Patents by Inventor Parvez N. Ahmad

Parvez N. Ahmad 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).

  • Auxilliary power and thrust unit drive system
    Patent number: 9409653
    Abstract: An aircraft auxiliary power and thrust unit includes at least one blade mounted to a fan shaft which are mounted to a tail cone of the aircraft and rotatable relative to the tail cone. Also included is an air intake assembly which includes an opening defined by the tail cone and a channel in fluid communication with the opening and the at least one blade. A first drive shaft positioned to extend in a direction transverse to the fan shaft and engageable to rotate with the fan shaft and first drive shaft engaged and the first drive shaft engageable to a second drive shaft positioned transverse to the first drive shaft such that the second drive shaft rotates with the first drive shaft with the first and second drive shafts engaged. The second drive shaft is positioned outside of the channel of the air intake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Parvez N. Ahmad, David Ellis
  • AUXILLIARY POWER AND THRUST UNIT DRIVE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20160075442
    Abstract: An aircraft auxiliary power and thrust unit includes at least one blade mounted to a fan shaft which are mounted to a tail cone of the aircraft and rotatable relative to the tail cone. Also included is an air intake assembly which includes an opening defined by the tail cone and a channel in fluid communication with the opening and the at least one blade. A first drive shaft positioned to extend in a direction transverse to the fan shaft and engageable to rotate with the fan shaft and first drive shaft engaged and the first drive shaft engageable to a second drive shaft positioned transverse to the first drive shaft such that the second drive shaft rotates with the first drive shaft with the first and second drive shafts engaged. The second drive shaft is positioned outside of the channel of the air intake.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Parvez N. Ahmad, David Ellis