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Utility
Pneumo-Mechanical Landing Gear Deployment System and Method
4 Jan 24
A pneumo-mechanical landing gear deployment system includes a dual-stage handle operatively connected to a pressurized tank, a nose landing gear pneumatically connected to the pressurized tank, and a main landing gear pneumatically connected to the pressurized tank.
Donald Edward Hill, Michael R. DePinto, Matthew J. Allmond, Michael Troy Heeren, Dennis Scarberry
Filed: 30 Jun 23
Design
Aircraft landing-gear step
2 Jan 24
Paul Charles Griffiths, Steven Loveland, Allen Brittain
Filed: 3 Jan 19
Utility
Sliding panel for download alleviation on high-speed VTOL aircraft
2 Jan 24
A wing apparatus and aircraft are described providing greater maneuverability and efficiency for vertical takeoff and landing vehicles.
Christopher E. Foskey, Ryan Q. Dunham
Filed: 1 Nov 21
Utility
Integrated gearbox lockout device
2 Jan 24
Methods and systems are described for a gearbox lockout device.
Matthew M. Wilcox, Jacob P. Speed, Cody C. Anderson
Filed: 10 Aug 22
Utility
Honeycomb Core Sandwich Panels
28 Dec 23
In accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure, a method for manufacturing a honeycomb core sandwich panel includes placing a thermoset facesheet in contact with a thermoplastic honeycomb core without using a separate adhesive and attaching the thermoset facesheet to the thermoplastic honeycomb core by using a curing profile comprising a temperature that is lower than a gel point temperature of the thermoset facesheet and higher than a softening point temperature of the thermoplastic honeycomb core.
Suvankar Mishra, Robert Mark Chris, Michael D. Ishmael, Ronald J. Turner
Filed: 11 Sep 23
Utility
Automated Tape Layering for Conical Composite Components
28 Dec 23
Techniques for providing a conical composite involve receiving a starting portion of a tape from a tape supply, the tape having a first tape edge and a second tape edge.
Michael Robert Favaloro
Filed: 15 May 23
Utility
Antispark Battery Connector
28 Dec 23
In an embodiment, a battery connector includes: power terminals configured to be coupled to a load having an input capacitance; power pins electrically coupled to the power terminals; a charge pin, the charge pin being longer than each of the power pins; and an antispark circuit electrically interposed between the charge pin and the power terminals, the antispark circuit including: a dissipation circuit configured to charge the input capacitance of the load in response to a battery being coupled to the charge pin; and a delay circuit configured to delay charging of the input capacitance of the load for a predetermined duration after the battery is coupled to the charge pin.
Jason Brown, Kynn J. Schulte
Filed: 11 Sep 23
Utility
Augmented Reality System for Pilot and Passengers
21 Dec 23
The present invention achieves technical advantages as an aircraft having an augmented reality flight control system integrated with and operable from the pilot seat and an associated pilot headgear unit, wherein the flight control system is supplemented by flight-assisting artificial intelligence and geo-location systems.
Jeremy Robert Chavez, Levi Bilbrey, James R. Williamson
Filed: 31 Aug 23
Utility
Proprotor Lockout Systems for Tiltrotor Aircraft
21 Dec 23
A lockout system for an aircraft having a rotor assembly.
Grant Michael Beall, Kyle Thomas Cravener, Brady Garrett Atkins, Gilberto Morales
Filed: 26 May 22
Utility
Door Flag
21 Dec 23
A flag mechanism for an aircraft door includes a first arm and a second arm each having a flag on a first end and a catch on a second end.
Richard Stoddard Conkling, Evan M. Johnson, Joseph Allan Smarsh
Filed: 21 Jun 23
Utility
Door Latch Positioning Mechanism
21 Dec 23
A latch positioning mechanism for an aircraft door includes one or more locking members configured to be partially driven into a frame around the door via rotation of a pivot pin.
Richard Stoddard Conkling, Evan M. Johnson, Joseph Allan Smarsh
Filed: 21 Jun 23
Utility
Tandem Split Divergent Winglet
21 Dec 23
A tandem split divergent winglet for an aircraft includes a forward sail extending from an outboard end of a wing of the aircraft having a cant angle in a first direction, and an aft sail extending partially from the forward sail and partially from the outboard end of the wing.
Gonzalo Eduardo Mendoza, Corey Wailes Hagemeister, Kelly Ray Laflin
Filed: 19 Jun 23
Utility
Slanted duct stators
19 Dec 23
A ducted-rotor aircraft includes a fuselage and first and second ducts that are coupled to the fuselage.
Karl Schroeder, Jonathan Knoll, George Matthew Thompson
Filed: 31 Dec 19
Utility
Foldable aircraft
19 Dec 23
One embodiment is an aircraft including a main body, a plurality of propulsion assemblies, and a plurality of hinges, wherein each of the plurality of propulsion assemblies is rotatably coupled to the main body using a hinge from the plurality of hinges.
Kip Gregory Campbell
Filed: 28 Dec 20
Utility
Fuel Cell and Method of Forming a Fuel Cell
14 Dec 23
A fuel cell includes a flexible body and first and second fittings attached to the flexible body.
David A. Pettey, Richard Fox, Allen S. Pettey
Filed: 10 Jun 22
Utility
Downstop load sensing system
12 Dec 23
Embodiments are directed to a tiltrotor aircraft having a wing, a proprotor pivotably mounted on the wing, and a downstop striker attached to the proprotor using a load pin, wherein the load pin is configured to generate an output signal representing a force between the proprotor and the wing.
Evan Butler Bennett, George Ryan Decker, Thomas Earl Johnson
Filed: 24 Feb 21
Utility
Failsafe parking brake manual override
12 Dec 23
An overridable failsafe brake apparatus for a vehicle is provided.
Zachary Edward Sawyer, Forrest Joel Tripp
Filed: 5 Mar 21
Utility
Elastomeric Strain Gauge Load Sensors
7 Dec 23
A load sensor includes a compressible body positionable between two surfaces.
David Frank Haynes, Philip Reese Boyer
Filed: 16 Aug 23
Utility
Articulating Bifurcated Integrated Transition Duct Assembly
7 Dec 23
A transition duct assembly includes a shared connector, and a plurality of primary cooling pathways for cooling one or more systems or components.
Keith David Weaver, Michael Pujol, Andrew Jordan Birkenheuer, Nicholas Plagianos, Karl Burge, Thomas Mast
Filed: 14 Aug 23
Utility
Multilayer Hose and Associated Method
7 Dec 23
In certain embodiments, a hose includes an inner tube, a filler material, and an outer cover.
Edmund Bard, David A. Pettey
Filed: 22 Aug 23