Patents by Inventor Thomas Dewey Parsons

Thomas Dewey Parsons 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).

  • Variable Directional Thrust for Helicopter Tail Anti-Torque System
    Publication number: 20170349273
    Abstract: The present invention includes an anti-torque assembly for a helicopter comprising a plurality of fixed blade pitch motors mounted on one or more pivots on the tail boom of the helicopter, wherein the plurality of fixed blade pitch motors on the one or more pivots are adapted to be oriented substantially in-plane with a tail boom of a helicopter during a first mode of operation that comprises a hover mode and wherein the fixed blade pitch motors are adapted to be oriented substantially off-plane from the tail boom of the helicopter during a second mode of helicopter operation that is different from the first mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas Dewey Parsons, Carlos Alexander Fenny, Erik John Oltheten