Aeronautics inventions

20090289146 - Integrated acoustic decoupling in a habitation module: According to an exemplary embodiment of the invention, a combined habitation module for the crew of an aircraft is provided, which habitation module comprises two monument units that are separated from each other by a gap such that acoustic decoupling of the two monument units from each other is provided.... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20090289144 - Trimmable horizontal stabilizer: A trimmable horizontal stabilizer is provided adjacent to the fuselage of an aircraft and has a predetermined aerodynamic profile. A movable elevator is arranged adjacent to the horizontal stabilizer. The horizontal stabilizer has a load-bearing structure which extends in the span direction and is firmly connected to the fuselage of... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20090289145 - Electromechanical actuating assembly: An electromechanical actuating assembly (100), operable in a plurality of fault-tolerant modes to accommodate at least the most probable fault situations. In the M1D1-only mode, actuator-moving power is transferred only through the first drivetrain (400A) and decoupling power transmitted through the second decoupling train (600B) decouples the second drivetrain (400B)... Agent: Don W. Bulson (park) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20090289147 - Method of collecting information relating to a movable airfoil surface of an aircraft: The invention relates to a method of collecting information relating to a movable airfoil surface (10) of an aircraft, the method including the step of collecting the information by means of an appropriate sensor placed directly on the airfoil surface. According to the invention, a radio type sensor is used... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090289148 - Faired tether for wind power generation systems: A tether for a kite wind power system is disclosed. The tether has a cross-section that is designed to have less aerodynamic drag than a tether with a circular-shaped cross-section.... Agent: Van Pelt, Yi & James LLP

20090289149 - Engine pod for an aircraft with a vortex generator arrangement: t

20090289150 - Boundary layer control system and methods thereof: An airfoil boundary layer control system may be provided. The airfoil boundary layer control system may include at least one airfoil that may include a first surface and a second surface coupled together at a leading edge and a trailing edge; at least one hollow chamber defined within the at... Agent: Maier & Maier, PLLC

20090283633 - Infill panel of a supply arrangement in a passenger cabin: A supply device in a passenger cabin, such as an aircraft passenger cabin, includes a first panel or “function panel” having one or more comfort elements, operating elements, visual display elements, and communication elements; and a second panel or an “infill panel”, which includes flexible supply channels. The panels are... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20090283626 - Methods and apparatus for aerial recovery of flying apparatus: Methods and systems are provided which may allow a first vehicle to recover a second air vehicle while both are moving. The first vehicle and the second air vehicle may be traveling at different velocities. An attachment member of the second air vehicle may attach to a recovery member of... Agent: RozenblatIPLLC And The Boeing Company

20090283627 - Methods and apparatus for air brake retention and deployment: Methods and apparatus for an air brake system for a projectile according to various aspects of the present invention comprises a pivot and a protrusion mounted on the pivot. The protrusion is adapted to selectively translate outward from the projectile around a translation axis that is parallel to the longitudinal... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (raytheon)

20090283644 - Control lever assembly for a tilt-rotor aircraft: A control lever assembly for a tilt-rotor aircraft, comprises at least one control lever which is movable relative to a control lever support. The control lever support has a rotational position that varies in correspondence with the tilt of the rotor of the aircraft. For example, the control lever support... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20090283628 - Directional control arrangement to provide stabilizing feedback to a structural bending mode: A control system and method of producing a stabilizing feedback includes generating a control output with a link in response to a deflection of a structure, the control output operable to at least partially resist the deflection.... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey, & Olds, P.C./sikorsky

20090283629 - Hovering aerial vehicle with removable rotor arm assemblies: The invention provides a hovering aerial vehicle with removable rotor arms and protective shrouds. Removing the shrouds reduces the weight of the vehicle and increases flight time. Removing the rotor arms makes the vehicle easier to transport. Removable rotor arms also simplify field repair or replacement of damaged parts.... Agent: Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Anne Kinsman

20090283630 - Lighter-than-air vehicle for shading: The lighter-than-air vehicle for shading is an airborne, movable system that provides sun shade for an open area. The vehicle is a substantially flat flying device having upper and lower surfaces, and which is filled with a lighter-than-air gas or gases, such as helium or hydrogen. The vehicle may be... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd.

