Patents by Inventor Malcolm John COX

Malcolm John COX 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).

  • AIR CUSHION LANDING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATION
    Publication number: 20100140388
    Abstract: An aircraft air cushion landing system (2) includes a skirt (6) defining a plenum (22) on an underside of the aircraft, a plenum fan (26) arranged to induce an airflow into the plenum (22) and controller configured to control operation of the plenum fan (26). The controller includes a sensor (30) adapted to sense an imminent landing event and a fan control system (28) configured to automatically operate the plenum fan (26) to provide a first flow in a first direction out of the plenum (22) so that as the skirt (6) engages a landing surface air is being evacuated from the plenum (22). A method also operates such a system (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: Air Cushion Landing Systems Limited
    Inventors: Russell John London, Malcolm John COX