Aeronautics inventions 08/08

20080203216 - Multi-environment engine: The inventive multi-environment engine (1) comprises a body (2), wings (4, 5) and a propulsion system (8), wherein at least one wing is foldable between a first levitation flying position, a second levitation position for travelling on a water surface and a third diving position.... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080203235 - Apparatus for measuring a turbine blade: An erosion gauge for measuring a chord length of an eroded turbine blade in a steam turbine that may include: a jaw that includes a lower jaw that includes a lower jaw surface and an upper jaw that includes an upper jaw surface such that the lower jaw surface and... Agent: Ge Energy General Electric C/o Ernest G. Cusick

20080203236 - Cmc airfoil with thin trailing edge: An airfoil (10) as may be used in a gas turbine engine includes a ceramic matrix composite (CMC) element (12) that extends to define a leading edge portion (14) and chord portion (16) of the airfoil, and a separately formed but conjoined trailing edge element (18) that defines a desirably... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080203217 - Method for managing the wheel steering control of an aircraft:

20080203218 - Systems and methods for reducing pressure loss of air flowing from a first area to a second area: Systems and methods are provided for reducing pressure loss of air flowing from a first area in a first direction to a second area in a second direction. The systems include a flow surface, first and second fence walls, an opening, and a flow path. The flow surface defines a... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080203219 - Hydrogen powered aircraft: Disclosed is an aircraft, configured to have a wide range of flight speeds, consuming low levels of power for an extended period of time, while supporting a communications platform with an unobstructed downward-looking view. The aircraft includes an extendable slat at the leading edge of the wing, and a reflexed... Agent: The Law Office Of John A. Griecci

20080203220 - Aerial vehicle launching system and method: The present invention discloses an aerial vehicle launching system, which may include a launch platform and a restraint system coupled to the launch platform. The restraint system has at least one passive restraint suitably adapted to indirectly restrain an aerial vehicle, where the restraint system is configured to coordinate the... Agent: Noblitt & Gilmore, LLC.

20080203237 - Method and device for lightening loads on the wing system of an aircraft in roll motion: A device used in an aircraft with an electrical flight control system to reduce load applied to the wing during a lateral roll maneuver, by comparing a roll control with a threshold, and filtering a control. As a result of this action on the roll control, resulting load increases on... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080203221 - Jam tolerant electromechanical actuation systems and methods of operation: In a vehicle, having a fixed supporting structure and a load movable relative thereto, a jam tolerant actuating system, a method for controlling this system including: Locating a physical coupling/decoupling mechanism between the load and an actuator assembly as close a practicable to the load; constructing the coupling/uncoupling mechanism to... Agent: Don W. Bulson (park) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080203222 - Yaw control system and method: A yaw control system and a method of controlling yaw for an aircraft are provided. The yaw control system includes a first wing set and a second wing set which are rotatable in opposite directions. Each of the wing sets includes at least two wings each including a pivotable flap... Agent: Law Office Of Peter G. Korytnyk, PLLC

20080203223 - Aircraft stabilizer actuator: An actuator (30) for actuating translation movement of a component (32) (e.g., a horizontal stabilizer) relative to a structure (34) (e.g., an aircraft's rear fuselage). The actuator (30) comprises a control-motion-providing assembly (40) having a drive path from a motion provider (52) to the component (32), a motion-permit-prevent assembly (42),... Agent: Don W. Bulson (park) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080203224 - Load optimized redundant flight control surface actuation system and method: An aircraft flight surface control system and method simultaneously provides the benefits of both an active/active system architecture and in active/standby system architecture. The system is preferably implemented using hydraulic actuator assemblies and electromechanical actuator assemblies coupled to the same flight control surface. During normal system operations the electromechanical actuator... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080203225 - Multiple support disc loader: The present invention is a portable engine powered horizontal action aircraft landing barrier arresting cable disc loading apparatus which includes an engine powered hydraulic pump; manual hydraulic pump; an elongated frame; a transverse axle having a reservoir for hydraulic fluid; a hydraulic cylinder and ram/piston secured to one end of... Agent: Ralph F. Brandt, Jr.

