Patents by Inventor Timothy R. Moes

Timothy R. Moes 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).

  • Method for reducing the drag of blunt-based vehicles by adaptively increasing forebody roughness
    Patent number: 6892989
    Abstract: A method for reducing drag upon a blunt-based vehicle by adaptively increasing forebody roughness to increase drag at the roughened area of the forebody, which results in a decrease in drag at the base of this vehicle, and in total vehicle drag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2005
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Inventors: Stephen A. Whitmore, Edwin J. Saltzman, Timothy R. Moes, Kenneth W. Iliff