Aeronautics inventions 03/09

20090078821 - Landing gear: An aircraft noise-reduction apparatus (10) for a landing gear (20) comprises a skeleton structure (14), which supports and acts to maintain the profile of a noise-reducing layer. The skeleton structure may comprise blades (16). The noise-reducing layer may have more than 10 apertures through which, in use, air can pass... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20090078820 - Wing-to-body fairing: In one embodiment, a wing-to-body fairing for reducing noise due to wing-to-body fairing vibrations in at least one of an aircraft and a spacecraft comprises a honeycomb center comprising a cavity which is substantially filled with foam material.... Agent: Evan Law Group LLC And The Boeing Company

20090078817 - Absolute time encoded semi-active laser designation: SAL designation uses absolute time coding of the pulse-stream to disambiguate the designator in a manner that reduces the number of pulses in a pulse-stream and reduces the total pulse energy on the target. This requires timing synchronization between the designator and receiver. For improved rejection of unintended returns, more... Agent: The Noblitt Group, PLLC

20090078818 - Aerial transporter: This invention relates to an aerial transporter comprising rigid cell structures which are covered with light materials as a skin, composed of modules. The invention aerial transporter represents some type of airship without a tail unit as well as an approximate balloon construction comprising a rigid structure and an independent... Agent: Paul And Paul

20090078819 - Turbojet for aircraft, aircraft equipped with such a turbojet, and method for mounting such a turbojet on an aircraft: The disclosed embodiments relates to a jet engine for an aircraft, characterized in that it bears at least one stabilizer, the stabilizer being fastened on the rigid structure of said jet engine so as to form a one-piece assembly. The jet engine can also bear one or more auxiliary devices... Agent: Perman & Green

20090078822 - Landing gear system and load distribution: In one embodiment, an aircraft comprises a plurality of hoop frame support members and a landing gear enclosure comprising a curved surface. The plurality of hoop frame support members abut against and extend over the curved surface to provide support to the landing gear enclosure. In another embodiment, loads are... Agent: Evan Law Group LLC And The Boeing Company

20090078823 - Aircraft nose landing gear enclosure: In one embodiment, an aircraft comprises a plurality of hoop frame support members and a landing gear enclosure comprising a curved surface. The plurality of support frame support members abut against and extend over the curved surface to provide support to the landing gear enclosure. In another embodiment, loads are... Agent: Evan Law Group LLC And The Boeing Company

20090078824 - Paneled partition: A paneled partition assembly is designed to close an opening and collapses to uncover the opening by a movement of at least one panel that initiates the rotation and translation of at least one other panel. When the paneled partition assembly is in a closed or extended position, the plurality... Agent: Plumsea Law Group, LLC

20090078825 - Method for manufacturing and attachment of wing fairings: A method and apparatus for manufacturing and installing a fairing on an aircraft. In one advantageous embodiment, a composite fairing is installed on the aircraft. A composite sheet having a form of the composite fairing is formed. A plurality of cured composite tiles is created from the composite sheet, wherein... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20090078826 - Aircraft pressurized cabin door made of fiber composite: An aircraft pressurized cabin door includes an integral door structure unit made of fiber composite, the unit including an outer skin and a door framework arranged on an inner side of the outer skin. The framework includes a plurality of edge supports and a plurality of longitudinal supports extending in... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090078827 - Foldable step for a vehicle, and a vehicle provided with such a step unit: The present invention relates to a foldable step unit (10) for a rotorcraft, the step unit being provided with a bottom step (16) and a stationary support (11) that is secured to the structure of the rotorcraft (2). The step unit (10) comprises a left side beam (14) and a... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090078828 - Anti-ice valve components and methods of coupling a valve assembly to a servo controller of anti-ice valve components: Anti-ice valve components are provided that include a servo housing, a valve body, and a transfer tube. The servo housing includes a surface having a cavity formed therein. The valve body is spaced apart from the servo housing and includes a surface having a cavity formed therein. The transfer tube... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20090078829 - System and methods for simultaneous momentum dumping and orbit control: The present system and methods enable simultaneous momentum dumping and orbit control of a spacecraft, such as a geostationary satellite. Control equations according to the present system and methods generate accurate station-keeping commands quickly and efficiently, reducing the number of maneuvers needed to maintain station and allowing station-keeping maneuvers to... Agent: Klein, O'neill & Singh, LLP

20090078830 - Aircraft comprising a central fairing that adjusts the pressure on the wing structures by means of local geometric deformations: An aircraft including: a fuselage and two wings to which engine nacelles are attached and that are each connected laterally to the fuselage, one on each side thereof, by a central fairing. The central fairing includes, facing each wing, two opposed surfaces connected one to a suction face side and... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090072076 - System and method for attitude control of a flight vehicle using pitch-over thrusters: A reliable and inexpensive attitude control system uses a plurality of pitch-over thrusters to perform rapid and precise attitude maneuvers for a flight vehicle. The pitch-over thrusters create rotational moments that directly pitch and yaw the flight vehicle. The use of very simple thrusters and control techniques provides for a... Agent: The Noblitt Group, PLLC

20090072077 - High passenger capacity airplane: A high capacity passenger airplane is provided with a plurality of fuselages releasably mounted on it wings section. Each fuselage has an outer shell with a plurality of passenger cabins mounted in tandem with the shell. The passenger cabins are equipped with sliding wheels such that they may be discharged... Agent: Chiu Chui Wen

20090072078 - High altitude airship configuration and power technology and method for operation of same: A new High Altitude Airship (HAA) capable of various extended applications and mission scenarios utilizing inventive onboard energy harvesting and power distribution systems. The power technology comprises an advanced thermoelectric (ATE) thermal energy conversion system. The high efficiency of multiple stages of ATE materials in a tandem mode, each suited... Agent: National Aeronautics And Space Administration Langley Research Center

20090072095 - Smoke generation device for aircraft and aircraft fitted with such a device: n

20090072079 - Aircraft having a pivotable powerplant: Aircraft including an airframe having a fuselage extending between a forward end and an aft end opposite the forward end. The aircraft further includes a powerplant pivotally connected to the fuselage adjacent the aft end. The powerplant produces exhaust during operation of the aircraft. The powerplant is selectively pivotable to... Agent: Hugh P. Gortler

20090072080 - On board secondary propulsion system for an aircraft: An on board secondary propulsion system for an aircraft provides the capability of taxiing the aircraft on the ground without using the main aircraft engine(s). The power system includes a small driver mounted on the aircraft. In one embodiment of the invention, the driver may be mounted at any desirable... Agent: The Law Office Of Richard S Erbe

20090072081 - Helicopter transmission: There is described a transmission for a helicopter, the transmission having a movable transmission member; a casing housing the movable member; lubricated supporting means for supporting the movable member inside the casing and for rotation about an axis; and feed means for feeding a lubricating fluid to the supporting means;... Agent: Berenato, White & Stavish Suite 240

20090072082 - Propulsion system for an airship or hybrid aircraft: A propulsion system for an airship or hybrid aircraft includes a propeller and a pivot mechanism connected to the propeller. The pivot mechanism enables the propeller to pivot around a first pivot axis between a maneuver thruster position and an emergency ballonet fill position. Under normal conditions, when the propulsion... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20090072083 - Actuation system with redundant motor actuators: A multi-redundant motor may be used to implement a relatively small, lightweight redundant actuator assembly package. The motor is implemented as a brushless DC motor and includes N-number of stators and M-number of rotors. Each stator has a plurality of independent stator coils disposed thereon, and N is an integer... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20090072084 - Lighter-than-air vehicles: The present invention describes lighter-than-air vehicles. An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a lighter-than-air vehicle having a payload module, the payload module including an engine. Furthermore, the lighter-than-air vehicle includes a non-rigid envelope in communication with the payload module. The lighter-than-air vehicle also provides a propulsion system that... Agent: Troutman Sanders LLP

20090072085 - Live trim tabs: A trim tab is disclosed for use on an aerodynamic foil that has first and second surfaces which extend between a leading edge and a trailing edge. Structurally, the trim tab includes a tab member that is bounded by slits formed through each surface to extend from the trailing edge... Agent: Nydegger & Associates

20090072086 - Aircraft floor and interior panels using edge coated honeycomb: Aircraft floor and interior panels where core-skin bonding is improved between honeycomb and composite face sheets (skins) by applying a polyamide and/or rubber-containing adhesive to the edge of the honeycomb prior to bonding. Edge coating of the honeycomb allows one to reduce panel weight without reducing the performance parameters that... Agent: Hexcel Corporation

20090072087 - Aircraft ejection seat system: An ejection seat having pitch, roll, and yaw control provided by three separate rocket motors where each rocket motor has a fixed nozzle and the entire rocket motor is rotated about a single axis corresponding to the minimum principal moment of inertia of the rocket. Actuation for each rocket motor... Agent: Goodrich Corporation C/o The Cavanagh Law Firm

20090072088 - Flyaway kabobs: An aircraft wing made of a composite material, and its method of manufacture, require a plurality of kabobs (i.e. substantially rectangular shaped hollow tubes having an open end and a closed end). Of these kabobs, several are aligned end-to-end, to create a section. Several sections are then positioned side-by-side and... Agent: Nydegger & Associates

20090072089 - Aircraft door assembly, and aircraft fuselage comprising such an aircraft door assembly: An aircraft door assembly of an aircraft, having a fuselage with a door opening and a door frame, encompassing an aircraft door fittable in the door frame. The door includes a door structure having an outer skin and is liftable from a locked closed position into a unlocked closed position,... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090072090 - Pivoting panel for aircraft, and composite support piece: A pivoting panel for an aircraft and to a composite support piece for this kind panel. The support piece (17) is arranged as a part of the frame structure of the panel (3). The support piece has an extension portion (23) to which an actuator connection fitting (7) of an... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20090072091 - Energy-efficient electro-thermal and electro-mechanical ice-protection method: A region of an airfoil to be protected from accreted ice is heated to reduce the strength of the bond between the ice and the airfoil, and is mechanically deformed to shed the accreted ice after the bond has been sufficiently weakened. Heating ceases before substantial water runback is generated.... Agent: Mark H. Jay, P.A.

20090072092 - Bimodal kite system: A kite is disclosed. The kite comprises a first control element coupled to the kite in a first tether-force configuration, wherein the first control element is used to maintain controlled flight of the kite in the first tether-force configuration during a power generating phase. The kite further comprises a second... Agent: Van Pelt, Yi & James LLP

20090072093 - Link mechanisms for gapped rigid krueger flaps, and associated systems and methods: Link mechanisms for gapped rigid Krueger flaps, and associated methods and systems are disclosed. A system in accordance with one embodiment includes a deployable leading edge assembly that in turn includes a deployable leading edge panel having a generally fixed-shape flow surface, a bullnose coupled to the panel, and a... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP (boeing)

20090072094 - Methods and apparatus for adjustable surfaces: Methods and apparatus for systems having deployable elements according to various aspects of the present invention comprise a system including a deployable surface and an adaptive actuator including a polymer foam. In one embodiment, the system comprises a vehicle including a deployable wing comprising an exterior surface. The exterior surface... Agent: Jonathan A. Platt Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20090065638 - Apparatus for voice communication between persons inside and persons outside an aircraft: An apparatus for facilitating voice communication between persons outside an aircraft and persons inside an aircraft, is disclosed, comprising: an external control unit comprising: voice sensing means; transmitting means for transmitting voice information to persons in said aircraft; receiving means for receiving voice information from persons in said aircraft; and... Agent: Borealis Technical Limited

20090065639 - Separate communication line for towed body: The present invention relates to a system for connecting an aircraft to a towed body, which comprises: (a) a reduced towing cable comprising tension filaments to provide the tensional force required for towing the body; (b) a signal cable, separate from said reduced towing cable, for conveying signals between the... Agent: Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, LLP

20090065631 - Emissionless silent and ultra-efficient airplane using cfj airfoil: The present invention provides an aircraft having one or more fixed wings in a flying wing configuration, where the aircraft further includes a high performance co-flow jet (CFJ) circulating about at least a portion of an aircraft surface to produce both lift and thrust rather than a conventional propulsion system... Agent: Christopher & Weisberg, P.A.

20090065632 - Aircraft with jet engines arranged at the rear: When an aircraft is propelled by at least one jet engine fixed in a rear part of the aircraft, at least one substantially horizontal rear aerodynamic surface, the rear horizontal surface, is arranged at the rear of the aircraft and at least one jet engine is fixed under the rear... Agent: Perman & Green

20090065651 - Sail wing with high span efficiency and controlled pitching moment: An aircraft comprising a fuselage, a sail wing appended to the fuselage, the sail wing having a sail wing root chord length, and wherein the sail wing includes a sail wing leading edge spar, a sail wing membrane attached to the sail wing leading edge spar, and a sail wing... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP (c/o Patent Administrator)

20090065652 - Aircraft combination engines exhaust thrust recovery: A gas turbine engine with a turbine with an exhaust manifold thereabout from which fluids can be transferred to the turbine and an air compressor having an air transfer duct extending therefrom so as to be capable to provide compressed air in that air transfer duct at one end thereof... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20090065634 - Control system for the nacelle of a turboreactor: The invention relates to an electrical control system for the nacelle of a turboreactor, comprising a plurality of electromechanical manoeuvring elements for a plurality of actuating devices embodied as auxiliary parts of the turboreactor. The invention is characterized in that the control system comprises an electronic control box comprising a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090065635 - Pitch-oscillation limitation system applied to an aircraft: A pitch-oscillation limitation system, applied to an aircraft having main landing gear located toward the center of the aircraft and forward landing gear located under the nose of the aircraft, wherein the system includes means for automatically applying, in the event of sudden braking, time-deferred braking between the wheels of... Agent: Perman & Green

20090065636 - Method and device for enhancing the braking efficiency of an aircraft during the ground run thereof: According to the invention, the elevators (8) and/or the adjustable horizontal stabiliser (6) are operated in such a way that a negative lift (DP2) is generated and a nose-up moment (CDP) is thus created to counter the nose-down moment (CB) resulting from braking. The value of the negative lift (DP2)... Agent: Stevens, Davis, Miller & Mosher, L.l.p

20090065637 - Buoyancy system using double-sorb controllers for engine fueling and airship attitude correction: A buoyancy system using double-sorb controllers for engine fueling and airship attitude control is disclosed. The buoyancy system is based on the use of a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) payload that assists in buoyancy control and provides simultaneously a fuel for natural gas engines that propel the airship. The airship... Agent: Robert Duncan Swift Air Lng, LLC

20090065633 - Floating bearing structure with static buoyancy: Disclosed is a suspended load-bearing structure that is formed by pneumatic structural load-bearing elements (1) comprising an elongate hollow body (2), compression bars (3), and traction elements (4). The hollow body (2) is impinged upon by gases that are lighter than air. In a first embodiment, an individual suspended structural... Agent: Winstead PC

20090065640 - Braking-energy equalization system: A braking-energy equalization system applied to an aircraft undercarriage, which undercarriage includes at least two sets of landing gear, with each set of landing gear including at least two wheels and with each of wheels being equipped with a brake, wherein the system includes means intended to introduce a delay... Agent: Perman & Green

20090065641 - Multi-position secure door system: A door system for an aircraft has a flight deck door hingely coupled to a flight deck bulkhead. A lavatory is adjacent to the flight deck bulkhead and formed of a lavatory bulkhead. A lavatory door is coupled to the lavatory bulkhead. A latching mechanism is attached to the flight... Agent: The Boeing Company C/o Weiss & Moy, P.C.

