Patents by Inventor Pieter Laurens VAN DER MEER

Pieter Laurens VAN DER MEER 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 engine comprising a variable area exhaust nozzle
    Patent number: 11939052
    Abstract: The present invention provides an engine 310 of a vertical take-off and landing aircraft 300, wherein the engine is configured to be movable with respect to an aircraft component 342 of the aircraft 300 between a hover position for take-off and landing, and a cruise position for forward flight, wherein the engine 310 comprises an aerodynamic component 332 having at least one aerodynamic element 334 movable between a first position 336 according to a first operational state of the aircraft, and a second position 338 according to a second operational state of the aircraft, the aerodynamic element defining an aerodynamic surface in contact with an airstream passing through the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Lilium eAircraft GmbH
    Inventors: Pieter Laurens Van Der Meer, Petr Cvach, Javier Sainz De La Maza, Kilian Brath, Sébastien Vermeiren
  • AIRCRAFT ENGINE COMPRISING A VARIABLE AREA EXHAUST NOZZLE
    Publication number: 20220348320
    Abstract: The present invention provides an engine of a vertical take-off and landing aircraft, wherein the engine is configured to be movable with respect to an aircraft component of the aircraft between a hover position for take-off and landing, and a cruise position for forward flight, wherein the engine comprises an aerodynamic component having at least one aerodynamic element movable between a first position according to a first operational state of the aircraft, and a second position according to a second operational state of the aircraft, the aerodynamic element defining an aerodynamic surface in contact with an airstream passing through the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Pieter Laurens VAN DER MEER, Petr CVACH, Javier SAINZ DE LA MAZA, Kilian BRATH, Sébastien VERMEIREN