides of the fuselage. Each tail boom has a boom forward end configured to be mechanically attached to one of the boom interfaces using an externally-accessible mechanical fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Matthew David Grubb, Jeffrey David Lydecker, Wayne David Goodrich
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS TO RECOVER ROTORCRAFT
    Publication number: 20200102070
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to recover rotorcraft are disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus includes a rotor of a vehicle, a rotatable hub to support the rotor, and a rotor hook disposed on the rotor. The rotor hook has a groove to receive a recovery line. The rotor is to contact the recovery line when the vehicle is flown toward the recovery line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Jeffrey David Lydecker, Rolf Rysdyk
  • UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20190168872
    Abstract: An aircraft has a fuselage, a wing assembly coupleable to the fuselage, and an empennage including a pair of tail booms configured to be removably coupled to the wing assembly. The wing assembly includes a pair of boom interfaces located on laterally opposite sides of the fuselage. Each tail boom has a boom forward end configured to be mechanically attached to one of the boom interfaces using an externally-accessible mechanical fastener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Matthew David Grubb, Jeffrey David Lydecker, Wayne David Goodrich