Aeronautics inventions 07/08

20080179449 - Retractable thrust vector control vane system and method: A retractable thrust vector control system (10) for a rocket motor (26) that can generate an exhaust plume comprises at least one control vane (12) connectable to an attitude control assembly (20) that rotates the vane (12) about a control axis (44). The system also includes a retraction mechanism (14)... Agent: Renner Otto Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080179450 - Lifting-type aeroplane fuselage: There is declared an aircraft with a lifting fuselage, comprising a wing, on outboard wing panels of which there are mounted engines, the fuselage width is considerably more than its height, but a front portion of the fuselage in plane smoothly transforms from a narrower nose portion into a wide... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20080179451 - Method and system for controlling helicopter vibrations: A method/system for controlling helicopter vibrations is provided that includes a vibration canceling force generator for actively generating a vibration canceling force. The system includes a resonant actuator having a natural resonant frequency and a resonant actuator electronic control system. The resonant actuator electronic control system provides an electrical drive... Agent: Lord Corporation Patent & Legal Services

20080179452 - Air vehicle propulsion system on gimbaled truss: A gimbaled truss assembly is disclosed including a frame rotatably mounted in a gimbal mount, and a truss rotatably mounted within the frame. The truss is configured to retain a propulsion system. The frame and the truss rotate independently of one another. A fastening system for mounting the propulsion system... Agent: Koestner Bertani LLP

20080179454 - Lenticular airship: An airship may include a hull substantially shaped as an oblate spheroid, one or more frame members defining a support structure, wherein the support structure forms at least a partial support for the hull, at least one horizontal stabilizing member operably coupled to a lower surface of the airship, and... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080179453 - Modular airship system and method: A modular airship system capable of assembling and disassembling two or more modular airships while in flight. The assembled modular airships providing improved lift and loft characteristics, while the disassembled modular airships provide for improved ground handling, storage, and transport. The modular airship comprises a coupling device to couple two... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080179465 - Aircraft with low noise, such as during take-off and landing: The invention relates to an aircraft with low noise, such as during take-off and landing. According to the invention, the aircraft comprises: two wings (2, 3) which have a reverse sweep (φ) and which do not support an engine; a rear vertical tail unit consisting of at least two fins... Agent: Stevens Davis LLP

20080179466 - Dual flow apu inlet and associated systems and methods: Dual flow auxiliary power unit (APU) inlets and associated systems and methods are disclosed. An inlet in accordance with one embodiment of the invention includes an entrance aperture and a divider positioned in the inlet and located to separate a first portion of the inlet from a second portion of... Agent: Perkins Coie, LLP

20080179455 - Turboprop with a variable-pitch propeller: A turboprop having at least one propeller formed by a set of variable pitch blades. In the invention, each blade is swivel-mounted on a rotary support and carries a gearwheel meshing with an actuator annulus rotating on said rotary support and coupled to a control annulus via an epicyclic mechanism.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080179448 - Acoustic nacelle inlet lip having composite construction and an integral electric ice protection heater disposed therein: An engine nacelle inlet lip includes both acoustic treatment and electric heating for ice protection. The inlet lip has a composite outer skin and a composite inner skin, with the composite outer skin having at least one integrated heater element embedded in the composite material. An acoustic cellular core positioned... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC Goodrich Corp.

20080179456 - Flexible cable connection to monuments inside of an aircraft cabin: A flexible cable connection for connecting the monuments to an on-board supply device, which cable connection ensures that displacement of the monument in longitudinal direction of the aircraft becomes possible without disconnecting the connection cable, and the required distance between the connection routes is maintained even during displacement. To this... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080179457 - Passenger aircraft: f

