Patents by Inventor Stephen Jon Blank

Stephen Jon Blank 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).

  • Methods of laser powering unmanned aerial vehicles with heat engines
    Patent number: 9920706
    Abstract: Methods of laser powering unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) with heat engines are disclosed. The laser powered heat engines are used in conjunction with devices for absorbing laser optical radiation, turning the laser optical radiation into heat, supplying the heat to a working fluid of the heat engine and harvesting mechanical work from expanding working fluid in the heat engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Inventors: Dmitriy Yavid, Stephen Jon Blank