Patents by Inventor Jeffrey R Munk

Jeffrey R Munk 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).

  • Patent number: 7040572
    Abstract: A lighter-than-air aircraft (1) having a gas-filled hull (2) and a pair of spaced apart landing gear units (11, 12) on the underside of the hull arranged on opposite sides of a longitudinally extending central vertical plane of the hull. Each landing gear unit (11, 12) comprises bag skirt means (5–7, 5?–7?), means for supplying air to and removing air from the bag skirt means and actuating means operable to move the bag skirt means between an operative configuration for containing one or more air cushions and an inoperative configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Advanced Technologies Group Limited
    Inventor: Jeffrey R Munk
  • Patent number: 4793137
    Abstract: A control system for airships and the like that incorporates optically encoded control signals and a compressed fluid power source to power a remote control station to decrease the susceptibility of the control system to uninterruption or disablement due to electromagnetic interference. The compressed fluid power source provides means of driving an electrical generator at a remote location to power the electrical portion of the control system at the remote location in addition to providing primary power for movement of the controlled devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 27, 1988
    Assignee: Airship Industries (UK) Limited
    Inventor: Jeffrey R. Munk