20090283631 - Engine assembly for aircraft comprising an aerodynamic coupling fairing mounted on two separate elements: An aircraft engine assembly including an engine, an engine mounting structure, and a nacelle surrounding the engine and including an air intake and fan cowls. The assembly further includes a cradle supporting the fan cowls, fixedly mounted on the mounting structure or else on an entity including a fan case... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090283632 - Aircraft attitude control configuration: An aircraft attitude control configuration enables control surfaces to provide attitude control for an aircraft at hover or low air speed conditions. The aircraft attitude control configuration includes a plurality of thrusters mounted to an aircraft for thrusting air, a first control surface kinematically coupled to the aircraft at a... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck, LLP Chase Tower

20090283634 - Locking mechanism with bi-modal actuator: A locking mechanism includes a hydraulic actuator component and an electronic actuator component that are arranged coaxially, each of the actuator components being arranged to control a locking member that retains a movable component. In one version, each of the actuator components can individually engage a mechanical detent to enable... Agent: Hiscock & Barclay, LLP

20090283635 - Impact resistant composite structures: An impact resistant composite sandwich structure includes least one laminate face sheet joined to a stiffening element. The stiffening element includes a plurality of fibers and a resin for binding the fibers. The resin has a strain-to-failure greater than approximately 6%.... Agent: Tung & Associates Suite 120

20090283636 - Module for an aircraft: A module for an aircraft having a fuselage structure and a floor element defining a floor plane. The module includes a frame device adapted for mounting a functional element and the frame device is adapted for attachment to the floor element of the aircraft at a first location in the... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20090283637 - Aircraft floor and fuselage supplied with said floor: The internal ends (107) of the beams of the pair of the cross beams are connected to each other, the cross beams being inclined in such a way that the internal ends of said cross beams being directed downward when compared to the horizontal plane of the floor. Moreover, the... Agent: Perman & Green, LLP

20090283638 - Integrated aircraft structure in composite material: Integrated aircraft structure in composite material that comprises a skin and stringers (1), with the skin comprising a skin part (5) and a basic skin (3), and said structure further comprises U-shaped elements (15) each of which comprises in its turn two L-shaped sections (4a+5a and 4b+5b) together with the... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20090283641 - Aircraft with connection element for connecting a conduit system to cooling aggregates in aircraft cabins: In that at least the fastening element for the fastening the conduit element of the cabin chamber is provided within the connection part, there may be realised a compact structural shape which does not protrude from the separating element into the cabin chamber, and which may in addition be reliably... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20090283640 - Attachment system and method: An attachment system includes a dual sleeve nut comprising at least two spaced-apart nut housings; at least two interiorly-threaded fastener openings extending through the nut housings, respectively; and a nut base connecting the nut housings. At least two threaded fasteners extend through the fastener openings, respectively, of the nut housings.... Agent: Tung & Associates / Randy W. Tung, Esq.

20090283639 - Wing tip joint in airfoils: An aircraft joint comprises a wing structure and a wing tip. The wing structure has a first part of a clevis and lug fastening system located around an outer end of the wing structure. The wing tip has a second part of the clevis and lug fastening system located around... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20090283642 - Breakable coupling device, and an associated trim actuator: A breakable coupling device for coupling together first and second main transmission shafts stationary in translation along a longitudinal axis of rotation of the device comprises a blocking device having a discontinuous first housing and a continuous second housing forming a closed loop; a compression device; at least one drive... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090283643 - Shape-changing structure member with embedded spring: A shape-changing structural member has a shape-changing material, such as a suitable foam material, for example a polymer foam capable of withstanding at least 300% strain or a metal alloy foam capable of withstanding at least 5% strain. Springs, such as one or more coil springs, provide structural support for... Agent: Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP (raytheon)

