Aeronautics inventions 06/08

20080149758 - Modular unmanned air-vehicle: An unmanned air vehicle designed for reconnaissance, surveillance, data acquisition, and general research. The vehicle is a monoplane that is comprised of several pieces that can easily be assembled using a minimal amount of tools. The aircraft consists of a forward and aft fuselage section, two identical horizontal stabilizers, and... Agent: Richard D. Colgren

20080149759 - Rotor/wing dual mode hub fairing system: A hub fairing system (12) for a stopped-rotor aircraft (10) having a fuselage (14) including a hub (16). The hub (16) is mechanically coupled to the fuselage (14) and to multiple blades (40) and is rotated by an engine (22). A retractable fairing (60, 64) covers a portion of the... Agent: Ostrager Chong Flaherty & Broitman, P.c.

20080149780 - Vertical lift vehicle: An apparatus for producing vertical lift in a vehicle. In one embodiment, two sets of trans-flow fans discharge air through multi-directional vane assemblies that direct the discharged air outward and downward. Each one of the sets of fans is positioned on opposite sides of the vehicle. The multi-directional vane assemblies... Agent: Knox Patents

20080149760 - Flight dynamics for an aircraft: An aircraft including a wing and a pylon, wherein the pylon provides an airfoil inverted for an airfoil of the wing, and an improvement and method for improved flight dynamics for 20 and 30 Series Learjets are disclosed. The improvement includes an increased distance between a leading edge of a... Agent: Fellers, Snider, Blankenship, Bailey & Tippens

20080149761 - Main wing structure of aircraft: Plural regions are defined within a main wing by a plurality of spars and ribs. Of these regions, predetermined regions extending from a main wing connecting portion of the pylon to an internal space of a leading edge skin are used as wiring/piping accommodating chambers for collectively accommodating wiring and... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080149762 - Structural dynamic stability for an aircraft: An improvement and method for improved structural dynamic stability for 20 and 30 Series Learjets are disclosed. The improvement includes a redistribution of the elevator mass balance to uncouple the elevator rotational motion from the stabilizer translation motion for the higher order horizontal frequencies having node lines in the proximity... Agent: Fellers, Snider, Blankenship, Bailey & Tippens

20080149763 - Air transport with scalloped underbody: An exemplary embodiment provides an air transport that has a scalloped aerodynamic underside that includes at least one depression. The depression is configured to receive at least an upper portion of a cargo pod to preclude an air passage way between an upper surface of a pod and the scalloped... Agent: Hope Baldauff Hartman, Llc

20080149764 - Seat fixing device: The invention relates to a seat fixing device, in particular to an air passenger seat on a floor of an aircraft comprising at least one fastening rail (10) in the form or a hollow profile which is provided with a longitudinal channel (14) delimiting the free flanks (16) of the... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.l.p.

20080149765 - Pilot rest for airplane: A pilot rest system for use in a flight deck of an aircraft comprising a sleeping area, which comprises two parts, the first part being the space beneath one or more observer seats and the second part being a seat-free area adjacent to said seats. A curtain is preferably provided... Agent: Ostrager Chong Flaherty & Broitman, P.c.

20080149766 - Rest compartment for an aircraft pilot: p

20080149767 - Fuel range for an aircraft: An apparatus and method for improving the fuel range of an aircraft are provided. The aircraft includes a fuselage with a front windshield, and an external skin providing a top cover for a cockpit of the aircraft. The apparatus includes an aerodynamic fairing secured adjacent the windshield and enclosing the... Agent: Fellers, Snider, Blankenship, Bailey & Tippens

20080149768 - Multi-ring system for fuselage barrel formation: An aircraft fuselage barrel (10) includes a skin (12) and a shear tie (18). The shear tie (18) resides within and is integrally formed with the skin (12). The shear tie (18) is separate from and configured for frame attachment thereon. A multi-ring system (79) for fuselage barrel formation includes... Agent: Ostrager Chong Flaherty & Broitman, P.c.

20080149769 - Compliant panel for aircraft: A pressurized bulkhead or panel for an aircraft includes an energy absorbing skin that deforms in response to an object strike that imparts at least a threshold amount of impact energy to the skin. The skin may be configured as a dome or a lofted panel that is essentially free... Agent: Tung & Associates / Randy W. Tung, Esq.

