Patents by Inventor Robert B. Wheat

Robert B. Wheat 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).

  • High drag airfoil apparatus
    Patent number: 5076516
    Abstract: Disclosed are airfoil structures which provide two distinct mean centers of lift and high induced drag. Also disclosed are aircraft structures employing such high-lift high-drag airfoils for both the lifting wing and the horizontal stabilizer with the center of gravity disposed between the mean centers of lift of the fore and aft airfoils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1991
    Inventors: Robert B. Wheat, Roy D. Wheat