Patents by Inventor Tyler Smallwood

Tyler Smallwood 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).

  • ADAPTIVE VERTICAL TAKE-OFF AND LANDING PROPULSION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20240182166
    Abstract: A propulsion system for an aircraft includes a plenum having an intake port and an output port. A fan is coupled to a motor configured to power the fan, and the powered fan is configured to compress ambient air entering the intake port. One or more ejectors are fluidically coupled to the plenum via one or more valves. A nozzle is disposed within the output port and includes a set of vanes. The system operates in a first configuration in which the nozzle vanes are closed and the compressed ambient air exits the plenum only through the one or more valves into the one or more ejectors. The system operates in a second configuration in which the one or more valves are closed, the nozzle vanes are open and the compressed ambient air exits the plenum only through the output port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: JETOPTERA, INC.
    Inventors: Andrei Evulet, Tyler Smallwood
  • ADAPTIVE VERTICAL TAKE-OFF AND LANDING PROPULSION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20200324891
    Abstract: A propulsion system for an aircraft includes a plenum having an intake port and an output port. A fan is coupled to a motor configured to power the fan, and the powered fan is configured to compress ambient air entering the intake port. One or more ejectors are fluidically coupled to the plenum via one or more valves. A nozzle is disposed within the output port and includes a set of vanes. The system operates in a first configuration in which the nozzle vanes are closed and the compressed ambient air exits the plenum only through the one or more valves into the one or more ejectors. The system operates in a second configuration in which the one or more valves are closed, the nozzle vanes are open and the compressed ambient air exits the plenum only through the output port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Andrei Evulet, Tyler Smallwood
  • ADAPTIVE VERTICAL TAKE-OFF AND LANDING PROPULSION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20200324890
    Abstract: A propulsion system for an aircraft includes a plenum having an intake port and an output port. A fan is coupled to a motor configured to power the fan, and the powered fan is configured to compress ambient air entering the intake port. One or more ejectors are fluidically coupled to the plenum via one or more valves. A nozzle is disposed within the output port and includes a set of vanes. The system operates in a first configuration in which the nozzle vanes are closed and the compressed ambient air exits the plenum only through the one or more valves into the one or more ejectors. The system operates in a second configuration in which the one or more valves are closed, the nozzle vanes are open and the compressed ambient air exits the plenum only through the output port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Andrei Evulet, Tyler Smallwood
  • Airframe for an unmanned aerial vehicle
    Patent number: D856899
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Jetoptera, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrei Evulet, Tyler Smallwood
  • Flying car
    Patent number: D868627
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: JETOPTERA, INC.
    Inventors: Andrei Evulet, Tyler Smallwood