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Aeronautics October categorized by USPTO classification 10/11

20110259999 - Lightning protection arrangement for an electronic unit: Lightning protection arrangement for diverting a current, caused by a lightning strike, from an electronic unit which is fitted to an aerodynamic fairing of an aircraft. The device comprises an electrically conductive mounting plate which is arranged on an outer side of a CFRP sandwich panel of the aerodynamic fairing.... Agent:

20110259994 - Helicopter vibration control system and rotating assembly rotary forces generators for canceling vibrations: A rotary blade rotating hub mounted rotating assembly vibration control system (20) including a first imbalance mass concentration rotor (28), a second imbalance mass concentration rotor (44), a third imbalance mass concentration rotor (38′), and a fourth imbalance mass concentration rotor (44′). The first imbalance mass concentration rotor has a... Agent:

20110259995 - Method for moving an aircraft along the ground: A method according to which an aircraft is moved along the ground by means of at least two separate appliances connected to the aircraft independently from each other or other appliances. A control element is provided for moving an aircraft, said element sending instructions to at least two separate appliances... Agent: Airbus

20110259996 - Aircraft propulsion system: An aircraft propulsion system is disclosed herein. The aircraft propulsion system includes a core engine having an intake, a compressor section, a combustor section, and a turbine section arranged along a centerline axis. The aircraft propulsion system also includes a nacelle surrounding the core engine. The aircraft propulsion system also... Agent:

20110259998 - Configuration of a rear fuselage tail cone of an aircraft with an auxiliary power unit: Configuration of a rear fuselage tail cone of an aircraft with an auxiliary power unit, whereby a fire compartment of the rear fuselage tail cone defines a housing for the auxiliary power unit in which the auxiliary power unit is housed laterally and asymmetrically with respect to a longitudinal axis... Agent:

20110259997 - Suspension rudder bar for an aircraft turbojet and a suspension with fan hanger provided therewith: A suspension rudder bar (140) according to this invention has the shape of a bar (14) with a transversal axis (Y′Y)—symmetrical with respect to a plane (PS) intersecting the rotation axis (X′X) of the engine—and comprises links with transmission connecting rods (130a, 130b) between a rear casing (15) for ejecting... Agent: Snecma

20110260000 - Energy absorber system for an undercarriage, and an aircraft provided with said energy absorber system: An energy absorber system (10) provided with a shock absorber (11) extending from a first end (12) suitable for being connected to a rocker arm (5) of an undercarriage (3) housed in a wheel bay (4), towards a second end (13). In addition, the system includes a fitting (20) connected... Agent: Eurocopter

20110260001 - Landing gear provided with energy absorber means, an aircraft provided with said landing gear, and a method of landing: Aircraft landing gear (10) provided with at least one contact means (20) for making contact with a contact surface (S). The landing gear includes energy absorber means (30) provided with an inflatable airbag (31) secured to said contact means (20), said energy absorber means (30) being provided with control means... Agent: Eurocopter

20110260002 - Seating arrangement, seat unit, tray table and seating system: A row of a plurality of adjacent seats supported by a support frame. The seat includes a seat back, a seat pan and a leg rest. The leg rest of each seat includes a leg support surface and is mounted relative to the seat frame in a manner to allow... Agent:

20110260003 - Aircraft seat assembly structure, and fitted fuselage: An aircraft seat assembly structure (4) comprises at least one seat structure (5) that supports at least one seat, with which seat assembly structure is associated a reference frame that is defined by a longitudinal X-axis according to which the seat structure (5) comprises a front part and a rear... Agent: Airbus Operations (inc As A Societe Par Act Simpl)

20110260004 - Parachute with one-way valve device: A multi-celled ram-air parachute possessing one or more internal one-way valved air passages between at least two parachute cells to maintain positive air pressure within the parachute for the purpose of maintaining shape and rigidity when less than optimal airspeed is present thereby increasing a user's control and safety.... Agent:

20110260005 - Parachute ground disconnecting device: A venturi passage for a steering gear assembly is provided that includes a rack bushing having an outer surface. A rack bushing main fluid channel extends circumferentially about the outer surface of the rack bushing. A steering gear housing is disposed at a distal end from the rack bushing. A... Agent: Airborne Systems Canada Ltd.

