940 patents
Utility
Multi-purpose Prop-rotor Spinner Arrangement
18 Jan 24
A propeller system for a tail section of an aircraft includes a propeller hub located at the tail section of the aircraft, a plurality of propeller blades mounted to and extending outwardly from the propeller hub, a propeller shaft coupled to the propeller hub and operable to rotate the propeller hub about an axis of rotation, and a propeller gearbox connected to the propeller shaft.
James Breen Orbon, James McCollough, Evan S. Tobin, Xiaole Xie, Jonathan Frydman
Filed: 26 Sep 23
Utility
Systems and methods for friction stir welding a cold plate
16 Jan 24
Methods and systems for providing a cold plate assembly include providing a base and a cover.
David James Munn, Leon E. Benjamin
Filed: 15 May 20
Utility
Blended Airspeed Technique for Helicopter Control at Low Airspeeds
11 Jan 24
A method for controlling a rotary wing aircraft includes determining a measured airspeed of the rotary wing aircraft based on data from a pitot probe, determining an estimated airspeed of the rotary wing aircraft based on rotor control commands, and determining a blended airspeed based on both the measured airspeed and the estimated airspeed.
Jay Benjamin Monahan, Erez Eller
Filed: 8 Jul 22
Utility
Backup oxygen supply bottle pressure measurement and leak test tool
9 Jan 24
In one embodiment, systems and methods include using a pressure measurement and leak test tool to measure the internal pressure of a container.
James Robert Moore, III, Mark S. Osborne
Filed: 12 Nov 20
Utility
Phase-controlled beam combiners
9 Jan 24
A heterodyne phase-controlled beam-combiner system includes a laser source, a first beam splitter, a plurality of phase modulators, a tiled array and an optical mixer.
Bruce G. Tiemann, Philip Gatt
Filed: 20 Feb 20
Utility
Ultrasonic cutting system and method
2 Jan 24
Systems and methods include using an ultrasonic cutter tool to cut a seal.
Linda Dao, Matthew Timothy McKee, Marquis Trevon Henderson
Filed: 9 Sep 21
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Spacecraft for aerospace mission
2 Jan 24
Methods and systems for implementing a Jupiter aerospace mission can enable delivery of a science payload to a Jupiter orbit on a direct Earth-to-Jupiter trajectory.
Joseph Paul Shoer, Jeffrey Allen Lewis, Brian Michael Sutter, Emily Elaine Boster, Timothy Michael Linn, Mark Andrew Johnson, Jarvis T. Songer, Edward Boneau Bierhaus, Weyman Albert Weems
Filed: 29 Jul 21
Utility
Harmonic control actuator for aircraft
2 Jan 24
A rotary blade aircraft includes an airframe, a rotor shaft driven about a rotor axis, and a plurality of rotor blades driven by the rotor shaft about the rotor axis.
William A. Welsh, Jason A. Satira
Filed: 24 Jan 22
Utility
System and method for providing a joint between parts of an object without compromising structural factors of the object
2 Jan 24
A joint system including a support device with a plurality of radial extensions extending in at least a first direction from the support device, each individual radial extension of the plurality of radial extensions terminating at a distal engagement end and a receiving device separate from the support device with a notch area to receive the distal engagement ends of each radial extension of the plurality of radial extensions and a contact area upon which a length of the radial extensions of the plurality of radial extensions engage when the distal engagement end of each radial extension of the plurality of radial extensions are engaged within the notch area.
John Westerberg, Jesse Rich Cannon
Filed: 8 May 20
Utility
Terrain Fusion Real-time Ray Tracing Optimization
28 Dec 23
Ray-tracing for terrain mapping is provided.
Jonathan Andrew Drosdeck
Filed: 23 Jun 22
Utility
Monolithic Attitude Control Motor Frame and System
28 Dec 23
A monolithic attitude control motor frame includes a monolithic structure including an outer surface of revolution and a plurality of side walls defining a plurality of cavities extending radially from the outer surface of revolution.
Wayne K. Schroeder
Filed: 7 Sep 23
Utility
Real Time Light-detection and Ranging Point Decimation
28 Dec 23
Real-time light-detection and ranging point decimation is provided.
Jonathan Andrew Drosdeck
Filed: 23 Jun 22
Utility
Eddie-bolt inspection tool
19 Dec 23
In one embodiment, systems and methods include using an eddie-bolt inspection tool to measure one or more eddie-bolts.
Alyssa Marie Terry, Steven Wade Miletto, Alondra Renee Guevara, Jack P. Golson, Dustin Loden
Filed: 18 Sep 20
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Passive Magnetic Shielding of Structures Immersed In Plasma Using Superconductors
14 Dec 23
A fusion reactor includes a fusion plasma reactor chamber.
Thomas J. McGuire
Filed: 29 Aug 23
Utility
Self pressurizing bladder tooling
12 Dec 23
A method of fabricating a composite structure includes laying at least one composite ply about a bladder, the bladder comprising a phase change material in a first phase having a first volume, positioning an outer mold about the bladder and the at least one composite ply, and curing the at least one composite ply to form the composite structure.
Jonathan K. Garhart
Filed: 24 Mar 23
Utility
Optical systems with controlled mirror arrangements
12 Dec 23
An optical system can include a mirror that reflects incoming light to a sensor for detection.
Brian James Howley, Michael L Tartaglia, Anthony C. Kowalczyk, Patrick Eliott Perkins, Alain Charles Carrier, Paul J. Suni, Bruce G. Tiemann, David Carl Sadighi
Filed: 23 Feb 22
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Storage vessels with fiber composite reinforcement
12 Dec 23
A storage vessel can include a shell that is formed by fibers wound about an axis and infused with a resin matrix.
Lawrence Francis Benninger, Mohammad Saiful Islam, Chun Hui Wang, Joseph Peter Calibeo
Filed: 22 Mar 22
Utility
Method, system and computer-readable storage medium for conducting on-demand human performance assessments using unstructured data from multiple sources
12 Dec 23
Embodiments include a method and system for conducting human performance assessment comprising memory devices for accessing and storing historical data from multiple sources of unstructured and structured assessment source data for a subject.
Lorie R. Ingraham, James H. Crutchfield, Jr.
Filed: 21 Aug 20
Utility
Aerodynamic Rotary Interface
7 Dec 23
A rotor assembly including a fixed fairing including an interface portion and a hub fairing including a depression.
Colin Kemater Bunting, Patrick Ormande Bowles, Peter F. Lorber, Brian Ernest Wake, Byung-Young Min
Filed: 7 Jun 22
Utility
Method of bonding a blade cuff to a rotor blade
5 Dec 23
A method of bonding a blade cuff to a rotor blade includes installing the blade cuff to a root end of the rotor blade.
Scott Oren Smith, David Littlejohn, Sven Roy Lofstrom
Filed: 15 May 20