20080149770 - Autonomous passenger seat: A passenger seat has autonomous electric power generated by a fuel cell system and humidification provided by the fuel cell system. The fuel cell system may include replaceable fuel cartridges and may power electronics such as in flight entertainment, lighting, comfort features, seat adjustments, communications and other features autonomously or... Agent: Christopher Paradies, Ph.d.

20080149771 - System for deicing the leading edge of a nose inlet cowl turbine engine: The invention concerns a system for deicing the leading edge of a nose inlet cowl for a turbine engine. The invention is characterized in that one of the two elements formed by the pressurized hot air supply duct (6) and by the protective casing (15) is longitudinally rigid, while the... Agent: Stevens Davis LLP

20080149772 - Overpressure protector: An aircraft fuel tank assembly comprises a first fuel tank, a second fuel tank and a tank-to-tank overpressure protector therebetween. The overpressure protector has a closed state and an open state. The fuel tank assembly further comprises an indicator for indicating whether the overpressure protector is in the open or... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080149773 - Method of unloading passengers from a vessel: A method of unloading passengers from a vessel is provided, the vessel having passenger resting positions, an exit, and an aisle. The method includes grouping passengers into a plurality of groups including first, second, and third groups, and instructing the first group of passengers to gather their belongings and enter... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group Pllc

20080149774 - Pre-chute deployment skydiver deceleration device: A parachute deployment deceleration assist device for a jumper is disclosed that includes an inverted pocket formed from at least one web of material. The device further includes at least one removable harness attachment means fixed to a peripheral edge of the pocket. Each harness attachment means is selectively attachable... Agent: Quickpatents, Inc.

20080149775 - Deployment brake release for a parachute: A deployment brake release system for use with an airborne guidance unit (AGU) of a parachute suitable for precision cargo delivery. The parachute includes deployment brake lines secured at one end to the edge of the canopy and connected at the other end through looped ends to motor control lines.... Agent: Jacobson Holman Pllc

20080149777 - Piggyback equipment panel payload arrangement, a device for and method of attaching a hosted secondary piggyback payload and adapter to be used for a piggyback secondary payload arrangement for launching the piggyback equipment panel secondary: The invention relates to piggyback secondary payloads, a device for and a method of attaching piggyback secondary payloads, including a primary satellite and at least one secondary payload, such as a deployable microsatellite, affixed instrument package or the like, wherein the secondary payload is mounted on the nadir end of... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080149776 - Piggyback satellite payload arrangement, a device for and method of attaching a piggyback satellite payload and adapter to be used for a piggyback satellite payload arrangement for launching the piggyback satellite: The invention relates to a piggyback satellite, a device for and a method of attaching piggyback satellites with multiple payloads, including a primary satellite and at least one secondary payload, such as a deployable micro satellite, affixed instrument package or the like, wherein the secondary payload is mounted on the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080149778 - Cruise control fadec logic: The present invention provides an alternative to the auto-throttle integrated in an aircraft autopilot by restricting the conditions in which the system operates. The proposed system removes the auto-throttle function from the autopilot system and gives it directly to the Full Authority Digital Engine Control (FADEC). A Cruise Control mode... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP (pwc)

20080149779 - Apparatus and method for twisting a wing to increase lift on aircraft and other vehicles: A method and apparatus for varying the twist of a wing such that induced drag is minimized or reduced during cruise and lift is maximized or increased at least during takeoff and landings. In addition, variations in the twist may produce yawing and rolling moments. The twist amount is varied... Agent: Karl R Cannon

20080142634 - Landing gear noise attenuation: A landing gear noise attenuator mitigates noise generated by airframe deployable landing gear. The noise attenuator can have a first position when the landing gear is in its deployed or down position, and a second position when the landing gear is in its up or stowed position. The noise attenuator... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, Pllc Goodrich Corp.

20080142635 - Aircraft safety system: A system for enabling the safe landing of an aircraft during an in-flight emergency is provided. The system includes a plurality of onboard devices for releasably securing a plurality of wings to a fuselage, and a non-electric module for activating said onboard devices. Said onboard devices are released to separate... Agent: Milde & Hoffberg, LLP

20080142644 - Flight apparatus having movable motors: A flight control system for use in flight apparatus wherein the motors are capable of movement in more than one plane with respect to the support member in response to movement of the control member is disclosed herein. Further, a flight apparatus, aircraft, spacecraft, and personal flight means, having motors... Agent: Law Office Of Michele Holden

20080142633 - Helicopter reduced vibration isolator axial support strut: Helicopter reduced vibration axial support struts and aircraft suspension system are disclosed with at least one vibration controlling fluid containing strut. The powered struts include an outer rigid housing containing an inner rigid member and first and second variable volume fluid chambers. Fluid pressure differentials are created between the first... Agent: Lord Corporation Patent & Legal Services

20080142643 - Vehicles particularly useful as vtol vehicles: A vehicle including a fuselage, at least one lift-producing propeller carried by the fuselage on each side of its transverse axis a pilot's compartment formed in the fuselage between the lift-producing propellers and substantially aligned with the longitudinal axis, and a pair of payload bays formed in the fuselage between... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080142636 - Uniform flow supply duct and associated method of sizing restrictor plates: A supply duct is provided for supplying a gaseous fluid at a constant flow rate per unit length of the duct. The supply duct includes a main compartment, at least one nozzle disposed in the main compartment, and a plurality of restrictors extending from an inner wall of the main... Agent: Alston & Bird, LLP

20080142637 - Electric connector assembly having a device for protection against pollution: The invention relates to an electric connector assembly comprising a plug (10) having primary contacts (20) and a base (12) having secondary contacts (24) capable of interacting with the primary contacts. The connector assembly also comprises a closure flap (30) fixed to the base and capable of pivoting between a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080142638 - Ice protection system and method including a plurality of segmented sub-areas and a cyclic diverter valve: An ice protection system and method of implementing ice protection for a vehicle includes a plurality of segmented sub-areas each including a leading edge surface subject to the formation of ice thereon. The system further includes a plurality of air ducts, each in fluid communication with at least one of... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080142639 - Method for detecting complete draining of a propellant tank and for propellant management onboard a satellite: Using at least one pressure sensor (14, 15, 16) in an emptying pipe (3, 4) or a feed pipe (7, 8, 9) between emptying valves (5, 6) at the outlets from tanks (1, 2) and feed valves (10, 11) for feeding nozzles (12, 13), to detect the pressure waves that... Agent: Patzik, Frank & Samotny Ltd.

20080142640 - Deflection device for a stream body: The present application describes to a deflection device, for example, for a blunt stream body. The deflection device has an edge, which, for example, can be mounted to the stream body. In an advantageous manner, the deflection device allows an influencing of the slipstream in such a way that turbulences,... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080142641 - Airplane configuration: An aircraft configuration that may reduce the level of noise, infrared radiation, or combination thereof directed towards the ground from an aircraft in flight. An embodiment of an aircraft includes a fuselage, two forward swept wings, at least one engine mounted to the aircraft and higher than the wings, and... Agent: Moore And Van Allen Pllc For Boeing

20080142642 - Cogless motor driven active user interface haptic feedback system: An aircraft user interface haptic feedback system includes a user interface, a position sensor, a cogless motor, and a control circuit. The user interface is movable to a position. The position sensor senses the position of the user interface and supplies a user interface position signal. The cogless motor is... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080135677 - Reaction-drive rotorcraft having an adjustable blade jet: Rotorcraft including an airframe having a fuselage extending between a forward and an aft end and a powerplant producing high-pressure fluid. The rotorcraft includes a rotor assembly rotatably mounted on the airframe and having a plurality of rotor blades extending from a hub. Each rotor blade has a base, a... Agent: Lee & Hayes, Pllc

20080135678 - Buoyancy control system for an airship: One embodiment of the invention provides an airship having an outer tube formed in the shape of a toroid and defining a central opening, a first compartment positioned within the outer tube and containing a first gas, and a second compartment positioned within the outer tube and containing a second... Agent: Snell & Wilmer LLP (oc)

