Patents by Inventor Ronald Alexander Saunders

Ronald Alexander Saunders 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).

  • Aircraft recovery methods
    Patent number: 3980259
    Abstract: A powered remotely piloted vehicle which is not controllable at the low landing speeds necessary for landing on a platform of small area is provided with a para-foil type wing deployable at the beginning of a recovery sequence, and is further provided with a rocket ejectable line which is passed to the landing platform and winched in so that the composite flight vehicle and deployed para-foil wing is drawn towards the platform after the manner of a kite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1975
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1976
    Assignee: British Aircraft Corporation Limited
    Inventors: Richard David Greenhalgh, Ronald Alexander Saunders, George Reginald Seyfang