Patents by Inventor Martiqua Post

Martiqua Post 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).

  • Plasma actuators for drag reduction on wings, nacelles and/or fuselage of vertical take-off and landing aircraft
    Patent number: 8308112
    Abstract: An aircraft includes a surface over which an airflow passes. A plasma actuator is configured to generate a plasma above the surface, the plasma coupling a directed momentum into the air surrounding the surface to reduce separation of the airflow from the surface. A method of reducing separation of an airflow from a surface of an aircraft includes generating a plasma in air surrounding the surface at a position where the airflow would separate from the surface in the absence of the plasma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignees: Textron Innovations Inc., The University of Notre Dame du Lac
    Inventors: Tommie L. Wood, Thomas C. Corke, Martiqua Post
  • Plasma actuators for drag reduction on wings, nacelles and/or fuselage of vertical take-off and landing aircraft
    Publication number: 20100224733
    Abstract: An aircraft includes a surface over which an airflow passes. A plasma actuator is configured to generate a plasma above the surface, the plasma coupling a directed momentum into the air surrounding the surface to reduce separation of the airflow from the surface. A method of reducing separation of an airflow from a surface of an aircraft includes generating a plasma in air surrounding the surface at a position where the airflow would separate from the surface in the absence of the plasma.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2006
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON INC.
    Inventors: Tommie L. Wood, Thomas C. Corke, Martiqua Post