Patents by Inventor Russell E. McFadden

Russell E. McFadden 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).

  • Attached jet spanwise blowing lift augmentation system
    Patent number: 4860976
    Abstract: A lift enhancing system for an aircraft having wings and a deflectable airfoil attached to the trailing edge of the wing which includes ejecting nozzles attached to and movable with each deflectable airfoil to eject gas spanwise across the surface of the deflectable airfoil and thereby enhance the lift of the wing and deflectable airfoil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 29, 1989
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Russell E. McFadden, Charles H. Shure, III