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US3223355A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Alternative sustentation system for aircraft

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1963-04-01
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Granted: 1965-12-14
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Expires: 1983-04-01
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Abstract

No abstract record available.

Inventors

  • 👤 Adolphe C Peterson

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-06 11:01
CPC Classifications
B; B64; B64C; B64C29/00; B64C29/0008; B64C29/0016; B64C29/0025; B64C23/00; B64C23/005

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 275 words
IN AN AIRCRAFT: A FUSELAGE STRUCTURE, A SUSTENTATION SURFACE STRUCTRE ARRANGED TO PROVIDE SUSTENTATION IN TRANSLATIONAL FLIGHT BY ITS ANGULAR DISPOSITION RELATIVE TO TRANSLATIONAL FLIGHT OF THE AIRCRAFT; A PROPULSION SYSTEM TO PROVIDE THRUST FOR TRANSLATIONAL FLIGHT; A PLURAL NUMBER OF AIRCHANNELS, EACH HAVING MEANS FOR AIR INTAKE, EACH HAVING AN AIR DISCHARGE DIRECTED DOWNWARDLY OF THE TRANSLATIONAL FLIGHT DIRECTION, EACH HAVING SHUTTER MEANS AT ITS SAID AIR DISCHARGE, EACH SAID SHUTTER MEANT HAVING ALTNERATIVE LOCATION, IN ONE LOCATION FORMING A CLOSURE FOR SAID AIR DISCHARGE ASSOCIATED WITH IT EACH CLOSURE FORMING RELATIVELY A CONTINUATION OF SAID SUSTENTATION SURFACE STRUCTURE, AND IN AN ALTERNATIVE LOCATION BEING PLACED TO OPEN SAID AIR DISCHARGE ASSOCIATED FOR FLOW OF AIR; EACH SAID AIR CHANNEL HAVING AIR PROPELLOR MEANS LOCATED THEREIN BETWEEN SAID AIR INTAKE AND THE ASSOCIATED AIR DISCHARGE, EACH AIR PROPELLOR MEANS HAVING INTERCONNECTED THEREWITH MEANS TO ROTATIONALLY DRIVE THE AIR PROPELLOR MEANS, THE SAID LAST NAMED MEANS TO ROTATIONALLY DRIVE INCLUDING INTER-CONNECTING CONDUIT MEANS BETWEEN THE SAID PROPULSION SYSTEM AND TURBINE MEANS INTER-CONNECTED WITH THE AIR PROPELLOR MEANS FOR TRANSMISSION OF EXHAUST GASES FROM SAID PROPULSION SYSTEM TO SAID TURBINE MEANS THE SAID PROPULSION SYSTEM TO PROVIDE THRUST FOR TRANSLATIONAL FLIGHT INCLUDING A COMBUSTION TURBINE INDUCTING AIR FROM AMBIENT AIR AND SPPLIED WITH FUEL TO PRODUCE JET PROPULSION TRANSLATIONALLY, THE SAID PROPULSION SYSTEM INCLUDING ALSO AN ALTERNATIVE JET PROPULSION SYSTEM HAVING RAM-JET AIR INTAKE, RAMJET COMBUSTION CHAMBER AND FUEL SUPPLY THERETO AND JET DISCHARGE DIRECTED REARWARDLY OF THE DIRECTION OF TRANSLATIONAL FLIGHT; AND MEANS TO PREVENT AIR FLOW INTO SAID FIRST NAMED PROPULSION SYSTEM WHEN THERE IS COMBUSTION INDUCED FLIGHT PROPULSION BY SAID ALTERNATIVE PROPLSION SYSTEM.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 275 words
IN AN AIRCRAFT: A FUSELAGE STRUCTURE, A SUSTENTATION SURFACE STRUCTRE ARRANGED TO PROVIDE SUSTENTATION IN TRANSLATIONAL FLIGHT BY ITS ANGULAR DISPOSITION RELATIVE TO TRANSLATIONAL FLIGHT OF THE AIRCRAFT; A PROPULSION SYSTEM TO PROVIDE THRUST FOR TRANSLATIONAL FLIGHT; A PLURAL NUMBER OF AIRCHANNELS, EACH HAVING MEANS FOR AIR INTAKE, EACH HAVING AN AIR DISCHARGE DIRECTED DOWNWARDLY OF THE TRANSLATIONAL FLIGHT DIRECTION, EACH HAVING SHUTTER MEANS AT ITS SAID AIR DISCHARGE, EACH SAID SHUTTER MEANT HAVING ALTNERATIVE LOCATION, IN ONE LOCATION FORMING A CLOSURE FOR SAID AIR DISCHARGE ASSOCIATED WITH IT EACH CLOSURE FORMING RELATIVELY A CONTINUATION OF SAID SUSTENTATION SURFACE STRUCTURE, AND IN AN ALTERNATIVE LOCATION BEING PLACED TO OPEN SAID AIR DISCHARGE ASSOCIATED FOR FLOW OF AIR; EACH SAID AIR CHANNEL HAVING AIR PROPELLOR MEANS LOCATED THEREIN BETWEEN SAID AIR INTAKE AND THE ASSOCIATED AIR DISCHARGE, EACH AIR PROPELLOR MEANS HAVING INTERCONNECTED THEREWITH MEANS TO ROTATIONALLY DRIVE THE AIR PROPELLOR MEANS, THE SAID LAST NAMED MEANS TO ROTATIONALLY DRIVE INCLUDING INTER-CONNECTING CONDUIT MEANS BETWEEN THE SAID PROPULSION SYSTEM AND TURBINE MEANS INTER-CONNECTED WITH THE AIR PROPELLOR MEANS FOR TRANSMISSION OF EXHAUST GASES FROM SAID PROPULSION SYSTEM TO SAID TURBINE MEANS THE SAID PROPULSION SYSTEM TO PROVIDE THRUST FOR TRANSLATIONAL FLIGHT INCLUDING A COMBUSTION TURBINE INDUCTING AIR FROM AMBIENT AIR AND SPPLIED WITH FUEL TO PRODUCE JET PROPULSION TRANSLATIONALLY, THE SAID PROPULSION SYSTEM INCLUDING ALSO AN ALTERNATIVE JET PROPULSION SYSTEM HAVING RAM-JET AIR INTAKE, RAMJET COMBUSTION CHAMBER AND FUEL SUPPLY THERETO AND JET DISCHARGE DIRECTED REARWARDLY OF THE DIRECTION OF TRANSLATIONAL FLIGHT; AND MEANS TO PREVENT AIR FLOW INTO SAID FIRST NAMED PROPULSION SYSTEM WHEN THERE IS COMBUSTION INDUCED FLIGHT PROPULSION BY SAID ALTERNATIVE PROPLSION SYSTEM.

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