Aeronautics inventions 05/07

20070120004 - Aerial wind power generation system and method: An aerial power generation system includes a guide line supported by a support body. Wind driven elements are configured and shaped to provide maximum force from both lift and drag during the downwind phase of operation and minimum force during the upwind phase. The guide lines add stability to the... Agent: Ancel W. Lewis, Jr.

20070120005 - Aerial wind power generation system: An aerial power generation system includes wind driven elements that are in the form of rectangular sails. The sails are configured and shaped to provide maximum force from both lift and drag during the downwind phase of operation and minimum force during the upwind phase. Guide lines, support elements such... Agent: Ancel W. Lewis, Jr.

20070120006 - Pressure sensor system: A pressure sensor includes a pressure sensitive element for sensing a distributed fluid pressure and producing a signal in response. The pressure sensitive element is configured to be mountable on an airfoil or a hydrofoil, for example as a thin film piezoelectric element. The sensor finds applications, for example, in... Agent: Robert C. F. Perez C/o Kaufman & Canoles

20070120007 - Aerodynamic vehicle having a variable geometry, co-planar, joined wing: An aerodynamic vehicle is comprised of a pair of forward wing sections and a pair of rearward wing sections that are connected together by four pivot assemblies as a four-bar linkage. The four-bar linkage surrounds an opening provided between the forward wing sections and rearward wing sections. Movement of the... Agent: Thompson Coburn, LLP

20070120008 - Engine airframe j-seal damper: An aircraft fuselage intake duct seal dampens vibration in a compression seal member of an engine case inlet. The intake duct seal includes an inner leg that engages a stationary portion of the compression seal member and comprises a plurality of plenums for allowing inlet air to pass through the... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20070120009 - Aircraft ram air inlet with multi-member closure flap: A ram air inlet includes a channel with an intake in a wing leading edge, front and rear flaps arranged in the channel for selectively closing or opening the channel, and an actuator connected to the flaps. A front end of the front flap is pivotably connected by a fixed... Agent: Fasse Patent Attorneys, P.A.

20070120010 - Cast unitized primary truss structure and method: A truss structure well suited for use as an engine strut on a commercial aircraft. The truss structure is cast as a single piece integrally formed component from a titanium alloy or another suitably lightweight, structurally strong material. The truss structure includes a plurality of integrally formed attachment structures which... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, PLC

20070120011 - Active multistable twisting device: Two similarly shaped, such as rectangular, shells are attached to one another such that they form a resulting thin airfoil-like structure. The resulting device has at least two stable equilibrium shapes. The device can be transformed from one shape to another with a snap-through action. One or more actuators can... Agent: National Aeronautics And Space Administration Langley Research Center

20070120012 - Safe escape lock: A locking mechanism for use on watertight doors includes a mounting plate having a threaded shaft on one side and an eye element on the other side. A chain associated with the watertight door is securely attached to the eye element and is adapted to be padlocked to a lock... Agent: Sung I. Oh, Professional Law Corporation

20070120013 - Aircraft component manufacturing tool and method: A creep forming tool modifies the shape of an aircraft component in the form of a wing skin portion. The tool includes a shaped surface defined by removable rib boards. The component is forced against the shaped surface, via a reusable intermediate plate. The shape of the shaped surface may... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070120014 - Method and device for the air-conditioning of a freight compartment of a cabin of an aircraft: A method and a line system for the air-conditioning of a freight compartment or a cabin of an aircraft envisage that at sites (A, B, C, D) remote from passengers air that is at a temperature different from that at sites (E, F, G, H) closer to passengers is introduced... Agent: Thomas J Burger Wood Herron & Evans

20070120015 - Protection hose arrangement for conductors installed in an aircraft: Insulated electrical conductors for installation in a vehicle, such as an aircraft, are further protected by a guard hose or tubular conduit member. Two or more such guard hoses or tubular conduit members are interconnected with each other by at least one spacer preferably, but not necessarily, integrally formed with... Agent: Fasse Patent Attorneys, P.A.

20070120017 - Apparatus and associated method for facilitating aerial photography: In an apparatus for facilitating aerial photography, a camera is secured to a three-dimensional geometric kite in a position that is substantially fixed relative to the kite. The camera is configured for taking aerial photographs while said kite is in flight.... Agent: Scheef & Stone, L.L.P.

