Patents by Inventor Nitin Susendran

Nitin Susendran 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).

  • Aircraft coupling mechanism
    Patent number: 11724804
    Abstract: A male part and a female part can reversibly couple aircraft to one another using an attachment mechanism. The male part includes a wall forming a shaft and is operable to attach to a first aircraft. The female part includes a wall forming a cavity and is operable to attach to a second aircraft. The attachment mechanism can regulate a mechanical engagement between the shaft on the male part and the cavity on the female part while the first aircraft and the second aircraft are airborne or on land. The attachment mechanism is operable to switch between an engaged position and a disengaged position. In the engaged position, the attachment mechanism initiates the mechanical engagement to rigidly attach the first and the second aircraft to one another. In the disengaged position, the attachment mechanism discontinues the mechanical engagement to detach the first and the second aircraft from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC.
    Inventors: Nathan Alexander Mills, Nitin Susendran, Monty Don Bruckman, II, Adam Bergamini
  • AIRCRAFT COUPLING MECHANISM
    Publication number: 20200324893
    Abstract: A male part and a female part can reversibly couple aircraft to one another using an attachment mechanism. The male part includes a wall forming a shaft and is operable to attach to a first aircraft. The female part includes a wall forming a cavity and is operable to attach to a second aircraft. The attachment mechanism can regulate a mechanical engagement between the shaft on the male part and the cavity on the female part while the first aircraft and the second aircraft are airborne or on land. The attachment mechanism is operable to switch between an engaged position and a disengaged position. In the engaged position, the attachment mechanism initiates the mechanical engagement to rigidly attach the first and the second aircraft to one another. In the disengaged position, the attachment mechanism discontinues the mechanical engagement to detach the first and the second aircraft from one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Nathan Alexander Mills, Nitin Susendran, Monty Don Bruckman, II, Adam Bergamini