20090277990 - Aircraft spiraling mechanism with jet assistance - f: An aircraft in the form of multi-stage missile 1 with a spiral inducing assembly 2 which is capable of inducing the missile to travel in a continuous spiraling motion without the missile rolling. A ramjet 6b is attached to a tube 3 that is able to rotate around the encircled... Agent: Tom Kusic

20090277991 - Helicopter having means for the aerodynamic support of the torque equalization: A helicopter has at least one main rotor (2) situated on an airframe (1), on which a tail rotor (4) is additionally attached spaced apart from the airframe (1) via a tail boom (3) for torque equalization. The tail boom (3) is provided with elements for the aerodynamic support of... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090277992 - Composite leg for landing gear assembly: A composite leg for a landing gear assembly includes a composite compression cap including reinforcing fibers that provide strength in compression, and a tension cap including reinforcing fibers that provide strength in tension. The composite leg further includes a torque box including carbon reinforcing fibers for providing torsional rigidity of... Agent: Hugh P. Gortler

20090277993 - Systems and methods for a passive, forced convection cooling system: Systems and methods for a passive, forced convection cooling system. A system for passive forced convection cooling includes, an intake port located in an area of high pressure on an air frame. The system further has an exhaust port located in an area of low pressure on an air frame.... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Patent Services

20090277994 - Hybrid aircraft fuselage structural components and methods of making same: An aircraft fuselage assembly of basic construction in composite materials employs metallic frames with reduced quantity of metallic shear ties attached to the composite stiffened skin, formed by two or more longitudinal panels, spliced with longitudinal metallic splice members. Typically, the latitudinal metallic frame members are fastened to the inward... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090277995 - Supporting strut for supporting an intermediate deck that is arranged in an aircraft fuselage, and method for producing a rod body for such a supporting strut: A supporting strut for supporting an intermediate deck (2) that is arranged in an aircraft fuselage (1), includes a hollow cylindrical rod body (3) that includes a fibre reinforced material, with the two ends of the rod body (3) being designed as attachment sections for detachable attachment to the aircraft... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090277996 - Wing and empennage leading edge structure made of thermoplastic material with a stiffened double shell configuration: s

20090277997 - Traction kite with deformable leading edge: A leading edge inflatable traction kite wherein the leading edge structure includes a plurality of spaced segments that are fabricated from a material with a higher elasticity, thus allowing for a greater amount of twisting and bending. The inflatable leading edge includes a series of elastically deformable segments disposed throughout... Agent: Malin Haley Dimaggio Bowen & Lhota, P.A.

20090272839 - System and method for controlling high spin rate projectiles: A method is disclosed for controlling a flight trajectory of a spinning projectile. In one aspect the method may involve supporting a nose of the projectile in a manner permitting the nose to be wobbled. At least one electrically responsive component may be coupled at a first end to the... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, PLC

20090272840 - Aircraft flight termination system and method: An aircraft has a flight termination system that allows flight of an unmanned aircraft to be quickly and efficiently terminated. The flight termination system separates one of the control surfaces of the aircraft, such as a wing, from a fuselage of the aircraft, while one or more other control surfaces... Agent: Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP (raytheon)

20090272841 - Albedo-derived airship power system: A power generation system for an airship includes a solar array and an Earth array for converting solar radiation and albedo radiation, respectively, into electrical energy. The airship also carries a power distribution controller to receive the electrical energy for transfer to a power storage device and/or electrical components carried... Agent: Renner Kenner Greive Bobak Taylor & Weber

20090272854 - Electric propulsion system useful in jet-type model airplanes and uavs: A power plant for a jet-type model airplanes and UAVs includes an electric motor and a cover. The cover receives a portion of the electric motor and a sleeve into which the electric motor is inserted. The sleeve has a plurality of fins to dissipate heat and create openings into... Agent: Michael L. Leetzow, Esq. Michael L. Leetzow, P.A.

