649 patents
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Nonlinear incoherent combining of pulsed lasers
23 May 23
Multiple collimated laser beams can be arranged in a tightly packed non-overlapping array the goes through a telescope system to reduce the size of the beams and also the separation between the beam centers.
John Myron Ruppe, Bruce Gregory Tiemann
Filed: 4 Aug 21
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Stacked transparent pixel structures for electronic displays
23 May 23
In one embodiment, a pixel for an image sensor includes a first subpixel and a second subpixel.
Mark A. Lamkin
Filed: 10 Feb 21
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Waveguide hybrid couplers
23 May 23
A TE20 launch guidance waveguide hybrid coupler includes a waveguide body, a cavity, a plurality of ports, and a bend along the H-plane.
Jason Stewart Wrigley, Mark Winebrand
Filed: 29 Sep 20
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Collapsible spar mandrel
16 May 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: 14 Jul 20
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Spacecraft mating mechanisms
9 May 23
Provided herein are various enhancements to spacecraft or other vehicles, including spacecraft docking mechanisms and vehicle mating systems.
Jonathan Michael Markcity, Christopher Leighton Brown
Filed: 1 Sep 20
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Compact orthomode transducer assembly
9 May 23
An asymmetric, broadband, compact and low-PIM orthomode transducer comprised of two parts is presented.
Jason Stewart Wrigley
Filed: 9 Jun 21
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High volume flow management of cooling air
25 Apr 23
A flow management system for delivering air to a heat load of an aircraft includes a cover having an opening for receiving and directing an airflow, and a duct defining a non-linear fluid flow path.
Kevin S. Van Keuren, Donald W. Lamb, Jr., Jose A. Dasilva, Malick Daniel Kelly
Filed: 1 Nov 17
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Use of fiber optic strain sensors to monitor fastener damage in structures
25 Apr 23
A fastener health monitoring system includes a structure including a first component and a second component, one or more fasteners securing the first component to the second component, and an optical fiber arranged adjacent to the one or more fasteners.
Avinash V. Sarlashkar, Theodore S. Meyer, Matthew P. Harrigan
Filed: 27 Sep 17
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Self pressurizing bladder tooling
4 Apr 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: 25 May 21
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Partially submerged periodic riblets
28 Mar 23
In one embodiment, a method for reducing drag includes forming a smooth surface on a first portion of a physical object.
Brian R. Smith, Patrick J. Yagle, Paul Douglas McClure
Filed: 21 Aug 19
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Direct camera-to-display system
28 Mar 23
In one embodiment, an electronic display assembly includes a sensor array located on one side of a circuit board and an electronic display array located on an opposite side of the circuit board from the sensor array.
Mark A. Lamkin, Kyle Martin Ringgenberg, Jordan David Lamkin
Filed: 7 Feb 18
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Radio frequency (RF) system with RF isolation chambers and method of manufacture
21 Mar 23
A system includes a printed circuit board (PCB).
Andrew E. White, James J. LaFrance, Thomas J. Clark, Richard K. Andrews
Filed: 1 Oct 21
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Corona prevention in high power circulators
21 Mar 23
A method for preventing corona effects in an electronic circuit comprising applying a coating of a first material to a surface of the electronic circuit, and applying a second material having a dielectric constant that is lower than that of the first material on an exposed surface of the first material, wherein the second material comprises a solid dielectric.
Kevin L. Robinson, Kenneth R. Boswell
Filed: 18 Dec 19
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Extended laser active ranging system, method and computer readable program product
14 Mar 23
A system comprising non-transitory and tangible memory comprising program instructions for performing an extended laser active ranging (ELAR) procedure having a first mode and a second mode.
Andrew M. Downing
Filed: 6 Feb 19
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Information rate and quality-of-service configurations for end-to-end data flow in an NGSO satellite network
7 Mar 23
A communication system consists of a satellite constellation including a number of NGSO satellites, one or more gateways and a control center.
Dilip Shyamsundar Gokhale, Anshul Deepak Kantawala, Piya Seth Bhaskar
Filed: 4 Feb 20
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Marine traffic depiction for portable and installed aircraft displays
7 Mar 23
Systems and methods for detection and display of marine objects for an aircraft.
Roderick S. Duplin, Simon J. Gharibian, Robert S. Takacs, Christine Marie O'Connor
Filed: 20 Sep 21
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Autonomous aircraft local planning to avoid obstructions
28 Feb 23
A technique relates to autonomous obstacle avoidance.
Navid Dadkhah Tehrani, Brian Henri Le Floch, Ashish Bhatnagar, Suraj Unnikrishnan, Brian Scott MacAllister, Igor Cherepinsky
Filed: 8 Apr 20
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Fairing bond fixture
21 Feb 23
A bond fixture includes a support structure and a first assembly coupled to the support structure.
David Littlejohn, Sven Roy Lofstrom, Scott Oren Smith
Filed: 8 Apr 21
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Megapixel-resolution photonic integrated circuit based imager
21 Feb 23
A photonic integrated circuit (PIC)-based imager blade includes a number of PIC imager units stacked on top of one another.
Guy Chriqui, Alan L. Duncan, Gregory S. Feller, Chad E. Ogden
Filed: 5 Apr 19
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Power display for compound aircraft using shared engine torque
14 Feb 23
A power display of an aircraft having a main rotor system and a translational thrust includes a reference member, a first indicator arranged adjacent the reference member and operable to display a power being used by the main rotor system, and a second indicator arranged adjacent the reference member and operable to display a power being used by the translational thrust system.
William C. Fell, Jr., Jason E. Browning, Stacey Ann Sanchez, Kathryn P. Guy
Filed: 30 Apr 20