Patents by Inventor Simon Mark Spearing

Simon Mark Spearing 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).

  • Flyer assembly
    Patent number: 6576880
    Abstract: A flyer assembly is adapted for launching with, transit in, and deployment from an artillery shell having a central void region extending along a ballistic shell axis. The flyer assembly includes a jettisonable shroud and a flyer. The shroud extends along a shroud axis, and is positionable within the central void region with the shroud axis substantially parallel to the shell axis. The flyer is adapted to withstand a launch acceleration force along a flyer axis when in a first state, and to effect aerodynamic flight when in a second state. When in the first state, the flyer is positionable within the shroud with the flyer axis parallel to the shroud axis and the shell axis. The flyer includes a body member disposed about the flyer axis, and a foldable wing assembly mounted to the body member. The wing assembly is configurable in a folded state characterized by a plurality of nested wing segments when the flyer is in the first state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignee: The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard T. Martorana, Jamie Anderson, Simon Mark Spearing, Seth Kessler, Brent Appleby, Edward Bergmann, Sean George, Steven Jacobson, Donald Fyler, Mark Drela, Gregory Kirkos, William McFarland, Jr.
  • FLYER ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20030089820
    Abstract: A flyer assembly is adapted for launching with, transit in, and deployment from an artillery shell having a central void region extending along a ballistic shell axis. The flyer assembly includes a jettisonable shroud and a flyer. The shroud extends along a shroud axis, and is positionable within the central void region with the shroud axis substantially parallel to the shell axis. The flyer is adapted to withstand a launch acceleration force along a flyer axis when in a first state, and to effect aerodynamic flight when in a second state. When in the first state, the flyer is positionable within the shroud with the flyer axis parallel to the shroud axis and the shell axis. The flyer includes a body member disposed about the flyer axis, and a foldable wing assembly mounted to the body member. The wing assembly is configurable in a folded state characterized by a plurality of nested wing segments when the flyer is in the first state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2002
    Publication date: May 15, 2003
    Inventors: Richard T. Martorana, Jamie Anderson, Simon Mark Spearing, Seth Kessler, Brent Appleby, Edward Bergmann, Sean George, Steven Jacobson, Donald Fyler, Mark Drela, Gregory Kirkos, William McFarland
  • Flyer assembly
    Patent number: 6392213
    Abstract: A flyer assembly is adapted for launching with, transit in, and deployment from an artillery shell having a central void region extending along a ballistic shell axis. The flyer assembly includes a jettisonable shroud and a flyer. The shroud extends along a shroud axis, and is positionable within the central void region with the shroud axis substantially parallel to the shell axis. The flyer is adapted to withstand a launch acceleration force along a flyer axis when in a first state, and to effect aerodynamic flight when in a second state. When in the first state, the flyer is positionable within the shroud with the flyer axis parallel to the shroud axis and the shell axis. The flyer includes a body member disposed about the flyer axis, and a foldable wing assembly mounted to the body member. The wing assembly is configurable in a folded state characterized by a plurality of nested wing segments when the flyer is in the first state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard T. Martorana, Jamie Anderson, Simon Mark Spearing, Seth Kessler, Brent Appleby, Edward Bergmann, Sean George, Steven Jacobson, Donald Fyler, Mark Drela, Gregory Kirkos, William McFarland, Jr.