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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:
Mar. 16, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2005
Applicants:
Edward L. Lawson, Long Beach, CA (US);
Christopher K. Droney, Huntinton Beach, CA (US);
Darold B. Cummings, Hawthorne, CA (US);
Inventors:
Edward L. Lawson, Long Beach, CA (US);
Christopher K. Droney, Huntinton Beach, CA (US);
Darold B. Cummings, Hawthorne, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 3/50 (2006.01); B64D 27/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of generating lift for a vehicle including heating a flow of gas using a gas generator mounted on the vehicle that contributes no more than about ten percent of thrust used to propel the vehicle in a forward direction, and driving a lift fan using the heated gas flow to generate lift for the vehicle.