Patents by Inventor Riley Clinton Griffin

Riley Clinton Griffin 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: 20230415881
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to systems and methods for managing thermal energy of an electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. The system comprises of a multilayer laminate that includes a rigid layer and an insulation layer. The multilayer laminate may be laid on a structural element of an aircraft. The aircraft comprises an active component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: BETA AIR, LLC
    Inventors: Riley Clinton Griffin, Tom Hughes
  • Publication number: 20230382520
    Abstract: Braking systems and methods for an electrical vertical takeoff and landing aircraft are provided. A braking system may contain a pilot control device, brakes, wheels, sensors, and a controller. Pilot controls the pilot control device to transmit information to the controller such that the aircraft will slow down.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: BETA AIR, LLC
    Inventors: Lochie Ferrier, Riley Clinton Griffin
  • Patent number: 11753152
    Abstract: A system for rolling landing gear is illustrated. System includes a skid component attached to an aircraft and comprising at least a skid tube oriented laterally to a longitudinal axis of the aircraft. System also includes at least a wheel journaled on a rotational fulcrum and at least a biasing means attaching the rotational fulcrum to the skid tube, wherein the biasing means comprises at least a leaf spring and exerts a recoil force resisting upward displacement of the rotational fulcrum with respect to the skid tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: BETA AIR, LLC
    Inventors: Riley Clinton Griffin, Kyle B. Clark, Raffaello Verna
  • Publication number: 20230227147
    Abstract: An aircraft having reverse thrust capabilities, the aircraft includes a fuselage, a plurality of flight components configured to enable the aircraft at a low-speed flight mode, a pilot control, a sensor, an energy source, and a flight controller configured to receive the aircraft datum from the sensor at an initial time, wherein the initial time occurs when at least a flight component of the plurality of flight components produces a positive thrust, initiate a reverse thrust command as a function of the aircraft datum at a subsequent time wherein the reverse thrust command causes the at least a flight component of the plurality of flight components to produce a negative thrust, and the subsequent time occurs temporally after the initial time, and command the at least a flight component of the plurality of flight components to enter a speed reversal region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: BETA AIR, LLC
    Inventors: Herman Lucas Norbert Wiegman, Nathan William Joseph Wiegman, Riley Clinton Griffin, Lochie Ferrier
  • Patent number: 11702193
    Abstract: Braking systems and methods for an electrical vertical takeoff and landing aircraft are provided. A braking system may contain a pilot control device, brakes, wheels, sensors, and a controller. Pilot controls the pilot control device to transmit information to the controller such that the aircraft will slow down.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: BETA AIR, LLC
    Inventors: Lochie Ferrier, Riley Clinton Griffin
  • Patent number: 11597508
    Abstract: An aircraft having reverse thrust capabilities includes a fuselage, a plurality of flight components, a pilot control located within the fuselage, a sensor attached to the pilot control configured to detect an aircraft datum from the pilot control, and a flight controller, located within the fuselage, the flight controller configured to receive the aircraft datum from the sensor, and initiate a reverse torque command of a flight component of the plurality of flight components as a function of the aircraft datum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: BETA AIR, LLC
    Inventors: Herman Lucas Norbert Wiegman, Nathan William Joseph Wiegman, Lochie Ferrier, Riley Clinton Griffin
  • Publication number: 20220363401
    Abstract: An aircraft having reverse thrust capabilities includes a fuselage, a plurality of flight components, a pilot control located within the fuselage, a sensor attached to the pilot control configured to detect an aircraft datum from the pilot control, and a flight controller, located within the fuselage, the flight controller configured to receive the aircraft datum from the sensor, and initiate a reverse torque command of a flight component of the plurality of flight components as a function of the aircraft datum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicant: BETA AIR, LLC
    Inventors: Herman Lucas Norbert Wiegman, Nathan William Joseph Wiegman, Lochie Ferrier, Riley Clinton Griffin
  • Publication number: 20220289366
    Abstract: A system for rolling landing gear is illustrated. System includes a skid component attached to an aircraft and comprising at least a skid tube oriented laterally to a longitudinal axis of the aircraft. System also includes at least a wheel journaled on a rotational fulcrum and at least a biasing means attaching the rotational fulcrum to the skid tube, wherein the biasing means comprises at least a leaf spring and exerts a recoil force resisting upward displacement of the rotational fulcrum with respect to the skid tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: BETA AIR, LLC
    Inventors: Riley Clinton Griffin, Kyle B. Clark, Raffaello Verna
  • Patent number: 11230372
    Abstract: A system for rolling landing gear includes a skid component attached to an aircraft, wherein the skid component further comprises a first skid tube oriented laterally to a longitudinal axis of the axis, a second skid tube oriented laterally to the longitudinal axis of the aircraft, wherein the second skid tube is parallel to the first skid tube, a first wheel journaled on a first rotational fulcrum, a second wheel journaled on a second rotational fulcrum, a first biasing means attaching the first rotational fulcrum to the first skid tube, and a second biasing means attaching the second rotational fulcrum to the second skid tube, wherein the first biasing means and second biasing means exert a recoil force resisting upward displacement of the first rotational fulcrum and second rotational fulcrum with respect to the first skid tube and second skid tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: BETA AIR, LLC
    Inventors: Riley Clinton Griffin, Kyle B. Clark, Raffaello Verna