Patents by Inventor Nicola Italo Catino

Nicola Italo Catino 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).

  • TAIL-LESS UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20190092448
    Abstract: An aerial vehicle includes a fuselage situated at the center and a main wing body having a pair of half-wings extending on transversely opposite sides of the fuselage. Each half-wing includes an orientable horizontal surface or plane, which acts as an aerodynamic control, and a fixed winglet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicant: LEONARDO S.P.A.
    Inventors: Aurelio Calcedonio BOSCARINO, Alberto BECCARO, Pierclaudio IAIA, Nicola Italo CATINO, Diego CURLETTO, Davide DE SIMONE, Luciana LO VERDE, Paolo DI STEFANO, Silva REGIS, Riccardo BARGETTO
  • Method for increasing the lift of aerodynamic surfaces and for reducing the drag
    Patent number: 8387923
    Abstract: A jet of air is impelled on to the upper surface of a flap in order to increase its lift. Part of the air in this air jet is drawn, through air intakes, from the air stream flowing over an upper surface of the fixed part of the wing, located upstream of the flap. The air jet drawn in by suction by the air intakes is reinforced by a jet of compressed air blown through a passage which opens immediately downstream of the air intakes. This creates a combined jet of the air sucked in and the blown jet, which is ejected on to the upper surface of the flap through outlet apertures located on the rear edge of the fixed part of the wing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Alenia Aeronautica S.p.A.
    Inventor: Nicola Italo Catino
  • METHOD FOR INCREASING THE LIFT OF AERODYNAMIC SURFACES AND FOR REDUCING THE DRAG
    Publication number: 20100181433
    Abstract: A jet of air is impelled on to the upper surface of a flap in order to increase its lift. Part of the air in this air jet is drawn, through air intakes, from the air stream flowing over an upper surface of the fixed part of the wing, located upstream of the flap. The air jet drawn in by suction by the air intakes is reinforced by a jet of compressed air blown through a passage which opens immediately downstream of the air intakes. This creates a combined jet of the air sucked in and the blown jet, which is ejected on to the upper surface of the flap through outlet apertures located on the rear edge of the fixed part of the wing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2008
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: Alenia Aeronautica S.p.A.
    Inventor: Nicola Italo Catino