Flow form device

Claim 2

A flow form device of the type used primarily to maintain both vertical and horizontal stability and maneuverability in a predetermined fluid environment, said device comprising: a first skin means of predetermined configuration; a second skin means of predetermined configuration disposed in substantially spaced apart relation from said first skin means; a plurality of third skin means disposed in interconnecting relation between said first and second skin means; at least one spor means defined by said first, second and third skin means, one end of said spor means at least partially defining a leading edge of said device, at least a portion of said spor means being closed at its opposite end to at least partially define the trailing edge of said device; a plurality of first Jordan clusters formed in said first skin means; a plurality of second Jordan clusters formed in said second skin means; a plurality of holonomic ports formed in said third skin means; a jet port means defined by at least a portion of said one spor means being open at its aft end; a jiro port means formed in said second skin means; and control means operatively connected with said second skin means, whereby the passage of said device through a predetermined fluid environment may be controlled with respect to both horizontal and vertical planes.

Claim 3

A device as in claim 1 further comprising at least first and second fluid flow regulating means connected to said first, second and third skin means in fluid communicating relation to said closed portion of said spor means, one end of said fluid flow regulating means at least pratially defining said trailing edge, each of said fluid flow regulating means being operably independent one from another.

Claim 4

A device as in claim 2 wherein said fluid flow regulating means are of correspondingly varying longitudinal dimensions taken along said third skin means.

Claim 5

A device as in claim 3 wherein said fluid flow regulating means further comprise a plurality of matrix tri-vent means formed in said second skin means.

Claim 6

A device as in claim 4 wherein said fluid flow regulating means further comprise a plurality of second holonomic ports formed in said third skin means.

Claim 7

A device as in claim 5 wherein said control means is operatively connected with said fluid flow regulating means and said second skin means.

Claim 8

A device as in claim 6 wherein said plurality of matrix tri-vent means comprise equilateral triangular apertures.

Claim 9

A device as in claim 1 wherein the shape and cubic displacement of said spor means are determined by said third skin means and depend on said predetermined configuration.

Claim 10

A device as in claim 8 wherein the distance between said first and second skin means is variable from said leading edge to said trailing edge.

Claim 11

A device as in claim 8 wherein the distance between said first and second skin means at the middle of said device is relatively greater than said distance at said leading and trailing edges of said device.

Claim 12

A device as in claim 8 wherein said predetermined configuration is substantially rectangular.

Claim 13

A device as in claim 11 wherein the distance between said first and second skin means at said leading edge is relatively greater tHan said distance at said trailing edge, and wherein said third skin means is correspondingly configured to define a substantially triangular configuration, the apex of said triangular configuration being substantially adjacent said trailing edge.

Claim 14

A device as in claim 1 wherein said holonomic ports are formed in said third skin means with their center substantially parallel to said leading edge and substantially equidistant from said leading and trailing edges.

Claim 15

A device as in claim 13 wherein said holonomic ports are of greatest size at the centermost of said third skin means and are of correspondingly reducing size toward the outermost of said third skin means.

Claim 16

A device as in claim 1 wherein said first Jordan clusters are of greatest size at the outermost edges of said first skin means and are of correspondingly reducing size toward the center of said first skin means.

Claim 17

A device as in claim 1 wherein said second Jordan clusters are of greatest size at the outermost edges of said second skin means and are of correspondingly reducing size toward the center of said second skin means.

Claim 18

A device as in claim 1 wherein said first and second Jordan clusters are spaced apart one from the other across at least most of said first and second skin means.

Claim 19

A device as in claim 1 wherein said jet port means is formed at substantially the middle of said trailing edge.

Claim 20

A device as in claim 18 wherein said device further comprises intransitive hub means formed between said first and said second skin means about the midpoint of said device and transitive manifold means formed between said first and second skin means in communicating relation between said intransitive hub means and said jet port means.

Claim 21

A device as in claim 19 wherein said transitive manifold means comprises a substantially truncated pentahedron configuration including an open apex disposed in communicating relation with said intransitive hub means, an open base coextensive with said jet port means, and side walls of substantially equal length extending radially from the perimeter of said intransitive hub means in interconnecting relation between said first and second skins.

Claim 22

A device as in claim 20 wherein said side walls comprise a plurality of strut means.

Claim 23

A device as in claim 1 wherein said jiro port means is formed at substantially the center of said second skin means.

Claim 24

A device as in claim 1 further comprising payload means depending from said device and control means operatively interconnecting said payload means with said second skin means.

Claim 25

A device as in claim 23 wherein said payload means depends from said device beneath the area defined by said jiro port means.

Claim 26

A device as in claim 23 wherein said payload means depends from said device beneath the center of said jiro port means.

Claim 27

A device as in claim 1 wherein said spor means comprises a plurality of tensor spors formed at the outboard edges of said device.

Claim 28

A device as in claim 26 further comprising fluid passage means formed through said third skin means defining the inboard sides of said tensor spors.

Claim 29

A device as in claim 27 wherein said fluid passage means comprise a plurality of slits.

Claim 30

A device as in claim 1 further comprising root cross enforcer means formed through said third skin means defining the outboard sides of said device.

Claim 31

A device as in claim 1 wherein said third skin means comprise a plurality of strut means.

Claim 32

A device as in claim 1 further comprising root cross stem enforcer means formed in said first skin means in corresponding relation to said jiro port means.

Claim 33

A device as in claim 31 wherein said root cross stem enforcer means includes a plurality of pressure control means formed therein, whereby fluid flow pressures within said device may be exhausted from said device.

Claim 34

A device as in claim 32 wherein said pressure control means are self-actuating.