20110260006 - Nejat kinematics and kinetics expansions spacecraft: This project is related to the inventor, Cyrus Nejat, previous patent Application Number: U.S. Ser. No. 12/011,127. In this study, the main discussion emphasizes on building a spacecraft based on mathematics. The orientation of the low thrust engine spacecraft was structured in such a way that the Kinematics and kinetics... Agent:

20110260007 - Space probing apparatus: The space probing apparatus includes, as a vehicle body 1 that is an apparatus body, an inner housing 13 that accommodates an electronic apparatus 11 and a battery 12, and an outer housing 15 that accommodates the inner housing 13 supporting the inner housing 13 afloat therein. A thermal insulating... Agent: Ihi Aerospace Co., Ltd.

20110260008 - Fluid flow control device for an aerofoil: A fluid flow control device for an aerofoil comprises an aerofoil-tip body of aerofoil shape, coupling apparatus adapted to couple one end of the body to an aerofoil, and a passive tip blowing assembly. The passive tip blowing assembly is provided at the other end of the aerofoil-tip and comprises... Agent: Aerodynamic Research Innovations Holdings, Ltd.

20110253831 - Foldable rotor blade for toy helicopter: A toy helicopter includes a body, a rotor arrangement for generating a rotational power, and a foldable propeller blade including a bracket member coaxially mounted to the rotor arrangement and at least two blade leafs pivotally and symmetrically coupling with the bracket member in a horizontally movable manner to generate... Agent:

20110253843 - Air intake arrangement for an aircraft: The invention relates to an arrangement (1) that comprises a mobile plate (18) controlled by a means for fluid communication (23) between the outer (18A) and inner surfaces of the mobile plate (18), wherein said means is located at least in the vicinity of a limited downstream area (24) of... Agent: Airbus Operations (s.a.s.)

20110253832 - Slat support assembly: A support assembly for deployment and retraction of an aero surface from an aircraft is disclosed. The assembly comprises a guide track, a primary support arm having one end coupled to a carriage mounted on the track such that the primary support arm is rotatable relative to the carriage about... Agent: Airbus Operations Limited

20110253833 - Brake system for aircraft undercarriage: A braking system for an aircraft provided with undercarriage, wherein an axial-flux reversible electrical machine is associated to at least one wheel of the undercarriage and is set in rotation by the rotation of the wheel. Current-dissipator means are provided, which can be connected to the windings of the axial-flux... Agent: Alenia Aeronautica S.p.a.

20110253834 - Flexible mounting assembly for an air frame structure: A flexible mounting assembly allows relative movement between a top and a bottom structural member of an air frame, for instance, a helicopter. The flexible mounting assembly comprises a vertical frame member and an isolation frame member where one of the vertical frame member and the isolation frame member has... Agent: Sabreliner Corporation

20110253836 - Aircraft bin module with integrated air ducts and lighting: An aircraft overhead luggage bin module includes a stowage bin assembly, an integral light assembly providing structural stiffness to an upper portion of the stowage bin assembly. The stowage bin assembly includes an air distribution plenum that also transmits loads to mounting structures, an upper air diffuser connected to the... Agent: Be Intellectual Property, Inc.

20110253835 - Aircraft interior lavatory: A lavatory for an aircraft cabin includes a wall having a forward wall portion disposed immediately aft of and substantially conforming to an exterior aft surface of an aircraft cabin structure, such as a passenger seat, that is substantially not flat in a vertical plane. The forward wall portion includes... Agent: Be Intellectual Property, Inc.

20110253837 - Pivot bin assembly: A bin assembly that includes a bin housing and a bin that is pivotal between an open and a closed position within the bin housing. The bin housing includes a forward bulkhead panel, aft bulkhead panel and an aft housing panel that includes a rigid valence panel having one of... Agent: C&d Zodiac, Inc.

