Aeronautics inventions 08/07

20070200027 - Aerial robot: An aerial robot is disclosed. The aerial robot may include at least one pair of counter-rotating blades or propellers, which may be contained within a circumferential shroud or a duct. In one embodiment, the aerial robot may have the ability to hover and move indefinitely. Electric power to the robot... Agent: D. Delos Larson Holland & Hart LLP

20070200028 - Low voltage device for the generation of plasma discharge to operate a supersonic or hypersonic apparatus: A method, device, and projectile having a device for guiding or piloting projectiles or missiles (self-propelled or non-self-propelled), to deflect, in a direction Y, a hypervelocity projectile operating in a gas, such as a shell, a bullet, or a missile, having a nose, generally in the shape of a cone,... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070200029 - Hydraulic cycloidal control system: A cycloidal propulsion unit for controlling a thrust vector includes a hub that rotates about a hub axis. Further, the unit includes an airfoil blade pivotally mounted on the hub along a blade axis parallel to the hub axis. As a result, the blade may pivot about the blade axis... Agent: Attn: Neil K. Nydegger Nydegger & Associates

20070200030 - Aircraft baffle seal: Baffle seals having low coefficients of friction and materials for constructing such baffle seals are disclosed herein. A baffle seal of one embodiment comprises a sheet of material sized to seal a gap between an aircraft's baffle and cowl. The sheet of material has a contact side for contacting a... Agent: Lathrop & Gage Lc

20070200031 - Spacer for coaxially sheathed fuel pipes: The present invention relates to spacers and pipelines. The spacers are mounted between two pipes—an internal line and an external line—and hold them at a defined distance. A closure is necessary for fixing the spacer on the pipes. Space, weight, and mounting time may advantageously be saved by integrating the... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070200032 - Radio frequency emitting hook system for a rotary-wing aircraft external load handling: An aircraft load management system that determines the position of an aircraft cargo hook for display to an aircrew. The cargo hook positional information may alternatively or additionally be communicated directly to a flight control system and a winch control system to automate and coordinate flight control inputs with winch... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20070200033 - Method for assemblying and landing a habitable structure on an extraterrestrial body: A method for assembling and landing a habitable module on an extraterrestrial mass is claimed. At least one inflatable module and a second module are placed into orbit about an extraterrestrial mass. Connecting nodes, propulsion busses, and landing pads are also placed into orbit. A habitable structure is constructed from... Agent: Mr. Franklin E. Gibbs, Esq.

20070194170 - Gimbal system with airflow: Systems, including apparatus and methods, for driving airflow along a surface of a gimbal, thereby cooling the system and potentially allowing operation at higher ambient temperatures.... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20070194171 - Rocket-powered vehicle racing information system: A rocket-powered race for entertaining spectators wherein computer-generated images are optionally provided to at-least partially define a race-course.... Agent: Peacock Myers, P.C.

20070194172 - Aircraft shock strut having improved cylinder and bearings: An aircraft shock strut includes a titanium cylinder and a piston telescopically movable within the titanium cylinder. A first bearing is mounted to the piston, and includes a non-metallic bearing surface for providing sliding engagement with the titanium cylinder. The aircraft shock strut provides weight savings along with durability.... Agent: Don W. Bulson (goodrich) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20070194173 - Probe-style, quick-attach interconnect mechanism: Dual-action, spring-biased, probe-style latching structure including (a) first and second reversibly moveable relative-motion components operatively associated with one another, and each moveable between spaced first and second limit positions, and (b) biasing springs for these components, each urging its associated component in a common direction toward the component's first limit... Agent: Robert D. Varitz, P.C.

20070194174 - Seating system for passenger service vehicles, for aircraft in particular: 2. In a seating system for passenger service vehicles, for aircraft in particular, having a plurality of seats mounted side by side for the purpose of forming a row of seats which are limited laterally by the arm rests (13) determining the seat width, at least one of which arm... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070194175 - Airplane floor assembly: The invention relates to airplane floor assemblies and to methods for their assembly. In one embodiment, an airplane comprises at least one fuselage section and at least one floor section. At least one system component is installed to the floor section prior to installation of the floor section in the... Agent: Wildman Harrold Allen & Dixon LLP And The Boeing Company

20070194176 - Method and system for handling gas diffusion through the envelopes of airships and balloons: The subject of the invention is method and envelope structure for handling gas diffusion of airships and other balloons to significantly decrease, respectively fully eliminate envelope diffusion of gases through envelopes of airships and other balloons. During the method according to the invention the gases diffused through the envelope (8,... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20070194177 - Aircraft window assembly: A window assembly is provided to prevent the migration of the window seal. The window assembly includes an outer window pane, an inner window pane and a seal. The outer window pane having a geometric feature configured to become parallel relative to another structure while the outer window pane rotates... Agent: Klein, O'neill & Singh, LLP

20070194178 - Passive micro-roughness array for drag modification: The present invention is directed to a micro-array surface that provides for either drag reduction or enhancement. In one aspect, an aerodynamic or hydrodynamic wall surface that is configured to modify a fluid boundary layer on the surface comprises at least one array of roughness elements disposed on and extending... Agent: Needle & Rosenberg, P.C.

20070194179 - Aircraft wing with electrothermal deicing and/or anti-icing device: An aircraft wing (12) comprising a structural member (20) forming the wing's leading edge skin, a Kreuger flap (16) which moves relative to the structural member (20) between a stowed position and a deployed position, and an electrothermal device (34) mounted (e.g., internally mounted) to the structural member (20). An... Agent: Don W. Bulson (goodrich) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20070187546 - Binary optics sal seeker (boss): The present invention relates to a strap down SAL seeker that includes an optical system having an engineered diffuser for transforming a laser spot into a uniform distribution of optical energy with a predetermined shape. The predetermined shape is preferably a square “top hat” or uniform scatter pattern. The SAL... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070187547 - Vertical lifting of airplanes to flying heights: Lifting “ferries” having rotatable wings with propeller engines can lift airplanes vertically, during takeoffs, in a quieter and safer manner with reduced fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions. Four rotatable wings are used, to provide balanced lifting force, and to prevent downdraft or propwash from blowing directly against the wings... Agent: Patrick D. Kelly

20070187548 - Rotating blade aircraft control system: In a preferred embodiment, an apparatus, including: an aircraft having rotatable blades; and the rotatable blades are movable between horizontal and vertical positions.... Agent: John H Crozier

20070187549 - Airfoil for a helicoptor rotor blade: An airfoil family for a helicopter rotor blade, designated SC362XX. SC362XX essentially removes the large lower surface suction peak associated with ‘drag creep’ at moderate lift coefficients while reducing the peak Mach number and shock strength at high lift/Mach number conditions. Another optional airfoil family for use at inboard regions... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20070187550 - Integrated inward turning inlets and nozzles for hypersonic air vehicles: A hypersonic waverider aircraft is disclosed that includes a first engine and an inlet including a throat. The inlet is configured to generate three-dimensional flow compression during hypersonic flight with a weak shock wave that begins at the leading edge surfaces of the inlet and coalesces ahead of the throat,... Agent: Koestner Bertani LLP

20070187551 - Aircraft evacuation slide with thermally actuated gas relief valve: An inflation valve for use with an inflatable emergency evacuation slide includes a thermally actuated gas relief valve having an exhaust port the effective size of which increases with increasing temperature. The exhaust port is metered by a valve member. The valve member position is controlled by a thermal actuator... Agent: Goodrich Corporation C/o The Cavanagh Law Firm

20070187552 - Fuel tank for an aircraft: Unsafe electric energies can exist in aircraft fuel tanks as a result of static build-up or induced currents from lightning strikes. The invention provides an aircraft having a ground circuit 19 and including a fuel tank having a fuel probe circuit having its own ground circuit. Multiple discharge paths allow... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20070187553 - Wing having a negative dihedron for towing a load: The wing (10) having a negative dihedron for towing a load comprises a flexible canopy (12) which is defined between two lateral ends (14A, 14B) which are connected to each other, at the front, by a leading edge and, at the rear, by a trailing. The wing (10) includes rear... Agent: Norris, Mclaughlin & Marcus, P.A.

20070187554 - Curvilinear distance estimation method for a moving vehicle with limited maneuverability: In distance maps used in order to facilitate the navigation of craft such as an aircraft, the distances estimated take into account obstacles to be circumvented but not the maneuverability of the craft. The adaptation route required by the craft in order to take the right direction is not taken... Agent: Lowe Hauptman & Berner, LLP

20070181741 - De-rotation system for a counter-rotating, coaxial rotor hub shaft fairing: A rotor hub fairing system includes an upper hub fairing, a lower hub fairing and a shaft fairing therebetween. The rotor hub fairing system is attached to the counter-rotating, coaxial rotor system through a bearing arrangement such that the shaft fairing may be positioned at an azimuthal position about the... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20070181742 - Flying object with tandem rotors: A flying object with tandem rotors, in particular a helicopter, has a main rotor and a tandem rotor each with propeller blades which are driven by a rotor shaft and which is hinge-mounted to this rotor shaft. The angle between the surface of rotation of the main rotor and the... Agent: Greenberg Traurig LLP (la)