20090065642 - Comfortable seating arrangements considering usage of space: A seating arrangement with improved seating comfort is disclosed. In one embodiment, the seating arrangement is for a transportation vehicle. The arrangement includes seats at least having two levels adjacent to single-level seats. The multi-level seats include at least a bottom row of seats and a top row of seats.... Agent: Ipventure, Inc.

20090065643 - Aircraft seat supporting structure: A support structure for an aircraft seat includes load bearing spaced side members, each having elements for securing a seat for continuous movement between first and second positions, and a ground engaging portion. The structure further includes a stiffening web extending between the side members. The side members and the... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20090065644 - Device and method for non-symmetrical mixed carbon-metal assembly: The invention concerns an assembling device including a splice bar (1) and a backing plate (2) for securing at least first (3) and second (4) structural elements received between the splice bar (1) and the backing plate (2). The invention is characterized in that the backing plate (2) includes a... Agent: Perman & Green

20090065645 - Articles with reduced fluid dynamic drag: A fluid dynamic article includes a treated surface 32 and a transversely opposite surface 34. The treated surface 32 is substantially completely populated by a series of boundary layer flow guides 36 comprising longitudinally extending, laterally distributed, alternating troughs 40 and ridges 42. The depth d and height h of... Agent: Kenneth C. Baran

20090065646 - Aerial delivery system: A method and apparatus for aerial fire suppression utilizing a potable fire retardant chemical dispensing system, readily adaptable, without extensive aircraft modification, to various makes of aircraft, for dispensing current types of forest and range fire fighting chemicals. The aerial delivery system is self contained and reusable. It enables cargo/utility... Agent: Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP/seattle

20090065647 - Solar protection device for space instrument: The present invention relates to a solar protection device for space instrument. This invention is particularly suited to electromagnetic measuring instruments pointing in a direction close to that of the sun. To ensure the continuous availability, the performance and the non-degradation of collecting instruments directed towards the sun, the invention... Agent: Lowe Hauptman & Berner, LLP

20090065648 - Compensation actuator for a rotorcraft flight control: The invention relates to an actuator (10) comprising: an (auto)synchronous rotary electric motor (11); a reversible speed-reducing gearbox (13) coupled to the motor to be driven in rotation thereby; an outlet shaft (16) coupled to the speed-reducing gearbox to be driven in rotation thereby; a first angular position sensor responsive... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090065650 - Dynamic roughness for aerodynamic applications: Systems and methods for providing dynamic control to a surface immersed in a dynamic fluid. The systems and methods of the invention relate to one or more morphable surfaces that can be control in an active manner to provide asperities that interact with a fluid moving across the morphable surfaces.... Agent: Hiscock & Barclay, LLP

20090065649 - Steering of vehicles through boundary layer control: In aeronautical devices where a fluid such as air flows over a surface (1) to create lift or thrust, improved performance can be obtained by energising a so-called 5 “boundary layer” (10) of the fluid flow close to the surface. This is known to help prevent separation of the fluid... Agent: Fleit Gibbons Gutman Bongini & Bianco Pl

20090057480 - Helicopter tail assembly: A helicopter tail assembly includes a tail boom that extends along a tail axis, a tail fin mounted on one end of the tail boom, and a rudder mounted on the tail fin and pivotable relative to the tail fin about a pivot axis that is inclined with respect to... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20090057493 - Noise-shielding wing configuration: Embodiments of the invention provide an aircraft configuration that provides for increased engine noise shielding for community noise reduction, while still providing desirable aerodynamic attributes such as good spanwise lift distributions and good structural integration without excessive wing surface area. Specifically, the aircraft is configured to have a longer-chord inboard... Agent: Christopher W. Mcavoy Moore & Van Allen PLLC