20090272842 - Device to handle and lock a cover of an aircraft nacelle: The object of the invention is an aircraft nacelle that comprises, on the inside, an inside pipe (56) that empties out toward the front at an air intake (58), and, on the outside, an aerodynamic wall that extends from the air intake (58) up to the rear end of the... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090272843 - Adjusting device for adjusting a high-lift flap and airfoil wing comprising such an adjusting device: Adjusting device for adjusting a high-lift flap (2; 102) and airfoil wing provided with the same, comprising at lest one flap drive (20)for operating the flap (2; 102), and comprising several drive stations (3,4, 5) which movably connect the high-lift flap (2; 102) to the airfoil wing (1) for guiding... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090272844 - Method and device for supporting the take-off rotation of an aircraft: A method and a device for supporting the take-off rotation of an aircraft, which aircraft comprises on each side of the aircraft at least two main landing gear units, arranged one behind the other, which main landing gear units comprising wheels. For supporting the take-off rotation, in at least one... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20090272845 - Airship handling devices and associated systems and methods: Airship handling devices and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. An airship handling device in accordance with one embodiment of the disclosure, for example, can include a first support member mountable to a ground vehicle. The device can also include a second support member operably coupled to the first... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Attn: Aaron J. Polenda

20090272846 - Bonded metal fuselage and method for making the same: A bonded metal fuselage for aerospace vehicles includes a monocoque structure having an outer metal skin, metal tear straps bonded to the outer skin and metal stringers bonded to the outer skin and to the tear straps. The outer chords of fuselage frames are fastened directly to tear straps and... Agent: Tung & Associates / Randy W. Tung, Esq.

20090272847 - Aft inlet duct mounted door actuator: An inlet door system including an aft inlet duct mounted door actuator providing RAM air to an auxiliary power unit (APU) contained within an aircraft is provided. The inlet door system includes an inlet duct, the aft inlet duct mounted door actuator, and a door. The inlet duct is configured... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Patent Services

20090272848 - Aircraft component: A method of manufacturing an aircraft component such as a wing rib. The method comprises: providing a body with two or more connectors arranged in a line on the body, each connector having an arm extending from the body, a first flange positioned on a first side of the line,... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090272849 - Frame element, aircraft component assembly system and method of fitting a component in an aircraft: A frame element (10; 10′) for use in an aircraft component assembly system (46) is attachable to an aircraft structure (36) and comprises at least one fastening device for fastening at least one aircraft interior component (34) or at least one insulation pack (52) to the frame element (10; 10′).... Agent: Krieg Devault LLP

20090272850 - Ice shed reduction for leading edge structures: A leading edge structure for use in an aerospace vehicle includes a body having a flowpath surface which defines a leading edge adapted to face an air flow during operation, and an opposed inner surface. The body is segmented into a plurality of portions having varying thermal properties and/or mechanical... Agent: Trego, Hines & Ladenheim, PLLC

20090272851 - Method and device for correcting the lateral dissymmetry of an aircraft: l

20090272852 - Aerial delivery device: An aerial delivery device which includes a carrier configured to carry an item for delivery, and one or more wings attached to the carrier and arranged to extend therefrom; wherein said aerial delivery device is configured to provide a controlled aerial descent under gravity, such that during the descent the... Agent: John Alexander Galbreath

20090272853 - Lift-augmenting flap, in particular for leading edge flap, for an aerodynamically effective wing: A lift-augmenting leading edge flap for a carrying wing of an aircraft, wherein the flap comprises an essentially rigid main body which makes a transition from the first side to the second side of the wing the flap being adjustable by a retention- and actuation mechanism coupled between the flap... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik