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8076623 |
Projectile control device
A spin-stabilized projectile is steered by taking air from an air intake at the front of the projectile, and expelling the air along an outer surface of the projectile to alter its trajectory...
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7964830 |
Large cross-section interceptor vehicle and method
A vehicle may include a vehicle body maneuverable onto a near collision course with a target and a plurality of inflatable ballutes which, when inflated, extend generally radially from the vehicle...
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7775147 |
Dual redundant electro explosive device latch mechanism
A latch including a first electrical explosive device disposed between first and second surfaces and a second electrical explosive device disposed between said first and second surfaces in series...
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7717370 |
L-tail (featuring parabrakes)
A (bird tail type) airplane tail section (compound delta wing design) which includes: movable wing assemblies (92), attached to a center boom pitch assembly (76). Each rear wing assembly (92) is...
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7070148 |
Aerodynamic component for controlling a landing guide path of an aircraft
An aerodynamic including a main body and a control member. The main body is configured to be connected to a wing of an aircraft. The control member is connected to the main body, the control member...
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6682014 |
Device for exerting drag
A braking device for increasing the drag coefficient of an associated shell at a desired point while in flight is described. The device comprises: at least two braking vane means which, when...
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6588465 |
Passive variable speed drogue
The aerial refueling drogue utilizes a bleeding drogue canopy providing substantially constant loads over a range of refueling speeds, by passive movement of the bleeding drogue between a retracted...
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6511016 |
Spin-stabilized projectile with a braking device
A spin-stabilised artillery projectile (11) can be easily subsequently fitted with an axially symmetrical aerodynamic braking device for reducing the ballistic trajectory if the tip (14) which is...
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6497600 |
Automatic pilot system for model aircraft
An automatic pilot system for a model airplane comprising one or more flexible control elements. When installed on a vertical stabilizer of the airplane, a flexible control element acts as an...
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6491261 |
Wing mounted aircraft yaw control device
A wing mounted yaw control device is disclosed. The wing mounted yaw control device includes a spoiler hingedly mounted on a first wing surface and a deflector hingedly mounted on a second wing...
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6398167 |
Aircraft braking system
An aircraft braking system including a port formed in a side of an airplane. The port has an openable door disposed therein. The openable door is in operative communication with a computerized...
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6325325 |
Device for translational braking of a projectile on its trajectory
A translational braking device for a projectile on its trajectory. The device has at least two air brakes made in the form of flaps that are moved in a plane perpendicular to the axis of the...
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6264144 |
Material assembly for an inflatable aerodynamic braking device for spacecraft deceleration and the like
The invention is a material for use in an inflatable aerodynamic braking device for a spacecraft. In detail, the invention includes a plurality of high temperature resistant barrier outer layers....
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6145788 |
Drogue assembly for in-flight refueling
A drogue assembly (10) for in flight refueling includes a circumferenal array of triangular support arms which carry a drogue parachute (29) which extends circumferentially around their shorter...
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6131853 |
Micro-drag generators for aerodynamic and hydrodynamic braking and control
An apparatus and method for generating large drag forces on an object moving through a gas or liquid for braking and/or turning the object by deploying on the exterior surface of an object a very...
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5871173 |
Drag-producing aerodynamic device
It is known to use a rigid cone to provide stability to a body being towed by an aircraft. However, such cones are useful over a limited range of speeds. The invention provides a drag-producing...
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5735485 |
Variable slot airbrake for aircraft wing
An airbrake located on the wing of an aircraft between a rear spar and a wing flap comprises two panels aligned with the upper surface of the wing when the airbrake is closed. In the open state or...
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5593111 |
Safety system for removing a rider from a vehicle by deploying a parachute
Methods and apparatus for reducing the velocity of a rider in or on an open cockpit vehicle when the rider is thrown from the vehicle are disclosed. The present invention provides a drag-reducing...
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5570859 |
Aerodynamic braking device
A spoiler flap is pivotably mounted to the rearward portion of a wind turbine blade or wing to control or influence air flow over the surface of the blade or wing. The spoiler flap has forward and...
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5509623 |
Free wing aircraft having a free wing used as an air brake to shorten roll-out following touchdown
A free wing aircraft including a free wing pivotally supported about a spanwise axis for flight in a free wing mode of operation with respect to the fuselage is disclosed. The free wing is capable...
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5310592 |
Fibrous ceramic aerobrake
An ablative fibrous ceramic article comprises a honeycomb core having a plurality of cells, fibrous ceramic insulation (including fibers, microballoons, microparticles, or mixtures thereof) at...
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5265829 |
Tetrahedral lander
An apparatus and method is disclosed for decelerating and absorbing impact of a re-entry vehicle suitable for payloads that are relatively light as well as payloads weighing several tons or more....
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H001133 |
Aircraft arresting system and method
An aircraft arresting system providing a controlled, gradual aircraft deceleration is disclosed. The system includes an arresting barrier comprised of a triggering net/parachute combination. The...
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5120005 |
Exhaust flap speedbrake
An aircraft speedbrake is integrated into a jet engine exhaust nozzle. A first set of nozzle flaps which are normally out of the airstream, are extended into the airstream to create drag on the...
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5108047 |
Deployable device, in particular intended for the deceleration of planetary reentry bodies
Deployable device composed of rigid panels connected by articulations to a support (2). First panels (4), or arms, pivoting more than second panels (6), or main panels, in order to move from the...
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5096144 |
Reverser door actuation mechanism
Reverser doors on an aircraft are to be opened, closed and splayed to effect pitch and yaw control in combination with reverse thrust. A first actuator achieves open and close control. A second...
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5048773 |
Curved grid fin
A curved grid fin that is constructed of strips of thin gauge metal such as teel honeycomb secured together in a grid pattern with the honeycomb structure enclosed around a periphery thereof by a...
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5020739 |
Selectable towline spin chute system
An emergency spin recovery parachute is housed within a centrally mounted housing on the aft end of an aircraft and is connected to a ring fitting within the housing. Two selectively latching...
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4958565 |
Inflatable decelerator
A decelerator structure for attachment to a munition to be deployed formed of a first triangular section of cloth with apexes and straight sides to provide a back wall and a second equally shaped...
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4955958 |
Aircraft
An aircraft with no separate elevators in the tail end of the fuselage and having wings arranged approximately in the middle portion of the fuselage, is improved by a single flap on the underside...
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4856737 |
Spinning RAM air decelerator
The present invention relates to a new and unique structure in a collapsible decelerator for aerial bodies launched from a high velocity vehicle and designed to provide a high drag stabilizer...
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4832288 |
Recovery system
A recovery system for decelerating/stabilizing and protecting space vehicles, boosters, astronauts, equipment and like payloads, including a paracanopy defined by a frusto-conical flexible...
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4783024 |
Speedbrake
The speedbrake of the present invention is comprised of a housing which can be stored in a faired surface of an aircraft which is not within the aerodynamic envelope of its wing. The housing is...
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4781649 |
Toy car with a parachute
A toy car with a parachute is disclosed in which the toy car, such as a formula type car with a rearwing, is formed with a running car body and a parachute-discharging device capable of...
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4696443 |
Scatterable ram air decelerator
The present invention relates to an improvement in a collapsible decelerator for aerial bombs launched from a high velocity vehicle and designed to provide a high drag stabilizer capable of...
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4651958 |
Method and apparatus for effecting fine control of aircraft velocity
In order to achieve fine control of the velocity of an aircraft flying a predetermined flight path at a predetermined nominal speed in the presence of such perturbations as wind gusts, a low...
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4566657 |
Span loaded flying wing control
A flying wing aircraft control for angle of attack and direction thereof, comprising retractile controlling surfaces rearward of the center of lift and along the trailing edges and extensible over...
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4565341 |
Inflatable decelerator
The present invention relates to a collapsable decelerator for aerial bombs launched from a high velocity vehicle and designed to provide a high drag stabilizer capable of withstanding release in...
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4538778 |
Dual towline spin-recovery device
A device which corrects aerodynamic spin wherein a parachute 38 exerts anti-spin forces on an aircraft 10 to effect spin recovery. The dual parachute towlines 30 and 32 are each attached to the...
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4518137 |
Aerodynamic braking system for a space vehicle
Liquid hydrogen stored aboard a space vehicle, and constituting a fuel for use in the vehicle's main rocket motor, is introduced, in a gaseous state, into an inflatable aerodynamic braking member,...
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4512258 |
High speed underground transportation system
One of several inventions claimed is a method of providing increased traction to the driving wheels of a high speed transportation vehicle. The vehicle is placed within a tubular passageway,...
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4504031 |
Aerodynamic braking and recovery method for a space vehicle
A space vehicle 10 is steered from outer space toward the earth's atmosphere main rocket nozzle end first. An inflatable braking member 28 is deployed around the vehicle 10 by introducing gas into...
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4466586 |
Directional control device for aircraft
A yaw control arrangement for tailless aircraft utilizing a plurality of rudder-like surfaces which are normally retracted into the surface of an aircraft wing and extended only momentarily on...
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4445653 |
Method for the landing of air and spacecrafts
An aircraft or spacecraft is landed with the aid of a paraglider type parachute and with a braking booster rocket which emits its jet in the landing direction. The glide number of the paraglider is...
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4432516 |
Variable airfoil assembly
The present variable airfoil assembly has a fixed airfoil member with a shallow recess in the top in which an adjustable airfoil member is seated snugly, when lowered, to present a convex top...
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4422605 |
Reverser for jet engine
The invention relates to a thrust reverser for the jet engine of an aircraft. According to the invention, the unlocking of the doors with a view to passage from their folded position to their...
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4399964 |
Safety device for use in aircraft and an aircraft provided with such safety device
The common problems of nose diving and rolling over of airborne craft are sought to be overcome according to this invention by providing a safety device consisting of collapsible cover atop the...
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4372507 |
Selectively actuated flight simulation system for trainer aircraft
This invention generally concerns an aircraft useful for training pilots, and specifically involves providing a trainer aircraft having high to moderate aspect ratio wings with selectively operable...
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4290612 |
Surface conforming thermal/pressure seal
A seal assembly for sealing a variable gap between the surface of a first element and a second element movable relative thereto. A seal may comprise a seal housing attached to the second element...
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4245802 |
Steering and stabilization apparatus for rotary wing aircraft
A rotary wing aircraft is provided with at least one pair of vane members mounted on opposite sides of the body thereof. Each vane member includes a substantially planar flared section and a...
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