20090057481 - Dual-power transmission device for a twin-rotor helicopter: A dual-power transmission device includes: a first output shaft secured rotatably in a housing and having a first rotor coupling portion extending outwardly of the housing; a second output shaft disposed to surround the first rotor coupling portion, secured rotatably in the housing, and having a second rotor coupling portion... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20090057482 - Transmission device for a twin-rotor helicopter: A transmission device includes: a transmission shaft having first and second shaft sections and a gear mounting portion; a first tube sleeved rotatably on the first shaft section, and including a tube body and an annular portion; a second tube sleeved on the second shaft section; a plurality of first... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20090057494 - Propulsion system with integrated rocket accelerator: The present invention relates to a propulsion system for a vehicle. The propulsion system has an airframe integrated hydrocarbon fueled airbreathing engine, such as a ramjet or a scramjet. The propulsion system further has at least one rocket positioned so as to use the aft body contour of the vehicle... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C.

20090057483 - Elastic pre-deformed fairings for aircrafts: A fairing for streamlining the junction between the horizontal stabilizer and the fuselage or the fin of an aircraft, comprising an upper fairing shell, a lower fairing shell, a leading edge extension, and several fittings to join the upper and lower fairing shells to the horizontal stabilizer. The upper and... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20090057484 - Aircraft landing gear assembly: An aircraft landing gear assembly comprises a four bar linkage arranged to be pivotably attached to an aircraft fuselage and movable between a deployed position and a retracted position, wherein when in the retracted position at least a first portion of the landing gear assembly is housed within a wing... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20090057485 - Brace-locking device for an aircraft undercarriage: The invention relates to a wind-brace device for an aircraft undercarriage, the device comprising a hinged brace movable between a folded position and a stabilization position for stabilizing the undercarriage in the deployed position, a stabilizer member for stabilizing the brace comprising two hinged-together arms, one of the arms having... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20090057486 - Modular helicopter deck for offshore oil drilling/production platforms: A heliport is formed by the assembly of a planar member including longitudinally-extending deck materials, each of which has a longitudinally-extending T-slot formed in the upper side thereof and is connected to a plurality of deck slats. Each deck slat is of generally I-beam configuration, with the lower flange thereof... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20090057487 - Composite fabric with rigid member structure: A composite structure is provided including a first fabric and a second fabric. A substantially elongate and substantially rigid first member is spaced apart from and coupled with the first fabric via the second fabric. A resin substantially is infused into the first fabric and the second fabric, and substantially... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP (boeing)

20090057488 - Component with a damping filler: A method of manufacturing an aerofoil for a gas turbine engine (10). The method comprises the steps of providing first and second panels (16, 18), providing a web (30) between the first and second panels, deforming the panels by applying internal pressure between the panels so as to form an... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090057489 - Component with a damping filler: A method of manufacturing an aerofoil for a gas turbine engine (10). The method comprises the steps of providing first and second panels (16, 18), providing a web (30) between the first and second panels, deforming the panels and the web by applying internal pressure between the panels so as... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090057490 - Deceleration device for a cockpit door for decelerating in case of decompression: A deceleration device for a movable component in an aircraft, the device having a deformation component, wherein the deformation component includes a deformation tool, a deformation body with a deformable region, and a guide device. The deformation tool and the deformation body can be made to engage each other in... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20090057491 - transition board apparatus for a passenger bridge and a spring leaf thereof: The invention provides a transition board apparatus for a passenger bridge and a spring leaf thereof. A transition board apparatus includes a transition board and a spring leaf, wherein the transition board comprises a hinged end, a free end and the transition portion between them. The hinged end hinges on... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090057492 - Space vehicle having a payload-centric configuration: e