Patents by Inventor Ramon J. Renda

Ramon J. Renda 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).

  • Spring-erected telescopic wing support structure
    Patent number: 4586680
    Abstract: A wing support structure for a self-erecting collapsible wing includes a telescoping strut assembly including a leading strut and a trailing strut each pinned at an inner end to fixed pins on a base support structure and pinned to a common pivot pin at the outer end and each strut being telescoping for retraction to a colinear position and spring biased to an outward fully deployed position. Each strut includes inner and outer tubular strut members in which is confined a compression spring with the inner and outer members including an antirotation lock and an anticollapse lock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1982
    Date of Patent: May 6, 1986
    Assignee: General Dynamics Pomona Division
    Inventors: Anthony DiTommaso, Ronald T. Inglis, Richard C. Worley, Ramon J. Renda