Patents by Inventor Walter Bastedo

Walter Bastedo 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).

  • Directional control system for rotary wing aircraft
    Patent number: 5310314
    Abstract: A tip brake unit for installation in tip portions of rotor blades of rotary wing aircraft having a plurality of load-carrying rotors has a frame of a size and shape for installation in a tip portion of a rotor blade. An elongate tip brake member of channel cross sectional shape with a closed outer end is supported and guided by rollers on the frame for movement longitudinally between an inner position in which a closed outer end of the tip brake member is flush with the tip of the rotor blade and an outer position in which the tip brake member projects beyond the tip of the blade. The open side of the channel shaped tip brake member faces forwardly with respect to the direction of movement of the tip portion of the rotor blade in which the tip brake unit is installed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 10, 1994
    Assignee: Gyrodyne Company of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Walter Bastedo, Alex Pappas, Martin L. Stevens