Patents by Inventor Paul Stewart Ferrell

Paul Stewart Ferrell 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).

  • Unmanned aerial vehicle structures and methods
    Patent number: 10017237
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein relates to an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) having vibration dampening and isolation capabilities, the UAV including a first frame portion, a second frame portion, and a third frame portion. Each of the first frame portion, the second frame portion, and the third frame portion is separated from one another. At least one first support member inelastically coupling the first frame portion and the third frame portion. At least one second support member elastically coupling the second frame portion and one or more of the first frame portion or the third frame portion to isolate the first frame portion and the third frame portion from vibration of the second frame portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Donald Bolden Hutson, Clayton Dumstorff, Jonathan Paul Davis, Paul Stewart Ferrell, Charles Wheeler Sweet, III, Travis Van Schoyck, Ross Eric Kessler, Aleksandr Kushleyev, Daniel Warren Mellinger, III
  • UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE STRUCTURES AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20170183074
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein relates to an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) having vibration dampening and isolation capabilities, the UAV including a first frame portion, a second frame portion, and a third frame portion. Each of the first frame portion, the second frame portion, and the third frame portion is separated from one another. At least one first support member inelastically coupling the first frame portion and the third frame portion. At least one second support member elastically coupling the second frame portion and one or more of the first frame portion or the third frame portion to isolate the first frame portion and the third frame portion from vibration of the second frame portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: Donald Bolden Hutson, Clayton Dumstorff, Jonathan Paul Davis, Paul Stewart Ferrell, Charles Wheeler Sweet, III, Travis Van Schoyck, Ross Eric Kessler, Aleksandr Kushleyev, Daniel Warren Mellinger, III