20080179458 - Modular aircraft interior configuration and methods: Modular configuration for an aircraft interior floor plan design is provided by an fuselage having starboard and port side attachment rails disposed longitudinally parallel to one another. Each of the starboard and port side attachment rails are comprised of outboard and inboard rails and a center rail positioned therebetween. A... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080179460 - Aircraft load frame made of a composite material: The present invention relates to an aircraft load frame (1) made of a composite material, characterized in that it comprises two side elements (2, 3) and a base element (7), the side elements (2, 3) being joined at the inner part of the frame (1) by means of the base... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080179459 - Pressure bulkhead made of composite material for an aircraft: The present invention relates to a curved rear pressure bulkhead (1) made of a composite material, comprising three layers: an outer layer (2) and an inner layer (3) symmetrical with one another, which are made of a fiber laminate, and the intermediate layer or core (4) made of a lightweight... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080179461 - Stiffening element for an aircraft or spacecraft, and method for its production: The present invention provides a stiffening element for stiffening a step-like substructure, in particular in an aircraft or spacecraft, having a foot section which is composed of a fiber composite material and is shaped in the form of a step such that it essentially fills the substructure. A method is... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20080179462 - Inflatable parasail jump suit combination: The present invention is a fast inflating parasail jump suit combining an inflatable parasail, an inflatable jump suit with outside and inside coupled at edges to provide an inflatable pressurized gas volume, at least one inflator device for storing and swiftly releasing pressurized gas into the parasail and suit upon... Agent: Walt Froloff

20080179463 - Device for compensating for the mechanical play of a helicopter flight control: The present invention relates to helicopter automatic piloting equipment. The automatic piloting device for helicopter acts on flight controls of the helicopter that are affected by mechanical play by means of a group of mechanically irreversible rams termed series rams with fast response and short stroke, placed in series on... Agent: Lowe Hauptman & Berner, LLP

20080179464 - Single slotted flap with sliding deflector flap and lowerable spoiler: The present invention relates to a device for adjusting the lift characteristics of an aircraft with a high lift device (2) that is movably attachable to a wing element (1) and that comprises at least one slot covering device (3; 4), wherein the at least one slot covering device (3;... Agent: Christopher Paradies, Ph.d.

20080173769 - Stabilized tilt rotor aircraft: The purpose of this invention is to design and construct Stabilized Tilt Rotor Aircraft (STRA). Stabilized Tilt Rotor Aircraft is a subsonic aircraft with tilt rotors assisted by tilting louvers and tail rotors powered by the battery charged by the rotor engines. During take off and landing when operational speeds... Agent: George Philip Tharisayi

20080173752 - Variable speed transmission for a rotary wing aircraft: A transmission gearbox for a rotary-wing aircraft includes a main gearbox and a variable speed gearbox in meshing engagement with the main rotor gearbox. The variable speed gearbox permits at least two different RPMs for the main rotor system without disengaging the engine(s) or changing engine RPMs. The variable speed... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.c.

20080173754 - Method for damping rear extension arm vibrations of rotorcraft and rotorcraft with a rear extension arm vibration damping device: A method for damping vibrations in a tail boom of a rotary-wing aircraft includes the steps of detecting tail boom vibrations induced by external vibration excitation, and generating and introducing strains into the tail boom based on the detected tail boom vibrations. The strains are applied over a surface area... Agent: Darby & Darby P.c.

20080173753 - Methods and systems for monitoring approach of rotary wing aircraft: Systems and methods for generating an alert if a rotary wing aircraft is approaching a hazardous situation. In an example method a processor receives a wind value and a rate of descent value. An alert signal is generated if the received wind value is greater than a tailwind threshold value... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Patent Services Ab-2b

20080173768 - Power plant for a rotary wing aircraft: The present invention relates to a power plant (18) comprising at least one turboshaft engine (8) behind a gearbox (7) for driving a rotor (3) of a rotary wing aircraft (1), the air inlet body (20) of the engine (8) having a first end (21) opening out into the ambient... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080173755 - Floor panel for forming a loading area in a cargo hold of an aircraft: Disclosed is a floor panel, in particular for covering floors of cargo holds of aircraft. The floor panel is formed by a plurality of milled profiles, which are friction stir welded in each case along their longitudinal edges, with preference continuously to form longitudinal (butt) seams. The milled profiles each... Agent: Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P. A.

20080173756 - Lining framework for an aircraft: Disclosed is a lining framework for fastening seats in an aircraft. The lining framework preferably comprises three seat rails, which are arranged in a spaced apart manner parallel to each other along both side walls of the fuselage cell. Sitting surfaces of a plurality of seats are suspended on the... Agent: Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P. A.

20080173758 - Crash paddle for reinforcing a primary fuselage structure of an aircraft: Disclosed is a crash paddle for reinforcing a primary fuselage structure of an aircraft. The crash paddle may be used for connecting the floor to the primary fuselage structure. The crash paddle includes a beam with in particular an H-shaped cross-sectional geometry, butt straps being arranged at both ends of... Agent: Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P. A.

