Patents by Inventor Mariano Ortega De Miguel

Mariano Ortega De Miguel 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).

  • Smart boom tip assembly
    Patent number: 7954764
    Abstract: A refueling apparatus for interconnecting a tanker aircraft (11) with a receiver aircraft in flight comprising a boom (21) joined to said tanker aircraft (11) by means of a mechanical articulation (41) having control means including a central computer station, an inner fuel conduit, a refueling nozzle (27) at its distal end and, and a smart tip assembly comprising a first module (83) having load sensing means, a second module (85) having load alleviation means and a third module (87), joined to the nozzle (27), having a mechanical fuse (99) for allowing the safe separation of tanker and receiver aircraft in the event of overloads. The invention also comprises a method of load alleviation for minimizing the loads on the boom (21).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Eads Construcciones Aeronauticas, S.A.
    Inventors: Mariano Ortega De Miguel, Antonio San Jose Orche
  • Smart boom tip assembly
    Publication number: 20100327116
    Abstract: A refueling apparatus for interconnecting a tanker aircraft (11) with a receiver aircraft in flight comprising a boom (21) joined to said tanker aircraft (11) by means of a mechanical articulation (41) having control means including a central computer station, an inner fuel conduit, a refueling nozzle (27) at its distal end and, and a smart tip assembly comprising a first module (83) having load sensing means, a second module (85) having load alleviation means and a third module (87), joined to the nozzle (27), having a mechanical fuse (99) for allowing the safe separation of tanker and receiver aircraft in the event of overloads. The invention also comprises a method of load alleviation for minimizing the loads on the boom (21).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2006
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventors: Mariano Ortega De Miguel, Antonio San Jose Orche
  • Refueling boom with a fail-safe roll-pitch device
    Publication number: 20080093505
    Abstract: A refueling apparatus for interconnecting a tanker aircraft (11) with a receiver aircraft in flight comprising a boom (21) joined to said tanker aircraft (11) by means of a mechanical articulation (41) comprising a first device (43) including a pivot axis (45), a second device (47) including a roll axis (49) and a third device (51) including a pitch axis (53), having at least one of said devices (43, 47, 51) fail-safe means (37, 37?) providing a duplication of the load paths (39, 39?) along the device, and also comprising a rigid fuel tight coupling (35) connecting the boom fuel line (31) to the tanker aircraft fuel line (33).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2006
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Inventors: Mariano Ortega De Miguel, Antonio San Jose Orche