Patents by Inventor Robert Jefferson Thompson

Robert Jefferson Thompson 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).

  • System and method for drawing fluid into a helicopter bucket
    Publication number: 20030146005
    Abstract: A helicopter fire fighting system including a fluid holding vessel suspended from underside of the helicopter; and submersible high volume, low head axial flow pump mounted adjacent bottom of the holding vessel for drawing fluid from a fluid source and delivering the fluid into the holding vessel, the axial flow pump extends along a central axis between an open upper end and an opposite open lower end serving as an inlet for the axial flow pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2002
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Applicant: Donald Brian Arney
    Inventors: Peter Leighton Brooke, Robert Jefferson Thompson