102 patents
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Utility
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (Uav) Landing Systems and Methods
11 Dec 19
A system for landing an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) at a destination includes a landing coordination control unit that is configured to switch the UAV from a normal operating mode to a landing mode in response to the UAV entering a regulated airspace in relation to the destination.
Millie Irene Sterling, Matthew B. Hendrian, Cash Neil Johnson, Jeremy Richards
Filed: 20 Aug 19
Utility
Washer Dispensing Systems and Methods
4 Dec 19
A washer dispensing system includes a retaining bin that is configured to receive washers within a washer-retaining chamber.
Phillip A. Billiard, Bercely Hurtado Otalora
Filed: 4 Jun 18
Utility
Sealable Securing Systems and Methods
4 Dec 19
A sealable securing system includes a hook member including a first base, at least one hook group coupled to the first base, and a first seal coupled to the first base.
Cory Hitchcock, Douglas Allen Lods, Michael D. Maultsby
Filed: 29 May 18
Utility
Aircraft-based Radio Frequency Surveying
4 Dec 19
An apparatus includes a communications interface configured to receive, at a first aircraft, data related to a radiofrequency (RF) survey of a particular location.
Donald B. Lee, Mike Hood, Timothy M. Mitchell
Filed: 31 May 18
Utility
Aircraft Flight Information System and Method
4 Dec 19
A method of generating an aircraft display includes determining an estimated first flight path of a first aircraft and determining an estimated second flight path of a second aircraft.
Sarah A. Mecklem, Reece A. Clothier, Brendan P. Williams, Neale L. Fulton, Grace S. Garden
Filed: 30 May 18
Utility
System to Accelerate and Decelerate Aircraft for Take-off and Landing
16 Oct 19
A system for controlling aircraft movement includes a frame extending across a width of a runway.
Brett M. Hoffstadt, William A. Harkness, Royal E. Meservy
Filed: 25 Jun 19
Utility
Detecting Internal Short Circuits In Batteries
16 Oct 19
A battery management system (BMS) described herein determines the internal resistance for a cell that may have an internal short circuit.
Jimmy M. QUIAMBAO, James L. Peck
Filed: 23 Jun 19
Utility
Systems and Methods for Single Optical Fiber Data Transmission
16 Oct 19
Optical transmission systems and methods are provided herein.
Keith Jarett
Filed: 11 Apr 18
Utility
Avionics System Interface Electrical Connector
16 Oct 19
An electrical connector includes a first pass-through connector, a second pass-through connector, and a center portion coupled between the first pass-through connector and the second pass-through connector.
Michael James Allen
Filed: 10 Apr 18
Utility
Aircraft Compression Relief Rod
9 Oct 19
A tension-only member for a truss structure and a method of operating a vehicle with tension-only members is provided.
Chathura B. NANDALOCHANA, Mark E. WENTLAND, Joel A. BRUHNS, James W. HOSKINSON, Brendon T. RIPPE, Curtis WEN, Mona T. TAFESH
Filed: 23 Jun 19
Utility
Joint for a Metal Airplane Skin Using Metal Matrix Composite
9 Oct 19
A joint for a metallic skin structure includes a first end portion of the metallic skin structure and a second end portion of the metallic skin structure, wherein the first end portion and the second end portion of the metallic skin structure are secured together along a line of securement.
Paul S. Nordman
Filed: 4 Apr 18
Utility
Quester Evaluation Foir Additive Manufacturing of a Vehicle Part
2 Oct 19
A system for evaluating a measure of appropriateness of additive manufacturing (AM) to manufacture a vehicle part of a vehicle is provided.
Gail L. Bohnhoff-Hlavacek, Brent Louis Hadley, Patrick Jan Eames, Robert James Martin, Joseph Frank Floyd, Chul Young Park
Filed: 29 Mar 18
Utility
Structures Maintenance Mapper
2 Oct 19
Systems and methods are provide herein for enabling a computing system to search and interact with service records containing natural language text to aid in the analysis of those records by: clustering terms in natural language service records of a corpus of natural language service records related to a complex system based on term definitions in a knowledgebase; associating, based on a definition for the complex system that includes a coordinate system that describes the complex system, the clustered terms with the coordinate system for the complex system; generating an issue map for a given natural language service record of the corpus, wherein the issue map identifies the clustered terms in the given natural language service record and associated locations for the clustered terms according to the coordinate system for the complex system; and associating the issue map to the given natural language service record of the corpus.
Sara WEINSTEIN, Christopher ROGERS
Filed: 28 Mar 18
Utility
Vehicle Anomalous Behavior Detection
2 Oct 19
A vehicle includes a first system, a first sensor, a second sensor, and a processor.
Jeffrey A. Schmitz, Eric L. Nicks, John Boggio, Liessman Sturlaugson
Filed: 27 Mar 18
Utility
Aircraft Maintenance Condition Detection
2 Oct 19
A device includes a transceiver, a processor, a network interface, and a display interface.
Allan D. Bailey, Thomas G. Valentine, James J. Tusick, Daniel P. Paulat
Filed: 26 Mar 18
Utility
Connector for Establishing an Electrical Connection with Terminal Blocks
2 Oct 19
A connector for establishing an electrical connection with a plurality of terminal blocks may include a fixture and a plurality of electrical contacts attached to the fixture.
John A. Roecker
Filed: 28 Mar 18
Utility
Apparatuses for Coupling Threaded Fasteners
2 Oct 19
A rotary-drive sub-assembly includes a tool, a tool retainer, and a retaining member.
Dennis R. MATHIS, Jason KERESTES, Rachel M. CHOW
Filed: 18 Jun 19
Utility
Health Monitoring of Aircraft Landing Gear Mechanical Structures
2 Oct 19
Methods and systems are provided that facilitate the maintenance of levered landing gears by monitoring the condition of the stop pads of such landing gears.
John J. DONG, Mark N. SIMPSON, Roland HINTON, Naveed HUSSAIN
Filed: 29 Mar 18
Utility
Aircraft with Strut-braced Wing System
2 Oct 19
An aircraft includes a body, a wing coupled to and extending from the body, and a strut.
Neal A. Harrison, Anthony J. Sclafani, Christopher K. Droney, Lie-Mine Gea, David S. Lazzara
Filed: 27 Mar 18
Utility
Biasing Cryogenic Feedline Installations to Eliminate Braided Hose Distortions and Extend Useful Life of Braided Hoses
2 Oct 19
The present disclosure relates to the construction and use of feedlines in temperature-biased systems that include counter-biased hoses.
Tony DI CARLO, Richard TOPF
Filed: 29 Mar 18