Patents by Inventor Lawrence Y. Dong

Lawrence Y. Dong 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).

  • Tandem wing aircraft and method for manufacturing and operating such aircraft
    Patent number: 6705567
    Abstract: An aircraft and associated method of manufacture and operation. The aircraft can include a fuselage having a first portion and a second portion projecting upwardly from the first portion, with the first portion housing a passenger deck and the second portion being positioned above the passenger deck. A first wing can extend outwardly from the first portion of the fuselage and the second wing can extend outwardly from the second portion of the fuselage, with the second wing being positioned above and forward of the first wing. Accordingly, the fuselage can include a plurality of passenger doors simultaneously accessible to ground-based passenger load/unload equipment with at least one of the passenger doors positioned beneath the second wing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Lawrence Y. Dong, Mithra M. K. V. Sankrithi
  • TANDEM WING AIRCRAFT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AND OPERATING SUCH AIRCRAFT
    Publication number: 20040007647
    Abstract: An aircraft and associated method of manufacture and operation. The aircraft can include a fuselage having a first portion and a second portion projecting upwardly from the first portion, with the first portion housing a passenger deck and the second portion being positioned above the passenger deck. A first wing can extend outwardly from the first portion of the fuselage and the second wing can extend outwardly from the second portion of the fuselage, with the second wing being positioned above and forward of the first wing. Accordingly, the fuselage can include a plurality of passenger doors simultaneously accessible to ground-based passenger load/unload equipment with at least one of the passenger doors positioned beneath the second wing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2002
    Publication date: January 15, 2004
    Inventors: Lawrence Y. Dong, Mithra M.K.V. Sankrithi