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
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
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
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
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
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
Automatic Emergency Landing Gear Extension System
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
Rotor Neutral Positions for an Aircraft
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
Random Access for Broadband 4G and 5G Over Satellite
16 Nov 23
Systems and methods for communication in 4G and 5G broadband satellite networks are provided.
Xiangdong LIU
Filed: 13 Jul 23
Utility
Inlet System with an Inboard Drain Assembly for a Rotorcraft Engine
26 Oct 23
A drain assembly includes a drain tube and a flapper assembly.
Robert J. Andrejczyk, William DiMaggio
Filed: 22 Apr 22
Utility
Systems and Methods of Nonlinear RF Beamforming
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
Cockpit Mission Controller with Integrated Keyboard
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
Ground Detection System for Ultrasonic Cutting
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
High Speed Rotor Blade Design
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
Removable Trailing Edge Assembly and System for Rotor Blade Trailing Edge Actuation
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
Securing Assembly for a Rotor Blade
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
Rotor Blade Using Adaptive Trailing Edge Assembly
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
Thin Film Optics
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
Electric Vertical Take Off and Landing Vehicle
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