Patents by Inventor Thomas R. Cummings

Thomas R. Cummings 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).

  • Patent number: 5214244
    Abstract: An underwater cable has a flexible, elongated core surrounded by a flexible, elongated jacket. A distributed jacket includes a helically displaced phase shifter to decouple the cable from strumming produced by shedding of von Karman vortex streets from the cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1993
    Assignee: Science Applications International Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas R. Cummings, Douglas E. Brown
  • Patent number: 4064640
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for simulating "light-on-skids" maneuver of a skid-equipped helicopter by treating the aircraft as having four landing struts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1976
    Date of Patent: December 27, 1977
    Assignee: The Singer Company
    Inventors: Thomas R. Cummings, Anthony J. Mazza, Jr.