Aeronautics inventions 04/08

20080093499 - Device for filtering vibration between two parts, and applications thereof: at least a first resonator (7) fitted with two laminated elastomer bearings (8, 9) receiving respective fastener elements (80, 90) fastening it to the first resilient member (4) in such a manner as to set the resonator (7) into oscillating pivoting motion in the event of the local deformation of... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080093498 - Multiple kill vehicle (mkv) interceptor with autonomous kill vehicles: The present invention provides a MKV interceptor including multiple kill vehicles with autonomous management capability and kinematic reach to prosecute a large threat extent. Each KV can self-manage its own KV deployment and target engagement for a determined target volume assigned by a designated master KV. At least one KV... Agent: Noblitt & Gilmore, LLC.

20080093500 - Propulsive anti-torque system for rotorcraft: A rotorcraft having an enhanced configuration in which a simple wing and a propulsive anti-torque system are combined is disclosed. The propulsive anti-torque system includes an anti-torque thruster system in which a variable pitch fan is installed internal to the tail boom of the rotorcraft and an anti-torque thruster nozzle... Agent: Law Offices Of James E. Walton, PLLC

20080093501 - Lightweight air vehicle and pneumatic launcher: A portable unmanned air vehicle and launcher system is provided that includes a foldable unmanned air vehicle having a pressure tube; a launch gas reservoir for holding launch gas; a launch tube operatively connected to the launch gas reservoir and having a free end that is positioned in the pressure... Agent: Venable LLP

20080093502 - Aircraft seat: In the normally sitting up position of the seat, the squab back is held towards cabin wall 48 with a slide actuator 29 and a recline actuator 30 extended. When the seat is partially reclined the headrest 17 is pivoted forward to lie at an obtuse angle with respect to... Agent: Chase Law Firm L.c

20080093503 - Structural frame for an aircraft fuselage: A structural frame for a fuselage including a lower arched structure (1), a cross-piece (2), supporting a floor element (3) and a connecting lattice (4) between the lower arch (1) and the cross-piece (2), the connecting lattice (4) more particularly may comprise bars (4a, 4b) the ends of which are... Agent: Perman & Green

20080093504 - Doors of aircraft cabins: The invention relates to a guard for the upper part of a door (2) of an aircraft, consisting of: a composite comprising a composite and/or stainless steel strip (14) which forms the core of the guard (1) and which renders same flexible and resistant, a silicon which is optionally reinforced... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080093505 - Refueling boom with a fail-safe roll-pitch device: A refueling apparatus for interconnecting a tanker aircraft (11) with a receiver aircraft in flight comprising a boom (21) joined to said tanker aircraft (11) by means of a mechanical articulation (41) comprising a first device (43) including a pivot axis (45), a second device (47) including a roll axis... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080093506 - Spacecraft thruster: r

20080087761 - Methods and apparatus for non-imaging guidance system: Methods and apparatus for a guidance system according to various aspects of the present invention comprise include an energy concentrator configured to transmit an energy entering the entrance through the exit if the energy enters the entrance within a predetermined acceptance angle, and reject the energy entering the entrance if... Agent: Noblitt & Gilmore, LLC.

20080087762 - System, method, and apparatus for hybrid dynamic shape buoyant, dynamic lift-assisted air vehicle, employing aquatic-like propulsion: A method and system for air flight is shown. The blended lifting body system includes a lift module, a propulsion module, a payload module and a control system. A conventional control system morphs the other modules through variable buoyant lift, internal structures and a flexible exterior, and varies bio-inspired oscillation... Agent: Maxvalueip Consulting

20080087763 - Structural mechanism for unlocking and engaging a controllable surface on a hinged platform (wing): A structural mechanism for an aircraft includes a support, a hinged surface, and a hinge assembly joining the hinged surface to the support. An actuation system includes an actuator shaft engaged to the hinges and lying coincident with a hinged-surface hinge axis and extending through the aligned center passageways of... Agent: Mcnees Wallace & Nurick LLC

20080087764 - Flying vehicle-launching apparatus and method: A flying vehicle-launching apparatus and method for launching a winged flying vehicle by accelerating the vehicle in a predetermined direction includes a flying vehicle-supporting platform, a guide device, and a driving device. The flying vehicle-supporting platform supports the winged flying vehicle so that it can lift off therefrom. The guide... Agent: Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP

20080087765 - Architecture for a hydraulic system for operating aircraft landing gear: The invention relates to an architecture for a hydraulic system for operating the landing gear of an aircraft including at least one pressure source and at least one hydraulic return, the system having a hydraulic circuit comprising a first hydraulic line that, when pressurized, causes the landing gear to be... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080087766 - Architecture for a hydraulic system for operating aircraft landing gear: The invention relates to an architecture for a hydraulic system for operating the landing gear of an aircraft including at least one pressure source and at least one hydraulic return, the system having a hydraulic circuit comprising a first hydraulic line that, when pressurized, causes the landing gear to be... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080087767 - Overhead food and beverage transport and serving device: Method and system for transporting, serving and collecting beverages and meals to passengers of large transports such as airplanes and trains. A foldable, retractable, extendable, lowering, stowable, sliding, lockable device mounted overhead the passengers on a rail or track. It facilitates the mass delivery, serving and collection of passenger meals... Agent: Frank M. Scott

20080087768 - Aircraft component: This invention relates to improving the tolerance of composite laminate structures to damage and/or delamination, resulting in weakening of the structure and/or to reducing the possibility of such damage and/or delamination. In particular, but not exclusively the invention relates to protecting the end surfaces of composite laminate structures present on... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080087769 - Method of determining and controlling the inertial attitude of a spinning, artificial satellite and systems therefor: A method of and apparatus for determining and controlling the inertial attitude of a spinning artificial satellite without using a suite of inertial gyroscopes. The method and apparatus operate by tracking three astronomical objects near the Earth's ecliptic pole and the satellite's and/or star tracker's spin axis and processing the... Agent: Weingarten, Schurgin, Gagnebin & Lebovici LLP

20080087770 - Conformal airlock assembly and method: A conformal airlock assembly for ingress and egress through a door from a high pressure environment to a low pressure environment. The airlock assembly includes a flexible, gas impermeable membrane that cooperates with a support wall in an airtight manner to form an interior pocket over the door on one... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20080087771 - High performance synthetic valve/pulsator: The present invention provides a system and method for actively manipulating fluid flow over a surface using synthetic pulsators. Synthetic pulsators produce pulsed jet operable to manipulate the primary fluid flow proximate to the synthetic pulsator. The synthetic pulsator includes a dual diaphragm synthetic jet coupled to high performance dual... Agent: Bracewell & Giuliani LLP

20080083848 - Aerostat inflator: A device for deploying an aerostat includes a cylindrical shaped container having an open end and a closed end and a center tube axially oriented in the container. A tapered disc is mounted for axial movement on the center tube, and it has a taper of increasing diameter in an... Agent: Neil K. Nydegger Nydegger & Associates

20080083847 - Air locomotion method and multi-purpose aircraft having inflatable wings(s) using two different inflating systems: The invention relates to a multi-purpose aircraft including at least one cockpit equipped with at least one motor-driven propeller capable of ensuring the displacement of this aircraft through the air and at least one flexible wing having an upper cloth or a flexible wall of the upper wing surface and... Agent: Egbert Law Offices

20080083849 - Adjustment device for the alignment of supporting parts on structures having inherent dimensional tolerances: In an adjustment device for the alignment of supporting parts pivotally accommodating the guide rails of a freight loading system on structures having inherent dimensional tolerances, in particular in an aircraft fuselage. Each supporting part is designed as a bearing insert that can be inserted in a bearing eye of... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.c.

20080083850 - Method for joining a profiled first structural component to a second structural component: The invention relates to a method for joining precured stringers to at least one structural component of an aircraft or spacecraft. A vacuum arrangement required for the joining is produced in two parts. In a first step, each precured stringer is covered in advance by a covering vacuum film. The... Agent: Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P. A.

20080083851 - System and method for transferring airplanes: A method for transferring airplanes and an unmanned airplane transfer system. The airplane transferring system includes: receiving a transfer signal responsive of a movement of an airplane control component; and transferring an airplane, by an unmanned airplane transfer system, in response to the transfer signal.... Agent: Gary M. Nath The Nath Law Group

20080078864 - Method and apparatus for preventing lightning strike damage to a structural component: A method and apparatus for preventing damage to a metal component that is susceptible to damage by electro-magnetic effects or reduce manufacturing assembly steps. An initial channel is formed through the metal component. The initial channel is defined by an inner surface. A bushing is placed into the initial channel,... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20080078865 - Unmanned sensor placement in a cluttered terrain: An Unattended Ground Sensor (UGS) is accurately placed in a cluttered environment by using a vertical take-off and landing vehicle (VTOL). The VTOL maneuvers to a drop point, and hovers over or lands at the drop point. The VTOL deploys the UGS and provides the UGS with its position. Additionally,... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080078859 - Folding control surface assembly and vehicle incorporating same: A folding control surface assembly includes a torsion shaft, a base, and a control surface hingedly attached to the base via the torsion shaft, such that the torsion shaft biases the control surface toward an unfolded configuration with respect to the base. A vehicle includes a body and at least... Agent: Law Offices Of James E. Walton, PLLC

20080078860 - Rotating wing apparatus: A rotating wing apparatus comprises two identical rectangular flat panels, each panel having planar surfaces, and each panel having an axis of rotation that passes lengthwise through the middle of the panel such that the axis is parallel to and equidistant from the longer edges of the panel. The operation... Agent: Charmasson, Buchaca & Leach, LLP

20080078862 - Quick connect lobed fastener system: A connector for a bracket including a male adapter and a female adapter is provided. The male adapter includes a first base structure and a neck structure protruding out of the base structure and is disposed on a surface to be clamped. The neck structure includes multiple first lobes extending... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20080078861 - Techniques for remotely adjusting a portion of an airplane engine: A technique provides a remote adjustment to a portion of an airplane engine. The technique involves attaching a remote adjuster to the portion of the engine at a proximate location to the engine while the engine is not running. The portion is configured to receive a direct manual adjustment from... Agent: Bainwood Huang & Associates LLC

20080078863 - Thermally compliant apu exhaust duct arrangements and associated systems and methods: Thermally compliant auxiliary power unit (APU) ducts arrangements, and associated systems and methods are disclosed. A system in accordance with one embodiment includes an auxiliary power unit exhaust, that in turn includes an exhaust flow conduit, a housing disposed outwardly from the conduit, a support providing a load path between... Agent: Perkins Coie, LLP

20080078866 - Aircraft wheel noise reduction fairing and aircraft wheel including a noise reduction fairing: An aircraft wheel noise reduction fairing (8) includes a disk (10) having first and second sides (12, 14) and a plurality of circumferentially disposed openings (16) between the first side (12) and the second side (14) and at least one mesh structure (24, 26) connected to the second side (14)... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Law Department Ab 2

20080078867 - Air cargo power drive unit for detecting motion of an overlying cargo container: An air cargo power drive unit has a motor, at least one driver roller element coupled to said motor, a light source, a light detector, and a processor having memory associated therewith, said memory storing instructions. The device is configured to emit light from the light source, receive reflected light... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC Goodrich Corp.

20080078868 - System and method for a power-assisted compartment: A stowage compartment system for a mobile platform (for example, a commercial aircraft) is provided. The stowage compartment system includes a support structure supported from a structural subassembly and at least one compartment rotatably coupled to the support structure. The compartment is rotatable into an opened position and a closed... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080078874 - Compartment for a transportation device and its installation: A compartment for a transportation device is provided. The compartment may include a one-piece basin, an inflatable wall member, and multi-directional support arms to attach the basin within the transportation device. The one-piece basin may fit through an opening in the transportation device. Methods of installation for installing the compartment... Agent: Wildman Harrold Allen & Dixon LLP And The Boeing Company

20080078875 - Method for reducing motion sickness during parabolic flight: A method for reducing motion sickness of passengers during parabolic flight comprising the combination of known and novel methods for flying parabolic arcs and coordinating passenger behavior during parabolic flight including graduating from heavier to lighter gravity environments; flying one or more sets of parabolic arcs for each gravity environment;... Agent: Jeffrey A. Travis C/o Plager Law Offices, P.C.

20080078872 - Multi-directional support arm: A compartment for a transportation device is provided. The compartment may include a one-piece basin, an inflatable wall member, and multi-directional support arms to attach the basin within the transportation device. The one-piece basin may fit through an opening in the transportation device. Methods of installation for installing the compartment... Agent: Wildman Harrold Allen & Dixon LLP And The Boeing Company

20080078873 - One-piece basin for a compartment of a transportation device: A compartment for a transportation device is provided. The compartment may include a one-piece basin, an inflatable wall member, and multi-directional support arms to attach the basin within the transportation device. The one-piece basin may fit through an opening in the transportation device. Methods of installation for installing the compartment... Agent: Wildman Harrold Allen & Dixon LLP And The Boeing Company

20080078869 - System and method for compartment control: A system and method for controlling at least one movable stowage compartment is provided. The method includes sensing an input indicative of a desired movement of the stowage compartment and determining a position of the compartment. The method also includes initiating a control signal and moving the compartment into either... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, PLC

20080078870 - System and method for compartment control: A system and method for controlling an overhead stowage bin compartment in a mobile platform, such as a commercial aircraft. A motor is operatively coupled to the compartment for moving the compartment between open and closed positions. A remotely located control system is in communication with the motor and supplies... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, PLC

20080078871 - System and method for electronically latching compartments: An interactive switch system for a stowage compartment system for a mobile platform (for example, commercial aircraft) is provided. An electronic latching system adapted for use on a moveable compartment that moves relative to a support structure from an opened to a closed position is provided. The electronic latching system... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, PLC

20080078876 - Composite resin window frame constructions for airplanes: A composite resin window frame for installation in a composite resin airplane fuselage has an inner flange for receiving and securely affixing an aircraft window transparency and an outer flange adapted for connection to the airplane fuselage structure. The frame has a generally flat configuration which does not require any... Agent: Ostrager Chong Flaherty & Broitman, P.C.

20080078877 - Window assembly and method for a mobile platform: A window assembly for a mobile platform, for example, a commercial aircraft. The window assembly includes a reveal member that is retained within an opening in an interior panel of the mobile platform without the use of independent retaining clips or adhesives. In one embodiment the reveal member is generally... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, PLC

20080078878 - Window frame for aircraft: A window frame (1) for installation in the exterior (5) of an aircraft, which comprises in each case at least one outer flange (2), one inner flange, and one vertical flange (4) arranged perpendicular between these flanges, is manufactured from a fiber-reinforced synthetic resin, in which, first, a semifinished part... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080078879 - Aircraft wing coupling arrangement: An aircraft wing coupling arrangement couples services to and/or from a wing component which is translationally extendible from the wing of an aircraft. A housing is provided for mounting on the wing and includes a first coupling member. A hollow telescopic assembly extends from the housing for connection at a... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080078880 - Aircraft fuel pipe coupling: A coupling for connecting fuel pipes in an aircraft is provided. At least one of the fuel pipes is capable of movement with respect to the coupling. The coupling comprises a pipe end fitting and a socket arrangement. The pipe end fitting is located within the socket arrangement. At least... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080078881 - System and method for aiding airdrop computations: A system and method for aiding airdrop computations is described. The system includes a ground system, a data link, and an airborne system. The ground system accumulates substantially real time drop zone GPS and meteorological data, which is transferred to the airborne system via the data link. The airborne system... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20080078882 - Methods and apparatus for a cable retractor: Methods and apparatus for a cable retractor to facilitate removal of a cable connector from an item after release from a vehicle. In one embodiment, the cable retractor pulls in the connector after the item is released.... Agent: Raytheon Company C/o Daly, Crowley, Mofford & Durkee, LLP

20080078883 - Flexible vessel: A flexible vessel includes a restraint structure and a barrier structure. The restraint structure further includes a first portion, and a second substantially rounded end cap portion that is attached to the first portion. The restraint structure also includes an array of tendons. The barrier structure is positioned within the... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080078884 - Deployable heat shield and deceleration structure for spacecraft: An apparatus for heat shielding and deceleration of a spacecraft comprises an unfoldable shield of individual panels made of a high temperature resistant fiber reinforced ceramic and pivotally mounted on the outer structure of the spacecraft. An unfolding ring slides axially along the body of the spacecraft. The panels are... Agent: Fasse Patent Attorneys, P.A.

20080078885 - Canted solar array and method for using same: A method and apparatus for deploying a fixed and canted solar array of a satellite. The solar array is rotated in a first plane and about a first axis from a stowed position to a first position, rotated about a second axis orthogonal to the first axis from the first... Agent: Gates & Cooper LLP

20080078886 - Launch vehicle cargo carrier: A cargo carrier is disclosed for the efficient delivery of cargo to space, such as to support the International Space Station (ISS). Both pressurized and unpressurized cargo may be delivered into space on an expendable launch vehicle, such as the Delta-IV rocket. The cargo carrier may utilize a slightly modified... Agent: Canady & Lortz LLP - Boeing

20080078887 - Apparatus comprising a payload ejection mechanism: An apparatus that provides shock absorption and ejection for a payload that is to be deployed from a launch capsule is disclosed. The payload ejection mechanism comprises a movable housing that houses a resilient member and a shock-damping system. The rapid acceleration of the capsule upon launch causes the movable... Agent: Demont & Breyer, LLC