288 patents
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Utility
Controlling Aircraft to Avoid Terrain Obstacles Using Reduced Order Closed Loop Models
14 Sep 23
This disclosure relates to apparatuses, systems, and methods for controlling an aircraft.
Navid Dadkhah Tehrani, Kwok K. Cheng
Filed: 9 Mar 22
Utility
Harmonic Control Actuator for Aircraft
14 Sep 23
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
External Power Safety Alert for a Vehicle
14 Sep 23
Systems and methods for alerting reverse current conditions of vehicle charging systems.
Stephen B. Povroznik, III, Timothy R. Budd, James R. Malo
Filed: 8 Mar 22
Utility
Control Surface Support for an Aircraft
17 Aug 23
An aircraft includes a main body having an empennage, a main rotor assembly mounted on the main body, and a movable control surface assembly supported on the empennage.
Trevor A. Zook, Jason Quevedo, Ken Chu, David Tam
Filed: 15 Feb 22
Utility
Collapsible Spar Mandrel
10 Aug 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: 17 Apr 23
Utility
Compact Propeller Blade Retention Assembly
10 Aug 23
A rotor blade retention assembly is configured to connect a rotor blade to a central hub comprising a hub arm coupled to and extending radially outward from a hub bowl.
Evan S. Tobin, Daniel George Schuster, David N. Schmaling, Evan Medrano, Masruk Siddique, Erik M. Byrne, James Orbon
Filed: 4 Feb 22
Utility
Power-data Nodes for an Aircraft System
10 Aug 23
Systems and methods for power and data distribution on an aircraft.
Robert F. Longley, John Chellgren, Christopher Patrick Sullivan
Filed: 10 Feb 22
Utility
Collision Prevention Flight Control Mode
3 Aug 23
Systems and methods for controlling an aerial vehicle to avoid obstacles are disclosed.
Anthony J. Smith, Navid Tehrani Dadkhah, Michael Gregory Todd
Filed: 1 Feb 22
Utility
Self Pressurizing Bladder Tooling
27 Jul 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
Deadband Control for an Aircraft
27 Jul 23
A method of operating an aircraft based on movement of a control stick.
Leonard Wengler, Matthew T. Luszcz
Filed: 24 Jan 23
Utility
Core Material for Balanced Rotor Blade
20 Jul 23
A method of forming a balanced rotor blade assembly includes measuring a weight of a plurality of sub-components of the rotor blade assembly excluding a core.
Eric Cotton, Aaron Daniels
Filed: 9 Jan 23
Utility
Systems and Methods for Automation of Cockpit Switches
20 Jul 23
A cockpit switch device can include a pushbutton switch, a bi-stable relay and a toggle component.
Michael A. Connor, Jesse Elia Morzel, Marc A. Antonetz, Igor Cherepinsky
Filed: 18 Jan 22
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
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
Utility
Dynamic Electrical Load Control
4 May 23
A load control unit includes a first input terminal configured to receive power, a second input terminal configured to receive load information, a first output terminal configured to provide a first portion of the power to a first load, a second output terminal configured to provide a second portion of the power to a second load, a memory, and an electronic processor communicatively connected to the memory, first input terminal, the second input terminal, the first output terminal, and the second output terminal.
Christopher Patrick Sullivan, Melissa A. Baran, Matthew James Fogarty, Frederick L. Bourne
Filed: 28 Oct 21
Utility
Rotor Blade Non-counterbored Retention Assembly Via a Sliding Clamped Bushing
4 May 23
A rotor blade retention assembly includes a central hub, a rotor blade including an upper outer surface, a lower outer surface, a blade hole, and a proximal end coupled to the central hub, a strap member extending along a portion of the rotor blade such that a distal end receiving portion extends into the blade hole, and a retainer assembly disposed within the blade hole and coupled to the strap member.
Daniel George Schuster, Evan S. Tobin, David N. Schmaling
Filed: 3 Nov 21
Utility
Actuation System for Cockpit Control Levers
27 Apr 23
An actuation system for an aircraft can include an actuator and a plurality of clutches connected to and structured to be moved by the actuator.
Michael A. Connor, Igor Cherepinsky, Christopher J. Marini, Nicholas Visinski, Ashley M. Currivan
Filed: 26 Oct 21
Utility
Multi-piece Bushing
27 Apr 23
A bushing assembly for a structure having a first aperture is provided.
Richard T. Bourque, Erik M. Byrne
Filed: 22 Oct 21
Utility
Modular Robotic Inspection System
27 Apr 23
In embodiments, systems and methods include using a modular robotic inspection system to inspect a tubular of a vehicle or building.
Christopher Lee Colaw, Adam Britton Cox, Matthew E. Galla, Yildirim Hurmuzlu, Jose Jaime Lafon, Francisco Joaquin Martinez, Edmond Richer
Filed: 26 Oct 21
Utility
Aperture Antenna Arrays With Aperture Mesh
13 Apr 23
Provided herein are various enhanced arrangements for arrays of aperture antennas, such as horn antennas or short backfire antennas.
Erik Lier, Paul Jeffrey Nelson
Filed: 11 Oct 21