20080203226 - Torque tube apparatus for moving cargo: The invention relates to apparatuses for moving cargo. In one embodiment, such an apparatus may have a plurality of torque tubes. Each of the torque tubes may comprise a member in the shape of a continuous, closed loop defining a hole extending along the member. Rollers may be attached between... Agent: Wildman Harrold Allen & Dixon LLP And The Boeing Company

20080203227 - Aircraft passenger accommodation unit with deployable bed: A passenger accommodation unit with a deployable bed includes a passenger seat and a passenger bed positioned relative to the seat and adapted for movement between a stowed position in which the bed is upright and adjacent to the seat, and a deployed position in which the bed is horizontal... Agent: Adams Intellectual Property Law, P.A.

20080203228 - Double-shell design center box: The present invention relates to a center box (5) for an aircraft wing, as well as to an aircraft comprising such a center box (5). The center box (5) essentially comprises two lateral surfaces (6), which in turn essentially comprise two internal and external skins (2, 1) that are arranged... Agent: Christopher Paradies, Ph.d.

20080203229 - Windblocker for use in aircraft: A windblocker adapted to be anchored in the interior of an aircraft, comprising a tensioning device adapted to be centrally disposed in a cross-sectional area of the interior of the aircraft, securing straps that extend radially from the tensioning device to mounting points provided on a load-bearing skeleton of the... Agent: Robert W. Becker & Associates

20080203230 - Attitude change control method, attitude change control system, attitude change control program and program recording medium: Disclosed is an attitude change control system that is designed to efficiently output a torque for attitude change of a space craft using CMGs and realizes a real time CMG driving rule. A CMG gimbal steering law 15 generates target profiles for setting angle and angular velocity for each gimbal... Agent: Nec Corporation Of America

20080203231 - Control apparatus of wireless remote-control model and operating parameter setup system thereof: A control apparatus of a wireless remote-control model and its operating parameter setup system is set up and changed by a personal computer, and various settings of setup information are transmitted to a wireless remote-control helicopter through a communication line, and control parameters are stored in a set value storage... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20080203232 - System and method for reducing the loads acting on the fuselage structure in means of transport: According to the method of the invention, an amplitude characteristic and/or phase characteristic of fuselage structure design loads, accelerations and deformations are/is modified such that a reduction in the design load or acceleration acting on a fuselage structure 5 of a means of transport occurs, as a result of which... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080203233 - Flueted aircraft wing: The flueted aircraft wing has one or more thin Streamline Flow Panels placed longitudinally over the upper surface of an aircraft wing, and extend out in front of the wing leading edge. These panels capture airflow from along the wing leading edge in addition to the relative wind flow ahead... Agent: Willard H. Schmidt

20080203234 - Trim actuator actuating system for a hydraulically actuatable trimmable horizontal stabilizer actuator: The present invention relates to a trim actuator actuating system having two separate hydraulic power supply systems, through which it is possible for the first time to use a hydraulic linear actuator as a trimmable horizontal stabilizer actuator in an aircraft. The at least one hydraulic linear actuator is coupled... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080197233 - Engine mounting structure for an aircraft: An engine attachment pylon for an aircraft including an aft engine attachment fitted with an aft attachment body and a first shear pin capable of resisting forces applied along a transverse direction of the pylon. The first pin passes through a lower spar of a rigid structure of the pylon... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080197234 - Rail for positioning and locking of elements, and a corresponding fitting: A rail, in particular a seat rail and an associated fitting, as well as a rail-fitting connection for fastening elements in an aircraft, wherein the rail or the fitting comprises an improved bearing surface and a variable positionability of the fitting on or at the rail.... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080197235 - Technique for preventing the thermal insulating foam falling off the space shuttle and its external tank (et): The invention as disclosed herein is a technique for preventing the thermal insulating foam from peeling off from the space shuttle and its external tank (ET) possessing the following characteristics: a high intensity protective net shield designed for the space shuttle or/and the ET, which is made of the high-temperature... Agent: Yixin Guo

