Aeronautics inventions

20090266935 - Shell arrangement as well as aircraft or spacecraft: The present invention provides a shell arrangement as well as an aircraft or spacecraft comprising such a shell arrangement. The shell arrangement comprises a first lightning conductor layer for conducting lightning energy and a fibre composite layer supporting the first lightning conductor layer. Furthermore, the shell arrangement comprises a first... Agent: Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P. A.

20090266941 - Combination spar and trunnion structure for a tilt rotor aircraft: An aircraft is equipped with a spinnion coupling an inboard wing to a tilting nacelle. The spinnion is advantageously configured to extend across the nacelle from an inboard junction to an outboard junction, and terminates inside the inboard wing. This provides an efficient lightweight structure to support a nacelle and... Agent: Fish & Associates, PC Robert D. Fish

20090266942 - Tilt outboard wing for tilt rotor aircraft: Tilt-rotor aircraft experience increased efficiency and fuel economy by including wing extensions outboard of the tilting nacelles. Stall and buffeting during conversion from rotor-born hover to wing-born forward flight are reduced to an acceptable level using wide chord flaps deflected upwards by at least 15-20°, preferably in combination with leading... Agent: Fish & Associates, PC Robert D. Fish

20090266932 - Engine assembly for an aircraft comprising a support cradle for a fan shroud mounted on two separate elements: The present invention relates to an aircraft engine assembly comprising an engine, an engine mounting structure (4) and a nacelle surrounding the engine and provided with fan cowls (34), the mounting structure (4) comprising a rigid structure (8) and a forward aerodynamic structure (24) on which the fan cowls are... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090266933 - Engine mounting apparatus: An engine mounting apparatus for attaching an engine to a suspension pylon includes a mounting block, first and second links connectable between the engine and the mount block and first and second fixings connectable between the suspension pylon and the mount block. The apparatus further has a catcher link, located... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20090266934 - Hydraulic fluid supply device and electric actuator: An electric actuator of the present invention includes a hydraulic fluid supply device and an actuator actuated in response to an input of hydraulic fluid from a variable-volume pump. The hydraulic fluid supply device includes an adjustable-speed motor, the variable-volume pump which is driven by the adjustable-speed motor and ejects... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20090266936 - Aircraft fuselage structural components and methods of making same: Aircraft fuselage structures have reinforcement members in the vicinity of the stringer openings formed in frame members and are rigidly lap joined to a surface region of the frame members by a friction stir weld region. Such aircraft fuselage structural components may thus be provided with plural longitudinally spaced-apart frame... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090266937 - Reduction of frictional losses in the region of boundary layers on surfaces, around which a fluid flows: An aerodynamic body with a plurality of nozzles for throttling a fluid flow to be removed by suction through the nozzles in a self-regulated fashion is disclosed. The aerodynamic body according to one example, includes a plurality of throttling nozzles with a throttle section that is defined by an inlet... Agent: Christopher Paradies, Ph.d.

20090266938 - Method and device for an aircraft buffet reduction: The device (1) comprises means (10, 8) for locally modifying, using control surfaces (4), the lift of the wings of the airplane in the buffeting-generating regions.... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC James E. Ledbetter, Esq.

20090266939 - Active pilot inceptor with self warm-up: An active pilot inceptor system includes a pilot inceptor, a multi-phase motor, and a motor control. The pilot inceptor is configured to receive user input and is operable, in response to the user input, to move to a control position. The multi-phase motor is coupled to the pilot inceptor to... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Patent Services

20090266940 - Precision adjust split detent for a vehicle: A method and apparatus for a split detent tactile cueing control system comprising an inceptor, a position sensor, vehicle sensors, and a flight control computer. The inceptor can be moved into different positions measured by a position sensor. The vehicle sensors generate signals in response to detecting parameters about a... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20090261209 - Convertible aircraft: A convertible aircraft comprising a main body integrating at least one substantially triangular wing (1), the main body having a recess (2) centered substantially in correspondence of the center of gravity of the aircraft; and a propulsion system associated to the main body so as to make it selectively pivoting... Agent: Steinfl & Bruno

20090261207 - Stable aircraft: An aircraft is made stable via shortening the chord of the wings to shorten the travel of the wing's center of pressure. Since short chord wings have less wing area than normal wings, a multitude of short chord wings is necessary to regain the required lifting area for flight. The... Agent: George Teacherson

