GLEN JEFFREY BROWN
Pilots at Smith Grade, Santa Cruz, CA

6575408, Jun 10, 2003

May 11, 2001

09/853973

Richard J. Benney - Stow MA
Glen J. Brown - Santa Cruz CA

The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army - Washington DC

B64D 1732

244152, 244142

A soft landing assembly for a parachute includes an altitude sensor mounted on the parachute and a control assembly mounted on the parachute for activating parachute landing velocity affectors at preselected altitudes detected by the altitude sensor. A first of the parachute landing velocity affectors is an automatic riser slip actuator for providing a riser slip, and thereby horizontal velocity reduction at an optimum time and in an optimum direction. A second of the parachute landing velocity affectors is an automatic pneumatic muscle retraction actuator for providing vertical retraction of a parachutist, and thereby vertical velocity reduction of the parachutist, at an optimum time prior to impact with ground.

2003018, Oct 2, 2003

Mar 27, 2002

10/108200

John Lounge - Bayou Vista TX, US
Frank Eichstadt - Kemah TX, US
Glen Brown - Santa Cruz CA, US

B64G001/22, B64G001/00

244/15800R

A space cargo delivery apparatus and method has a flexible beam member, an end base, and stabilizing thrusters spaced along the length of the beam member for stabilizing and guiding the beam member. The end base is positioned at the distal end of the beam member. The beam member is inflatable so that it can support a compression load. The apparatus further has a retractor, which is connected to a proximal end of the beam member for storing the beam member in a deflated state and for controlling the amount of the beam member extending from the retractor in an inflated state. Alternatively, instead of the stabilizing thrusters, the delivery apparatus can use flexible beam members and a corresponding number of retractors to store the beam members and to control the lengths thereof extending from the retractors so that the end base can move in a relatively straight line.

8544212, Oct 1, 2013

Feb 27, 2012

13/405830

Glen J. Brown - Santa Cruz CA, US

HDT Expeditionary Systems - Solon OH

E04H 15/20

52 213, 52 219, 52108, 2441592, 24412311

A reinforced inflatable structure includes an inflatable member having a longitudinal axis. The member includes a bladder and a braided restraint layer mounted to the bladder. A plurality of spaced supports is mounted on the member and extends outwardly therefrom. A plurality of spaced bracing cables are connected at each end to a respective one of the plurality of supports. The cables are oriented generally parallel to the longitudinal axis of the member and are held at a generally fixed distance from the member by the supports. The inflatable member tensions the bracing cables rendering them capable of resisting bending.

5244169, Sep 14, 1993

May 15, 1992

7/883341

Glen J. Brown - Santa Cruz CA
Roy Haggard - Nuevo CA

Vertigo, Inc. - Lake Elsinore CA

B64C 330, B64D 1702

244146

A paraglider having ram-air inflated left and right wings and supported above a pilot by suspension lines, the wings consisting of foldable and flexible sheet material and defining front openings to receive ram-air to inflate the wings in flight, the combination comprising; fluid inflated spar tube means extending spanwise in stiffening relation to the wings, to assist in supporting and shaping the wings in flight; spar tube means extending in such proximity to the front openings as to resist tuck under and collapse of the wings, at low angles of attack; spar tube means consisting of material which is flexible and foldable when the spar tube means is not inflated.

5735083, Apr 7, 1998

Apr 21, 1995

8/426398

Glen J. Brown - Santa Cruz CA
Garrett C. Sharpless - Sherborn MA

E04C 302, B60C 2900, E04H 1520

52 213

An air beam made up of a cylindrical braid and lined with a gas-retaining bladder is improved in its resistance to wrinkling or buckling by incorporating linear bundles of fibers extending parallel to the axis of the cylindrical braid within the cylindrical weave and spaced around the circumference of the cylindrical weave. Another implementation is used when the required strength of the axial bundles implies that they will not fit within the braid, in which case, the bundles are made up into external straps retention means is a coating applied to the braided fibers.

6131856, Oct 17, 2000

Jun 4, 1998

9/090668

Glen J. Brown - Santa Cruz CA

B64D 1714

244152

A parachute has its suspension lines divided into groups, each group connected to the load through a linear actuator. During descent of the parachute, foreshortening of an actuator or of any group of adjacent actuators causes the parachute trajectory to move in the direction of the foreshortened actuator. Multiple parachutes connected to a single load, with each parachute being connected to the load through an actuator, can similarly have their trajectory controlled. The trajectory of the parachute can also be changed by a system of normally foreshortened actuators which lengthen by actuation. Simultaneous, rapid shortening of all actuators just before ground impact can be used to reduce the descent velocity at ground impact.

8141301, Mar 27, 2012

Feb 12, 2008

12/069590

Glen J Brown - Santa Cruz CA, US

HDT Expeditionary Systems - Solon OH

E04H 15/20

52 213, 52 219, 52108, 2441592, 24412311

An inflatable structure is augmented with transverse frames and bracing cables to make a truss-like structure. This feature is adaptable for adding strength to a plain inflatable structure and to an inflatable structure forming a structural arch. It can also be incorporated into an inflatable wing.

5421128, Jun 6, 1995

Jan 14, 1994

8/181024

Garrett C. Sharpless - Sherborn MA
Glen J. Brown - Santa Cruz CA

F04G 1104

52 213

A curved, inflated, tubular beam consists of braided fibers and axial fibers on an elastomeric barrier. The construction can be accomplished on a short, straight mandrel. The curvature along the beam can be varied to suit the design needs. The angle of the braid in the bias fibers determines the inflated curvature when axial fibers situated within the braid along the inside of the curvature constrain the elongation on the inside of the curvature. The curved shape can be reinforced by having tape cemented to the outside of the inflated tube. While very small and very large tubes can be perfected for a range of inflation pressures and beam strengths, the preferred embodiment is a 12 3/4-inch diameter tube, 60 feet long forming an arch for a tent 30 feet wide and 24 feet high.

4781343, Nov 1, 1988

Oct 13, 1987

7/107790

Glen J. Brown - Santa Cruz CA

Vertigo, Inc. - Lake Elsinore CA

B64D 1702

244145

A parafoil includes upper and lower panels, connector panels, load strands, and tapes attached to the connector panels to form cusps, and catenaries between the cusps.

4402439, Sep 6, 1983

Dec 23, 1981

6/333720

Glen J. Brown - Santa Cruz CA

B62J 900, A45C 1304

224 32R

A pannier bag (10, 10') for bicycles, and the like, comprises a frame (22) shaped to be streamlined in a forward direction of travel of an associated bicycle. A cover (12) arranged on the frame (22) retains same in the desired streamline shape. A three-point mounting arrangement (16) is associated with the frame (22) and cover (12) for mounting them on an associated bicycle in a rigid manner, while a top front to bottom rear zipper (72) provided with a pair of slides (74, 76) permits access to any part of the interior of the bag. A strip (14) of reflective fabric preferably is provided on the outer surface of the cover (12) of the bag so as to run from the front to the rear thereof in order to increase the visibility of the bag, and hence, an associated bicycle, during darkness.