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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2004
Applicants:
Alan B. Minick, Stuart, FL (US);
Benjamin Goldberg, Palm City, FL (US);
Larry Knauer, Jupiter, FL (US);
Inventors:
Alan B. Minick, Stuart, FL (US);
Benjamin Goldberg, Palm City, FL (US);
Larry Knauer, Jupiter, FL (US);
Assignee:
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system for augmenting the apparent velocity and effectiveness of an airfoil, such as a wing, on a vehicle includes at least one ionizer or emitter positioned relative to the airfoil to ionize a fluid media in which the airfoil travels and at least one attractor/receiver for accelerating the flow of ionized fluid media over the airfoil. The system further includes a voltage source to which each ionizer and each attractor is electrically connected.