Patents by Inventor Joseph E. Farbridge

Joseph E. Farbridge 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).

  • Ventral segmented nozzles for promoting rapid temperature and pressure decay
    Patent number: 5076512
    Abstract: A thrust deflector system for VSTOL aircraft. The thrust directing system consists of a number of spaced-apart, downwardly facing openings along the bottom of the fuselage. The openings are fluidly connected with the outlet of the aircraft engine so that pressurized gas from the aircraft engine is discharged through the openings and away from the fuselage in discrete spaced-apart jets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1991
    Assignees: Boeing Canada Ltd., General Electric Company
    Inventors: Joseph E. Farbridge, Douglas Garland, Albert F. Schexnayder
  • Segmented vectoring cruise nozzles
    Patent number: 4948072
    Abstract: A thrust vectoring structure is provided for VSTOL aircraft having a pressurized gas generator and at least one rearward facing outlet with an opening for discharging pressurized gas from the pressurized gas generator. The thrust vectoring structure has a plurality of horizontal dividers extending between the sides of the opening. A front flap is rotatably mounted adjacent the front edge of the dividers and a rear flap is rotatably mounted adjacent the rear edge of the dividers. The flaps are rotatable from a horizontal position to a vertical position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 14, 1990
    Assignee: Boeing of Canada Ltd.
    Inventors: Douglas Garland, Joseph E. Farbridge