20070120018 - Multiple feather kite: A kite comprising a plurality of natural bird feathers is disclosed. The kite includes a fuselage member shaped like a feather. In addition, the kite includes a fuselage support member which is secured to the fuselage member. The kite also includes a first and a second wing member, both of... Agent: Anthony H. Handal Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP

20070120016 - Tube kite: What is disclosed is a tube kite comprising two front lines which are combined into a tug line and adapted to be releasably secured to the surfer, and comprising two back lines which are adapted to be secured to a bar, wherein a supplementary line serving as an additional front... Agent: Boyle Fredrickson Newholm Stein & Gratz, S.c.

20070120019 - Aerodynamic control of a hypersonic entry vehicle: A hypersonic vehicle having in one or more embodiments a control surface that is movable to a deployed position. The control surface is movable in a pivotal manner that establishes a gap between the leading edge of the control surface and the outer surface of the vehicle to provide a... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, PLC

20070120020 - Small reusable payload delivery vehicle: The present invention provides a small unmanned payload delivery vehicle that can deploy one or more payloads into space and then bring the payloads back to earth. The delivery vehicle can be sent into space by an expendable launch vehicle, a space shuttle, or be launched from the space station.... Agent: Wong, Cabello, Lutsch, Rutherford & Brucculeri, L.L.P.

20070114322 - Directed energy off-body heating for supersonic vehicle shockwave and sonic boom control: Methods and apparatus for suppressing noise. The present invention provides a method that includes directing a laser at a first volume of gas and directing microwave radiation to a second volume. The method includes selecting the location of the second volume so that it is overrun by a shockwave system... Agent: Thompson Coburn, LLP

20070114323 - Method of synchronizing fin fold-out on a fin-stabilized artillery shell, and an artillery shell designed in accordance therewith: This disclosure relates to a method of limiting the yawing motion on the trajectory of an artillery shell during the firing phase using a sliding driving band and completely folded-in guide fins. The shell is converted as soon as possible outside the mouth of the barrel of the firing piece... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20070114325 - Tailboom-stabilized vtol aircraft: A disclosed flying craft includes a suspension structure having a first end and a second end, a lift unit, and a payload unit. The lift unit includes a nacelle and a tailboom, and pivotally couples to the first end of the suspension structure, and a payload unit couples to the... Agent: Louis J. Hoffman, P.C.

20070114324 - Vertical take-off aircraft - f: A vertical take-off aircraft is disclosed. Looking at the aircraft it can be seen that the aircraft comprises a main rotor assembly 1 at the top of the aircraft which consists of an assembly of blades 2, 3 and a rotor 4. Rotation of the main rotor assembly 1 is... Agent: Tom Kusic

20070114326 - Damage resistant aircraft: Integration of structure and aerodynamic shape results in a Damage Resistant Unmanned Aircraft, Capable of surviving ground handling and impacts with plants, wires, solid objects and water. The structure dismantles for transport and storage into a small space, that is resistant to damage. The aerodynamic arrangement has a improved ability... Agent: Francis X. Gentile

20070114328 - Aircraft trailing edge devices, including devices having forwardly positioned hinge lines, and associated mehtods: Aircraft trailing edge devices, including devices having forwardly positioned hinge lines, and associated methods are disclosed. An aircraft system in accordance with one embodiment of the invention includes a wing and a trailing edge device coupled to the wing. The trailing edge device can be movable relative to the wing... Agent: Perkins Coie, LLP

20070114329 - Aircraft trailing edge devices, including devices with non-parallel motion paths, and associated methods: Aircraft trailing edge devices, including devices with non-parallel motion paths, and associated methods are disclosed. A device in accordance with one embodiment includes a wing and an inboard trailing edge device coupled to the wing and movable relative to the wing between a first stowed position and a first deployed... Agent: Perkins Coie, LLP

20070114327 - Wing load alleviation apparatus and method: A wing load alleviation system and method for alleviating the lift-inducing structural-bending force (i.e., moment) experienced by each of the wings of an aircraft. The apparatus includes a deployable panel and an actuator mounted in each wing. The actuators are responsive to a command generator. The actuator is mounted inside... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, PLC