Claim 35

A flow form device of the type used primarilY to maintain both vertical and horizontal stability and maneuverability in a predetermined fluid environment, said device comprising: a first skin means of substantially rectangular configuration; a second skin means of corresponding configuration disposed in spaced apart relation from said first skin means, the distance between said first and second skin means varying from the leading edge to the trailing edge of said device; a plurality of third skin means disposed substantially perpendicular to said first and second skin means in interconnecting relation therebetween; a plurality of spor means defined by said first, second and third skin means, said spor means including a domain spor having a width substantially greater than that of the remainder of said spor means, one end of said spor means defining said leading edge, said remainder being closed at their opposite ends to define said trailing edge, said remainder including a plurality of tensor spors formed at the outboard edges of said device; a plurality of first Jordan clusters formed in said first skin means, at least one of said first Jordan clusters communicating with each of said spor means; a corresponding plurality of second Jordan clusters formed in said second skin means, at least one of said second Jordan clusters communicating with each of said spor means, said first and second Jordan clusters being of greatest size at said tensor spors and of correspondingly reducing size toward said domain spor, said first and second Jordan clusters further being spaced apart longitudinally one from the other across at least most of said first and second skin means; a plurality of first holonomic ports formed in said third skin means, each of said first holonomic ports communicating between adjacent pairs of said spor means, said first holonomic ports being of greatest size adjacent said domain spor and of correspondingly reducing size toward said tensor spors, said first holonomic ports further being formed in said third skin means substantially parallel to said leading edge; a jet port means defined by said domain spor being open at its aft end; a jiro port means formed at substantially the center of said second skin means in communicating relation with said domain spor, the diameter of said jiro port means being substantially equal to the width of said domain spor; root cross stem enforcer means formed in said first skin means in corresponding relation to said jiro port means; intransitive hub means formed between said first and second skin means around the midpoint of said device; transitive manifold means formed between said first and second skin means in communicating relation between said intransitive hub means and said jet port means; first and second fluid flow regulating means integrally formed on said first, second and third skin means in fluid communicating relation to said remainder of said spor means, one end of said fluid flow regulating means defining said trailing edge, said fluid flow regulating means being of varying longitudinal dimensions taken along said third skin means and including a plurality of matrix tri-vent means formed in said second skin means and a plurality of second holonomic parts formed in said third skin means; fluid passage means formed through said third skin means defining the inboard sides of said tensor spors; root cross enforcer means formed through said third skin means defining the outboard sides of said device; a payload means depending from said device beneath the area defined by said jiro port means; and control means operatively interconnecting said payload means with said second skin means and said fluid flow regulating means, whereby the passage of said device through a predetermined fluid environment may be controlled with respect both vertical and horizontal planes.

Claim 36

A flow form device of the type used primarilY to maintain both vertical and horizontal stability and maneuverability in a predetermined fluid environment, said device comprising: a first skin means of substantially rectangular configuration; a second skin means of corresponding configuration disposed in spaced apart relation from said first skin means, the distance between said first and second skin means varying from the leading edge to the trailing edge of said device; a plurality of third skin means disposed substantially perpendicular to said first and second skin means in interconnecting relation therebetween; a plurality of spor means defined by said first, second and third skin means, said spor means including a domain spor having a width substantially greater than that of the remainder of said spor means, one end of said spor means defining said leading edge, said remainder being closed at their opposite ends to define said trailing edge, said remainder including a plurality of tensor spors formed at the outboard edges of said device; a plurality of first Jordan clusters formed in said first skin means, at least one of said first Jordan clusters communicating with each of said spor means; a corresponding plurality of second Jordan clusters formed in said second skin means, at least one of said second Jordan clusters communicating with each of said spor means, said first and second Jordan clusters being of greatest size at said tensor spors and of correspondingly reducing size toward said domain spor, said first and second Jordan clusters further being spaced apart longitudinally one from the other across at least most of said first and second skin means; a plurality of first holonomic ports formed in said third skin means, each of said first holonomic ports communicating between adjacent pairs of said spor means, said first holonomic ports being of greatest size adjacent said domain spor and of correspondingly reducing size toward said tensor spors, said first holonomic ports further being formed in said third skin means substantially parallel to said leading edge; a jet port means defined by said domain spor being open at its aft end; a jiro port means formed at substantially the center of said second skin means in communicating relation with said domain spor, the diameter of said jiro port means being substantially equal to the width of said domain spor; root cross stem enforcer means formed in said first skin means in corresponding relation to said jiro port means; intransitive hub means formed between said first and second skin means around the midpoint of said device; transitive manifold means formed between said first and second skin means in communicating relation between said intransitive hub means and said jet port means; first and second fluid flow regulating means integrally formed on said first, second and third skin means in fluid communicating relation to said remainder of said spor means, one end of said fluid flow regulating means defining said trailing edge, said fluid flow regulating means being of varying longitudinal dimensions taken along said third skin means and including a plurality of matrix tri-vent means formed in said second skin means and a plurality of second holonomic parts formed in said third skin means; fluid passage means formed through said third skin means defining the inboard sides of said tensor spors; root cross enforcer means formed through said third skin means defining the outboard sides of said device; a payload means depending from said device beneath the area defined by said jiro port means; and control means operatively interconnecting said payload means with said second skin means and said fluid flow regulating means, whereby the passage of said device through a predetermined fluid environment may be controlled with respect both vertical and horizontal planes.

Claim 37

A device as in claim 34 wherein said third skin means within said domain spor comprise a plurality of strut means.

Claim 38

A device as in claim 34 wherein said third skin means comprises a plurality of strut mEans.