Patents by Inventor Jerry E. Carlow

Jerry E. Carlow 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: 6474604
    Abstract: This invention, though preferably applied to aircraft structure, has application to foil-bearing devices in general, creating structure somewhat similar to the structure of a mobius band surface which characteristically rejoins to itself, because said structure produces unique continuity of one surface blending into a subsequent one, said structure most often having opposed higher and lower pressure-dynamic surfaces. These “mobius-like” structures join foil segments and complementary surfaces to specific fluid-dynamic components (foil segments joined to foil extensions, shaped and contoured panels, subsequent foil segments, and moveable surfaces) such that there is particular unique continuity of a first fluid-dynamic component to a subsequent one thus more effectively utilizing foil-created fluid-dynamic pressure flow for orchestrated lift and thrust production and reducing vortex-induced fluid-dynamic drag than have other inventions of the prior art.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Inventor: Jerry E. Carlow