Patents by Inventor Masayoshi Matsuzaka

Masayoshi Matsuzaka 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).

  • Patent number: 4501397
    Abstract: A method of stabilizing flight of a flying body having a circular cross-section by the use of a plurality of tripping wires, when the flying body flies in an air current at a high angle of attack with respect to the air current. And also a flight-stabilized flying body having a circular cross-section, comprising at least two tripping wires attached to the periphery of said flying body. The tripping wires are attached to the outer periphery of the flying body, by which an asymmetric side force acting on the flying body is reduced, thereby suppressing bad motion of the flying body, such as, rotation around the center of gravity of the flying body in a plane of an attack angle, i.e. the flat spin, yawing and the like motion. In a case of attaching two tripping wires to the flying body, an optimal angle of wire attachment for suppressing the undesirable motion resides in a region from 60.degree. to 45.degree. for the non-dimensional wire height of a region from 0.007 to 0.014.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 1982
    Date of Patent: February 26, 1985
    Assignee: University of Tokyo
    Inventors: Hirotoshi Kubota, Akira Takano, Isao Arai, Masayoshi Matsuzaka