Patents by Inventor Wesley D. Moore

Wesley D. Moore 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).

  • Fuel tank
    Patent number: 4172573
    Abstract: An external, aircraft fuel tank constructed to be crashworthy or to withstand a crash from flight without rupturing the outer, rigid walls thereof. The fuel tank includes bulkheads arranged in the tank adjacent to but spaced from the end sections and defined to be yieldably responsive to fluid pressures above normal operating pressures for dissipating the kinetic energy of the fluid without rupturing the outer, rigid walls of the tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1977
    Date of Patent: October 30, 1979
    Assignee: Royal Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Wesley D. Moore, Silveus M. Baker