20080135689 - Ram air inlets for use with aircraft environmental control systems and other aircraft and non-aircraft systems: Ram air inlets for use with aircraft environmental control systems and other aircraft and non-aircraft systems are described herein. In one embodiment, a ram air inlet configured in accordance with the present invention includes an inlet lip spaced apart from an inlet housing. An inlet door is moveably attached to... Agent: Perkins Coie, LLP

20080135679 - Turbine engine mounting arrangement: An engine mounting arrangement is provided in which a mounting structure is created through fins (21, 42) extended between a core (22, 46) and a mounting ring (23, 48). The fins (21, 42) have a tangential lean and substantive planar aspect in order to create an appropriate load transfer path... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080135680 - Methods and brake disc assemblies to increase the use of friction material: Methods and brake disc assemblies are disclosed to increase the use of friction material. A disclosed example carbon composite brake disc includes a generally annular body having an opening, an outer axial surface, an inner axial surface, a disc thickness extending radially between the outer axial surface and the inner... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080135681 - Flexible configuration system, methods, equipment, and aircraft: A flexible configuration system, method equipment and aircraft are disclosed. This system may use a pallet that includes a load bearing member; and a pallet data network system carried by the load bearing member. The data network system includes at least one external data connection configured to connect the pallet... Agent: Lee & Hayes, Pllc

20080135682 - Arrangement and method for installing a component in an aircraft: An arrangement (10) for installing a component (12) in an aircraft comprises a guide device (14) which is connectable to an aircraft structure or is formed integrally with the aircraft structure, as well as an elastically deformable damping element (16; 16a, 16b, 16c) which is adapted to enable the component... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20080135683 - Thermal insulating element: A thermal insulating element (10′; 10′″) comprises a first plate (24) forming at least a part of an outer face of the insulating element (10′; 10′″) and a second plate (26) forming a further part of the outer face of the insulating element (10′; 10′″). The first and the second... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20080135684 - Reduced door opening force and enhanced security flight deck door mechanism: An aircraft door mechanism includes a solenoid connected to a support assembly. The solenoid displaces the latch pin between a solenoid energized and a solenoid de-energized position. A catch assembly rotatably connected to the support assembly is positioned to engage a 3½ degree or less taper portion of the latch... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080135685 - Power optimized system for electric propulsion stationkeeping geosynchronous spacecraft: Systems and methods are disclosed employing electric propulsion stationkeeping in a cyclical manner to better match the cyclical pattern of power generated by the solar array system. For a typical orbit design, e.g. a geostationary orbit, North-South stationkeeping can be intermittently suspended, tolerating some additional drift but yielding in a... Agent: Canady & Lortz LLP - Boeing

20080135686 - Method and system for spacecraft power acquisition using single-axis slit sun sensor: A method for spacecraft power acquisition is provided using single-axis slit sun sensors for both wing-stowed and wing-deployed spacecraft configurations. The method for wing-deployed spacecraft includes initializing a solar wing of the spacecraft to search for sun; rotating the spacecraft about a search axis substantially parallel to a slit sun... Agent: Klein, O'neill & Singh, LLP

20080135687 - Universal launch vehicle payload adapter: A universal adapter system and method for coupling payloads and launch vehicles are disclosed to provide optimum payload configurability. A modular bulkhead panel may be used that can support a plurality of payload platforms such that the layout of the plurality of payload platforms on the bulkhead panel can be... Agent: Canady & Lortz LLP - Boeing

20080135688 - Automatic take-off method and device for an airplane: u

20080128546 - Tracking of a moving object: A system for determination of kinematics of a moving object comprising: a sensor producing angular data for the object at a number of observation times, a state initialization unit, receiving angular data from the sensor and on basis thereof determining a first kinematic state of the object, and a tracking... Agent: Albihns Stockholm Ab

20080128547 - Two-stage hypersonic vehicle featuring advanced swirl combustion: The present invention is directed toward a two-stage hypersonic vehicle, comprising a first-stage vehicle and a second stage vehicle. The first-stage vehicle includes a combined-cycle engine and a swirl generator for propelling the first-stage vehicle and the second-stage vehicle to a threshold velocity, which in one embodiment is about Mach... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.a.

