Patents by Inventor Kenneth William Sambell

Kenneth William Sambell 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).

  • Publication number: 20100072325
    Abstract: This is an improvement of the 1968 Trailing Rotor V/STOL aircraft (Ref. 1). Rotors are mounted on wing-tip pods which can be tilted from the vertical to the horizontal aft position. Rotors are then stopped in the axial-flow condition and indexed to an azimuth position, aft of the wing trailing-edge. Rotor blades are then folded forward (blade-tips upstream of rotor-hubs) and locked into grooves in the tip-pods. The main improvements over Ref. 1 are: a smaller shift of center-of-gravity during transition to cruise mode, and an easier task of locking blades into the tip-pods. The main feature of the autorotative aft rotor tilt is that a soft-inplane rotor can be used, which reduces rotor weight. The blade-folding axis is also the blade-flapping axis. The autorotative mode is used frequently by helicopters during descent. It has been found to be a good, stable mode with rpm-stability. During aft tilt on the UFR, the rotors provide pitching stability to the airframe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2009
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Inventor: Kenneth William Sambell
  • Patent number: D413560
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1999
    Inventor: Kenneth William Sambell