Stephen D Ellis

US Patent:

20040256519, Dec 23, 2004

Filed:

Mar 12, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/800131

Inventors:

Stephen Ellis - Lexington MA, US
Jerome Fanucci - Lexington MA, US

International Classification:

B64C007/00

US Classification:

244/11000E

Abstract:

An aerial vehicle recovery system includes a landing pad secured or securable to a supporting surface. The landing pad has an upwardly facing capture surface having a passive retaining medium thereon. The aerial vehicle to be recovered includes one or more shoes affixed to a lower portion of the aerial vehicle. The shoes have a complementary passive retaining medium thereon configured to mate or interlock with or adhere to or otherwise interface with the retaining medium of the capture surface on the landing pad. The retaining medium on the landing pad and the complementary retaining medium on the aerial vehicle together form a passive retaining system that retains the vehicle on the landing pad upon the exertion of sufficient compressive force by the vehicle on the capture surface. The aerial vehicle recovery system can be used in conjunction with a variety of supporting surfaces, such as a ship's deck, an offshore platform, a truck bed, or the ground.

US Patent:

20120216699, Aug 30, 2012

Filed:

Jul 28, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/220910

Inventors:

Jerome P. Fanucci - Lexington MA, US
Stephen C. Ellis - Lexington MA, US

Assignee:

KaZaK Composites, Incorporated - Woburn MA

International Classification:

F42B 12/20
F42B 33/00
F42B 14/06

US Classification:

102473, 102520, 86 52

Abstract:

A composite penetrator or projectile is formed of a core of uniaxial tungsten wires embedded in a matrix material. The core may be overwrapped to improve hoop or radial strength. The core is mounted in a sabot for use as an ordnance projectile. The penetrator is frangible and can include a detonatable energetic resin to provide a self-destruct capability. A pultrusion process is provided to manufacture the penetrator.