Patents by Inventor Joseph J. Mankaukas

Joseph J. Mankaukas 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).

  • Automatic release of a load from a helicopter external cargo suspension system
    Patent number: 5465925
    Abstract: A helicopter external cargo suspension system (12) has load sensors (19,20) at each suspension point for sensing the magnitude of a load (32) at each suspension point. A delay period (FIG. 6) is determined based on the magnitude of the load, and a load is released if one of the following failure modes occurs for a period which exceed the delay period: one of the suspension points is unloaded, the magnitude of the load exceeds a maximum threshold magnitude, or if the distribution of the load, as indicated by the difference in magnitude at each suspension point, exceeds a difference threshold magnitude. If the magnitude of the load is below a minimum threshold magnitude, the load will be carried by one of the suspension points in response to a failure of the other suspension points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 14, 1995
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher J. Connolly, Thomas H. Lawrence, Joseph J. Mankaukas, John J. Pawlowski, Matthew T. Smith