Patents by Inventor V. Kenneth Stuhr

V. Kenneth Stuhr 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).

  • Integrated high-speed aircraft and associated methods of manufacture
    Patent number: 6857598
    Abstract: Integrated high-speed aircraft, such as high-speed transport aircraft, and associated methods of manufacture. In one embodiment, a high-speed transport aircraft includes a fuselage having a first fuselage portion and a second fuselage portion positioned aft of the first fuselage portion. The first fuselage portion can have a first cross-sectional area and the second fuselage portion can have a second cross-sectional area that is less than the first cross-sectional area. The high-speed transport aircraft can further include a wing and a propulsion system. The wing can extend outwardly from the fuselage at least proximate to the second fuselage portion and can include a leading edge region and a trailing edge region. The propulsion system can include an engine nacelle fixedly attached to the wing and laterally aligned with the second fuselage portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2005
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Eric E. Adamson, Paul W. Dees, Edward W. Gronenthal, Walter H. Howard, Jr., Chester P. Nelson, Mithra M. Sankrithi, Gerhard E. Seidel, V. Kenneth Stuhr
  • INTEGRATED HIGH-SPEED AIRCRAFT AND ASSOCIATED METHODS OF MANUFACTURE
    Publication number: 20040245375
    Abstract: Integrated high-speed aircraft, such as high-speed transport aircraft, and associated methods of manufacture. In one embodiment, a high-speed transport aircraft includes a fuselage having a first fuselage portion and a second fuselage portion positioned aft of the first fuselage portion. The first fuselage portion can have a first cross-sectional area and the second fuselage portion can have a second cross-sectional area that is less than the first cross-sectional area. The high-speed transport aircraft can further include a wing and a propulsion system. The wing can extend outwardly from the fuselage at least proximate to the second fuselage portion and can include a leading edge region and a trailing edge region. The propulsion system can include an engine nacelle fixedly attached to the wing and laterally aligned with the second fuselage portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2003
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Inventors: Eric E. Adamson, Paul W. Dees, Edward W. Gronenthal, Walter H. Howard, Chester P. Nelson, Mithra M. Sankrithi, Gerhard E. Seidel, V. Kenneth Stuhr
  • Four-post wing-stowed main landing gear for high speed aircraft
    Patent number: 5000400
    Abstract: The disclosed invention provides a main landing gear (12, 14, 16, 18) for a high speed (supersonic) aircraft (10) which may be wing-stowed and -mounted in a relatively thin wing (22, 24). The main landing gear (12, 14, 16, 18) is characterized by an inboard gear (12, 14) including a post (58) having a transverse trunnion (52) at a first end (56 or 54) operably mounted on the wing (22, 24). The trunnion (52) is journalled for rotation about an axis for movement of the post (58) between operative and stowed positions. This axis is substantially transverse to the body of the aircraft for forward rotation of the inboard gear (12, 14). A wheel assembly (78, 80) is operably attached at a second end of the post (58). The wheel assembly (78, 80) has a plane of rotation which when stowed in the wing (22, 24) is substantially vertical. In combination with the inboard gear (12, 14) is an outboard gear (16, 18) which includes a post (90) having a skewed trunnion (92) at a first end operably mounted on the wing (22, 24).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1991
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: V. Kenneth Stuhr