649 patents
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Utility
Distributed storage management in a spaceborne or airborne environment
17 Aug 20
Systems, methods, and software described herein provide enhancements for managing data storage in a spaceborne or airborne platform.
Shaun B. Coleman, John Edward Metzger
Filed: 10 Jan 19
Utility
Nutplate preparation laser system
10 Aug 20
A system includes a laser configured to conduct a cleaning cycle that includes producing a laser beam capable of cleaning a faying surface of each of a plurality of nutplates, and conducting a first pass to clean each of the faying surfaces, wherein the laser is at a first position having a first angle relative to an axis orthogonal to the faying surfaces during the first pass.
David Haynes Coleman, Caroline Rebecca Mitchell, Michael Bryan Stoddard, Steven E. Twaddle
Filed: 22 Jun 17
Utility
Inlet guide vane control for aircraft single engine operation
10 Aug 20
A method of operating a multi-engine, rotary wing aircraft in a single engine, in-flight mode, the method includes stopping a first engine while operating a second engine; closing variable inlet guide vanes on the first engine; and turning a gas generator of the first engine at a reference rotational speed.
Joseph Lawrence Simonetti
Filed: 21 Mar 16
Utility
Trajectory control of a vehicle
10 Aug 20
A method of trajectory control for a vehicle includes obtaining an initial trajectory; presenting the initial trajectory as a current trajectory on an I/O device, the current trajectory presented overlaying terrain; initiating travel of the vehicle along the current trajectory; updating the current trajectory and the terrain in real time as the vehicle travels along the current trajectory; determining if change in the current trajectory is required; changing the current trajectory to an altered trajectory in response to determining change in the current trajectory is required; and presenting the altered trajectory on the I/O device, the altered trajectory presented overlaying the terrain.
Igor Cherepinsky, Harshad S. Sane
Filed: 9 Mar 16
Utility
Instrumentation composite integration system
10 Aug 20
According to an aspect, an apparatus is provided.
Nathaniel Dew, Jonathan K. Garhart
Filed: 24 Sep 18
Utility
Multi-apertured conduction heater
10 Aug 20
In one embodiment, a system includes a thermionic emitter and a heater at least partially surrounding the thermionic emitter.
Frans Hendrik Ebersohn, Randall James Sovereign, Regina Mariko Sullivan
Filed: 31 Jul 19
Utility
Variable geometry fuel sump pads
3 Aug 20
A fuel system for providing fuel to a downstream component includes a fuel tank container having a hollow interior for storing a volume of fuel and a fuel line fluidly coupling the hollow interior with the downstream component.
Robert S. Takacs, John S. Yerant
Filed: 8 Jul 18
Utility
Measurement system for aircraft, aircraft having the same, and method of measuring weight for aircraft
3 Aug 20
A system for weight measurement for an aircraft having a weight on wheels threshold between a flight mode and a ground mode includes a weight on wheels sensor arrangeable on a landing gear assembly of the aircraft, and a computing device receiving first detected data from the sensor related to strain on the landing gear assembly.
Michael G. Mastrianni, John H. Judge
Filed: 27 Feb 17
Utility
Blade chamfer tools
3 Aug 20
A tool for machining chamfers includes a tool body defining a first reference and a second reference configured for proper positioning of the tool body on a workpiece.
Sven R. Lofstrom, Ryan Lehto, Joshua Richards
Filed: 2 Oct 16
Utility
Connector assembly for rotor head swashplate
3 Aug 20
A connector assembly to connect a swashplate and a rotor shaft or hub is provided.
Lance Halcom
Filed: 28 Mar 16
Utility
Fly-by-wire retrofit kit
3 Aug 20
A method of retrofitting a mechanically controlled aircraft with a fly-by-wire system includes removing a mechanical links between mechanical pilot inputs and actuators operable to drive flight surfaces.
Michael Paul Baran, Igor Cherepinsky
Filed: 23 Feb 17
Utility
Flying wing vertical take-off and landing aircraft
27 Jul 20
A flying wing vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft includes an empennageless-fuselage from which foldable wings extend outwardly, an empennageless-nacelle supported on each of the wings and a rigid rotor propeller disposed on each empennageless-nacelle, each of the propellers being drivable to rotate about only a single rotational axis defined along a longitudinal axis of the corresponding empennageless-nacelle and being fully cyclically controllable.
Mark W. Scott, Colin Kemater Bunting
Filed: 18 Nov 15
Utility
Engine systems for rotorcraft
27 Jul 20
A rotorcraft includes at least one first engine operatively connected to a first rotor, and a second engine operatively connected to at least one of a second rotor or an electrical generator for driving an electrical system, wherein the second engine is a different size than the first engine.
Joseph L. Simonetti, Mark D. Bystry, Jr.
Filed: 14 Feb 17
Utility
Variable geometry engine inlet for high speed aircraft
27 Jul 20
An aircraft includes an airframe, an engine mounted to the airframe, and an engine inlet for receiving an ambient airflow and providing the ambient airflow to the engine.
Timothy F. Lauder
Filed: 23 May 17
Utility
Propeller rotor for a vertical take off and landing aircraft
27 Jul 20
A propeller blade is provided including a leading edge and a trailing edge.
Mark R. Alber
Filed: 21 Apr 14
Utility
Torsionally compliant geartrain carrier assembly
27 Jul 20
A gearbox assembly having a driven assembly includes a drive hub having gear posts, the drive hub being rotatable about an axis.
Matthew J. Karlak
Filed: 19 Feb 18
Utility
DNV magnetic field detector
27 Jul 20
A system for magnetic detection includes a nitrogen vacancy (NV) diamond material comprising a plurality of NV centers, a radio frequency (RF) excitation source configured to provide RF excitation to the NV diamond material, an optical excitation source configured to provide optical excitation to the NV diamond material, an optical detector configured to receive an optical signal emitted by the NV diamond material, and a controller.
Brian P. Boesch, Gregory Scott Bruce, Jeff D. Cammerata, David Nelson Coar, Laird Nicholas Egan, Bryan Neal Fisk, Wilbur Lew, Arul Manickam, Stephen Michael Sekelsky, John B. Stetson, Jr., Peter G. Kaup, Julie Lynne Miller, Jon C. Russo, Emanuel Solomon Stockman, Thomas J. Meyer, James Michael Krause, James P. Mabry, Elton Pepa
Filed: 4 Mar 18
Utility
System and method for calculating remaining useful life of a component
27 Jul 20
A system and method for determining a remaining useful life of a component, includes providing a usage and configuration information associated with the component, determining if a preexisting spall condition exists for the component, executing a spall initiation model for the component if the preexisting spall condition does not exist, wherein the spall initiation model provides a spall initiation life associated with the component by analyzing the usage and configuration information, executing a spall propagation model for the component, wherein the spall propagation model provides a spall propagation life associated with the component by analyzing the usage and configuration information, and providing a remaining useful life by integrating the spall initiation life and the spall propagation life.
Jeremy Sheldon, David Kasper, Garrett Argenna
Filed: 2 Mar 16
Utility
Method for predicting corrosion potential, monitoring contaminant load and optimizing corrosion maintenance
27 Jul 20
A corrosion management method is provided and includes storing an asset fleet at a location, generating a corrosion rate stressor by reference to models for any component of an asset of the asset fleet corresponding to the location and storage practice of the asset, predicting an accumulated corrosion stressor severity from the generated corrosion rate stressor, measuring an actual corrosion rate stressor at the location and revising the models in accordance with a difference between the predicted accumulated corrosion stressor severity and the measured actual corrosion rate stressor.
Carl Palmer
Filed: 29 Mar 16
Utility
Hub separation in dual rotor rotary wing aircraft
20 Jul 20
An aircraft includes an airframe; an extending tail; a counter rotating, coaxial main rotor assembly including an upper rotor assembly and a lower rotor assembly; and a translational thrust system positioned at the extending tail, the translational thrust system providing translational thrust to the airframe; wherein a ratio of (i) the hub separation between the hub of the upper rotor assembly and the hub of the lower rotor assembly to (ii) a radius of the upper rotor assembly is between about 0.1 and about 0.135.
Steven D. Weiner, Mikel Brigley, David H. Hunter
Filed: 27 Sep 15