Patents by Inventor Joseph Dean Rainville

Joseph Dean Rainville 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).

  • FUEL CELL POWERED AIRCRAFT WITH A CATHODE CONVERTIBLE BETWEEN OXYGEN AND AIR AND METHOD FOR USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20200180774
    Abstract: An aircraft that includes a fuselage, an electric motor driven propulsion system, and a fuel cell system configured to provide electricity to the electric motor. The fuel cell system includes a fuel cell, a hydrogen tank, an oxygen tank, an air channel, and a cathode switch. The cathode switch being configured to convert between an air mode, wherein the fuel cell operates utilizing air from the air channel, and an oxygen mode, wherein the fuel cell operates utilizing oxygen from the oxygen tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
    Inventor: Joseph Dean Rainville
  • AUTONOMOUS HYDROGEN REFUELING
    Publication number: 20200180782
    Abstract: A system and a method for autonomous hydrogen refueling of vertical lift aircraft using a landing pad with sensors, a hydrogen storage tank, a refueling arm configured to couple the hydrogen storage tank to the aircraft and a controller configured to control a flow of fuel from the hydrogen storage tank to the aircraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
    Inventor: Joseph Dean Rainville
  • MOBILE AUTONOMOUS HYDROGEN REFUELING STATION
    Publication number: 20200180940
    Abstract: A system and a method for mobilized autonomous hydrogen refueling of vertical lift aircraft using a framed landing pad with sensors, an onboard hydrogen storage tank, an onboard refueling arm configured to couple the hydrogen storage tank to the aircraft and an onboard controller configured to control a flow of fuel from the hydrogen storage tank to the aircraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
    Inventor: Joseph Dean Rainville