Patents by Inventor Sebastian Aspe

Sebastian Aspe 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).

  • Integrated wind turbine
    Patent number: 9228564
    Abstract: An integrated wind turbine. Each turbine blade has a flexible skin. Openings in the leading edge lead to one or more inflation chambers for ram air inflation during operation. A pivotal connection with the support post allows the plurality of turbine blades to yaw such that the rotor plane remains substantially perpendicular to the wind direction. The wind turbine may also include self-deploying drag vanes that extend away from the flexible skin when the wind speed is greater than the speed of the airfoil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Richard E. Wirz, Sebastian Aspe
  • INTEGRATED WIND TURBINE
    Publication number: 20120328434
    Abstract: An integrated wind turbine. Each turbine blade has a flexible skin. Openings in the leading edge lead to one or more inflation chambers for ram air inflation during operation. A pivotal connection with the support post allows the plurality of turbine blades to yaw such that the rotor plane remains substantially perpendicular to the wind direction. The wind turbine may also include self-deploying drag vanes that extend away from the flexible skin when the wind speed is greater than the speed of the airfoil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Richard E. Wirz, Sebastian Aspe
  • Co-flow jet aircraft
    Patent number: 8262031
    Abstract: The present invention provides an aircraft having one or more fixed wings in a flying wing configuration, where the aircraft further includes a high performance co-flow jet (CFJ) circulating about at least a portion of an aircraft surface to produce both lift and thrust.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: University of Miami
    Inventors: Gecheng Zha, Sebastian Aspe, Joseph John Dussling, Nicholas Ramsay Heinz, Daniel J. Martinez