20080173757 - Rib support for wing panels: A method and apparatus for an aircraft structure. In one advantageous embodiment, the aircraft structure may have a rib, a plurality of stringers, and a set of shear ties. The plurality of stringers may have skin flanges at ends of the plurality of stringers capable of being fastened to skin... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20080173759 - Apparatus with an expanding band drive, and its use in aircraft construction: In the case of apparatuses which are intended in particular for aircraft construction and have a movement device for objects such as films, cloths, lids or the like, expanding band drives are in each case used for this purpose, whose expanding bands carry out limited linear movements, in which case... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.c.

20080173760 - System for opening and closing a landing-gear compartment for an aircraft: The disclosed embodiments relate to a system for opening and closing an aircraft landing-gear compartment comprising a plurality of hatches mounted on a fairing of the aircraft. It has, in particular, main hatches with crosswise opening and at least one secondary hatch with longitudinal opening.... Agent: Perman & Green

20080173761 - Fitting for introducing high forces into a fuselage cell of an aircraft: Disclosed is a fitting for introducing great loads into a fuselage cell of an aircraft, in particular those which emanate from undercarriage components or are introduced into them. The fitting has a shoulder plate for bearing against the inside of the skin of the fuselage cell for example over its... Agent: Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P. A.

20080173762 - Aircraft refuelling system: An aircraft refuelling system of an aircraft is provided. The refuelling system comprises a refuelling connector (34) mounted as part of the aircraft and configured to detachably connect to the fuel outlet (2) of a fuel supply apparatus separate from the aircraft, and a fuel pressure regulator (36) having an... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080173763 - Fuel jettison system: A fuel jettison system which provides pilot-initiated automatic operation to jettison fuel down to a 60 minute useable fuel remaining level while the manual operation, requiring the pilot to hold down the jettison panel switch, jettisons fuel down to a 20-minute useable fuel remaining level. The pilot can interrupt jettisoning... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.c.

20080173764 - Out-door jacket connected parachute for low altitude deployment: A parachute for low altitude deployment is provided. The parachute of the current application is comprised of a canopy formed of pieces of fabric sewed together, pluralities of HDPE (High Density Poly Ethylene) film tubes, reinforced with sheaths made of same material of the canopy, extending from the center of... Agent: Yeung Sung Oh

20080173765 - Airframe structure of an aircraft or spacecraft: The present invention provides an airframe structure of an aircraft or spacecraft, with: a hollow body section which can be subjected to an internal pressure; a membrane arrangement which has at least one single-part, multi-curved membrane component for sealing off the internal pressure from an external pressure which acts on... Agent: Welsh & Katz, Ltd

20080173766 - High lift distributed active flow control system and method: The present invention is directed to a distributed active flow control (“DAFC”) system that maintains attached airflow over a highly cambered airfoil employed by an aircraft or other similar applications. The DAFC system includes a primary power source comprised of one or more aircraft engines, one or more power conversion... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20080173767 - Aircraft with a modified gear, and method of producing the gear: There is described a helicopter having a transmission for transmitting motion from a driving member to a driven member; the transmission has at least a first gear driven by the driving member, and a second gear meshing with the first gear and in turn driving the driven member; the first... Agent: Berenato, White & Stavish

20080169375 - Vertically movable flying body: The flying body includes a body (100a), a lift engine (102a1), and reaction control engines. The lift engine includes, a gas generator (200a1) for generating a turbine driving gas, a first thrust device (204a1, 208a1, 210a1) for providing a power by the turbine driving gas and exhausting a gas (20a1)... Agent: Duane Morris, LLPIPDepartment

