Inventor · Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, US

Robert Erik Grip

73Patents
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43Co-inventors
74Inventor score

Filing activity: May 3, 2007 → Jun 17, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US9598167B2 Morphing airfoil leading edge Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 23 Active
US7891608B2 Space frame fuselage structure and related methods Performing Operations; Transporting 16 Active
US7743763B2 Structurally isolated thermal interface Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 14 Active
US8056865B2 Mechanism for changing the shape of a control surface Performing Operations; Transporting 12 Active
US8387917B1 Support structure for a cargo aircraft Performing Operations; Transporting 10 Active
US8128025B2 Providing skins for aircraft fuselages Performing Operations; Transporting 10 Active
US9555871B2 Two-surface sandwich structure for accommodating in-plane expansion of one of the surfaces relative to the opposing surface Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Active
US8382045B2 Shape-changing control surface Performing Operations; Transporting 9 Active
US8813430B2 Platform with adjustable support members Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Active
US9156559B2 Segmented aircraft wing having solar arrays Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Active
US8418968B2 Mechanism for changing the shape of a control surface Performing Operations; Transporting 4 Active
US10189484B2 Support systems and methods for a transportation system Fixed Constructions 4 Active
US8500060B2 Aircraft with a pressurized vessel Performing Operations; Transporting 4 Active
US9132908B1 Expandable nose cone Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 3 Active
US9492901B2 Optical measurement of fastener preload Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US10974807B2 Segmented aircraft wing having solar arrays Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US10640221B2 Wing airfoil stiffening for solar powered aircraft Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US11214376B2 Anti-ice pulsed jet hiller reactor Performing Operations; Transporting 2 Active
US10266184B2 Support systems and methods for a transportation system Performing Operations; Transporting 2 Active
US11787524B2 Structural arrangement and method for counteracting a vertical moment of a strut-braced wing Performing Operations; Transporting 2 Active
US11383817B2 Modular fuselage assemblies for aircraft, aircraft including modular fuselage assemblies, and MEl'hods of assembling modular fuselage assemblies Performing Operations; Transporting 2 Active
US11091175B2 Vacuum transport tube vehicle, system, and method for evacuating a vacuum transport tube Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 2 Active
US8592673B2 Enclosed, off-axis solar concentrator Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US10538254B2 Vacuum transport tube vehicle, system, and method for evacuating a vacuum transport tube Performing Operations; Transporting 2 Active
US9568031B2 Truss end pad fitting Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.