20070181743 - Method for streamline traced external compression inlet: Embodiments of the present invention provide a Streamline Traced External Compression Inlet (STECI) that represents a new solution to external compression inlet integration issues. STECI utilizes a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) solution produced by a shock-generating shape which is defined by a conceptual design trade study. The shock generating shape... Agent: Robert A. Mclauchlan

20070181744 - Rotorcraft skid undercarriage and a rotorcraft including such an undercarriage: The invention relates to a rotorcraft (21) comprising a fuselage (22) and an undercarriage (20) having skids (24, 25) interconnected by at least one cross-member (26, 27), together with connection means for connecting the cross-member to the fuselage and presenting angular stiffness that varies with varying sinking (E) of the... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070181745 - Aircraft: In the case of an aircraft comprising a cargo compartment (2) with a cargo-compartment floor (3), supporting elements, in particular floor beams (16) to support the cargo-compartment floor (3) and to be connected to a body (1) or a skin (1) of the aircraft, and with functional units, in particular... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20070181746 - Window assembly for aircraft fuselage: A window assembly for an aircraft fuselage comprises an exterior transparent panel and an interior transparent panel positioned in an opening of the fuselage. At least one of the transparent panels may be relatively lightweight and the exterior transparent panel may be spaced apart from and in overlying relationship with... Agent: Wildman Harrold Allen & Dixon LLP And The Boeing Company

20070181747 - Method and composition for sealing components and components sealed thereby: The present invention is directed to a method for applying to a substrate, in the form of a seal, a polysiloxane-containing coating, preferably a polysiloxane(amide-ureide) coating capable of inhibiting corrosion as well as the accumulation of ice. One embodiment of the present invention is directed to a polysiloxane(amide-ureide) that forms... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070181748 - Apparatus for aerial refuelling: Apparatus for aerial refuelling comprises a frame 2 for attaching around an aperture in an aircraft floor 3, and a movable hose drum housing 4 pivotally mounted on the frame. The hose drum 12 may be stowed within the aircraft, and moved into the aperture, for example using screw jacks... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070181749 - Payload launching system: A system for launching a payload has a rotating flywheel that accelerates a traditionally designed rocket to a significant speed. Rotational energy from the flywheel is transferred in the form of kinetic energy through a spiral surface and a cable to the rocket. The system comprises a smaller rocket carrying... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C.

20070181750 - Method and a device for assisting the piloting of a rotary wing aircraft in the vicinity of a landing or takeoff point: The invention relates to a method for assisting the piloting of an aircraft in the vicinity of a landing or takeoff point, by: determining the locus of entry and/or exit points for a given approach and/or departure altitude that are not safe for reaching the landing and/or takeoff point; and... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070176052 - Air inlet for a turbofan engine: P

20070176053 - Turbofan exhaust system:

20070176046 - Shock wave modification method and system: A shock wave in a gas is modified by emitting energy to form an extended path in the gas; heating gas along the path to form a volume of heated gas expanding outwardly from the path; and directing a path. The volume of heated gas passes through the shock wave... Agent: Jones Day

20070176047 - Aircraft configuration: An aircraft configuration that may reduce the level of noise, infrared radiation, sonic boom, or combination thereof directed towards the ground from an aircraft in flight. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, an aircraft includes a tubular fuselage, two delta wings, at least one engine mounted to... Agent: Moore And Van Allen PLLC For Boeing

20070176048 - Cargo deck and a method for assembling said deck: In aircraft cargo decks are provided to receive loads stored in the cargo compartment (9). The aircraft comprises an outer skin (12) to which ribs (11) are attached. To simplify the construction and the assembly it is proposed that the cargo deck be composed of a plurality of floor modules... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20070176049 - Automatic recycling ice detector: An automatic recycling ice detector includes a sensor for sensing the formation of ice on an aircraft surface and a heater for melting the detected ice. The detector also includes a timing circuit for indicating the time to melt any detected ice and automatically recycling the detector when the ice... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Berner, LLP

20070176050 - System and method for an ambient atmosphere ion thruster: A system and a method for an ambient atmosphere ion thruster having a pair of permeable electrical members for accelerating ambient atmosphere ions which enter the thruster due to a craft's relative velocity. Neutral ambient atmosphere molecules in the intake mass flux may also be ionized and subsequently accelerated by... Agent: Lariviere, Grubman & Payne, LLP

20070176051 - Actuation device positioning systems and associated methods, including aircraft spoiler droop systems: Actuation device positioning systems and associated methods, including aircraft spoiler droop systems are generally disclosed herein. One aspect of the invention is directed toward a positioning system that includes an eccentric cam and a drive mechanism coupled to the eccentric cam to rotate the eccentric cam between a first cam... Agent: Perkins Coie, LLP