20090261197 - Nosewheel control apparatus: An apparatus for driving a taxiing aircraft is disclosed, comprising, in an aircraft, two self-propelled nosewheels, each having an electric motor; equipment for flight; dual-function controlling means for controlling said equipment for flight and said nosewheels, said dual-function controlling means being disposed in the cockpit of said aircraft; sensing means;... Agent: Borealis Techinical Limited

20090261208 - Aircraft engine inlet pivotable barrier filter: An inlet barrier filter system for an aircraft engine includes a filter panel (35) including filter media for filtering air prior to intake (15) into the engine. The filter panel has a forward edge (F). The system further includes an actuator for selectively pivoting the panel to form an opening... Agent: Patent Docket Department Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20090261198 - Pylon for suspending a turboengine:

20090261199 - Method for producing contoured composite structures and structures produced thereby: A method is provided for forming a composite part contoured along its length and having at least one leg. The method includes forming a stack of fiber reinforced, pre-preg plies by laying down individual segments of unidirectional fibers in each ply. Each of the segments is placed in a preselected... Agent: Tung & Associates / Randy W. Tung, Esq.

20090261200 - Space for work and storage at the rear of an aircraft cabin: At least one housing (22) for a cart (16) is arranged on the other side of the transverse portion (26) of the aisle (24) in relation to the housings (20) arranged along the wall, and each of the said housings (20, 22) for accommodating a cart (16) extends longitudinally in... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090261201 - Line transfer system for airplane: A method is provided for establishing a physical reference inside an airplane representing the airplane's optimized line of flight based on the as-built orientation of aerodynamically significant features of the airplane. Values generated for aerodynamic pitch, roll and yaw representing the optimized line of flight are used to orient a... Agent: Tung & Associates / Randy W. Tung, Esq.

20090261202 - Universal retaining device, particularly for fastening panel elements and/or accessory parts in aircraft: A universal bracket for fastening different panel elements and/or additional devices in aircraft, comprises a base plate for fastening to a substructure, a support plate connected to the base plate and a plurality of spring clips received in the support plate to provide a releasable and vibration-damping connection to the... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20090261203 - Aircraft tip alarm system: A tilarm system for an aircraft having a nose landing gear (NLG) includes a sensor having first and second parts respectively disposed on first and second portions of the NLG that are respectively fixed to the aircraft and moveable relative to the fixed portion and operable to detect the position... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLPIPSection

20090261204 - System and method for varying the porosity of an aerodynamic surface: A variable porosity system for an aircraft includes a first layer, a second layer and an actuator mechanism. Each of the first and second layers has at least one pore and are slidable relative to one another. The actuator mechanism is operative to move the first and second layers relative... Agent: NovatechIPLaw

20090261205 - Apparatus and method for controlling twist of a wing of an airborne mobile platform: An airborne mobile platform may have a wing having a length and a chord wise dimension, and a plurality of elongated structural components extending span-wise along the length of the wing. The elongated structural components may each have a localized hinge area. A device may be used for manipulating the... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, PLC

20090261206 - Method of using microjet actuators for the control of flow separation and distortion: A system for controlling unwanted flow separation. One or more microjets are placed to feed auxiliary fluid into a region of suspected flow separation. If the separation is intermittent, sensors can be employed to detect its onset. Once separation is developing, the microjets are activated to inject a stream of... Agent: John Wiley Horton, Attoney Pennington, Moore, Wilkinson, Bell & Dunbar, P.A.

20090256027 - Aerodynamic noise reducing method (variants) and low-noise structural element for operating in a fluid medium stream: The invention relates to aerodynamic. The inventive method for reducing the aerodynamic noise generated by separation a medium stream streaming around a structural element surface during the relative motion thereof consists in forming a low-curvature area consisting of at least one continuous section on at least one part of the... Agent: Ilya Zborovsky

20090256024 - Projectile having a window for transmitting power and/or data into the projectile interior: A method is provided for optically providing at least one of power and data to a projectile from an external optical source. The method including: outputting an optical signal from an external optical source into an interior of the projectile; receiving the optical signal in the interior of projectile and... Agent: Thomas Spinelli, Esq.

