Aeronautics inventions 10/09

20090242695 - Securing emergency and safety equipment on aircraft: An emergency equipment system comprising an elongate member, an emergency equipment package, and a cutter. The elongate member may have a first end and an angled end. The emergency equipment package may have a sleeve on one side capable of receiving the elongate member from the angled end. The cutter... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20090242689 - Craft having a rotatable fluid propulsion device: The invention arose in the design of vertical takeoff craft where a bladed rotor directs a jet of fluid over a curved surface so that the jet is turned from a radial direction towards an axial direction to create lift. These craft have stability problems when an attempt is made... Agent: Fleit Gibbons Gutman Bongini & Bianco Pl

20090242690 - Ducted propulsion vector system: A ducted propulsion vector system that vectors thrust generated from ducted fan powered aircraft. The system has hinged duct flaps may be vectored from +10 degrees up and turned through −90 degrees downward. Vectored downward 90 degrees, the flaps vector thrust enabling vertical/short takeoff and landing of an aircraft. Hover... Agent: Lawrence S. Cohen Suite 1220

20090242691 - Swashplate trajectory control: A system and method of controlling a rotary-wing aircraft includes transforming a non-rate limited servo position command into a rate limited servo position command.... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20090242692 - Clutch arrangement: A clutch arrangement comprises a rotatable drive input, a rotatable output, and an epicyclic gear arrangement comprising a ring gear, a series of planet gears meshing with the ring gear, a sun gear meshing with the planet gears, and a carrier upon which the planet gears are mounted, the drive... Agent: Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall, LLP

20090242693 - System for shipboard launch and recovery of unmanned aerial vehicle (uav) aircraft and method therefor: A system to launch and recover an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) aircraft has a pole member attached to a deck of a ship. An arm member is attached to the pole member and extends away from the pole member in an approximately horizontal direction. The arm member is able to... Agent: The Boeing Company C/o Weiss & Moy, P.C.

20090242694 - Hydraulic system for aircraft: A hydraulic system for aircraft operating devices provides a secondary pressure source for direction and deceleration control in case of loss of pressure from a primary pressure source. The system includes multiple pressure accumulators that include a primary accumulator, which supplies pressurized fluid to a first actuator, and first and... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20090242696 - Device for locking a movable component of an aircraft: The present invention relates to a device for locking a movable component of an aircraft. The device includes an electronic tag adapted for receiving a polling signal and returning an identification signal. The present invention also involves an on-board system allowing for detection of such locking devices.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090242697 - Vehicle with buoyancy bodies: According to the invention, inflatable buoyancy bodies are kept in storage housings on the outside of a vehicle. During normal use, buoyancy bodies are folded up and stored under covers. Only when the vehicle is on water do the covers open and buoyancy bodies fill with air. An on-board compressed... Agent: Griffin & Szipl, PC

20090242698 - Aerodynamic braking device for aircraft: A speed brake apparatus reduces the airspeed of an aircraft by increasing aerodynamic drag. First and second brake panels are located on opposite sides of a portion of the aircraft, such as the fuselage, and are adapted to swing outward about a downstream hinge axis into deployed positions extending into... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20090242699 - Knowledge based access and access hierarchy in an aircraft: A method and apparatus for a hierarchical access system for a compartment. The hierarchical access system comprises a moveable barrier, a locking mechanism, and a control unit. The moveable barrier is capable of preventing access to at least one of a first space and a second space in the compartment... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20090242700 - Seat: A seat comprising a seat pan (12) and a support structure, wherein the seat pan (12) is pivotally coupled to the support structure (8) about a first pivot axis (pi) provided across substantially the front of the seat pan (12), such that the seat pan (12) may be pivoted about... Agent: Hayes Soloway P.C.

20090242701 - Pressure bulkhead for aircraft: A pressure bulkhead assembly adapted for installation in an aircraft fuselage includes a bulkhead web and a reinforcing structure. The bulkhead web has a first side facing the pressurized compartment and a second side opposite the first side. The reinforcing structure, which is formed from a series of primary beam... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20090242702 - Methods and apparatus for optical propagation improvement system: An aircraft turret and fairing assembly for facilitating transmission of a directed energy beam from a directed energy device includes a turret section for directing an energy beam. The assembly also includes a fairing section aft of and adjacent to the turret section. Each of the turret section and the... Agent: Patent Docket Department Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20090242703 - Heating architecture for a composite fairing: A composite fairing with embedded heating architecture for ice protection includes heating elements arranged on various fairing plies for heating substantially all of the composite fairing. The heating elements are positioned to provide ice protection to substantial portions of the external surface of the composite fairing. Junctions, busbars, and plated... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20090242704 - In orbit space transportation & recovery system: An In Orbit Transportation & Recovery System (IOSTAR™) (10) is disclosed. One preferred embodiment of the present invention comprises a space tug powered by a nuclear reactor (19). The IOSTAR™ includes a collapsible boom (11) connected at one end to a propellant tank (13) which stores fuel for an electric... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/utah Utah Office

20090242705 - Hydraulic system protected from external impacts: A hydraulic system includes at least one hydraulic circuit with at least one pump, one or more consumer equipment units, at least one HP discharge line comprising at least one bypass, the bypass being located between the pump and the units, at least one return line including at least one... Agent: Perman & Green, LLP