649 patents
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Snap alignment guard for nut plate ring
13 Jul 21
Disclosed herein is a snap alignment guard for a nut plate ring.
Aaron J. Bailey
Filed: 31 Oct 17
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Direct additive synthesis of diamond semiconductor
6 Jul 21
In an embodiment, a system includes a three-dimensional (3D) printer, a neutral feedstock, a p-doped feedstock, an n-doped feedstock, and a laser.
David Glen Findley
Filed: 10 May 18
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Modular high thermal capacity spacecraft
6 Jul 21
A modular spacecraft is provided.
Neil Evan Goodzeit, Herbert H. Vichnin, Matthew T. Gallen
Filed: 4 Apr 18
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Torque transfer across an air gap
6 Jul 21
In one embodiment, an aircraft includes a wing operable to fold along a wing fold gap.
Calvin Kao
Filed: 26 Jan 18
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Optical orbital angular momentum for remote sensing and communication
6 Jul 21
An optical orbital angular momentum (OAM) encoding system includes an optical source configured to generate a source light, an optical OAM encoder configured to encode the source light based on OAM modes to generate an encoded light, and an optical unit configured to direct the encoded light to a target.
Joseph Robert Buck, Jr.
Filed: 1 Jun 20
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Machine holding fixture for machining composite laminates on a rotor blade
29 Jun 21
A holding fixture includes a first blade support assembly and a second blade support assembly.
Sven Roy Lofstrom, David Littlejohn
Filed: 13 Aug 19
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Plasma creation and heating via magnetic reconnection in an encapsulated linear ring cusp
29 Jun 21
In one embodiment, a fusion reactor includes an enclosure, one or more internal magnetic coils suspended within an interior of the enclosure and co-axial with a center axis of the enclosure, one or more encapsulating magnetic coils co-axial with the center axis of the enclosure, the encapsulating magnetic coils having a larger diameter than the internal magnetic coils, one or more mirror magnetic coils co-axial with the center axis of the enclosure, and one or more magnetic reconnection coils co-axial with the center axis of the enclosure, wherein the one or more magnetic reconnection coils, when pulsed by a power source, are disposed to reconfigure one or more magnetic fields within the enclosure.
Thomas John McGuire
Filed: 23 Dec 19
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Polarization-based iris identification
22 Jun 21
The embodiments implement fraud-resistant biometric security based on polarization-based iris identification.
David R. Twede
Filed: 5 Mar 18
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Single collective stick for a rotary wing aircraft
22 Jun 21
An aircraft is provided including an airframe, an extending tail, and a counter rotating, coaxial main rotor assembly including an upper rotor assembly and a lower rotor assembly.
Kevin L. Bredenbeck, William Fell, Erez Eller
Filed: 30 Sep 15
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Methods and processes of forming gears
22 Jun 21
A method of manufacturing a part is provided.
Bruce D. Hansen
Filed: 14 Oct 19
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System and method employing low distortion and low loss switch with anti-series diodes
22 Jun 21
A switch comprising a first switching circuit assembly having a first pair of identical diodes in first anti-series configuration.
Dana W. Kintigh, Brian R. Dube, Laurence J. Richard
Filed: 14 Aug 19
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Multi-lenslet PIC imagers and packaging configurations
15 Jun 21
A dual-lenslet array photonic integrated circuit (PIC) imager includes a PIC and top and bottom substrate spacers.
Guy Chriqui, Chad E. Ogden, Richard L. Kendrick, Katherine Emily Badham
Filed: 27 Feb 19
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Method of assembling a composite spar removable mandrel
15 Jun 21
A method of constructing a mandrel generally complementary to a spar cavity of a spar includes connecting a first component and a second component to form a central space there between and inserting a center component within the central space such that the center component retains the first component and second component in a desired position forming an outer surface of the mandrel which corresponds to an inner surface of the spar cavity.
Corey D. Jones, Frank Caputo
Filed: 28 Jan 20
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Engine nacelle heat exchanger
15 Jun 21
A nacelle for an engine includes an exterior housing a least partially surrounding the engine.
Mark G. McGee, Robert Borovsky, Troy Don Brunson, Lori Kay Jackson, Devin A. Stacey, Carey F. Cox
Filed: 18 Apr 18
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Cable with nanoparticle paste
8 Jun 21
A cable can be used to facilitate electrical connections between electrical components.
Randall Mark Stoltenberg, Alfred Zinn
Filed: 25 Jul 17
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Narrow-band IoT and LTE over satellite
8 Jun 21
A satellite communication system includes a satellite, a satellite base station, and a user device.
Xiangdong Liu, Dilip S. Gokhale, Suresh K. Iyer, Muthuthamby Sreetharan
Filed: 4 Dec 19
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Method for thermally correcting data obtained through strain gauges mounted to a surface
8 Jun 21
An instrumentation system for use with a component formed from a first material having non-uniform coefficients of thermal expansion includes a first sensing system configured to be mounted to the component to sense temperature and mechanical forces on the component, and a thermally compensating coupon configured to be mounted to the component adjacent the first sensing system.
Allen S. Carnicke, Elias John Ervin, Blerand Qeriqi
Filed: 4 Jun 19
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Dual rotor, rotary wing aircraft
1 Jun 21
An aircraft is provided and includes an airframe, an extending tail, a counter rotating, coaxial main rotor assembly including an upper rotor assembly and a lower rotor assembly, a translational thrust system positioned at the extending tail, the translational thrust system providing translational thrust to the airframe, at least one sensor and at least one inertial measurement unit (IMU) to sense current flight conditions of the aircraft, an interface to execute controls of a main rotor assembly in accordance with control commands and at least one flight control computer (FCC) to issue the control commands.
Kevin L. Bredenbeck, Bryan S. Cotton, Kenneth C. Arifian, Erez Eller, Matthew T. Luszcz
Filed: 29 Sep 15
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Self pressurizing bladder tooling
1 Jun 21
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: 17 May 18
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Tip jet orifice for aircraft brown out mitigation
25 May 21
A rotor blade for a rotary aircraft is disclosed.
Mark W. Scott, Daniel Caleb Sargent
Filed: 24 Oct 16