Patents by Inventor Peter Forrest LeHew

Peter Forrest LeHew 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).

  • Publication number: 20250065999
    Abstract: A system and method is provided for controlling a suspended load comprising an aircraft, an apparatus at the aircraft comprising a winch adapted to deploy and retrieve a tether attached to the load. A stabilizer may be connected to the tether, the tether stabilizer including at least lateral thrust capability and sensors and control circuitry. In this embodiment, the control circuitry communicates with the aircraft, winch and stabilizer to translate the load attached to the tether and the aircraft is maneuvered at an altitude and airspeed in which the load is enabled to descend, ascend and translate laterally, by any of controlling a length of the tether with the winch, altering the path and speed of the aircraft and controlling the lateral thrust of the stabilizer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: Modern Technology Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Marinus Bernard Bosma, Charles David Solomon, Peter Forrest LeHew
  • Patent number: 12065225
    Abstract: A method for extracting a rescue subject from a surface position includes lowering a rescue pod having an enclosed compartment with a door from an aircraft, the rescue pod having a parachute and a control system, the rescue pod connected by a tether to a winch in the aircraft, controllably releasing the tether from the winch while maneuvering the aircraft into an orbit at altitude, diameter and airspeed, creating a gravity well in which the tether describes a spiral configuration with the pod descending along a vertical centerline, lowering the pod to the surface position, loading the rescue subject into the enclosed compartment, and lifting the rescue pod from the surface position by retrieving the tether with the winch or altering the path and speed of the aircraft, in a manner to gradually increase tension in the tether lifting the rescue pod from the ground point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Modern Technology Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Marinus Bernard Bosma, Charles David Solomon, Peter Forrest LeHew
  • Patent number: 12012188
    Abstract: A method for extracting a rescue subject from a surface position includes lowering a rescue pod having an enclosed compartment with a door from an aircraft, the rescue pod having a parachute and a control system, the rescue pod connected by a tether to a winch in the aircraft, controllably releasing the tether from the winch while maneuvering the aircraft into an orbit at altitude, diameter and airspeed, creating a gravity well in which the tether describes a spiral configuration with the pod descending along a vertical centerline, lowering the pod to the surface position, loading the rescue subject into the enclosed compartment, and lifting the rescue pod from the surface position by retrieving the tether with the winch or altering the path and speed of the aircraft, in a manner to gradually increase tension in the tether lifting the rescue pod from the ground point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Modern Technology Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Marinus Bernard Bosma, Charles David Solomon, Peter Forrest LeHew
  • Publication number: 20240010311
    Abstract: A method for extracting a rescue subject from a surface position includes lowering a rescue pod having an enclosed compartment with a door from an aircraft, the rescue pod having a parachute and a control system, the rescue pod connected by a tether to a winch in the aircraft, controllably releasing the tether from the winch while maneuvering the aircraft into an orbit at altitude, diameter and airspeed, creating a gravity well in which the tether describes a spiral configuration with the pod descending along a vertical centerline, lowering the pod to the surface position, loading the rescue subject into the enclosed compartment, and lifting the rescue pod from the surface position by retrieving the tether with the winch or altering the path and speed of the aircraft, in a manner to gradually increase tension in the tether lifting the rescue pod from the ground point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: Modern Technology Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Marinus Bernard Bosma, Charles David Solomon, Peter Forrest LeHew
  • Publication number: 20210237839
    Abstract: A method for extracting a rescue subject from a surface position includes lowering a rescue pod having an enclosed compartment with a door from an aircraft, the rescue pod having a parachute and a control system, the rescue pod connected by a tether to a winch in the aircraft, controllably releasing the tether from the winch while maneuvering the aircraft into an orbit at altitude, diameter and airspeed, creating a gravity well in which the tether describes a spiral configuration with the pod descending along a vertical centerline, lowering the pod to the surface position, loading the rescue subject into the enclosed compartment, and lifting the rescue pod from the surface position by retrieving the tether with the winch or altering the path and speed of the aircraft, in a manner to gradually increase tension in the tether lifting the rescue pod from the ground point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: Modern Technology Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Marinus Bernard Bosma, Charles David Solomon, Peter Forrest LeHew
  • Patent number: 10960976
    Abstract: A method for extracting a person or package from a ground point involves dropping a pod, connected to a tether, with parachute and radio from an aircraft, connected by tether line to the fixed-wing aircraft, tracking descent of the pod to an extraction point, maneuvering the fixed wing aircraft into a circular orbit creating a gravity well, donning the parachute with harness by a subject to be extracted, and altering path and speed of the fixed-wing aircraft to gradually increase tension in the tether to lift the subject in the harness from the ground point, and to accelerate the subject to an altitude and path to carry the subject in the harness to a predetermined altitude over a second ground point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Modern Technology Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Marinus Bernard Bosma, Charles David Solomon, Peter Forrest LeHew
  • Publication number: 20210047032
    Abstract: A method for extracting a person or package from a ground point involves dropping a pod, connected to a tether, with parachute and radio from an aircraft, connected by tether line to the fixed-wing aircraft, tracking descent of the pod to an extraction point, maneuvering the fixed wing aircraft into a circular orbit creating a gravity well, donning the parachute with harness by a subject to be extracted, and altering path and speed of the fixed-wing aircraft to gradually increase tension in the tether to lift the subject in the harness from the ground point, and to accelerate the subject to an altitude and path to carry the subject in the harness to a predetermined altitude over a second ground point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2019
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Applicant: Modern Technology Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Marinus Bernard Bosma, Charles David Solomon, Peter Forrest LeHew