288 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
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
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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
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28 Dec 23
Ray-tracing for terrain mapping is provided.
Jonathan Andrew Drosdeck
Filed: 23 Jun 22
Utility
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28 Dec 23
Real-time light-detection and ranging point decimation is provided.
Jonathan Andrew Drosdeck
Filed: 23 Jun 22
Utility
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14 Dec 23
A fusion reactor includes a fusion plasma reactor chamber.
Thomas J. McGuire
Filed: 29 Aug 23
Utility
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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
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30 Nov 23
Systems and methods for automatically controlling landing gear responsive to detected aerial vehicle conditions.
Nicholas D. Lappos, Christopher A. Thornberg
Filed: 25 May 22
Utility
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23 Nov 23
Systems and methods for transitioning between rotor positions based on detected parameters of an aircraft.
Adam A. Leone, Stephen Kubik, Kevin Wrona, Benjamin J. Williamson
Filed: 18 May 22
Utility
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16 Nov 23
Systems and methods for communication in 4G and 5G broadband satellite networks are provided.
Xiangdong LIU
Filed: 13 Jul 23
Utility
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26 Oct 23
A drain assembly includes a drain tube and a flapper assembly.
Robert J. Andrejczyk, William DiMaggio
Filed: 22 Apr 22
Utility
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26 Oct 23
According to some embodiments, a method of nonlinear RF beamforming includes receiving a reference RF signal and computing linear beamformed signals.
Sean Christopher Banger, Mauro Joseph Sanchirico, III, Brandon Scott Liston
Filed: 24 Apr 23
Utility
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26 Oct 23
A handheld device and method for entering data and controlling functions of an aerial vehicle are disclosed.
Jason E. Browning, Elissa Sue Ciganik, Kathryn P. Guy
Filed: 21 Apr 22
Utility
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26 Oct 23
In one embodiment, systems and methods include using an ultrasonic cutter in a ground detection system to prevent damage to a substrate.
Christopher Sean McCrory, Matthew Timothy McKee, Matthew Short, Lance Cronley
Filed: 27 Jun 23
Utility
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12 Oct 23
A rotary wing aircraft includes a single main rotor hub configured to receive a rotor blade.
Byung-Young Min, Vera Klimchenko, Annie Gao, Alexander F. Dunn, Claude George Matalanis, Brian Ernest Wake
Filed: 28 Mar 22
Utility
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12 Oct 23
A rotor blade assembly for a rotary wing aircraft includes a main rotor blade body comprising an upper blade skin, a lower blade skin, an inboard end, an outboard end, and a trailing edge.
Matthew Walter DiPalma, Timothy James Conti, Claude George Matalanis
Filed: 6 Apr 22
Utility
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5 Oct 23
An apparatus for securing first and second skins to a core in a composite rotor blade includes an elongated member configured to be installed through a passage in the core of the composite rotor blade.
Kenneth F. Deyo, Andrew Paul Scott, Frank M. Caputo, William P. Fallon, JR.
Filed: 22 Dec 22
Utility
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28 Sep 23
A rotor blade assembly includes a rotor blade having inboard and outboard regions, a blade body, and an internal spar, the blade body defining leading and trailing edges.
Byung-Young Min
Filed: 28 Mar 22
Utility
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28 Sep 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: 12 May 23
Utility
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21 Sep 23
An aircraft includes an airframe, and a coaxial main rotor assembly including a static mast and an upper rotor assembly and a lower rotor assembly rotatable about a main rotor axis defined by the static mast.
Timothy F. Lauder, Mark W. Scott, Michael Strauss, Jonathan D. Hartman
Filed: 31 Aug 20