Patents by Inventor William H. Heiser

William H. Heiser 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).

  • Patent number: 9587585
    Abstract: A system to improve jet engine powered aircraft performance and efficiency includes a jet engine having a pressurized air port configured to convey a pressurized airflow from a compressor or a bypass fan disposed in the jet engine. A primary airfoil has a trailing edge, a top surface, and a boundary region. The system further includes a secondary airfoil disposed at a distance from the top surface of the primary airfoil. The secondary airfoil has a bottom surface and a trailing edge. An exhaust region is formed by the trailing edge of the primary airfoil and the trailing edge of the secondary airfoil. A primary airfoil ejector port and a secondary airfoil ejector port are pneumatically coupled to the pressurized air port. The primary airfoil ejector port is disposed proximate the boundary region and the secondary airfoil ejector port is disposed on the bottom surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: August J Rolling, William H Heiser, Charles F Wisniewski
  • Patent number: 3964053
    Abstract: 1. A system adapted to guide an aircraft along a path defined by frequency modulated signals of a transmitted conical scan pattern, comprising a receiver carried by said aircraft to receive said signals, means to detect from said signals and the amplitude modulation of said signals caused by the movement of said aircraft relative to the axis of said conical scan pattern any rate of change of the direction of movement of said aircraft with respect to the nutation axis of said conical scan pattern, and means responsive to said detected rate of change to direct the movement of said aircraft along a path within said conical scan pattern defined by any line of constant scan modulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 1957
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1976
    Assignee: International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation
    Inventor: William H. Heiser