649 patents
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Scissorless swashplate uniball
20 Sep 22
A swashplate assembly of a rotary wing aircraft includes a first component, a second component arranged concentrically with the first component, and a bearing disposed between the first component and the second component.
John C. Cox
Filed: 14 Jul 20
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Interactive electronic checklists for autonomous aircraft
20 Sep 22
A technique relates to interactive aircraft operation.
Margaret MacIsaac Lampazzi, Carl John Pankok, Jr., Igor Cherepinsky
Filed: 8 Jul 20
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Independent control for upper and lower rotor of a rotary wing aircraft
13 Sep 22
An aircraft is provide including an airframe, an extending tail, and a counter rotating, coaxial main rotor assembly including an upper rotor assembly and a lower rotor assembly.
Erez Eller, Matthew A. White, David H. Hunter
Filed: 30 Sep 15
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Automatic envelope limiting based on detected hydraulic failures
13 Sep 22
A rotary-wing aircraft and system for flying a rotary-wing aircraft.
Christopher A. Thornberg, Derek H. Geiger, Joseph T. Driscoll, Ole Wulff
Filed: 6 Sep 17
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System, method, computer readable medium, and viewer-interface for prioritized selection of mutually occluding objects in a virtual environment
13 Sep 22
A computer-implemented method comprising determining, by the processor, a set of objects of the plurality of objects having the shared coordinates (XS, YS) and at a location along the depth direction (ZS); and prioritizing, by the processor, an object from the set of objects based on at least two of metadata of the set of objects, screen areas of the set of objects, transparency of the set of objects, and opaqueness of at least one object of the set of objects currently displayed to improve the selection of at least one of mutually occluded objects and mutually partially occluded objects in the virtual environment.
Jonathan E. Vathauer, Brandon P. Genesi
Filed: 9 Apr 18
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Gradient-index lens for aperture-constrained arrays and system, apparatus, and method thereof
13 Sep 22
A gradient-index (GRIN) lens comprises an input surface defined by a body configured to receive electromagnetic (EM) waves from an aperture-constrained array; and an output surface defined by the body configured to output phase-aligned EM waves based on the received EM waves from the aperture-constrained array.
Joshua W. Withrow, John P. Barrett
Filed: 10 Apr 20
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Distributed incorruptible accordant management of nonlocal data fusion, unified scheduling and engage-ability
13 Sep 22
A system and method that uses scheduling problems as proof of work in a blockchain system, and that evaluate schedules based on a physics model and a timeline.
Mauro Joseph Sanchirico, Ryan Ceresani
Filed: 26 Jul 19
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Randomized spring array for electrical separation interface
13 Sep 22
An electrical interface can include one or more connector devices that facilitate communication between components while they are connected.
Ronald Elwood Deppen, Lynn Carol Cain, Tiffany Phayvanh Chanthavong, Jeffrey John Bank, Spencer Keith Connor
Filed: 28 Jan 20
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Lightweight low drag rotor pitch beam
6 Sep 22
A pitch beam movable by a pitch change shaft to adjust a pitch of at least one rotor blade of a rotor system via a pitch linkage includes a first surface having a generally planar configuration, a smooth second surface disposed opposite the first surface, and a sidewall extending between the first surface and the second surface.
Eric Dunn, Joseph Nathan Hull
Filed: 20 Jan 20
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Ballonet measurement systems and methods
6 Sep 22
An airship includes a ballonet, a ballonet tracking system, and a vehicle management system.
James Dakota Walker, Louise Kathryn Moores, Clinton Jullens
Filed: 19 Apr 19
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Surface precision defect shaver
30 Aug 22
An apparatus for precision shaving is provided.
Kevin Aaron Coffey, Stuart C. Street, Steven E. Twaddle, William Lynn Jenkins
Filed: 13 May 20
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Method to determine airborne lidar installation angles using ground returns and INS/GPS data
30 Aug 22
A system for determining airborne light detection and ranging (lidar) installation angles includes an airborne platform, a light detection and ranging (lidar) apparatus, a navigation system and a processor.
Keith Stabler Barr, Philip Gatt, Derek Andrew Hutton
Filed: 16 Sep 19
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Pin side edge mount connector and systems and methods thereof
30 Aug 22
A printed circuit board (PCB) device including one or more insulating layers and one or more conducting layers arranged to form a layer stack; and one or more blind holes disposed along a side edge of the layer stack and parallel to a plane of the layer stack.
Samuel Muen Shyu, Raymond Yu, Robert James Hill
Filed: 26 Jan 21
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Spherical mobility system
23 Aug 22
A rover can include a spherical shall and an avionics hub.
Joshua William Ehrlich
Filed: 17 Jan 20
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Reflector antenna with minimal focal distance and low cross-polarization
23 Aug 22
A reflector antenna includes a reflector, a feed, and a beamforming network.
Mark Winebrand, Jason Stewart Wrigley
Filed: 19 Oct 20
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Integration of real time metadata in the evaluation of landing zones
16 Aug 22
A technique relates to evaluating autonomous landing of an aircraft.
Jonathan K. Garhart
Filed: 18 Dec 19
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Transmitting power and data together in a rotorcraft using a slip ring assembly
16 Aug 22
A computer-implemented method and system for transmitting power and data together in a rotorcraft using a slip ring assembly is disclosed.
Aaron Kellner, William A. Welsh, Christopher M. Sutton
Filed: 29 May 18
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Multi-resolution regionalized data transmission
16 Aug 22
According to certain embodiments, reducing data signal bandwidth comprises receiving a multi-resolution image having a plurality of concentric regions that each have a different level of resolution, where the regions closer to the center having greater levels of resolution.
Mark A. Lamkin, Kyle Martin Ringgenberg, Jordan David Lamkin
Filed: 14 Aug 20
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Hosted, compact, large-aperture, multi-reflector antenna system deployable with high-dissipation feed
26 Jul 22
A hosted multi-reflector antenna system includes a primary reflector, a subreflector, an aperture, a feed structure and an anti-jam housing.
Bronson Murray, Spencer Keith Connor
Filed: 13 Jan 21
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HMN unit cell class
26 Jul 22
In one embodiment, a system includes a ground layer, a first layer, a second layer, and a plurality of vias.
David Byron Borlaug
Filed: 3 Oct 19