20080169376 - Assembly method for tethered or free flight blimp with collapsible tail fins: A lighter than air blimp which has either an aerodynamically shaped or a round envelope of flexible sheet material, and a plurality of stabilizing fins mounted in a circumferentially spaced apart arrangement about the tail end portion of the envelope. The tail fins are collapsible, to faciliate storage and transport... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20080169378 - Engine fastener of a mounting system interposed between an attachment strut and an aircraft engine: An engine attachment for an assembly system configured to be mounted between a rigid structure of an attachment strut of an aircraft engine and an engine. The attachment includes a main body, a rudder bar on an articulated mounting on the main body by a hinge pin, and two thrust... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080169377 - Mounting device for an aircraft engine comprising two thrust recovery rods with a double rear mechanical connection: The present invention relates to a mounting device for an aircraft engine comprising a rigid structure and means for mounting the engine on the rigid structure, the mounting means comprising a thrust load recovery device (14) comprising two lateral thrust load recovery rods (26) each having a rear end (26b)... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080169379 - Translational thrust system for a rotary wing aircraft: A translational thrust system for a high speed rotary-wing aircraft includes a propeller system driven by a propeller gearbox, a hydraulic system, and a mechanical-hydraulic control system. The mechanical-hydraulic control system utilizes a hydraulic fluid which travels to and from a propeller dome via an oil transfer/position feedback tube which... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20080169384 - Flight control system and method of using piezoelectric modal sensors to mitigate flexible body dynamics: A flight control system is provided with one or more modal sensors that are each configured to measure the rate and possibly acceleration for a flexible body mode of the flight vehicle. The modal sensor's rate and suitably acceleration are subtracted from the rate and acceleration measured by the IMU... Agent: Noblitt & Gilmore, LLC.

20080169381 - Aircraft window erosion shield: An erosion shield for an aircraft window includes an annular band having a radially outer brim and a radially inner clip. The shield is sized to cover a composite window frame having an outer rim and an inner sash around a central aperture in which is mounted a window pane.... Agent: Francis L Conte

20080169380 - Composite aircraft window frame: An aircraft window frame includes a laminated outer rim and inner sash having a central aperture for receiving a window pane. The sash is transversely offset from the rim and they include different layers between the opposite inboard and outboard sides of the frame.... Agent: Francis L Conte

20080169382 - Sealing system for the gap existing between the fuselage and the elevator of an aircraft with orientable horizontal stabiliser: Sealing system for the gap (2) existing between the fuselage (3) and the elevator (4) of the orientable horizontal stabiliser (5) of an aircraft which comprises a main body (1) formed by an upper surface (18) and a lower surface (19) and at least one longitudinal vertical element (22) arranged... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080169383 - Support structure for a retractable and extendable flap, and use of said structure: The invention relates to a support structure for a retractable and extendable flap (12) associated with an object (14), surrounded by a flowing fluid, comprising a shell profile (16) that has a fluid/aerodynamic low-drag form on the outer side and on the inner side forms a chamber (18) for at... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20080164370 - 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)

20080164378 - Boundary-layer-ingesting inlet flow control system: A system for reducing distortion at the aerodynamic interface plane of a boundary-layer-ingesting inlet using a combination of active and passive flow control devices is disclosed. Active flow control jets and vortex generating vanes are used in combination to reduce distortion across a range of inlet operating conditions. Together, the... Agent: National Aeronautics And Space Administration Langley Research Center

20080164371 - 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: David P. Cooper Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20080164372 - Method of optimizing stiffened panels under stress: In particular, the method makes it possible to determine the stress distribution in stiffened panels with postbuckling taken into account. The method proposed is a coupling between an overall, linear stress calculation approach, based on strength-of-materials results, and a local, nonlinear approach for the behavior of the stiffened panel. The... Agent: Perman & Green

20080164373 - Door arrangement and aircraft: A door arrangement for tightly closing a door opening comprises a door frame, a door which, when closed, is arranged in the door frame, and inner and outer sealing lips. The inner and outer sealing lips run next to each other along a periphery of the door opening between a... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20080164374 - Air discharge device for an aircraft: An air discharge device in the form of a grid that is connected to an aerodynamic surface of an aircraft, whereby includes a number of openings delimited by intermediate zones that are arranged in the extension of the aerodynamic surface of the aircraft and at least one longitudinal reinforcement or... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080164375 - Arrangement for coupling a coupling pivot for a trimmable horizontal stabiliser to the tail fuselage of an aircraft: Device for coupling a coupling pivot for a trimmable horizontal stabilizer (1b) to the tail fuselage (1a) of an aircraft (1), with an inner plate (10), an outer plate (11) with first fastening holes (10a, 11a) and first passage holes (10c) in the inner plate respectively facing second fastening holes... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080164376 - Leading edge skin height difference adjusting structure and method of assembling leading edge skin: A plate material is formed into a height difference adjusting member having a J-shape such that its shim portion and resilient support portion are opposed to each other. The height difference adjusting member is mounted on a spar such that the shim portion and the resilient support portion are resiliently... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080164377 - Secured cockpit for an aircraft: p

