Aeronautics inventions 10/08

20080258006 - High altitude structures control system and related methods: A system and method is described generally for providing a high altitude structure including an elongated structure extending substantially skyward from the ground. The elongated structure at least partially supported by buoyancy effects. The system and method also include a gas having a density that is less dense than that... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20080258004 - Exo atmospheric intercepting system and method: According to an embodiment of the present invention there is provided a kill-vehicle to be used in an exo-atmospheric anti-missile interceptor aimed at hitting a target, the kill-vehicle having a main body and comprising: an electronic box; a sensor unit coupled to the electronic box and including at least one... Agent: Nath & Associates

20080258016 - Nacelle assembly without lower bi-fi splitter: A nacelle assembly provides thrust reverser doors and core cowl doors with separate thrust reverser door hinge lines and core cowl doors hinge lines for independent operation to eliminate the requirement of a lower bi-fi splitter. The removal of the lower Bi-Fi splitter provides improved aerodynamic packaging with improved performance... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds/pratt & Whitney

20080258005 - Aircraft having a reduced environmental impact: Disclosed is an aircraft having a reduced environmental impact. According to the invention, this aircraft comprises at least one engine (7) having at least one propeller (9, 10) supported, at the rear, on the back of the aircraft with the propeller(s) that is/are arranged in line with the rear portion... Agent: Stevens Davis LLP

20080258007 - Attaching panels to support structures in an aircraft: Apparatus and methods for attaching wall panels to support structures are disclosed. In one embodiment, an aircraft includes a support structure and a wall assembly coupled to the support structure. The wall assembly includes a first member and a second member. The first member is coupled to the support structure... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20080258008 - Joint for use in aircraft construction: A joint for use in aircraft construction, for example a wing, comprises: a cover skin having an interior surface, an exterior surface and a distal portion, said distal portion having an exterior-facing surface; and a butt-strap having a first portion for connection to the skin, said first portion having an... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080258009 - Leading edge for aircraft made of reinforced composite material: The present invention relates to a leading edge (1) for aircraft made of composite material, characterized in that it comprises on its inner face a metallic-type reinforcement (2) firmly adhered to the mentioned inner face of the leading edge (1) arranged such that it confers the leading edge (1) with... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080258010 - System for deicing and/or defogging an aircraft surface, method for controlling same, and aircraft equipped with same: The invention concerns a system for deicing and/or defogging an aircraft surface (4) comprising: a temperature sensor (5) located proximate said surface (4) and adapted to generate a temperature information (TPT); a computer (20) adapted to generate a control information (CMD) based on the temperature information (TPT) and to transmit... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080258011 - Deceleration platform: A platform for the aerial delivery of payloads into aquatic environments has a staged v cross-section formed by two walls extending from an end part. The portions of the two walls adjacent to the end part diverge from it at an angle θ and, together with the end part, form... Agent: Stites & Harbison PLLC

20080258012 - Reefing apparatus for controlling the inflation of a gliding wing parachute: A reefing apparatus for controlling inflation of a gliding wing parachute which has a generally rectangular or trapezoidal canopy with four outer corners. The reefing mechanism includes a primary reefing loop with four supplemental reefing loops movably secured thereto by loops and connected through mounting rings to the four corners... Agent: Sperry Zoda And Kane Suite D

20080258013 - High altitude payload structures and related methods: A system and method is described generally for providing a high altitude structure including an elongated structure coupled to the ground and extending skyward. The elongated structure at least partially supported by buoyancy effects, the elongated structure including at least one lumen, the at least one lumen configured to transport... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20080258014 - Aircraft kinetic landing energy conversion system: A kinetic energy system which transfers the kinetic landing into recoverable electric energy for an aircraft. The system incorporates at least one wheel supporting the aircraft for landing and takeoff coupled with a dynamic functioning motor/generator mounted to and operated by rotation of the wheel to create electrical energy from... Agent: The Boeing Company C/o Felix L. Fischer, Attorney At Law

20080258015 - Device and method for twisting and clamping moveable flaps: The invention relates to a device for twisting and clamping a second flap moveable about a rotational axis with respect to a first flap. A device includes a twisting device arranged on the first flap including a drivable shaft rotatable about the rotational axis and a catch connected to the... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080258006 - High altitude structures control system and related methods: A system and method is described generally for providing a high altitude structure including an elongated structure extending substantially skyward from the ground. The elongated structure at least partially supported by buoyancy effects. The system and method also include a gas having a density that is less dense than that... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20080258004 - Exo atmospheric intercepting system and method: According to an embodiment of the present invention there is provided a kill-vehicle to be used in an exo-atmospheric anti-missile interceptor aimed at hitting a target, the kill-vehicle having a main body and comprising: an electronic box; a sensor unit coupled to the electronic box and including at least one... Agent: Nath & Associates

20080258016 - Nacelle assembly without lower bi-fi splitter: A nacelle assembly provides thrust reverser doors and core cowl doors with separate thrust reverser door hinge lines and core cowl doors hinge lines for independent operation to eliminate the requirement of a lower bi-fi splitter. The removal of the lower Bi-Fi splitter provides improved aerodynamic packaging with improved performance... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds/pratt & Whitney

20080258005 - Aircraft having a reduced environmental impact: Disclosed is an aircraft having a reduced environmental impact. According to the invention, this aircraft comprises at least one engine (7) having at least one propeller (9, 10) supported, at the rear, on the back of the aircraft with the propeller(s) that is/are arranged in line with the rear portion... Agent: Stevens Davis LLP

20080258007 - Attaching panels to support structures in an aircraft: Apparatus and methods for attaching wall panels to support structures are disclosed. In one embodiment, an aircraft includes a support structure and a wall assembly coupled to the support structure. The wall assembly includes a first member and a second member. The first member is coupled to the support structure... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20080258008 - Joint for use in aircraft construction: A joint for use in aircraft construction, for example a wing, comprises: a cover skin having an interior surface, an exterior surface and a distal portion, said distal portion having an exterior-facing surface; and a butt-strap having a first portion for connection to the skin, said first portion having an... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080258009 - Leading edge for aircraft made of reinforced composite material: The present invention relates to a leading edge (1) for aircraft made of composite material, characterized in that it comprises on its inner face a metallic-type reinforcement (2) firmly adhered to the mentioned inner face of the leading edge (1) arranged such that it confers the leading edge (1) with... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080258010 - System for deicing and/or defogging an aircraft surface, method for controlling same, and aircraft equipped with same: The invention concerns a system for deicing and/or defogging an aircraft surface (4) comprising: a temperature sensor (5) located proximate said surface (4) and adapted to generate a temperature information (TPT); a computer (20) adapted to generate a control information (CMD) based on the temperature information (TPT) and to transmit... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080258011 - Deceleration platform: A platform for the aerial delivery of payloads into aquatic environments has a staged v cross-section formed by two walls extending from an end part. The portions of the two walls adjacent to the end part diverge from it at an angle θ and, together with the end part, form... Agent: Stites & Harbison PLLC

20080258012 - Reefing apparatus for controlling the inflation of a gliding wing parachute: A reefing apparatus for controlling inflation of a gliding wing parachute which has a generally rectangular or trapezoidal canopy with four outer corners. The reefing mechanism includes a primary reefing loop with four supplemental reefing loops movably secured thereto by loops and connected through mounting rings to the four corners... Agent: Sperry Zoda And Kane Suite D

20080258013 - High altitude payload structures and related methods: A system and method is described generally for providing a high altitude structure including an elongated structure coupled to the ground and extending skyward. The elongated structure at least partially supported by buoyancy effects, the elongated structure including at least one lumen, the at least one lumen configured to transport... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20080258014 - Aircraft kinetic landing energy conversion system: A kinetic energy system which transfers the kinetic landing into recoverable electric energy for an aircraft. The system incorporates at least one wheel supporting the aircraft for landing and takeoff coupled with a dynamic functioning motor/generator mounted to and operated by rotation of the wheel to create electrical energy from... Agent: The Boeing Company C/o Felix L. Fischer, Attorney At Law

20080258015 - Device and method for twisting and clamping moveable flaps: The invention relates to a device for twisting and clamping a second flap moveable about a rotational axis with respect to a first flap. A device includes a twisting device arranged on the first flap including a drivable shaft rotatable about the rotational axis and a catch connected to the... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080251636 - Aircraft that comprises a structure that ensures the structural and electrical functions: An aircraft includes a structure with structural elements (16) that are assembled to form a three-dimensional framework to which an aerodynamic envelope (14) is attached. At least some structural elements (16) are at least partly metallic and—at the connection with the aerodynamic envelope (14)—including an interface that is made of... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080251631 - Umanned helicopter: The invention relates to an unmanned helicopter comprising an internal combustion engine and an associated fuel tank. The unit (1) formed by the internal combustion engine and the gearbox is arranged essentially in a self-supporting housing (2) which is at least partially closed all the way round, and preferably consists... Agent: K.f. Ross P.C.

20080251632 - Wing-flapping flying apparatus and method of using the same: The present invention provides a wing-flapping flying apparatus, which can fly by moving its wings similar to a bird hovering or flying in the air by flapping its wings. The wing-flapping flying apparatus comprises: a body; a rotating shaft rotatably joined to the body; driving means for rotating the rotating... Agent: Jones Day

20080251633 - Engine assembly for an aircraft comprising an engine as well as an engine mounting structure for such an engine: An aircraft engine assembly including an engine, an engine suspension pylon, and a heat exchanger system including a second outlet located between the box and the engine, aft from the aft engine suspension. Furthermore, the exchanger in the heat exchanger system is at least partially arranged inside an aft aerodynamic... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080251634 - Rigid framework for aircraft engine mounting structure and engine mounting structure comprising same: The invention relates to a rigid structure (8) of a suspension pylon for an aircraft engine, which is in the shape of a box closed by a first and a second box side panels (34a, 34b), this structure comprising inter-rib spaces (381 to 388), each space being delimited by two... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080251648 - Method and device for attenuating on an aircraft the effects of a vertical turbulence: The invention concerns a device (1) comprising means (4) for determining automatically, using a vertical wind component, a level of severity concerning a vertical turbulence, and means (5) for computing automatically, using said vertical wind component, a control instruction for a controllable member (2), which enables the amplitude of load... Agent: Stevens Davis LLP

20080251635 - Apparatus for lighter-than-air aircraft: An apparatus for launching and recovering a lighter-than-air aircraft is provided. The aircraft includes an envelope that is substantially filled before launch with a lift gas and a second gas. The lift gas and second gas are substantially separated in the envelope by a boundary layer of mixed gas, formed... Agent: Alston & Bird, LLP

20080251638 - Landing gear legs and method of making: An airplane gear leg that is strong, stiff, and capable of storing large amounts of energy and formed of a composite material that has first and second fiber materials. The first fiber material is very strong and flexible, allowing it to store a great deal of energy in a hard... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20080251637 - System for maneuvering an aircraft landing gear and aircraft comprising same: The invention concerns a system for maneuvering an aircraft landing gear mounted in a landing gear box closed by a set of hatches, comprising: a general control unit of the landing gear box to trigger the different maneuvers, a control channel for the hatches (16), a control channel for the... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20080251639 - Aircraft wheel assembly: A wheel assembly (10) is disclosed, including a wheel base (14) and a wheel rim member (16). The wheel base (14) has along at least a portion of its length a non-circular cross sectional outer surface (86). The wheel rim member (16) has along at least a portion of its... Agent: Don W. Bulson (grco) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080251640 - Overhead luggage bin for aircraft interior: An overhead luggage bin for an aircraft interior includes a stowage compartment, an upper door movably attached to the stowage compartment and a lower door movably attached to the aircraft interior, the upper door and the lower door being moveable between a closed position and an opened position. A floor... Agent: Adams Intellectual Property Law, P.A.

20080251641 - Commercial aircraft with a main deck and a lower deck: In a commercial aircraft with a main deck (2) and a lower deck (5, 6), at least one passenger cabin (16, 16′) is also provided on the lower deck. The fuselage diameter lies on the order of a wide-body aircraft, and an energy-absorbing deformation structure (22, 23, 24) is arranged... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080251642 - method and a device for de-icing an aircraft wall: A device for de-icing an aircraft wall that comprises a composite structure (47) and layer (41) of electrically conductive material, which device comprises a plurality of thin inductor elements (33 to 35) designed to extend substantially parallel to the layer of conductive material at a distance therefrom that is small... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080251643 - Methods and apparatus for resisting torsional loads in aerial refueling booms: A refueling boom for an aerial tanker includes an outer member operatively connected to the tanker, an inner member operatively and telescopically configured with the outer member, and one or more torque rollers. The torque roller is disposed on the outer member such that the torque roller engages with the... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, PLC

20080251644 - Retractable safety ripcord: r

20080251645 - Algorith for deducing possibilities of all possible scenarios of satellite members in low earth satellite constellation: An algorithm for deducing all possible scenarios of satellite members and possibilities thereof in a low earth orbiting (LEO) satellite constellation is described, which is achieved mainly by relying on the spherical geometry analysis and probabilities and statistics technologies, in an attempt to rapidly and precisely obtain the concerned scenarios... Agent: Nikolai & Mersereau, P.A.

20080251646 - Singularity escape and avoidance using a virtual array rotation: Techniques for providing singularity escape and avoidance are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for providing control moment gyroscope (CMG) attitude control singularity escape includes calculating a Jacobian A of a set of control equations, calculating a measure of closeness to a singularity, and comparing the calculated closeness to a... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20080251647 - System for reducing aerodynamic noise at a supplementary wing of an aircraft: A system for reducing aerodynamic noise of a supplementary wing of an aircraft is provided. The supplementary wing is hinged to a main wing and is extendable when a gap region between the main wing and the supplementary wing is opened. The system includes a separating surface which can be... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080245924 - Rotarycraft power and propulsion system: A rotary wing vehicle includes a body structure having an elongated tubular backbone or core and a counter-rotating coaxial rotor system having rotors. The rotor system is used to move the rotary wing vehicle in directional flight.... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20080245925 - Aircraft configuration: Some aircraft configurations have an engine arrangement comprising engines as part of an aft fuselage. In order to accommodate such engine arrangement positions, wings are rearwardly displaced compared to other aircraft configurations for balance across the fuselage. By creating empennage functions utilising the nacelle of engines as well as flaps... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080245930 - High intensity laser power beaming receiver for space and terrestrial applications: Systems and methods are described that facilitate refueling a vehicle with electrical energy by targeting receiver thereon and pointing a high-intensity laser source at the receiver. Vertical multi-junction (VMJ) photocells receive the laser energy and convert the laser energy into electrical energy. The laser source can operate at a range... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20080245926 - Engine assembly for an aircraft comprising an engine as well as an engine mounting structure for such an engine: An aircraft engine assembly including an engine, an engine suspension pylon, and a heat exchanger system including an outlet located between the box and the engine, aft from the aft engine suspension. Furthermore, the outlet of the heat exchanger system is provided on an outlet pipe connected to the exchanger... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080245927 - Methods and systems for composite structural truss: Methods and structures for a composite truss structure are provided. The structure includes an upper chord member, a lower chord member, and a plurality of web members extending therebetween. Each of the upper chord member, the lower chord member, and the plurality of web members are formed of a continuous... Agent: John S. Beulick (24691) Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20080245928 - Methods and systems for composite structural truss: Methods and structures for a composite truss structure are provided. The structure includes a web formed of a plurality of sheets of composite material, each sheet including a first face and an opposing second face and each face including a length and a width. Each of the plurality of sheets... Agent: John S. Beulick (24691) Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20080245929 - Systems and methods for fabricating multi-material joining mechanisms: Systems and methods for fabricating multi-material joining mechanisms are described. In one embodiment, a tool assembly includes a main body having an outer surface, first and second enclosed ends, and an internal chamber. A plurality of vent holes is disposed through the outer surface, wherein each vent hole fluidly communicates... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20080237395 - Bvi noise reduction method and apparatus for helicopter: The present method is characterized by providing the rotor blade with a tab 3, which can advance and retreat with respect to rear of rotating direction of the rotor blade between a position where the tab protrudes from a trailing edge of the rotor blade and a position where the... Agent: Greenberg Traurig LLP (la)

20080237391 - Guided projectile with power and control mechanism: A projectile has the ability to generate and provide power to components located in two sections of the projectile which have relative rotation to each other. The projectile has a pair of generators allowing the powering of components in two sections. The projectile has a force-producing device for altering the... Agent: Bainwood Huang & Associates LLC

20080237392 - Compound aircraft control system and method: The Invention is a control system for a compound aircraft. A compound aircraft has features of both a helicopter and a fixed wing aircraft and provides redundant control options. The control system allows an authorized person to select any of plurality of control biases each which is designed to achieve... Agent: Lipton, Weinberger & Husick

20080237393 - Aircraft having helicopter rotor and front mounted propeller: An aircraft features a nose mounted propeller on a fuselage having a typical helicopter rotor assembly. By reducing the amount of forward thrust needed from the main rotor, the propeller allows greater forward speeds as the angle of attack on the rotor's blades can be kept low to avoid the... Agent: Ade & Company Inc.

20080237403 - Metal injection molding process for bimetallic applications and airfoil: A method of producing an airfoil including the steps of providing a first preform having a metallic powder of a first alloy, the first preform defining an airfoil body having curved pressure and suction sides. A tip cap is disposed between the pressure and suction sides of the airfoil at... Agent: Adams Intellectual Property Law, P.A.

20080237404 - 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

20080237394 - Engine mounting structure interposed between an aircraft wing system and said engine: A device for suspension of an engine, configured to be inserted between an aircraft wing and the engine. The device includes a rigid structure and a forward aerodynamic structure mounted fixed on the structure through a suspension mechanism. The forward aerodynamic structure is configured to carry engine fan casings and... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080237396 - Auxiliary nose undercarriage, a force-transmission structure, and a rotary wing aircraft: A steerable auxiliary nose undercarriage (2) for a rotary wing aircraft (1); the undercarriage (2) being retractable substantially rearwards. In the undercarriage (2), an oscillating system (13) presents a elevation stroke (58) about its hinged front end (52) that is greater than a shock absorbing stroke (59), and a shock-absorbing... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080237397 - Flushing device and flushing method for a vacuum toilet: A vacuum toilet and a method for operating a vacuum toilet, wherein generating negative pressure to remove solids by suction is also used for generating a desired flushing medium flow. To this effect, if necessary, guiding devices are used which influence a flow upstream of a nozzle outlet and downstream... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080237398 - Aircraft equipment support: A support for aircraft seats and other equipment has a lower support link that sweeps out a lateral arc. The lower support link supports a platform that may have a conventional linear track. The linear track provides fore/aft movement substantially orthogonal to a line tangent to the center of the... Agent: Goodrich Corporation C/o The Cavanagh Law Firm

20080237399 - Satellites and satellite fleet implementation methods and apparatus: A method for implementing a satellite fleet includes launching a group of satellites within a launch vehicle. In an embodiment, the satellites are structurally connected together through satellite outer load paths. After separation from the launch vehicle, nodal separation between the satellites is established by allowing one or more of... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20080237400 - Satellite refuelling system and method: The present invention provides a method, system and apparatus for robotic refueling of satellites. The system may include a dedicated refueling satellite launched directly from either earth, or alternatively it could be launched from another larger mother spacecraft or space station in which the refueling satellite is ferried into space... Agent: Ralph A. Dowell Of Dowell & Dowell P.C.

20080237401 - Mobile leading edge flap for a main wing of the aerofoils of an aircraft and main wing provided with such a flap: The invention relates to a leading edge mobile flap (16) for a main wing of an aircraft, this flap including an aerodynamic skin (18) that has a bird impact-sensitive frontal area (24), and a rear skin (28) integral with the aerodynamic skin (18), the flap also comprising a plurality of... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080237402 - Aircraft trim safety system and backup controls: Methods and apparatuses that control trim of an aircraft even in the presence of conflicting trim inputs, for example by disabling the trim input switches on the aircraft when conflicting switch inputs are received. When conflicting switch inputs are received and certain time conditions are met, the controller can disable... Agent: V. Gerald Grafe, Esq.