20070114330 - Method for converting low-grade energy and a fuelless jet engine for its implementation: The invention can be used for converting atmospheric energy and low-grade heat of environmental thermal energy sources, for example water of natural water reservoirs into mechanical work, high-grade heat and cold. The inventive energy conversion method consists in using a working body in the form of a compressed gas which... Agent: Nath & Associates

20070114331 - Helicopter collapsible deck: A helicopter collapsible deck having at least one longitudinal member and at least one cross member, which extend respectively in a first and second direction intersecting at a point; the cross member is interrupted at the point of intersection; the deck also has an anchoring device for connecting the longitudinal... Agent: Mitchell P. Brook C/o Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP

20070114332 - Softer-parachute deployment deceleration assist device: The Softer is a flexible, inflatable device attached to the Riser Connector Links or equivalent of a parachute system. It automatically inflates during normal parachute canopy deployment providing extra drag to lessen the opening shock forces. Upon full canopy inflation it can be collapsed or removed for better canopy aerodynamic... Agent: Tommy H. Giles, Iii

20070114333 - Automatic release attachment for kites and the like, and method of use: An automatic release attachment automatically releases a tension line engaged to the attachment when the tension in the line exceeds the tension rating corresponding to a tension release settings selected by an operator. A hook assembly, which can be part of the attachment, includes a shackle that eases shackling and... Agent: Norris Mclaughlin & Marcus, P.A.

20070114334 - Orbit space transportation & recovery system: An In Orbit Transportation & Recovery System (IOSTAR™) (10) is disclosed. One preferred embodiment of the present invention comprises a space tug powered by a nuclear reactor (19). The IOSTAR™ includes a collapsible boom (11) connected at one end to a propellant tank (13) which stores fuel for an electric... Agent: Mark P. Stone

20070108339 - Drogue: A drogue is provided having a projected area associated with an aerodynamic drag-generating arrangement of the drogue. The drag generated by the drogue is a function of the projected area, and the drogue has a mechanism for controlling the drag generated by the drogue with respect to changes in airflow... Agent: Nath & Associates PLLC

20070108340 - Vibration isolation system: Systems and techniques for isolation of external structures. A vehicle may include a vehicle body and an external structure mounted to the vehicle body. The vehicle may include a plurality of vibration isolator attachment assemblies coupling the structure to the vehicle body at a plurality of pre-selected coupling locations exterior... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid, LLP

20070108341 - Engine assembly for aircraft comprising an engine and a mounting device for such an engine: The invention relates to an aircraft engine assembly (1) including an engine (6) and an engine mounting device (4), the mounting device being designed to be inserted between a wing of the aircraft and the engine, and comprising a rigid structure (8) and means of mounting the engine onto the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070108342 - Reconfigurable flight control surface actuation system and method: A flight control surface actuation system, and the method implemented thereby, prevents an asymmetric secondary flight control surface deploy situation in the unlikely event one or more of the secondary flight control surfaces becomes inoperable. The system includes a control unit that receives one or more signals representative of operability... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070108343 - Flight control surface actuator assembly including a free trail mechanism: A flight control surface actuator includes a mechanism that enables the actuator translation member to be selectively decoupled from the actuator rotating member. The actuator includes an actuation member, a translation member, an extension member, and a locking member. The actuation member is adapted to receive a drive force and... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070108344 - Landing gear: An aircraft landing gear (1, 21) is arranged such that in its deployed position it is configured to reduce, during the approach on landing, the noise generated by the interaction of the landing gear (1, 21) and the air flowing past the landing gear. Various means are described to reduce... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20070108345 - Launch and recovery system for unmanned aerial vehicles: A method of launching and retrieving a UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) (10). The preferred method of launch involves carrying the UAV (10) up to altitude using a parasail (8) similar to that used to carry tourists aloft. The UAV is dropped and picks up enough airspeed in the dive to... Agent: Polster, Lieder, Woodruff & Lucchesi

20070108346 - Module for placement in a passenger cabin of a means of transport, more particularly an airplane: A module (5) for placement in a passenger cabin (1) of a means of transport, such as an airplane, which passenger cabin (1) is provided with seats (2) in transverse and longitudinal rows, wherein the transverse rows are cut through, in longitudinal direction, by at least one aisle (3), which... Agent: Varnum Riddering Schmidt & Howlett Bridgewater Place

20070108347 - Weight optimized pressurizable aircraft fuselage structures having near elliptical cross sections: An aircraft fuselage includes a tubular shell having a centerline axis, opposite ends, and a cross-section having a radius R(φ), where φ is the angular coordinate of a cylindrical coordinate system, a curvature Curv(φ), where Curv(φ) is the inverse of a local radius of curvature of a surface of the... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid, LLP

20070108348 - System for safeguarding dangerous substances, such as fuels, in tank reservoirs: The invention relates to a system for safeguarding dangerous substances, such as fuels, in tank reservoirs, having a tank reservoir and a feed unit, which is connected to the tank reservoir and inside of which substances that bind dangerous substances are located and can be transferred into the tank reservoir.... Agent: Mh2 Technology Law Group

20070108349 - In orbit space transportation and recovery system: An In Orbit Transportation & Recovery System (IOSTAR™) (10) is disclosed. One preferred embodiment of the present invention comprises a space tug powered by a nuclear reactor (19). The IOSTAR™ includes a collapsible boom (11) connected at one end to a propellant tank (13) which stores fuel for an electric... Agent: Mark P. Stone 4th Floor

20070108350 - Method of controlling an aircraft in flight, especially to reduce wake vortices: The flight of an aircraft is controlled by controlling the aircraft propulsion thrust and adjusting aerodynamic control elements so that the aircraft flies along a specified flight path. In order to reduce wake vortices generated by and trailing behind the aircraft, a wake vortex parameter is determined as a function... Agent: Fasse Patent Attorneys, P.A.

20070102565 - Air vehicle assembly and an associated control system and method: An air vehicle assembly and a corresponding method for launching an air vehicle assembly are provided, along with corresponding control systems and methods. The air vehicle assembly may include a plurality of air vehicles releasably joined to one another during a portion of the flight, such as during take-off and... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070102566 - System and method for tracking and communicating with a boring tool: A system for determining the location of and communicating with a downhole tool assembly. A tracker assembly comprises a vertical transmitting antenna, a plurality of receiving antennas, and a processor. The downhole tool assembly has a beacon assembly comprising a plurality of receiving antennas, a transmitting antenna, an orientation sensor,... Agent: Tomlinson & O'connell, P.C.

20070102567 - Apparatus for deploying wing of guided missile: An apparatus for deploying a wing of a guided missile comprises a fixed wing fixedly coupled to a body of a guided missile, a rotary wing rotatably coupled to the fixed wing, and a deploying portion for rotating the rotary wing into an unfolded state from a folded state by... Agent: Leopold Presser Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser

20070102568 - Ejectable aerodynamic stability and control: The disclosed system and method for improving aerodynamic stability of aeronautic vehicles generally includes an ejectable grid fin adapted for releasable engagement with aeronautic vehicles. The grid fin is generally configured to optimize the flight performance characteristics of the aeronautic vehicle taken in engaged combination with the grid fin as... Agent: Noblitt & Gilmore, LLC.

20070102569 - Vertical take-off aircraft - p: A vertical take-off aircraft is disclosed. Looking at the aircraft it can be seen that the aircraft comprises a main rotor assembly 1 at the top of the aircraft which consists of an assembly of blades 2, 3 and a rotor 4. Rotation of the main rotor assembly 1 is... Agent: Tom Kusic

20070102570 - Aircraft: An aircraft comprising an envelope (6) that is inflatable with a lifting gas that is lighter than air that, at least when inflated has curved upper and lower surfaces. The aircraft has a payload carrying means (5), and an aerodynamic lifting means (8) for creating a vertical annular flow of... Agent: Caesar, Rivise, Bernstein, Cohen & Pokotilow, Ltd.