20080156942 - Personal propulsion device: The present invention provides a personal propulsion device including a body unit having a center of gravity, where the body unit includes a thrust assembly providing a main conduit in fluid communication with at least two thrust nozzles, with the thrust nozzles being located above the center of gravity of... Agent: Christopher & Weisberg, P.a. Suite 2040

20080156929 - Captive balloon mobile in a tower: The invention concerns an assembly comprising a flying balloon (100) and a tower (200). The balloon is captive and mobile in the tower. The captive balloon can ascend and descend along the tower with a limited wind intake or counterbalanced by the retention forces exerted by the tower, and can... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20080156941 - Methods and apparatus for aircraft structural length of service enhancement: A method for reworking an aircraft wing, attached to an aircraft fuselage, to reduce a propensity for advanced dynamic changes is described. The reworking method includes verifying components of the aircraft wing are in a condition acceptable for reworking, removing at least one existing fastener from the wing, reworking the... Agent: John S. Beulick (24691) Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20080156943 - Cooled airfoil component: A gas turbine engine airfoil component having an airfoil body with a core cavity, an end opening in communication with the core cavity, and a wall having a plurality of cooling holes defined therein, each cooling hole being oriented such that the respective hole axis extends out of the core... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP (pwc)

20080156930 - Engine mount for an aircraft, to be placed between an engine and an engin mounting structure: An aircraft engine attachment configured to be inserted between an engine and an EMS, the attachment including a clevis connected to a first fixing device including an end fitting with two arms and a pin passing through the clevis and the two arms, in each of which an orifice is... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080156931 - Cable support for aeronautic construction: Support for cables intended in particular for aeronautic construction This support is provided with a metal profiled structure (2) having at least one housing (10) intended to receive cables (4) or similar components. This structure (2) in turn has a face intended to be braced against a load-bearing wall, and... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080156932 - Method and apparatus for retrieving a hovering aircraft: For retrieval of a hovering aircraft, a cable, bar, or similar fixture is suspended in an approximately horizontal orientation across the retrieval area between two well-separated supports. The aircraft slowly flies into this fixture, which then slides along the aircraft in a direction approximately parallel with the aircraft's thrust line.... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20080156933 - Collapsible staircase, notably for a vehicle such as an aircraft: r

20080156934 - Apparatus and methods of attaching panels to support structures: Apparatus and methods for attaching wall panels to support structures are disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a first member and a second member. The first member is coupled to the support structure and has a first elongated coupling member. The second member has a head portion and a... Agent: Lee & Hayes, Pllc

20080156935 - Composite internal beam for reinforcing the structrue of an aircraft: A beam for reinforcing the structure of an aircraft is located inside the fuselage of the aircraft. The fuselage includes at least one pressurized zone (P) that is separated by at least one airtight wall (18) of at least one other non-pressurized zone (16), the beam and the at least... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080156936 - Aircraft wing: The invention relates to an aircraft wing panel, for example, a trailing edge upper panel 1 which is joined to the wing skin (20) by means of spigots (19) which project and engage with slots (13). Preferably, the slots are provided in lips (10, 11, 12) which extend from the... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.a.

20080156937 - Aircraft ice protection method: A method of removing a delay-induced ice accumulation (e.g., an ice cap) from an airfoil's leading-edge region with a zoned electrothermal device. The method comprises delay-rectifying steps which are performed prior to routine-deicing steps. The delay-rectifying steps comprise continuously heating the parting strip (PS), continuously heating the upper fore zone... Agent: Don W. Bulson (grco) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080156938 - Actuator for systems for guiding space equipment with a variable rate of rotation: Actuator for a device for the rotary positioning of a movable element for space equipment comprising a part attached to the fixed portion of said equipment, a bearing, a sleeve designed to actuate the movable portion of said equipment and mounted on an output shaft supported by a first race... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080156939 - Active pilot flight control stick system with passive electromagnetic feedback: A pilot flight control stick haptic feedback mechanism provides variable force feedback to the pilot flight control stick. The flight control stick is movable to a control position in a displacement direction. A motor control unit is operable to selectively supply motor feedback signals to a motor that is coupled... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080156940 - Device for interconnecting first and second control sticks of an aircraft in roll and in pitch: The present invention relates to a device for interconnecting first and second control sticks (1, 2) for controlling an aircraft in roll and in pitch, the device comprising a pitch interlinking shaft (20) and roll interlinking means (10) respectively for interlinking the first and second control sticks (1, 2) during... Agent: Young & Thompson