20080197236 - Lightweight composite material and metal thrust recovery flapper valve: The present invention provides a thrust recovery valve that is less expensive and lighter weight while maintaining required system safety. It utilizes valve doors made partially of plastic material and uses aluminum structure on the outer surface of the door, with a main structure made from fiber reinforced plastic material.... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080197237 - Method for making window frame: A method for making a window frame for installation in the exterior shell of an aircraft, which comprises at least one outer flange, an inner flange, and a vertical flange arranged perpendicular to and between these two flanges, contemplates that first a semifinished part comprising multiple, individual substructures is made,... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080197238 - Photonic laser-based propulsion having an active intracavity thrust amplification system: Furthermore, the current invention can be used for controlling the position and attitude of multiple spacecraft or spacecrafts in high precision formation flying or fractionated spacecraft architecture. This is advantageous over other propulsion concepts, such as chemical propulsion and laser beamed energy plasma or ablation propulsion, because the invention provides... Agent: Jafari Law Group, P.C.

20080197239 - Method and device for driving an aircraft during the ground run thereof: The inventive method consists in forming a difference (D1) between left and right braking commands (FG, FD), in converting said difference (D1) into an additional control command (D2) for rudder (16) and for a steerable nose gear (4) and in applying said additional control command (D2) to said rudder (16)... Agent: Stevens Davis LLP

20080191087 - Low-noise aircraft, particularly at take-off and landing: The invention concerns an aircraft comprising: a rear vertical tail unit consisting of at least two tail fins (5, 6) forming, with the rear part (7) of said fuselage (4), a channel (8) arranged on the back thereof; and at least one turbine engine (9, 10) arranged on the back... Agent: Stevens Davis LLP

20080191088 - Aircraft jet engine pylon suspension attachment: The invention relates to a turbojet suspension pylon for an aircraft, the pylon being provided with a rigid structure (10) comprising a longitudinal central box (22). According to the invention, the rigid structure also comprises two lateral boxes (24a, 24b) fixed to a forward part of said central box (22),... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080191089 - Landing flap drive system: A landing flap drive system, in one example, includes a first drive motor for operating a landing flap. In this arrangement, the landing flap drive system is integrated in a track of the landing flap such that final assembly and integration of the system are facilitated to a significant extent.... Agent: Christopher Paradies, Ph.d.

20080191090 - Landing gear: An aircraft landing gear 501 includes a folding side stay 502, wherein the folding side stay includes an integral locking mechanism and does not require the landing gear to include a lock stay. The lack of a lock stay reduces the airframe noise created by the aircraft, which is particularly... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080191091 - Method and device for retrieving aircraft: An apparatus for retrieving an airborne object has a first hook having an inner area, wherein the first hook is connected to a forward end of the object. A biased member is connected to an open end of the first hook and is biased in a position that substantially closes... Agent: Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

20080191092 - Composite piston housing for aircraft brakes: An aircraft brake piston housing (10) has a composite body (14) including a plurality of fibers embedded in a matrix, the body (14) including a central bore (18) and a plurality of circumferentially disposed openings (23) surrounding the bore (18), at least some of the circumferentially disposed openings (23) being... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080191093 - Emergency opening device for an overhead locker with a lowerable shell: An emergency opening device for an overhead locker with a lowerable shell comprises a connecting element which is connectable to a retention system for fastening the lowerable shell to a component secured to the structure. The emergency opening device also comprises a locking device which is connectable to the lowerable... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20080191094 - Supply system for an aircraft: A supply system that encompasses a vapor generator, may be used to generate water. The vapor generator is supplied with hydrogen and oxygen, and generates hot water vapor, which may be used for supplying energy and water. For example, using the supply system reduces a take off weight for an... Agent: Christopher Paradies, Ph.d.

20080191095 - Window frame for aircraft: A window frame (1) for installation in the exterior shell of an aircraft comprises in each case at least one outer flange (2), one inner flange (3), and one vertical flange (4) arranged perpendicular to and between these flanges (2, 3), wherein the connection with the aircraft structure (5) is... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080191096 - Aircraft propeller assembly: An electrical-power-transfer assembly (50) transferring electrical power from an onboard power source to electrical deicers (22) on propeller blades (18). The assembly (50) comprises a first race structure (52) mounted to the aircraft, a second race structure (54) mounted to the propeller assembly (12), and rolling elements (76/78) caged in... Agent: Don W. Bulson (grco) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080191097 - Multi-exit combined evacuation slide: Systems and methods for multi-exit evacuation for aircraft are disclosed. In one embodiment, an inflatable evacuation slide for emergency evacuation includes two coupled inflatable portions. The first inflatable portion, which includes a first inclined sliding surface, is configured to provide downward egress from an over-wing exit. Similarly, the second inflatable... Agent: Lee & Hayes, Pllc

20080191098 - Life parachute especially for ultra-lightweight aircrafts: The gift of the solution of the life parachute for ultra-lightweight aircrafts or for lightweight aircrafts consists in that the canopy (1) of the parachute is fitted with the pole opening (4) at least some wedge-shaped section (3) of the canopy (1) are in the top half of its height... Agent: Jacobson Holman Pllc

20080191099 - Concept of a variable winglet for lateral load reduction for combined lateral and vertical load reduction, and for improving the performance of means of locomotion: The present invention relates to a device for adapting aerodynamic characteristics of a wing element (1), wherein the device comprises a winglet (2), wherein the winglet (2) is movably attachable to the wing element (1), and wherein the winglet (2) or parts of the winglet is or are rotatable in... Agent: Christopher Paradies, Ph.d.

20080191100 - System for controlling flight direction: An aircraft that is enable to turn in a desired direction, and a method for controlling the flight direction of an aircraft, by employing differential drag on the respective wings. A control means that receives a control signal indicating a left turn increases the incidence angle on the left wing... Agent: Christian D. Abel

20080191101 - Aerofoil surface for controlling spin: The invention concerns craft of the type in which a fan directs a jet of fluid (4) over a curved canopy (1). The canopy (1) is shaped to divert the flow from a radial to an axial direction to produce lift. A problem is that rotation of the fan causes... Agent: Fleit Gibbons Gutman Bongini & Bianco Pl

20080185475 - Solar-powered aircraft: A solar-powered aircraft uses solar energy to electrolyze on-board water to produce hydrogen. The hydrogen fills various on-board tanks, causing the aircraft to become lighter than air. The hydrogen is also used to operate a fuel cell which provides power for electrical equipment, including a motor for turning a propeller.... Agent: William H. Eilberg

20080185476 - Dual motor dual concentric valve: An actuator control system has a dual concentric servo valve having a spool and at least one motor adapted to selectively displace the spool.... Agent: Law Offices Of James E. Walton, PLLC

20080185477 - System for flushing of a vacuum toilet in an aircraft: A system for flushing a vacuum toilet, includes a drain that is connected to a drain conduit, which vacuum toilet is connectable to a vacuum system by way of a suction valve. With the use of a combined valve including, for example, a flow-optimised intermediate storage device, inflow nozzle, bypass... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080185478 - Line system for an aircraft: A line system for an aircraft, in particular an airplane, having multiple assemblies, in particular multiple fuselage sections of a fuselage cell and multiple wing shells, the line system including multiple lines for transmitting power and/or information, wherein the lines are integrated on and/or in a support layer, the support... Agent: Perman & Green

20080185479 - Window arrangement for installing larger aircraft windows: The present invention relates to a window arrangement for enlarging a window area in an aircraft, wherein said window arrangement comprises at least one first installation element. The at least one first installation element is designed to convey fluids, and furthermore comprises a transparent region which covers a first window... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080185480 - Ultralight airfoils for wind energy conversion: A device (1) is described for generating energy, composed of at least two ultralight airfoils (3, 5) rotating along their own axis, which functionally reproduce the characteristics of a propeller. The ultralight airfoils (3, 5) which characterize such aerodynamic configuration use pulling means (9, 14, 20) to keep their shape... Agent: Fleit, Kain, Gibbons, Gutman, Bongini & Bianco P.l.

20080185481 - Space tethers for limiting the dynamic response of structures: Methods and systems for providing space tethers for limiting the dynamic response of structures are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for limiting the dynamic response of a structure having a base member and a substructure projecting outwardly from the base member includes coupling a first end of an elongated... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC