Aeronautics inventions 02/09

20090050735 - Systems and methods related to electromagnetic energy dissipation: Embodiments of the present invention relate generally to systems and methods related to electromagnetic energy dissipation, including the dissipation of static electricity. One aspect of the invention is directed toward an electromagnetic dissipation system that includes a conductive material, a protective element, and a base element. The conductive material is... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20090050733 - Simple vtol flying machine: b

20090050749 - Aircraft wing spoiler arrangement:

20090050750 - Airborne manipulator system: A manipulator arm system on a ducted air-fan UAV is disclosed herein. The target site may be accurately located by the UAV, and the manipulator system may accurately locate the payload at the target site. The manipulator arm may select tools from a toolbox located on-board the UAV to assist... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20090050734 - Flow control actuators: A flow control actuator 10 for a body exposed to fluid flow comprises first and second flow surfaces 14, 16 spaced to define an elongate gap 20 therebetween. An elongate control element is disposed in or adjacent the gap and has an externally facing arcuate surface and defines a first... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090050736 - Landing gear: A semi-levered landing gear for an aircraft comprises a main shock absorber strut (1) connected to the airframe; a bogie beam (4) extending fore and aft of the airframe with forward and aft wheels (J, T) and a main pivot connection (5) to the strut (1) between the forward and... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20090050737 - Polysilazane coatings: A composition and process for manufacturing a camouflaged aircraft component. The process includes providing an aircraft component; applying an uncured coating onto the aircraft component wherein the uncured coating comprises polysilazane resin, at least one pigment, at least one matting agent, and at least one diluent; allowing the diluent to... Agent: O'keefe, Egan, Peterman & Enders LLP

20090050739 - Cockpit and aircraft including such cockpit: A cockpit and an aircraft including such cockpit. The cockpit includes a front section of an aircraft. Such cockpit includes a pressure bulkhead sealing the section and a pressurization system for pressurizing such section.... Agent: Perman & Green

20090050738 - Combined module for an aircraft: A module for an aircraft for accessing an upper region of the aircraft includes both an ascent region and an accommodation region, with the regions being divided from each other by a divider element. The accommodation region may, for example, be designed as an on-board lavatory. In this way it... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20090050740 - Seating unit for aircraft: means for immobilization (24, 26) making it possible to immobilize on the one hand each individual plate (10) in relation to the platform (6) in its translatory movement, and on the other hand each seat (4) in relation to its individual plate (10) in its rotary movement.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090050741 - Fire barrier for an aircraft fuselage: When a fire breaks out, air flows that promote the spread of fire may occur in the region between the load bay and the skin of the aircraft. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a fire barrier is disclosed that allows rapid decompression of the passenger cabin in... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C.

20090050742 - Device for generating aerodynamic disturbances so as to protect the outer surface of an aircraft against elevated temperatures: An aircraft with an outer surface from which flows an aerodynamic stream of cold air and includes at least one hot gas outlet, characterized in that it includes at least one device (16) for generating aerodynamic disturbances so as to mix hot gas and cold air, whereby the at least... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090050743 - Aircraft fuel tanks, systems and methods for increasing an aircraft's on-board fuel capacity: Aircraft fuel tanks, systems and methods increase an aircraft's fuel capacity. The fuel tanks have a tank body defining an interior space for holding aircraft fuel, and a relief manifold assembly operatively associated to the tank body to prevent an overpressure condition within the interior space of the fuel tank... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090050744 - Aircraft with emergency landing system: An aircraft has an emergency landing system which includes a paraglider for the emergency landing phase of the aircraft and an attitude positioning parachute for decelerating and subsequently swiveling the aircraft with respect to the flight direction. The vertical axis essentially corresponds to the direction of pull from the attitude... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090050745 - Commercial external re-entry testing from orbit: An experiment system with six different re-entry experiment locations for testing high temperature re-entry materials, creating new thermal protection systems, proving innovative new concepts for spacecraft exterior surfaces and the incremental development of next generation aerospace materials. A commercial transportation system to and from orbit provides a 24-hour return cycle... Agent: Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP/seattle

20090050746 - Method and device for automatically protecting an aircraft against a hard landing:

20090050747 - Remote control model aircraft with laser tag shooting action: The present invention is a radio-controlled (RC) model aircraft system with laser tag capabilities. A transmitter and receiver are each installed in at least two separate RC aircrafts. The transmitter on one aircraft emits an infrared light beam to the receiver on the other aircraft(s) that changes the infrared signal... Agent: Ober, Kaler, Grimes & Shriver

20090050748 - Aircraft flight control systems and methods: An aircraft flight control system advantageously is provided with a control rod which is spline-connected to a bearing assembly so as to permit simultaneous independent longitudinal and rotational movements of the control rod while isolating such movements from one another (e.g., so as to allow operative interconnection to an aircraft's... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090045294 - Systems and methods for rotor/wing aircraft: Systems and methods for rotor/wing aircraft are disclosed. In one embodiment, an aircraft includes an airframe, a high-lift canard and tail, a rotor/wing, a propulsion system, and a drive assembly. The drive assembly, which may include a radial inflow turbine, is configured to extract work from the propulsion system to... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20090045295 - Vertical/short take-off and landing aircraft: A vertical/short take-off and landing aircraft with a single proprotor assembly that has a pair of inline counter-rotating rotors. Two inline counter-rotating engines are directly connected to the rotors. One engine is shut down in horizontal flight to improve efficiency. Gimbal mounting the proprotor assembly permits thrust to be directed... Agent: The Jansson Firm

20090045283 - System, method and apparatus for ground-based manipulation and control of aerial vehicle during non-flying operations: A device for controlling an aircraft during non-flying operations has a retractable tiller that extends with the nose landing gear of the aircraft. Ground crew use the control device to maneuver the aircraft for various ground-based operations. The tiller provides left and right directional input to the steering of the... Agent: Bracewell & Giuliani LLP

20090045292 - Engine having power bus fault short circuit control with a disconnection switch: An aircraft electrical system comprises a generator to be driven as part of a gas turbine engine. The generator supplies electrical power to a plurality of accessories associated with the gas turbine engine, and to an aircraft power bus in parallel to the supply to the accessories. A control detects... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20090045293 - Generator for gas turbine engine having dc bus fault short circuit control using a battery: An aircraft electrical system comprises a generator to be driven as part of a gas turbine engine. The generator supplies electrical power to a plurality of accessories associated with the gas turbine engine, and to an aircraft DC bus in parallel to the supply to the accessories. A battery supplies... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20090045296 - Multi-mode unmanned and manned vehiclel systems and methods: An apparatus for converting a manned aircraft of a type including at least one pilot control capable of manipulation to affect operation of the aircraft for unmanned flight operations includes first and second actuators, each configured to selectively provide movement or resistance to movement in a first manner including linear... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20090045284 - Corded orientation system for lighter-than-air aircraft: An orientation system is disclosed for a lighter-than-air aircraft having a lower stage suspended from an envelope. The orientation system includes cords interconnecting the envelope and the lower stage and means for adjusting the length of at least one of the cords between the lower stage and the envelope. Adjusting... Agent: Hanes & Schutz, LLC

20090045285 - Aircraft ejection seat with movable headrest: An ejection seat includes a headrest that, upon initiation of the ejection seat, moves forward to support the pilot's head in a tilted-forward position. By holding the crewmember's head in a tilted-forward position, windblast forces are controlled to prevent the helmet from pulling upward and backward on the crewmember's head.... Agent: Goodrich Corporation C/o The Cavanagh Law Firm

20090045286 - Grid fin control system for a fluid-borne object: A grid fin control system for a fluid-borne body includes a nozzle extension, an optional stabilization device, and a plurality of grid fins. The grid fins are stowable folded against the nozzle extension and deployable to extend radially outwardly.... Agent: Weingarten, Schurgin, Gagnebin & Lebovici LLP

20090045287 - Aircraft with reduced environmental impact: g

20090045288 - Method and apparatus for closing a swing tail on an aircraft: A method and apparatus for aligning a swing tail cargo door. An alignment system comprises an alignment ramp, a set of pull-in hook mechanisms, and a set of lock trains. The alignment ramp may be configured for initial alignment between a swing tail cargo door and an aircraft fuselage during... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20090045289 - Flow-driven oscillating acoustic attenuator: An apparatus for attenuating acoustic resonance generated by flow over a cavity in a surface comprises a plurality of flat flaps proximate to an upstream edge of the cavity. The flaps are disposed in an array spaced in a width direction of the cavity edge, and are oscillated by the... Agent: David M Quinlan, PC

20090045290 - Method and system for inflight refueling of unmanned aerial vehicles: A system and method for refueling unmanned aerial vehicles. The system is adapted to refuel a first unmanned aerial vehicle from a second unmanned aerial vehicle and includes an arrangement for flying the first and second vehicles to proximity within a predetermined range and for connecting an umbilical from the... Agent: Benman, Brown & Williams

20090045291 - Inflatable kite with vents: An inflatable kite uses an inflatable tubular member as a leading edge. The wing is a membrane attached to the front of the leading edge to form a high camber for high lift. Vents in the wing fabric have flaps on them to form nozzles which, when wind is blowing... Agent: J. Gordon Thomson

20090039197 - Optically guided munition control system and method: An optically guided munition and control system has a replacement fuse assembly mounted on the front of a munition body or shell casing. An optical seeker subsystem detects an illuminated target and supplies signals to a processor. The processor develops steering commands sent to a flight control subsystem having a... Agent: Bae Systems

20090039206 - Bird vortex flying machine: The present invention comprises, in one embodiment, an inexpensive, lightweight flying vehicle using fixed pitch helicopter blades powered by ramjet engines mounted to a power-ring which transfers torque to the lifting rotors. The use of fixed pitch blades eliminates the need for a tail boom and tail rotor, as well... Agent: Robert Platt Bell Registered Patent Attorney

20090039207 - Flying object: A flying object wing has a leading edge and a trailing edge and an upper and a lower surface between the edges. A portion between the leading edge and trailing edge provides an upper surface which has a curved shape. From the leading part of the upper surface towards the... Agent: Greenberg Traurig LLP (la)

20090039208 - Method for manufacturing a reinforced shell for forming component parts for aircraft and shell for component parts for aircraft: f

20090039198 - Centering mandrel: A method and apparatus for aligning structures. In one advantageous embodiment, an apparatus comprises a tapered member and a plurality of segments. The tapered member has a first end and a second end, a diameter that increases from the first end to the second end, and the diameter has a... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20090039199 - Environmentally stable hybrid fabric system for exterior protection of an aircraft: A method of forming an exterior surface protective structure (12) for an aircraft (10) includes uniting a loaded surfacer (52) having a carrier (51) to a hybrid prepreg substrate (32). The prepreg substrate (32) includes a carbon fabric (44) with an integral conductive component (48) having conductivity with in a... Agent: Ostrager Chong Flaherty & Broitman, P.C.

20090039200 - Erosion resistant films for use on heated aerodynamic surfaces: The present disclosure provides a tape comprising: a) a single layer comprising a crosslinked polymer, selected from the group consisting of crosslinked polyurethane, crosslinked polyurea, and crosslinked mixed polyurethane/polyurea polymer, and b) an adhesive layer. In another embodiment, the disclosure provides an erosion resistant construction comprising, first, an element of... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20090039201 - Interoperable aerial refueling methods: An Interoperable aerial refueling method enables tanker aircraft configured with a boom and receiver refueling system to refuel an aircraft configured for the probe and drogue refueling system. In one embodiment, a receptacle, coupled to a refueling drogue, is configured to fluidly receive a terminal portion of a refueling boom... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20090039202 - 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

20090039203 - Device for controlling a vortex trail generated by the oblong element of an aircraft bearing surface: A device for controlling a vortex trail generated by the oblong element of an aircraft bearing surface comprises a control means (8) which is arranged on the fixing element (11) of the oblong element (5) and on the bearing surface (4) in such a way that the base (12) thereof... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC James E. Ledbetter, Esq.

20090039204 - Wingtip feathers, including forward swept feathers, and associated aircraft systems and methods: Tip feathers, including forward swept tip feathers, and associated aircraft systems and methods are disclosed. A system in accordance with one embodiment includes an aircraft wing having an inboard portion, an outboard portion, and a leading edge having an aft wing sweep angle at the outboard portion. A first feather... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP (boeing)

20090039205 - Aircraft flight control user interface linkage system: A user interface linkage system includes first and second user interfaces that are linked by a single hydraulic circuit. The system is configured to provide compensation for relatively slow changes in hydraulic fluid pressure due, for example, to temperature variations. The system is also configured to allow the user interfaces... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20090032638 - Novel helicopter: This invention discloses a helicopter that can directly propel rotors into the hovering state with drive, comprising a fuselage (13), a rotor (5) with a pull rod and jackstay (2), a turbine (1), a pair of wings (14), a hollow short shaft (37), a hollow short dead axle (36) with... Agent: Matthias Scholl

20090032639 - Aircraft wing arrangement comprising an engine attachment pylon defining, in the forward region, a lateral airflow channel: An aircraft wing arrangement including a wing and at least one strut for attaching the aircraft engine suspended under the wing and including a front zone situated projecting towards the front with respect to a leading edge of the wing. The front zone includes a lateral projection delimiting a lateral... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090032648 - Long endurance aircraft: A long endurance powered aircraft includes a fuselage, a propeller coupled to the fuselage, a wing coupled to the fuselage, and an energy storage system disposed within the fuselage. The wing includes an adjustable surface area including solar cells configured to collect incident solar energy and convert the collected incident... Agent: Dicke, Billig & Czaja

20090032640 - Self supporting cellular thermal acoustic insulation: In one embodiment, a device includes first and second frame members, and a foam insulation member having first and second ends. At least one of the first and second ends is disposed at an angle greater than 0 degrees relative to a vertical plane. The first and second ends of... Agent: Evan Law Group LLC And The Boeing Company

20090032641 - Cargo receiving arrangement for an aircraft hold: A cargo receiving arrangement for an aircraft hold with a cargo receiving area provided therein with at least one folding loading bridge (4, 5, 6) and a loading door (20) which closes the aircraft hold in a swivelling manner in the region of the loading bridge, characterised in that a... Agent: Faier & Faier P.C.

20090032642 - Module for placement in a passenger cabin of a means of transport, more particularly an airplane: A module (5) for placement in a passenger cabin (1) of a means of transport, such as an airplane, which passenger cabin (1) is provided with seats (2) in transverse and longitudinal rows, wherein the transverse rows are cut through, in longitudinal direction, by at least one aisle (3), which... Agent: Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett LLP

20090032643 - Environmentally stable hybrid fabric system for exterior protection of an aircraft: A method of forming an exterior surface protective structure (12) for an aircraft (10) includes uniting a loaded surfacer (52) having a carrier (51) to a hybrid prepreg substrate (32). The prepreg substrate (32) includes a carbon fabric (44) with an integral conductive component (48) having conductivity with in a... Agent: Ostrager Chong Flaherty & Broitman, P.C.

20090032644 - Apparatus for deicing a surface of an aircraft: An apparatus for deicing a surface of an aircraft includes a pair of adjacent movable surface elements that lie in a common plane and cover a portion of an aircraft. The pair of surface elements are connected to a reciprocating actuator through a bell crank for reciprocal movement and in... Agent: Dennison, Schultz & Macdonald

20090032645 - Aerial refueling system: A method for operating an aircraft refueling system, where the aircraft refueling system has a computer system, a plurality of fuel tanks containing a fuel, a plurality of fuel pumps, a plurality of motor operated valves, and at least one refueling connection. The method may involve using the computer system... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, PLC

20090032646 - Parachute canopy packing sleeve and method of use: A parachute packing system for facilitating insertion of a parachute canopy into a deployment receptacle or parachute receptacle includes an adjustable spring-like cylindrical sleeve that conforms to a “C”-shaped cross section, the sleeve member having rounded edges to prevent snagging of parachute material, and a gap defining a line passage... Agent: Aquilla Patents & Marks, PLLC

20090032647 - protective shield assembly for space optics and associated methods: A protective shield assembly capable of being deployed from a launch vehicle is provided, and methods for assembling and deploying the protective shield assembly are also provided. The protective shield assembly includes a shroud, and a flexible sheet of material within the shroud. The flexible sheet of material is capable... Agent: Alston & Bird, LLP