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7584925 Lightweight air vehicle and pneumatic launcher  
A portable unmanned air vehicle and launcher system that includes a foldable unmanned air vehicle having a pressure tube; a launch gas reservoir for holding launch gas; a launch tube operatively...
7472862 Rotating blade aircraft control system  
In a preferred embodiment, an apparatus, including: an aircraft having rotatable blades; and the rotatable blades are movable between horizontal and vertical positions.
7322545 Structural mechanism for unlocking and engaging a controllable surface on a hinged platform (wing)  
A structural mechanism for an aircraft includes a support, a hinged surface, and a hinge assembly joining the hinged surface to the support. An actuation system includes an actuator shaft engaged...
7306187 Inflatable endurance unmanned aerial vehicle  
An inflatable endurance unmanned vehicle includes an inflatable hull with at least one inflatable wing extending therefrom. The inflatable wing has at least one spar movable between an extended...
7252264 Flying sailboat  
A vehicle adapted for airborne flight and waterborne sailing has a fuselage ( 20 ) with left and right wings ( 52, 54 ) that pivot independently about a respective longitudinal axis from a...
7249734 Aerodynamic vehicle having a variable geometry, co-planar, joined wing  
An aerodynamic vehicle is comprised of a pair of forward wing sections and a pair of rearward wing sections that are connected together by four pivot assemblies as a four-bar linkage. The four-bar...
7229048 Aerodynamic control of a hypersonic entry vehicle  
A hypersonic vehicle having in one or more embodiments a control surface that is movable to a deployed position. The control surface is movable in a pivotal manner that establishes a gap between...
7152827 Methods and apparatuses for launching, capturing, and storing unmanned aircraft, including a container having a guide structure for aircraft components  
Methods and apparatuses for launching, capturing, and storing unmanned aircraft and other flight devices or projectiles are described. In one embodiment, the aircraft can be assembled from a...
7137589 Compound helicopter with combined wings and landing struts  
The invention is a helicopter that includes a fuselage with a longitudinal axis, a main rotor and tail rotor; and right and left wings mounted to said fuselage. The right and left wings having at...
7128294 Methods and apparatuses for launching unmanned aircraft, including methods and apparatuses for launching aircraft with a wedge action  
Methods and apparatuses for launching unmanned aircraft and other flight devices or projectiles are described. In one embodiment, the aircraft can be launched from an apparatus that operates with a...
7100865 Method and apparatus for stowing and deploying control surfaces of a guided air vehicle  
Apparatus for stowing and deploying a plurality of control surfaces of a guided air vehicle comprises: a housing including: a plurality of slotted openings along an outside surface thereof; and a...
7097133 Articulated folding wing structure and method  
An articulated wing ( 20 ) is readily deployable from a stowed configuration that occupies minimal volume to an extended configuration for flight. The wing ( 20 ) includes a frame ( 24 ) having a...
7083140 Full-bore artillery projectile fin development device and method  
A method and structure for a full-bore artillery projectile fin deployment device comprising a projectile stabilization fin comprising an aperture and a movable pawl; a rod comprising a head...
7066428 Unfolding wing for air-launched, low speed air vehicles  
A wing is presented that unfolds in a chordwise direction upon the launch of its aircraft at some velocity as it is projected into the air or launched from a moving craft at altitude. The wing is...
7063291 Amphibian delta wing jet aircraft  
An amphibian delta wing jet aircraft, which has a plurality of triangular folding wing panels, two of which are hingedly attached to a lifting shape body, which incorporates a W-shaped hull in it's...
7059561 Deployment device for a fin  
A deployment device for a fin of a projectile incorporating a hinge fixed to the projectile body which allows said fin to make a pivoting movement along at least one axis, wherein said hinge...
7004425 Flying body for firing from a tube with over-caliber stabilizers  
A missile to be fired from a barrel contains a tail, a tail sleeve attached to the tail, a stop element fixed to the tail sleeve, and a movable structural part disposed at the tail. Fin assembly...
6978970 Aircraft with foldable tail assembly  
A foldable tail assembly for an aircraft includes a stabilizer and a pair of right and left fins mounted with respect to the stabilizer so that the fins may lay flat over the stabilizer during...
6928400 Method for designing a deployment mechanism  
The present invention concerns a method for designing a deployment mechanism for a flight surface on an airborne body, including the steps of determining a stowed position of the flight surface,...
6899298 Variable area wing aircraft and method  
An STOL aircraft structure has a variable-attitude, variable-area wing in addition to a traditional airfoil. The variable wing has an angle of attack that varies from 0° to a predetermined angle...
6880780 Cover ejection and fin deployment system for a gun-launched projectile  
A fin cover release and deployment system designed for high G forces of gun-launched missiles. In one embodiment, a pyrotechnic actuator drives actuator arms to first release and eject the fin slot...
6786450 Rapidly-convertible roadable aircraft  
A pusher canard aircraft convertible for road use. Canard outer sections are removable and are stored within the aircraft fuselage and the outer main wing sections rotate horizontally for storage...
6769644 Tail boom saddle for maintaining helicoptor main rotor blades in a stowed configuration for helicopter stowage and transport  
A tail boom saddle for use with a helicopter. The helicopter has a fuselage, a main rotor assembly extending out from a forward section of the fuselage, and a plurality of main rotor blades...
6758435 Guide assembly for a missile  
A missile includes a missile body and a guide assembly mounted on the missile body. The guide assembly has a plurality of pivots and a plurality of vanes mounted on respective pivots for a swinging...