20070102571 - Airship for lifting heavy loads & methods of operation: This invention relates to the field of buoyant aircraft and operation thereof, in particular, airships for lifting heavy and/or oversized loads. According to the present invention it would be advantageous to provide a airship that can lift heavy and/or oversized loads of several tons or more. The present invention is... Agent: Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

20070102572 - Method for making gas turbine elements and corresponding element: A vane segment and a method is provided for manufacturing elements, namely gas turbine vane segments, in particular for an aircraft power train. Each vane segment comprises at least two vanes, one segment being produced by injection moulding of metal powder of several vanes.... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

20070102573 - Ice protection system for aircraft: The ice prevention system of the present invention utilizes, in combination, a de-ice subsystem and anti-ice subsystem in a new configuration on an aircraft with engines located behind its wings. Depending on the vertical location of the engines with respect to the wings, the anti-ice subsystem is configured on an... Agent: Rankin, Hill, Porter & Clark LLP

20070102574 - Securing a vehicle: An apparatus for securing a vehicle comprises a sensor and an electronic transmitter. The sensor may be removeably coupled to the vehicle, and may detect a movement of the vehicle. The electronic transmitter, coupled to the sensor, may issue a notification in response to the movement of the vehicle.... Agent: Jeffrey Jacobs Suite 300

20070102575 - 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 thruster mounted to an aircraft for thrusting air, a first control surface kinematically coupled to the aircraft at a position downstream... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck, LLP Chase Tower

20070102576 - Aircraft cabin pressure control system and method that improves cabin pressurization during take-off: A cabin pressure control system and method improves cabin pressurization during aircraft take-off operations. The cabin pressure control system sets a cabin pressurization rate limit based on a cabin pressurization rate error. The cabin pressurization rate error is derived from a comparison of a sensed cabin pressure rate-of-change value and... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070102577 - Aircraft cabin arrangement and storage unit: c

20070102578 - Coordination hole apparatus and methods of use: Apparatus and methods for use are disclosed for coordinating a hole of one part with a hole of another part. The apparatus may include a base member, a pin member defined by a slot having a first length in one direction which is greater than a second length in a... Agent: Wildman Harrold Allen & Dixon

20070102579 - Modular structure: A structure for use in an aircraft includes a housing for the modular mounting of the structure to an aircraft structure. The structure includes at least one removable module to which advertising media may be fixed. Furthermore, the structure includes fixing elements by which the housing is fixable to fixing... Agent: Christopher Paradies, Ph.d.

20070102580 - Window retaining system: A window assembly and method for its installation is provided. The window assembly may include multiple transparent panels covering an opening of an aircraft fuselage. A clip member may be utilized to secure one or more of the transparent panels in place. The clip member may be slideably disposed against... Agent: Wildman Harrold Allen & Dixon LLP And The Boeing Company

20070102581 - System and method for converting a passenger aircraft to a cargo aircraft: An aircraft-conversion method of converting a passenger aircraft to a cargo aircraft, includes selecting a passenger aircraft, and converting the aircraft to a cargo aircraft by changing a door of the aircraft to accommodate loading and unloading of cargo. The selecting step may involve an all-passenger aircraft, and the converting... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20070102582 - Aircraft engine nacelle ice protection system: A nacelle inlet lip (22) for an aircraft engine (16) comprises a structural body (30) and an ice protection system (60). The ice protection system (60) comprises a plurality of ice-protectors (62, 64, 66) independently controllable to allow inner zones (52, 54, 56) to be operated in different modes, different... Agent: Don W. Bulson (goodrich) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20070102583 - Systems and methods for reducing surge loads in hose assemblies, including aircraft refueling hose assemblies: Systems and methods for reducing surge loads in hose assemblies, including aircraft refueling hose assemblies, are disclosed herein. A system in accordance with one embodiment includes a fuel delivery device having a flexible fuel line configured to be deployed overboard an aircraft during aerial refueling and a drogue coupled to... Agent: Perkins Coie, LLP

20070102584 - Kite with releasable accessory, and release mechanism: A kite is provided that includes a novel fuselage with a fore section that is closed, a top section having a top fuselage opening, and a bottom section having a bottom fuselage opening at the bottom aft of the fuselage. The configuration of the fuselage allows for the placement of... Agent: Tope-mckay & Associates

