Patents by Inventor Robert Melin

Robert Melin 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).

  • Patent number: 9851183
    Abstract: A cassette designed for accommodating a payload. The cassette is exposed to an air flow when dispensed from a vehicle in motion. The cassette includes a base portion and a peripheral supporting portion connected to each other. The base portion and the peripheral supporting portion form a space for the accommodation of the payload. An opening is arranged in the cassette opposite the base portion. Through the opening the pay load can exit. The base portion includes at least one orifice through which the air flow will flow pressing against and separating the payload from the cassette when dispensed from the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: SAAB AB
    Inventors: Robert Melin, Martin Ringstedt, Gunnar Byström
  • Patent number: 9045228
    Abstract: An arrangement at an aircraft of a dispenser unit for countermeasures. The arrangement including a wall of an aircraft fuselage. A dispensing nozzle is arranged on the dispenser unit through which the countermeasures are dispensed. The dispenser unit is arranged within the aircraft fuselage. An aperture for dispensing the countermeasures is arranged in the wall of the aircraft fuselage. The aperture is arranged to substantially coincide with the dispensing nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: SAAB AB
    Inventor: Robert Melin
  • Patent number: 8695847
    Abstract: A dispenser unit for countermeasures. A magazine for the countermeasures is removably arranged on the dispenser unit. A dispensing nozzle dispenses the countermeasures out of the magazine. A movable seal is arranged within the magazine. The seal in a first position covers the dispensing nozzle and in a second position opens the dispensing nozzle, such that the countermeasures may be dispensed through the dispensing nozzle when the seal is in the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: SAAB AB
    Inventors: Benny Sjöbeck, Robert Melin, Björn Zachrisson
  • Publication number: 20120018581
    Abstract: An arrangement at an aircraft of a dispenser unit for countermeasures. The arrangement including a wall of an aircraft fuselage. A dispensing nozzle is arranged on the dispenser unit through which the countermeasures are dispensed. The dispenser unit is arranged within the aircraft fuselage. An aperture for dispensing the countermeasures is arranged in the wall of the aircraft fuselage. The aperture is arranged to substantially coincide with the dispensing nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2009
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: SAAB AB
    Inventor: Robert Melin
  • Publication number: 20120012608
    Abstract: A dispenser unit for countermeasures. A magazine for the countermeasures is removably arranged on the dispenser unit. A dispensing nozzle dispenses the countermeasures out of the magazine. A movable seal is arranged within the magazine. The seal in a first position covers the dispensing nozzle and in a second position opens the dispensing nozzle, such that the countermeasures may be dispensed through the dispensing nozzle when the seal is in the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2009
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: SAAB AB
    Inventors: Benny Sjöbeck, Robert Melin, Björn Zachrisson
  • Publication number: 20120012605
    Abstract: A cassette designed for accommodating a payload. The cassette is exposed to an air flow when dispensed from a vehicle in motion. The cassette includes a base portion and a peripheral supporting portion connected to each other. The base portion and the peripheral supporting portion form a space for the accommodation of the payload. An opening is arranged in the cassette opposite the base portion. Through the opening the pay load can exit. The base portion includes at least one orifice through which the air flow will flow pressing against and separating the payload from the cassette when dispensed from the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2009
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: SAAB AB
    Inventors: Robert Melin, Martin Ringstedt, Gunnar Byström