RONALD H GARBER
Engineers in Orlando, FL
License number
Pennsylvania PE041259E
Category
Engineers
Type
Professional Engineer
Address
Address
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Orlando, FL 32836
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
Professional information
Air Refueling Drogue
US Patent:
6375123, Apr 23, 2002
Filed:
Aug 15, 2000
Appl. No.:
09/639295
Inventors:
Samuel Greenhalgh - Doylestown PA
Ellis Skott Greenhalgh - Wyndmoor PA
Matthew T. Douglass - Philadelphia PA
Ronald H. Garber - Orlando FL
Ellis Skott Greenhalgh - Wyndmoor PA
Matthew T. Douglass - Philadelphia PA
Ronald H. Garber - Orlando FL
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy - Washington DC
International Classification:
B64D 3700
US Classification:
244135A
Abstract:
A refueling drogue for rearward deployment from a tanker aircraft into an air stream includes a fuel valve for receiving fuel from the tanker aircraft and controlling a flow of the fuel; a coupling attached to the fuel valve for receiving fuel from the fuel valve; and a plurality of struts, each strut having a proximal end and a distal end wherein each strut is rotatably connected to the coupling at the proximal end and each strut includes a winglet at the distal end.
Air Refueling Drogue
US Patent:
5921294, Jul 13, 1999
Filed:
Mar 4, 1998
Appl. No.:
9/056127
Inventors:
Samuel Greenhalgh - Dolestown PA
Ellis Skott Greenhalgh - Dolestown PA
Matthew T. Douglass - Philadelphia PA
Ronald H. Garber - Orlando FL
Ellis Skott Greenhalgh - Dolestown PA
Matthew T. Douglass - Philadelphia PA
Ronald H. Garber - Orlando FL
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy - Washington DC
International Classification:
B67C 326
US Classification:
141279
Abstract:
An apparatus attached to a fuel hose and deployed rearwardly of a tanker craft, the apparatus for inflight refueling of an aircraft and includes a fuel valve for controlling the flow of fuel through the valve, a coupler attached to the fuel valve for receiving and locking onto the probe of a receiving aircraft and for conveying fuel through the coupler and to the probe of the receiving aircraft, and a plurality of struts attached to the coupler, the struts configured and arranged to compress inwardly when acted upon by sufficient compressive forces and to expand outwardly against aerodynamic forces when located in the airstream, the struts forming a bell shaped target for guiding the probe of the receiving aircraft into the coupler.
Lifting Floor For Bodies Of Water
US Patent:
2013017, Jul 11, 2013
Filed:
Jan 3, 2013
Appl. No.:
13/733429
Inventors:
David C. Mauck - Orlando FL, US
William Bryan - Annapolis MD, US
Ronald H. Garber - Orlando FL, US
Clifford A. Jennings - Highland MD, US
Nicholas K. Miller - Sykesville MD, US
John Linn - Winter Garden FL, US
William Bryan - Annapolis MD, US
Ronald H. Garber - Orlando FL, US
Clifford A. Jennings - Highland MD, US
Nicholas K. Miller - Sykesville MD, US
John Linn - Winter Garden FL, US
International Classification:
B63B 35/44
US Classification:
114267
Abstract:
A lifting platform for use in a body of water has (a) a plurality of float modules, each float module having a buoyancy compartment, and each float module being attached to adjacent float modules by means of flexible joints; (b) at least one container disposed in each float module for retaining a buoyancy fluid; and (c) a discharge apparatus for discharging buoyancy fluid to the buoyancy compartments of the float modules, so as to fill each buoyancy compartment with buoyancy fluid, thereby causing the plurality of modules to float to a position at or near the surface of the body of water.