20070102585 - Method and system for determining a singularity free momentum path: A method for avoiding singularities in the movement of a set of collinear CMGs in an array of CMGs in a spacecraft is provided. First, a command to adjust an orientation of the spacecraft is received. Then, the momentum needed from the set of collinear CMGs is determined. A dynamic... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070102586 - Aircraft with rotatable leading edge of fuselage and wings: A rotatable leading edge for the fuselage and wings of an aircraft is disclosed. The leading edge may be rotated from an undeflected or retracted position adjacent to the fuselage and wings to a deflected or extended position. In the extended position, the leading edge increases lift of the aircraft... Agent: Alan G. Towner Pietragallo, Bosick & Gordon

20070102587 - Wing leading edge slat system: A mechanism for extending and supporting a high-lift device relative to an airfoil has a pair of support ribs coupled to the airfoil. A carrier track is pivotally coupled to the high-lift device and positioned between the pair of support ribs. The carrier track has a slot opening along a... Agent: Weiss & Moy PC

20070102589 - Drive and guide arrangement for a flap which is arranged on an aircraft mainplane: A drive and guidance apparatus for a flap which is arranged on an aircraft mainplane, in particular for a trailing-edge or landing flap, comprising a six-element guide chain with seven rotating joints with one or more shafts. In this case, a first coupling element, which is mounted via a crank... Agent: Intellectual Property Law Group LLP

20070102588 - Servo mounting system for direct drive of an aircraft control surface: This invention is a servo mounting system, which allows a servo with a rotating output shaft to directly power an aircraft control surface. A specially designed servo mount securely positions the servo with the central axis of its rotational output shaft on, and axially aligned with, the hinge line of... Agent: Cecil John Durant

20070102590 - Method and means for piloting control of a forward-moving vehicle: A method of control and a means for control for a vehicle constructed by temporarily integrating a conventionally controlled motorcycle and a fixed wing flight device. The method includes a means of control for maneuvering a vehicle, enabling a handlebar to tilt, rotate and move up and down; translating these... Agent: Edwin Tarver

20070095969 - Rotor wing aircraft having a bypassable radial inflow turbine: Aircraft including an airframe having a fuselage extending between a forward end and an aft end. The aircraft further includes a power plant mounted on the airframe producing exhaust during operation. The aircraft also includes a rotor/wing including a plurality of blades connected to a drive shaft rotatably mounted on... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20070095970 - Rotor wing aircraft having an adjustable tail nozzle: Aircraft including an airframe having a fuselage extending between a forward end and an aft end and a fixed wing extending laterally from the fuselage. The aircraft includes a power plant mounted on the airframe producing exhaust during operation. The aircraft includes a rotor/wing rotatably mounted on the airframe including... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20070095971 - Apparatus for generating horizontal forces in aerial vehicles and related method: A vehicle, comprising: a vehicle frame; a duct carried by the vehicle frame with the longitudinal axis of the duct perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle frame; a propeller rotatably mounted within the duct about the longitudinal axis of the duct to force an ambient fluid through from... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070095972 - Yaw control device for a nozzle having a rectangular outlet section: The invention relates to a yaw control device for an aircraft fitted with a supersonic nozzle having a rectangular or flat section comprising a supersonic throat extended by a diverging portion in which supersonic flow occurs. In order to enable the aircraft to be controlled in yaw in the absence... Agent: Weingarten, Schurgin, Gagnebin & Lebovici LLP

20070095973 - Aircraft having a helicopter rotor and an inclined front mounted propeller: An aircraft features a nose mounted propeller on a fuselage having a typical helicopter rotor assembly. The propeller axis of rotation is tilted upward from the longitudinal axis of the fuselage so that its rear face points downward. By reducing the amount of lift and forward thrust needed from the... Agent: Ade & Company Inc.

