Patents by Inventor William H. Ailor, III

William H. Ailor, III 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).

  • Data recovery device for hypersonic vehicles
    Patent number: 10914842
    Abstract: A data recovery device configured to store data onboard a hypersonic vehicle travelling at hypersonic speeds. The data recovery device is released from the hypersonic vehicle upon a release command or an anomalous event. Upon release, the data recovery device is configured to receive Global Positioning System (GPS) position data and configured to broadcast the GPS position data in short bursts during decent to a surface of the Earth and upon impact with the surface of the Earth to aid in recovery of the data recovery device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: The Aerospace Corporation
    Inventors: William H. Ailor, III, Jeffrey Arthur Lang, James Lawrence Hoffman, II, Jerome K. Fuller, Jeffry Padin, Michael Alan Weaver, Franklin John Bayuk
  • DATA RECOVERY DEVICE FOR HYPERSONIC VEHICLES
    Publication number: 20200166651
    Abstract: A data recovery device configured to store data onboard a hypersonic vehicle travelling at hypersonic speeds. The data recovery device is released from the hypersonic vehicle upon a release command or an anomalous event. Upon release, the data recovery device is configured to receive Global Positioning System (GPS) position data and configured to broadcast the GPS position data in short bursts during decent to a surface of the Earth and upon impact with the surface of the Earth to aid in recovery of the data recovery device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: William H. AILOR, III, Jeffrey Arthur LANG, James Lawrence HOFFMAN, II, Jerome K. FULLER, Jeffry PADIN, Michael Alan WEAVER, Franklin John BAYUK
  • Spacecraft hardware tracker
    Patent number: 7557753
    Abstract: A GPS tracker is disposed on launch hardware that separates from a spacecraft launch vehicle during ascent to orbit with the launch hardware having a suborbital trajectory from launch to impact while being tracked so as to track the launch hardware during suborbital flight, such as for tracking separated fuel stages, external tanks, external boosters, and payload fairings that return to earth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: The Aerospace Corporation
    Inventor: William H. Ailor, III