Patents by Inventor Neil Lyons

Neil Lyons 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).

  • Leading edge slat
    Patent number: 12065235
    Abstract: An aircraft wing including a leading edge slat and a fixed aerofoil portion. The leading edge slat is moveable between a stowed position and deployed position. In the deployed position a trailing edge of the leading edge slat includes a sealed portion and an unsealed portion. The sealed portion forms a seal with the fixed aerofoil portion and the unsealed portion provides an airflow gap between the leading edge flap and the fixed aerofoil portion. The invention provides substantially the same benefits as a sealed leading edge slat whilst improving stall control behavior in local zones around the unsealed portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: Ben Commis, Neil Lyons, Edmund Kay
  • LEADING EDGE FLAP
    Publication number: 20230286647
    Abstract: An aircraft wing including a leading edge slat and a fixed aerofoil portion. The leading edge slat is moveable between a stowed position and deployed position. In the deployed position a trailing edge of the leading edge slat includes a sealed portion and an unsealed portion. The sealed portion forms a seal with the fixed aerofoil portion and the unsealed portion provides an airflow gap between the leading edge flap and the fixed aerofoil portion. The invention provides substantially the same benefits as a sealed leading edge slat whilst improving stall control behavior in local zones around the unsealed portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Ben COMMIS, Neil LYONS, Edmund KAY
  • AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR BAY DOOR
    Publication number: 20230159158
    Abstract: An aircraft landing gear bay door 140 including an attachment mechanism suitable for pivotally mounting the door to an aircraft, a first side 141 arranged to face inwardly in relation to the aircraft landing gear bay when the door is closed and face towards one side of a main leg of the landing gear when the door is open and the landing gear is deployed, and a second opposite side 142. The shape formed from the first and second sides provides an aerofoil profile of the door. The invention also provides an aircraft landing gear arrangement 100, an aircraft 1000, methods of operating an aircraft and a method of reducing noise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Aline SCOTTO, Maxime ITASSE, Alexander BÜSCHER, Christopher PERKINS, Alan MANN, Kevin IP, Neil LYONS, Robert MILLS
  • Wing tip pod
    Patent number: 9884677
    Abstract: A natural-laminar-flow swept transonic wing fitted with a wing tip pod for controlling the location of a wing shock in the wing tip region, such that the shock extends outboard substantially up to the wing tip without substantially sweeping forward toward the wing tip leading edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Airbus Operations Limited
    Inventors: Robert Northam, Neil Lyons
  • Engine pylon for the suspension of a turbo engine under an aircraft wing
    Patent number: 8336813
    Abstract: According to the invention, the engine pylon for the suspension of a turbo engine under an aircraft wing is such that the trailing edge of the rear lower part of the engine pylon is shifted toward the root of the wing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignees: Airbus Operations SAS, Airbus UK Limited
    Inventors: Cyril Bonnaud, Thierry Fol, Anne Dumoulin, Tom Gibson, Neil Lyons
  • WING TOP POD
    Publication number: 20120248255
    Abstract: A natural-laminar-flow swept transonic wing fitted with a wing tip pod for controlling the location of a wing shock in the wing tip region, such that the shock extends outboard substantially up to the wing tip without substantially sweeping forward toward the wing tip leading edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Inventors: Robert Northam, Neil Lyons
  • ENGINE PYLON FOR THE SUSPENSION OF A TURBO ENGINE UNDER AN AIRCRAFT WING
    Publication number: 20100051744
    Abstract: According to the invention, the engine pylon for the suspension of a turbo engine under an aircraft wing is such that the trailing edge of the rear lower part of the engine pylon is shifted toward the root of the wing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicants: AIRBUS OPERATIONS, AIRBUS UK Limited
    Inventors: Cyril BONNAUD, Thierry Fol, Anne Dumoulin, Tom Gibson, Neil Lyons