20110253838 - Aircraft seat: An aircraft seat in a cubicle able to provide privacy via a hidden, sliding/pocket door drawn to a seat-side end of a divider between adjacent seats from within a facing panel of the next divider in the line of seats. The divider provides a recessed backing for the seat; whilst... Agent:

20110253839 - Door entry head guard: A method of protecting individuals entering or exiting an aircraft is provided. The method includes prior to the individuals entering or exiting the aircraft, removably attaching an entryway head guard to a frame of an entryway of the aircraft to protect the individuals entering or exiting the aircraft, the entryway... Agent: Pb Ross Company

20110253840 - Method for installing an inertial reference unit in an aircraft, and aircraft equipped in this way: The invention relates to a method for installing an inertial reference unit in an aircraft, in which: a reference unit support (1) is fixed to a structural element of the aircraft; support installation angles—in heading, roll and pitch—representative of angular errors of positioning of the reference unit support relative to... Agent: Airbus Operations (s.a.s.)

20110253841 - Method and system for checking the formation of ice on an aircraft in flight: e

20110253842 - Laminated plasma actuator: A method and apparatus may comprise a first number of layers of a flexible material, a second number of layers of a dielectric material, a first electrode attached to a surface layer in the first number of layers, and a second electrode attached to a second layer in one of... Agent: The Boeing Company

20110248117 - Multilayer board for acoustic insulation: A multilayer board is provided for acoustic insulation and to a method for producing said board. In order to reduce sound emission and at the same time improve stability, a multilayer board for acoustic insulation is proposed that includes, but is not limited to a core sheet, a first covering... Agent: Airbus Operations Gmbh

20110248123 - Unmanned aerial vehicle having an improved aerodynamic configuration: The present invention relates to an unmanned air vehicle (105), comprising a body having front (121) and rear (122) sections with at least one pair of end plates (110) connected to said body, wherein one end plate within said at least one pair of end plates is connected to the... Agent: Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd.

20110248124 - Aircraft with forward lifting elevator and rudder, with the main lifting surface aft, containing ailerons and flaps, and airbrake: An area ruled forward lifting elevator aircraft 100 comprising a fuselage 120; area ruling 600 throughout the length of the fuselage 120; an airbrake 400 at the rear of the fuselage; an aircraft propulsion system 140; and lifting surfaces that include a forward lifting 200 surface and an aft lifting... Agent:

20110248115 - Self-tracking system for the rear axles of trucks: A suspension system for use with a trailer or truck having a frame and front and rear axles. In one embodiment, the suspension system includes a front hanger having a lower portion, a bearing portion, and an upper portion engaged with the frame. The suspension system further includes a hanger... Agent:

20110248116 - Attachment pylon for aircraft turboshaft engine, comprising a rear flap with mobile incidence: The invention relates to an aircraft engine assembly, comprising a turboshaft engine with a propeller as well as an attachment pylon (14) intended to be laterally attached on a rear portion of the structure of the aircraft, the pylon having an outer surface (20) forming an aerodynamic profile incorporating a... Agent: Airbus Operations (s.a.s.)

20110248118 - Amphibious aircraft: Embodiments of the present invention include an aircraft with at least one fuselage, a wing, a power plant coupled to the at least one fuselage, a shroud surrounding a propeller of the power plant, and at least two floats coupled to the wing. In some embodiments, each float may further... Agent:

20110248119 - Structural connectors and methods of using same: Structural connectors for watercrafts, buildings and aircrafts are disclosed. In general, each structural connector includes at least a pair of members extending outwardly from and substantially perpendicular to a body of the structural connector, the members spaced apart from one another so as to form a recess therein between. In... Agent:

20110248120 - Precision attitude control system for gimbaled thruster: A system for providing attitude control with respect to a spacecraft is provided. The system includes a reaction wheel control module configured to control a number of reaction wheel assemblies associated with the spacecraft in order to control attitude, and a maneuver control module configured to use a number of... Agent: Lockheed Martin Corporation

20110248121 - Apparatus and method for backup control in a distributed flight control system: Embodiments of the invention relate to a flight control system for controlling an aircraft during flight. The flight control system may include a primary controller configured to receive an input from a pilot and to output a primary control signal and a primary transmission path connected to the primary controller... Agent:

20110248122 - Fore flap disposed on the wing of an aircraft: A leading edge slat arranged on the aerofoil of an aircraft. The leading edge slat is provided on the front of the main wing. The leading edge slat has a partially extended setting, with its trailing edge flat against the wing, and a further extended setting, with its trailing edge... Agent: Airbus Operations Gmbh

20110240792 - Transmission of information to a system utilizing a gps device: A system for transmitting non-GPS information for reception by a global positioning system (GPS) receiver, the system including a processor, a memory coupled to the processor and including computer-readable instructions configured to, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to receive the non-GPS information, determine an available pseudo-random noise... Agent: Mobileaccess Networks Ltd.

