Patents by Inventor Richard Ely

Richard Ely 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).

  • Erosion resistant helicopter blade
    Patent number: 9429025
    Abstract: A rotor blade including a main portion having a main portion leading edge shield; a main portion impact-resistant layer formed on a nose of the leading edge shield; a main portion erosion-resistant layer formed on a top and bottom of the main portion, rearward of the main portion impact-resistant layer; a main portion foil formed on the top and the bottom of the main portion rearward of the main portion erosion-resistant layer; a tip cap having a tip cap leading edge shield; a tip cap impact-resistant layer formed on a surface of the tip cap leading edge shield; and a tip cap foil formed on the top and the bottom of the tip cap rearward of the tip cap erosion-resistant layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: William C. Harris, Jr., John P. Kopchik, Richard Ely
  • Erosion Resistant Helicopter Blade
    Publication number: 20130101432
    Abstract: A rotor blade including a main portion having a main portion leading edge shield; a main portion impact-resistant layer formed on a nose of the leading edge shield; a main portion erosion-resistant layer formed on a top and bottom of the main portion, rearward of the main portion impact-resistant layer; a main portion foil formed on the top and the bottom of the main portion rearward of the main portion erosion-resistant layer; a tip cap having a tip cap leading edge shield; a tip cap impact-resistant layer formed on a surface of the tip cap leading edge shield; and a tip cap foil formed on the top and the bottom of the tip cap rearward of the tip cap erosion-resistant layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Inventors: William C. Harris, JR., John P. Kopchik, Richard Ely
  • Fish herding or guidance tool
    Publication number: 20060174839
    Abstract: This invention is the use of multiple, similar, air bubble curtains that are used in parallel patterns to move or guide fish in a body of water by moving the pattern. As the pattern moves, the fish follow for various reasons, such as attraction, behavior interaction such as play or hiding, and optokinetic navigation on the moving but, apparently to the fish, static air curtain. The moving patterns are repetitive so that if one pattern does not sufficiently motivate a particular fish, it might be influenced by the next. The repetitive, moving patterns continue indefinitely, statistically sweeping the fish in a particular direction. This invention uses a very low rate of fish response to produce a steady sweeping of fish in a particular direction or to a particular point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2005
    Publication date: August 10, 2006
    Inventor: Richard Ely