940 patents
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Utility
Structural battery for an aircraft vehicle
18 Jul 23
A lightweight structure for a vehicle, in particular an aircraft, comprises a longitudinal member with a base web, which has a first busbar on a contact surface, and a cross member with a central web and a cross web extending transversely to the central web, the cross web being a first connecting conductor which extends in the area of a first end section of the cross member on a first surface and a second surface of the cross web oriented opposite to this, and a second connection conductor track which extends separately from the first connection conductor track at least on the first surface of the cross web.
Michael R. Eller, Roger A. Brewer
Filed: 18 Aug 21
Utility
Corona Prevention In High Power Circulators
13 Jul 23
A circuit assembly includes a sealable enclosure and at least one electronic circuit element contained within the sealable enclosure.
Kevin L. ROBINSON, Kenneth R. BOSWELL
Filed: 21 Mar 23
Utility
Method and system for retaining a fastener
4 Jul 23
An apparatus for securing a panel to a structure is provided.
William B. Buchanan
Filed: 23 Jan 20
Utility
Septumless OMT polarizer
4 Jul 23
A septumless polarizer is an OMT polarizer which is formed without a traditional thin septum which bridges the gap from the first assembly half to the second assembly half when the polarizer is split in the zero-current region of the rectangular waveguides (RHCP and LHCP ports).
Jason Stewart Wrigley
Filed: 10 Aug 20
Utility
Pressure relief shipping adapter for a bottle head assembly
4 Jul 23
In one embodiment, systems and methods include using a pressure relief shipping adapter to reduce the internal pressure of a container.
James Robert Moore, III, Mark S. Osborne
Filed: 17 Dec 20
Utility
Thin film optics
4 Jul 23
A method of manufacturing a thin film optical apparatus includes providing a substrate and applying an alignment layer over the substrate.
Joseph Robert Buck
Filed: 7 Jun 19
Utility
System and method for determining the real-time effect of ice accumulation on aircraft surfaces on angle of attack during flight
27 Jun 23
A system includes a plurality of sensors along a surface of an airfoil operable to measure a first set of ice thickness values at a first time and a second set of ice thickness values at a second time.
William Betush, Russell Guy Torti
Filed: 10 Aug 20
Utility
Methods for strain gauge temperature correction
27 Jun 23
A method includes identifying a plurality of measured strain gauge values of interest from a plurality of measured strain gauge values.
Manuel Torres, Garrett Michael Strickland
Filed: 5 Feb 21
Utility
Multisegment array-fed ring-focus reflector antenna for wide-angle scanning
27 Jun 23
A multisegment array-fed reflector antenna includes a feed array consisting of a number of subarrays and a multisegment reflector to reflect multiple beams of the feed array into a number of elevation angles.
Arun Kumar Bhattacharyya, Elie Germain Tianang, Alan Cherrette, Jonathan James Bennett
Filed: 10 Aug 20
Utility
Non rotationally constrained friction damper for drive shaft
23 May 23
An aircraft, damper assembly for an aircraft and method for reducing a vibration in a rotating shaft.
Emmett Emile Menair
Filed: 8 Feb 19
Utility
Method and apparatus for locating and forming fastener holes in a replacement tip section of a rotor blade
23 May 23
A system for regenerating fastener holes in a replacement tip section of a rotor blade includes a first fixture, a second fixture, and a third fixture positionable adjacent a tip section of the rotor blade.
Sven R. Lofstrom, Robert D. Higbie, Frank M. Caputo, Ryan Lehto, Timothy James Conti, Eric Charles Boyle
Filed: 22 Jun 21
Utility
Multi-speed gear box for a rotary wing aircraft
23 May 23
A gear system for a rotary wing aircraft includes a first gear including an inner gear portion having a first pitch and an outer gear portion having a second pitch that is distinct from the first pitch.
Bruce D. Hansen
Filed: 8 Jul 20
Utility
Monolithic fiber-lens array for communication and remote sensing
23 May 23
A monolithic fiber-lens array includes a number of optical fibers integrated into a fiber block and multiple lens elements integrated into a lens block.
Joseph Robert Buck, Jr.
Filed: 10 Feb 22
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Nonlinear incoherent combining of pulsed lasers
23 May 23
Multiple collimated laser beams can be arranged in a tightly packed non-overlapping array the goes through a telescope system to reduce the size of the beams and also the separation between the beam centers.
John Myron Ruppe, Bruce Gregory Tiemann
Filed: 4 Aug 21
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Stacked transparent pixel structures for electronic displays
23 May 23
In one embodiment, a pixel for an image sensor includes a first subpixel and a second subpixel.
Mark A. Lamkin
Filed: 10 Feb 21
Utility
Waveguide hybrid couplers
23 May 23
A TE20 launch guidance waveguide hybrid coupler includes a waveguide body, a cavity, a plurality of ports, and a bend along the H-plane.
Jason Stewart Wrigley, Mark Winebrand
Filed: 29 Sep 20
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Collapsible spar mandrel
16 May 23
According to an aspect, a method of assembling a mandrel includes assembling a plurality of members via interlocking features arranged at opposing edges of each member of the plurality of members to form a compartment, the assembled members having a collective outer surface that conforms to an inner surface of the spar.
Eric Dunn, Keith M. Schenone, Sven R. Lofstrom
Filed: 14 Jul 20
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Incapacitated Pilot Detection System
11 May 23
An aircraft pilot incapacitation detection system includes a controller configured to determine, based on an input received from a flight control computer, a current flight parameter.
Carl John Pankok, Nicholas Lepore, Geoffrey K. Marshall
Filed: 5 Nov 21
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Spacecraft mating mechanisms
9 May 23
Provided herein are various enhancements to spacecraft or other vehicles, including spacecraft docking mechanisms and vehicle mating systems.
Jonathan Michael Markcity, Christopher Leighton Brown
Filed: 1 Sep 20
Utility
Compact orthomode transducer assembly
9 May 23
An asymmetric, broadband, compact and low-PIM orthomode transducer comprised of two parts is presented.
Jason Stewart Wrigley
Filed: 9 Jun 21