20110240793 - Apparatus and method for controlling a vehicle, and vehicle controlled thereby: Apparatus and method are provided for controlling a vehicle in motion through a fluid medium. A manipulable flare assembly is mounted to a load bearing structure, the structure being configured for mounting to the vehicle. An actuating mechanism has a rotational member operably associated with the flare assembly, the actuating... Agent: Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd.

20110240794 - Airship for transportation: An airship for facilitating transportation to and from one or more locations which are difficult to access or operate such as high above the ground level is disclosed. The airship can also be used in surface missions, The airship includes a cabin and a platform. The cabin is configured on... Agent: King Abdulaziz City For Science And Technology

20110240795 - Emergency power system for an aircraft: The present invention relates to an emergency power system for an aircraft having at least one fuel cell unit for producing electric power, wherein the fuel cell unit is cooled via at least one cooling circuit which includes at least one heat exchanger, and wherein the heat exchanger is connected... Agent:

20110240804 - Integrated aircraft: In a jet aircraft according to the invention the jet engines are embedded in the wings and exhaust through fishtail diffuser ducts, from high aspect ratio nozzles located at a small control flap at the wing trailing edge. The jet engines are very-high bypass ratio geared turbofans operating at a... Agent:

20110240796 - Supply unit for flexible supply channels: According to one exemplary embodiment of the invention, a service unit for being installed on a service channel of an aircraft is disclosed, wherein said service unit features a mounting device and a connecting device. These two devices cooperate in such a way that the mounting and the automatic connecting... Agent: Airbus Operations Gmbh

20110240797 - Deploybale legrest: A legrest assembly including a calf support hinged to a forward end of a seat frame and moveable between a stowed configuration generally vertically disposed below the forward end of the frame and a deployed configuration inclined above the stowed configuration, a foot support movable with and telescopically connected to... Agent: Be Aerospace, Inc

20110240798 - Automated fire and smoke detection, isolation, and recovery: Technologies are described herein for detecting and recovering from a fire event within an aircraft. The technologies receive sensor data from a number of sensors associated with an aircraft. A determination is made as to whether the sensor data exceeds predefined thresholds indicating the fire event within the aircraft. In... Agent:

20110240799 - Decoupling mechanism for a store: According to one embodiment, an aircraft pylon system comprises a pylon, a bail bar located within the pylon, an offset bracket assembly, and a lanyard release assembly. The offset bracket assembly comprises an elongated member configured to be placed around the bail bar within the pylon, a bracket coupled to... Agent: Raytheon Company

20110240800 - Impact attenuation system and method: Methods and systems for impact force attenuation reduce the time, expense, and material utilized in connection with aerial delivery of a payload. An impact attenuation system comprises a first airbag coupled to an aerial delivery platform, a gas source coupled to the first airbag, and a first pressure release valve... Agent:

20110240801 - microsatellite comprising a propulsion module and an imaging device: A microsatellite comprising a propulsion module for moving and/or pointing said microsatellite and an imaging device (100) mounted to said propulsion module. Furthermore there is a fuel supply (210) located within said imaging device (100).... Agent:

20110240802 - Device for transporting and ejecting small space payloads: A device for transporting and ejecting small space payloads, in particular picosatellites, including a tubular body provided with a device for attachment onto a launch vehicle, the body including at least two longitudinal guide rails which can receive a satellite fixedly arranged inside the body in a storage position during... Agent:

20110240803 - Low noise wing slat system with deployable wing leading edge elements: Concepts and technologies described herein provide for a low noise aircraft wing slat system. According to one aspect of the disclosure provided herein, a cove-filled wing slat is used in conjunction with a moveable leading edge element of an aircraft wing to provide a high lift system. The moveable leading... Agent: