Patents by Inventor Steven Laporte

Steven Laporte 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).

  • Reduced radar cross section exhaust nozzle assembly
    Patent number: 7578133
    Abstract: An exhaust nozzle assembly includes a plurality of interfitting flap assemblies that are moveable between a maximum area ratio and a minimum area ratio. Each of the pluralities of flap assemblies includes a slot and a wing. The wing fits within an adjacent slot of an adjacent flap assembly. Each of the flap assemblies includes a divergent element that provides a specific geometric shape forming the trailing edge surfaces. The flap element is attached to the divergent element and extends to a static structure. The flap element and the divergent element combine to form a continuous faceted outer surface of the exhaust nozzle assembly substantially void of gaps throughout the range of motion between the maximum and minimum area ratios.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Jaime A. Arbona, Meggan Harris, James Allore, Steven Laporte
  • Reduced radar cross section exhaust nozzle assembly
    Publication number: 20060213198
    Abstract: An exhaust nozzle assembly includes a plurality of interfitting flap assemblies that are moveable between a maximum area ratio and a minimum area ratio. Each of the pluralities of flap assemblies includes a slot and a wing. The wing fits within an adjacent slot of an adjacent flap assembly. Each of the flap assemblies includes a divergent element that provides a specific geometric shape forming the trailing edge surfaces. The flap element is attached to the divergent element and extends to a static structure. The flap element and the divergent element combine to form a continuous faceted outer surface of the exhaust nozzle assembly substantially void of gaps throughout the range of motion between the maximum and minimum area ratios.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2005
    Publication date: September 28, 2006
    Inventors: Jaime Arbona, Meggan Harris, James Allore, Steven Laporte