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Dudley E. Smith — 19 Patents

BTBell Helicopter Textron: 14 patents #26 of 718Top 4%
TITextron Innovations: 4 patents #233 of 1,177Top 20%
Arlington, TX: #58 of 1,708 inventorsTop 4%
Texas: #7,372 of 125,132 inventorsTop 6%
Overall (All Time): #229,345 of 4,157,543Top 6%
19 Patents All Time
Dudley E. Smith has been granted 19 US patents while listed as an inventor at Bell Helicopter Textron. The first was granted in 2006 and the most recent in May 2021. Dudley E. Smith ranks #229,345 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 5.5%). Patent records list Dudley E. Smith in Arlington, TX, US.

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Showing 1–19 of 19 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11014655 Autorotative enhancement system Cory M. Hitte, Bryan Marshall, Carlos Alexander Fenny 2021-05-25 $22,257,000
10279900 Rotorcraft variable thrust cross-flow fan systems Daniel Bryan Robertson, Mark Dreier, Steve Ray Ivans, Kirk Landon Groninga 2019-05-07 $8,404,000
10077105 Autorotative enhancement system Cory M. Hitte, Bryan Marshall, Carlos Alexander Fenny 2018-09-18 $19,273,000
9701406 Convertible tiltrotor aircraft Daniel Bryan Robertson 2017-07-11 $7,934,000
9522730 Autorotative enhancement system Cory M. Hitte, Bryan Marshall, Carlos Alexander Fenny 2016-12-20 $34,524,000
9399513 Constant velocity joint with control mechanism Drew Sutton, Christopher Edward Foskey, Frank B. Stamps 2016-07-26 $9,442,000
9334060 Infrared suppressing exhaust system Daniel Bryan Robertson, Robert Michael Laramee 2016-05-10 $12,870,000
9290266 Speed control assembly and methods of using same Daniel Bryan Robertson, Carlos Alexander Fenny, Walter West Riley 2016-03-22 $50,210,000
9180964 Autorotative enhancement system Cory M. Hitte, Bryan Marshall, Carlos Alexander Fenny 2015-11-10 $15,430,000
9067676 Convertible helicopter ring member J. Donn Hethcock, Mark Dreier, Robert L. Robinson 2015-06-30 $12,600,000
8998125 Method and apparatus for in-flight blade folding Charles Hollimon, David J. Ludolph 2015-04-07 $8,089,000
8640984 Counter-torque device for a helicopter John Michael Kebrle, James R. Andrews, Justin Daw, Jim Hurdle, Paul Sherrill +5 more 2014-02-04 $15,340,000
8636242 Propulsive anti-torque nozzle system with external rotating sleeve for a rotorcraft 2014-01-28 $10,273,000
8567709 Rotorcraft with variable incident wing Walter C. Joiner, Daniel Bryan Robertson, David J. Ludolph, Jennifer D. Langston 2013-10-29 $40,947,000
8286908 Counter-torque device for a helicopter John Michael Kebrle, James R. Andrews, Justin Daw, Jim Hurdle, Paul Sherrill +5 more 2012-10-16 $12,221,000
8251305 Rotorcraft with variable incident wing Walter C. Joiner, Daniel Bryan Robertson, David J. Ludolph, Jennifer D. Langston 2012-08-28 $27,584,000
7731121 Propulsive anti-torque system for rotorcraft Walter C. Joiner, Paul Madej, Charles Hollimon, Daniel Bryan Robertson 2010-06-08 $17,913,000
7594625 Proprotor blade with leading edge slot Daniel Bryan Robertson, Charles Hollimon, Jimmy Narramore, Robert B. Mullins 2009-09-29 $58,192,000
7003913 Vegetable cradle 2006-02-28