6745979 Spacecraft and aerospace plane having scissors wings  
A spacecraft such as a fly back booster or a reusable launch vehicle, or an aerospace plane has a fuselage and a set of scissors wings consisting of two main wings. Both of the main wings are...
6742741 Unmanned air vehicle and method of flying an unmanned air vehicle  
An unmanned air vehicle includes a singular rear landing gear wheel on the aft end of the fuselage. Port and starboard wings with rear facing propellers are retractable to the aft of the fuselage....
6695252 Deployable fin projectile with outflow device  
A missile or projectile tail section includes an outflow device and a number of deployable fins. The outflow device may be a base bleed device that includes a slow-burning propellant which fills...
6626397 Autonomous flying wing  
An unmanned flying vehicle comprises an autonomous flying wing having at least two wing portions arranged substantially symmetrically about a center portion. Each wing portion is pivotally attached...
6619584 Road/air vehicle  
A road/air vehicle is able to quickly and easily convert between two configurations, air configuration and road configuration, to facilitate practical operation as both an aircraft and as an...
6581871 Extendable and controllable flight vehicle wing/control surface assembly  
The apparatus of the invention allows flight vehicle and/or guided munition wings and control surfaces to be secured in a retracted and locked position prior to the launch by a control surface...
6578792 Rudder blade mounting arrangement for a missile  
Described is a rudder blade mounting arrangement ( 10 ) for a missile comprising a rudder blade ( 12 ) and a mounting element ( 16 ) for the rudder blade. The rudder blade ( 12 ) is displaceable...
6576880 Flyer assembly  
A flyer assembly is adapted for launching with, transit in, and deployment from an artillery shell having a central void region extending along a ballistic shell axis. The flyer assembly includes a...
6446906 Fin and cover release system  
Pyrotechnic actuator cover/fin release system designed for high G forces of gun-launched-systems. As safety feature, system allows the pyrotechnic actuator to be installed as one of the last steps...
6352217 Missile fin locking and unlocking mechanism including a mechanical force amplifier  
A locking and unlocking mechanism for moveable control fins extending from the surface of a missile. The locking mechanism includes a pin extending thru the outer surface of the missile into an...
6347764 Gun hardened, rotary winged, glide and descent device  
A payload carrying device which is inserted into a remote area of interest by means of a projectile carrier to obtain data, or the like, from the remote area. The device has counter rotating main...
6322021 Deployable wing with propulsion for range extension  
A deployable wing that is folded so as to fit into a carrier such as an airplane that is released and automatically with the aid of parachutes to deploy and fly a given distance without assistance...
6299101 Adjusting apparatus for control surfaces of a missile  
In an adjusting apparatus for control surfaces of a missile the control surfaces 2, 3 are displaceable by adjusting motors 5, 6 by way of thrust spindles 15. To afford a compact structure and a low...
6283409 Sail closure mechanism for cross bar access deployable wing  
The openings in the fabric ribs of a deployable wing made from fabric sail material is automatically closed by use of a zipper mounted adjacent each of the openings that is actuated by movement of...
6260802 Pneumatic airborne ejection system for aerospace vehicles  
An airborne pneumatic launch tube ejection system to described for launching an aerospace vehicle/payload into orbit. The system can be installed in a jet transport aircraft without requiring...
6260799 Aircraft wing fold actuation system  
A wing fold actuation system (24) is provided for folding an outboard wing section (18) relative to an inboard wing section (16) between a deployed position (20) and a stored position (22). The...
6260798 High-G compact folding wing  
A compact, aerodynamic wing assembly constructed and arranged so as to withstand a force due to acceleration in at least one direction includes at least two wing segments, each of the wing segments...
6260797 Transformable gun launched aero vehicle  
A transformable gun launched aero vehicle having a ballistic projectile configuration and an aeroplane configuration includes a cylinder forming a shell of the vehicle in the ballistic projectile...
6244537 Apparatus for operating a wing in three modes and system of use  
An apparatus that permits a rotatable wing to be operated in three modes: a first orientation mode, a second orientation mode, and a mode in which the wing rotates (called the rotating mode). The...
6224013 Tail fin deployment device  
A retention and deployment mechanism for pivotable guide fins on bombs or missiles includes a cup shaped yoke slidably mounted on a shaft. The device is mounted in a central region of the bomb tail...
6224012 Roadable aircraft combined vehicle for practical use  
A vehicle that combines the freedom and swiftness of flight with the utility of surface travel. A simple, light weight, safe and stable conveyance with positive yaw-roll coupling, special safety...
6220544 Guided missile  
A guided missile (12), in particular a projectile which can be fired through a propellent charge gas pressure, having rudder blades (18) which cross each other and which can be pivoted open to...
6202958 Mounting arrangement for the pivotally openable rudder blades of a guided missile  
To maintain control accuracy for the pivotable rudder blades (14), which lie in a combustion chamber, of a guided projectile (12) which can be fired by means of propellent charge, there is provide...
6186443 Airborne vehicle having deployable wing and control surface  
An airborne vehicle having a deployable airfoil with an elevon wherein the deployment of the airfoil and the control of the elevon are both powered by a single servo mechanism. A shear pin prevents...
6142421 Vehicle refueling system  
A vehicle refueling system includes an aero vehicle and a fuel bladder system. The fuel bladder system includes a fuel bladder, a pickup loop of a predetermined loop size, a reel mechanism to...
6119976 Shoulder launched unmanned reconnaissance system  
A shoulder launched unmanned reconnaissance system for providing overhead visual surveillance of remote targets is disclosed. The present system includes a reconnaissance air vehicle which may be...
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