20090256025 - Stabilizing and directional-control surface of aircraft: Stabilizing and directional-control surface of an aircraft, said surface comprising a vertical stabilizer (2) and a rudder (3), it being possible for said rudder (3) to be deflected relative to the vertical stabilizer (2), and moreover the rudder (3) comprises an internal profile (10) that can be extended and retracted... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090256026 - Tilt actuation for a rotorcraft: An aircraft is equipped with hingeless rotors on tilting nacelles, and the tilt angles of the nacelles are controlled using either or both of an actuator and a mast moment generated by a hingeless rotor. An aircraft with two or more rotors on tilting nacelles can achieve control of yaw... Agent: Fish & Associates, PC Robert D. Fish

20090256028 - Fastening arrangement: The present invention discloses a two-part fastening arrangement for a surface element that is composed of a base element and a coupling element. The base element is constructed two-sided with a seat on its first side and a connecting pin projecting from its second side, with which a snap connection... Agent: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

20090256029 - Winglets with recessed surfaces, and associated systems and methods: Winglets with recessed surfaces, and associated systems and methods are disclosed. A system in accordance with a particular embodiment includes a wing having an inboard portion and an outboard portion, and further includes a winglet coupled to the wing at the outboard portion. The winglet can have a first surface... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP (boeing)

20090250548 - Flexible ducting system including an articulable sealed joint: Aircraft including a powerplant mounted on an airframe and a rotor/wing rotatably mounted on the airframe. The rotor/wing has multiple blades extending outward from roots adjacent the airframe to tips opposite the roots and having internal conduits extending between inlets adjacent the roots and downstream outlets. The aircraft also includes... Agent: Hugh P. Gortler

20090250549 - Aircraft: An aircraft includes at least three drive units, each of which has a first rotor and a first, rotary speed-controlled electrical motor, suitable for driving the first rotor during operation of the aircraft. Each of the drive units has at least a second rotor and at least one second, rotary... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090250557 - Whirling wheel airborne vehicles: A sliding-arm whirling wheel thruster includes first and second whirling wheels and a housing. The first whirling wheel is disposed about a first rotational axis, and the second whirling wheel about a second rotational axis parallel to the first rotational axis. The housing comprises an arc over an enclosed space... Agent: Park Law Firm

20090250550 - Method of launching a catapult, catapult, and locking device: A method of launching a catapult, a catapult and a locking device for a catapult. The catapult comprises a carriage for fastening an aircraft. The carriage can be provided with a high acceleration by directing a launching force generated by a launching device thereto. The carriage can be held at... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20090250551 - Method for improving roll steering of an aircraft and aircraft using same: The invention concerns a method which consists in subdividing the direction of the control surface into at least two elements (6I, 6S) and, during a roll control using the ailerons (5G, 5D), steering the upper element (6S) in the roll direction and the lower element (6I) in the opposite direction.... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC James E. Ledbetter, Esq.

20090250558 - Aerodynamic surface assembly for aircraft: e

20090250552 - Actuator: An actuator comprises an actuator shaft mounted for rotation by a drive shaft, releasable lock means operable to restrict axial movement of the actuator shaft relative to the drive shaft, and an output member co-operating with the actuator shaft such that rotation of the actuator shaft drives the output member... Agent: Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall, LLP

20090250553 - Luggage locker and associated door which are intended in particular for an aircraft: A rack comprises a compartment which has an open face for inserting and removing luggage, a lower face (8) and an end wall (10) opposite the open face. This compartment is mounted such that it can pivot about a fixed pivot axis (4) between an open position in which the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090250554 - Self-supporting cabin structure: A cabin structural unit for attaching cabin installation elements is provided for an aircraft. The cabin structural unit is set up in such a way that a cabin installation element is attachable. The cabin structural unit is implemented as self-supporting and fastenable to an aircraft structure.... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C.

20090250555 - Solar powered excess electron emission device: The chassis of a spacecraft has one side exposed to ultraviolet photons and another side shielded from the ultraviolet photons. An electrically conductive surface is disposed on the exposed side of the chassis and is electrically isolated from the chassis. A field-emission array device has a gate, an emitter array,... Agent: Guerin & Rodriguez, LLP

20090250556 - Living interplanetary flight experiment capsule: A light-weight capsule having internal components comprised of sample containers with living organisms in solid and liquid form, inner carrier, multiple seals is disclosed to protect the samples contained within and to withstand an impact of up to 4000 G in outer space or Earth applications being subject to extreme... Agent: Miller Nash LLP