Patents by Inventor Ronald Kawai

Ronald Kawai 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: 20070023571
    Abstract: A blended wing aircraft reduces forward, aft, and sideline flyover noise and heat energy by reflecting it upward using the wing and vertical stabilizers positioned just outboard of the engines. The engines are located on top of the wing and forward of the trailing edge of the wing with the aft portion of the engines located over the wing. The nozzle exit perimeter is increased and shaped to increase shear and create vortices to move noise generation over the wing to cause the noise to be reflected upward off the wing and upward off of the canted vertical stabilizers. Engine thrust reversers cause the forwardly mounted engine's thrust to be directed toward the front of the aircraft in such a way as to create a download forward of the main landing gear to also secure the front landing gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2005
    Publication date: February 1, 2007
    Inventors: Ronald Kawai, Richard Odle