20080128548 - Control linkage: Systems and methods for implementing control linkages that may be employed to produce synchronous motion in two adjacent controlled devices controlled by a common input. In one example implementation, a semi-rigid modified constant velocity (CV) joint control linkage may be provided that is laterally self-stabilizing. The modified constant velocity CV... Agent: O'keefe, Egan, Peterman & Enders LLP

20080128551 - Aircraft archway architecture: An architectural archway for an aircraft. The archways can be positioned individually, or in pairs or other sets along the length of an aircraft fuselage. The archways are used to run or connect various transport elements, such as electrical wiring, water lines, and environmental control system conduits, between the upper... Agent: Ostrager Chong Flaherty & Broitman, P.c.

20080128549 - Assembly for securing a stringer to a substrate: Embodiments of an assembly for securing a stringer to a substrate are provided. The stringer assembly includes a stringer and a mandrel positioned within a channel defined in the stringer. A plurality of strips are positioned within an opening of the mandrel, and a substrate layer, such as aircraft skin,... Agent: Alston & Bird, LLP

20080128550 - Stiffening element for an aircraft or spacecraft, and method for its production: The invention provides a stiffening element, in particular for a shell component of an aircraft or spacecraft, which has a stiffening profile part and a foot part. The stiffening profile part is in this case composed of a lightweight metal material, and the foot part is composed of a material... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20080128552 - Wing structure for aircraft: In a wing structure for an aircraft, a rib extends in a chord direction for connecting spars to each other with upper and lower stringer through holes through which stringers of skins pass being formed in upper and lower edges of the rib. A bead is formed on the rib... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080128553 - Apparatuses and methods for joining composite members and other structural members in aircraft wing boxes and other structures: Apparatuses and methods for joining composite members and other structural members in aircraft wings and other structures are disclosed herein. An aircraft wing box structure configured in accordance with one embodiment of the invention includes a first composite member having a first surface portion positioned at an angel relative to... Agent: Perkins Coie, LLP

20080128554 - Composite shear tie: A composite shear tie for connecting a rib in a wing of an aircraft to a skin panel. The shear tie includes a web section having a first edge, a second edge, and a third edge. The web section is formed from a composite material. The first edge is parallel... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20080128555 - Ejection device, ejectable hatch and aircraft having at least one ejectable hatch: An ejection device for an aircraft hatch having at least one articulation hinge. The articulation hinge is provided with a lower element designed to be mounted in rotation on structure of the aircraft, and an upper element designed to be joined to the hatch panel. The lower element and the... Agent: Perman & Green

20080128556 - System and method for detecting ice formation on an aircraft: A system and method for detecting ice formation on the surface of an aircraft includes a small rotatable disc disposed on and flush with a surface of a aircraft wing and/or stabilizer and a DC motor for rotating the disc. The disc is rotated periodically and the peak current which... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080128557 - Vent system for an aerospace vehicle: An improved vent system for venting an internal cavity of an aerospace vehicle to an exterior surface of the aerospace vehicle generally includes a substantially concave vent inlet surface recessed with respect the exterior surface, and a duct opening formed therein. The vent inlet surface has a major axis substantially... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20080128558 - Control handle for use with a towable airfoil: For use with towable airfoils used to supply lift to a towed rider to assist with jumping in sports and recreation, a handle system having one or more control lines for coupling to the airfoil, and a line for coupling the handle to a tow vehicle, the one or more... Agent: Ganz Law, P.c.

20080128559 - Optimal sun safe attitude for satellite ground tracking: A method and apparatus for maneuvering a satellite in orbit to alternately optimize the collection of solar energy and to take sensor data of terrestrial objects is disclosed The longitudinal axis of a large payload package is oriented perpendicular to the orbital plane to minimize the disturbance torque due to... Agent: Gates & Cooper LLP

20080128560 - System and method for deforming surfaces: A system and method is described generally for producing surface deformations on a surface of a body. The system and method relate to a first surface being a surface of the body exposed to the fluid flow and at least one actuator affecting deformation of the first surface. A control... Agent: Searete Llc Clarence T. Tegreene

20080128561 - Active control of a body by altering surface drag: A system and method is described generally for deforming a first surface of a body and deforming a second surface of a body to alter a fluid flow in order to change the characteristics of the fluid flow about the body and thereby control the fluid dynamic forces on the... Agent: Searete Llc Clarence T. Tegreene