Patents by Inventor Paul A. Meningand

Paul A. Meningand 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).

  • Arrester net gear for aircraft
    Patent number: 4143840
    Abstract: This aircraft arrester net gear comprises at least one flexible frame having each at least one elementary net slidably mounted therein, in such a manner that when a forwardly projecting element of the aircraft engages the net the elementary nets can slide in relation to the frame and the horizontal width of the net mesh normally engaged by the aircraft wings is reduced; for this purpose, open-loop slack portions of the horizontal straps of the elementary nets are provided at each end thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 1977
    Date of Patent: March 13, 1979
    Assignee: Aerazur Constructions Aeronautiques
    Inventors: Jean P. Bernard, Paul A. Meningand
  • Aircraft arresting gear net raising device
    Patent number: 4056247
    Abstract: In this device for raising the net of an aircraft arresting gear, a post is pivotally mounted on each side of the strip in a frame structure disposed obliquely to the center line of the strip, this post being pivotally connected intermediate its ends to the piston-rod of a pneumatic cylinder, the net suspension rope passing through the top of each post before being anchored to the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 1976
    Date of Patent: November 1, 1977
    Assignee: Aerazur Constructions Aeronautiques
    Inventors: Jean Paul Bernard, Paul A. Meningand