Patents by Inventor Konstantinos Kanistras

Konstantinos Kanistras 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).

  • Circulation control system for aerial vehicles
    Patent number: 10730607
    Abstract: A circulation control system for an aerial vehicle. The system comprises an air supply unit attached to the aerial vehicle configured to generate a specified amount of mass air flow; an air delivery system, the air supply unit and the air delivery system being connected via at least one tube that turns at least one right angle; a circulation control wing through which air from the air supply unit is delivered through the air delivery system, the circulation control wing comprising at least one plenum configured to blow the air out of a slot in a trailing edge of the wing, and at least one dual radius flap positioned behind the slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Colorado Seminary Which Owns and Operates the University of Denver
    Inventors: Konstantinos Kanistras, Pranith Chander Saka, Matthew J. Rutherford, Kimon P. Valavanis
  • CIRCULATION CONTROL SYSTEM FOR AERIAL VEHICLES
    Publication number: 20180134372
    Abstract: A circulation control system for an aerial vehicle. The system comprises an air supply unit attached to the aerial vehicle configured to generate a specified amount of mass air flow; an air delivery system, the air supply unit and the air delivery system being connected via at least one tube that turns at least one right angle; a circulation control wing through which air from the air supply unit is delivered through the air delivery system, the circulation control wing comprising at least one plenum configured to blow the air out of a slot in a trailing edge of the wing, and at least one dual radius flap positioned behind the slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Konstantinos Kanistras, Pranith Chander Saka, Matthew J. Rutherford, Kimon P. Valavanis