20070095974 - Airship docking mechanism: A system and method for docking an airship to a mooring mast includes a thruster that is mounted to the fore end of the airship. When activated, the thruster generates a thrust vector that is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the airship and is selectively directional. In particular,... Agent: Neil K. Nydegger

20070095975 - Mass transfer system for stabilizing an airship and other vehicles subject to pitch and roll moments: The invention relates to a mechanism to control the pitch and/or roll and/or center of gravity of a vehicle. The first embodiment is a track-based mass transfer system in which pathways are positioned along or radially terminate at a central horizontal plane of the vehicle to move one or more... Agent: Snell & Wilmer LLP (oc)

20070095976 - Auxiliary nose undercarriage, a force-transmission structure, and a rotary wing aircraft: A steerable auxiliary nose undercarriage (2) for a rotary wing aircraft (1); the undercarriage (2) being retractable substantially rearwards. In the undercarriage (2), an oscillating system (13) presents a elevation stroke (58) about its hinged front end (52) that is greater than a shock absorbing stroke (59), and a shock-absorbing... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070095977 - Mesh fender for protecting an aircraft against damage from foreign objects: Aircraft including an airframe and landing gear including a wheel rotatably connected to the airframe. The landing gear further includes a fender connected to the airframe adjacent and generally above the wheel wherein the fender comprises a mesh having a plurality of openings.... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20070095979 - Aircraft stowage bin: Storage bins for architectural transitions in passenger cabins of airplanes and other vehicles. A transition storage bin is positioned between adjacent rows of straight storage bins and at the location where the fuselage or cabin changes cross-sectional dimensions. The front surface of the transition storage bin is curved to merge... Agent: Ostrager Chong Flaherty & Broitman, P.C.

20070095978 - Cargo-hold floor for aircraft: The invention relates to a cargo-hold floor for aircraft which is received on a grid structure (1). The grid structure (1) comprises essentially longitudinal members (2) and crossmembers (3). Exchangably arranged floor plates (80), furthermore roller conveyor apparatuses (50) and lashing points (10) for the fastening of cargo articles, such... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070095980 - Pivoting baggage rack intended for an aircraft cabin: A baggage rack includes a compartment having a lower outer face, an upper face, an open face allowing access to the compartment, as well as a back. The rack is mounted pivoting around an axis of pivoting between an open position in which the open face of the compartment is... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070095981 - Storage device for baggage for an aircraft cabin: A storage device for baggage for an aircraft cabin includes a compartment having a lower face and an upper face, an open face allowing access to the compartment for the depositing and removal of baggage inside same and a back, opposite the open face of the compartment. The lower face... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070095982 - Single piece fuselage barrel: In accordance with the present invention an aircraft stringerless fuselage structure is provided comprising an impact compliant outer skin having a plurality of resin impregnated skin fibers forming an outer skin surface, an inner stringerless skin surface, and a skin thickness. A plurality of stiffeners is included, each comprising a... Agent: Ostrager Chong Flaherty & Broitman PC

20070095983 - Tri-cycloidal airship: An unmanned, lighter-than-air airship includes three omnidirectional thrust generating units. One unit is mounted at the fore-end of the airship to generate thrust in a plane that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the airship. This unit controls pitch and yaw movements of the airship. The other two units... Agent: Neil K. Nydegger Nydegger & Associates

20070095984 - Window assembly retaining system: A window assembly and method for its installation is provided. The window assembly may include multiple transparent panels covering an opening of an aircraft fuselage. One or more retainer members and a flexible clip member may be utilized to secure the window assembly over the opening of the fuselage.... Agent: Wildman Harrold Allen & Dixon LLP And The Boeing Company

20070095985 - Aircraft door arrangement: The invention relates to an aircraft door arrangement, especially for an aeroplane, said arrangement comprising a door, a doorframe, a supporting section with a pivotal axis (AD) on the door side, along which the door is pivotably positioned, and a pivotal axis (AF) on the frame side, along which the... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

20070095986 - Method, apparatus, and computer program product for safe exit maneuver from dimensionally extended rotating space vehicle: There is provided methods, apparatus, and computer program products for implementing a KINSTLER maneuver for an exit vehicle that is departing from a rotating space vehicle such that the exit vehicle does not contact the space vehicle during departure. A composite spin axis of the space vehicle is determined, which... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070095987 - Airfoil performance modification using synthetic jet actuators: Systems and methods for modifying fluid flowing over solid bodies are provided. A representative system incorporates a vorticity concentration-producing component and a synthetic jet actuator. The vorticity concentration-producing component is disposed on a pressure side of the solid body. The fluid flowing over the solid body remains attached to a... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP