Patents by Inventor Lansing Wei

Lansing Wei 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for space-efficient aircraft deployment
    Patent number: 11780556
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for deployable wing portions of an aircraft. An example method of deploying an aircraft includes separating the aircraft from a launch vehicle, the aircraft having a wing pivotably coupled to a fuselage, rotating, about an axis of rotation, the wing relative to the fuselage from a first rotational orientation to a second rotational orientation different from the first rotational orientation, wherein, in the first rotational orientation, the wing extends along a direction that substantially aligns with a longitudinal axis of the fuselage, and extending the wing in a lateral direction away from the fuselage in the second rotational orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation
    Inventors: Tony Shuo Tao, Lauren Trollinger Wolfe, Lansing Wei, Francesco Giannini
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SPACE-EFFICIENT AIRCRAFT DEPLOYMENT
    Publication number: 20230150648
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for deployable wing portions of an aircraft. An example method of deploying an aircraft includes separating the aircraft from a launch vehicle, the aircraft having a wing pivotably coupled to a fuselage, rotating, about an axis of rotation, the wing relative to the fuselage from a first rotational orientation to a second rotational orientation different from the first rotational orientation, wherein, in the first rotational orientation, the wing extends along a direction that substantially aligns with a longitudinal axis of the fuselage, and extending the wing in a lateral direction away from the fuselage in the second rotational orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Tony Shuo Tao, Lauren Trollinger Wolfe, Lansing Wei, Francesco Giannini