649 patents
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Homopolar turbine
24 May 22
In one embodiment, a turbine includes a shaft and a turbine stage coupled to the shaft.
Patrick Daniel Noyes
Filed: 7 Oct 19
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Bond fixture for composite splice fairing assembly
17 May 22
A bond fixture includes a frame that defines a chamber for receiving a component.
Sven Roy Lofstrom, David Littlejohn, Scott Oren Smith
Filed: 11 Sep 19
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Rotor blade internal structure for trailing edge actuation
10 May 22
A rotor blade of a rotary wing aircraft includes a core defining a trailing edge of the rotor blade and a skin extending from the trailing edge defining an opening including the core.
Frank M. Caputo, Timothy James Conti, Claude G. Matalanis
Filed: 16 Apr 20
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Apparatuses, systems, and methods for latching objects
10 May 22
In one embodiment, a system includes a first object, a second object, and a latch.
Brittany Michelle Weidner, Pat G. Vitztum
Filed: 30 May 19
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Actuator system for a fly-by-wire aircraft
26 Apr 22
An actuator system for an aircraft includes an actuator, and a control valve system operatively connected to the actuator.
David Anthony DeFusco
Filed: 11 May 18
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Digital grip gauge with shaped tip
26 Apr 22
In an embodiment, an apparatus includes one or more probes, a tip, a pin, and a measurement device.
Jonathan Richard Olson, Tyler Martin Rup, Philip Michael Chovanec, Matthew Timothy McKee, Alondra Renee Guevara, Carl Bargainer, Glynn Bartlett, Thomas E. Lyons, Jr., J. Mark Major, Ryan McBee, Paul Wood, Stephen L. Wiedmann
Filed: 30 Mar 20
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Thermal protection system for lightweight hypersonic missile fin
19 Apr 22
Thermal barrier coatings for substrates comprising titanium.
Thomas Christian Stinnett
Filed: 17 Jan 20
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Hingeless helicopter rotor with high stiffness and low drag configuration
5 Apr 22
A hub assembly for a rotary wing aircraft having a rotor shaft which rotates about a rotational axis includes: a hub extender arm coupled to the rotor shaft; a pitch bearing that is disposed within and connected to the hub extender arm; and a rotor blade assembly having an inboard section disposed within the hub extender arm and connected to the pitch bearing; wherein the hub extender arm has an inboard cross-sectional area where coupled to the rotor shaft that is greater than an outboard cross-sectional area where coupled to the pitch bearing.
Pedro L. Cabrera, David N. Schmaling, Kenneth F. Deyo
Filed: 13 Aug 19
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Molecular sensing device
29 Mar 22
A molecular sensing device and method are described that include a microfluidics layer, a transduction layer fluidly connected to the microfluidics layer, and a transceiver layer electro-mechanically connected to the transduction layer.
Sanipa Koetsawasdi Arnold, Madiha Jamil Jafri, Paul L. Okun
Filed: 21 Sep 18
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Sensor system
29 Mar 22
A sensor system is provided.
Joshua D. Kitain, David J. Macannuco, Aaron P. Miller
Filed: 13 Feb 17
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Non-rigid blind mate connector system
29 Mar 22
In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a first connector portion and a second connector portion.
Travis E. Day, Kurt M. Chankaya
Filed: 6 Apr 20
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Multipaction-proof waveguide filter
29 Mar 22
A multipaction-proof waveguide filter includes a main cavity and a number of corrugations extending from the main cavity.
Jason Stewart Wrigley, Andrew Jason Kee
Filed: 10 Jul 20
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System for reliable landing gear contact with identification of the surface
22 Mar 22
A landing assembly and method of landing an aircraft.
Igor Cherepinsky
Filed: 7 Dec 18
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Harmonic trap filter using coupled resonators
22 Mar 22
A harmonic trap filter suppresses at least one harmonic signal produced by an amplifier and includes an input terminal and a ground terminal.
Kevin L. Robinson
Filed: 30 Sep 19
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Method of retrofitting a gear box assembly with an emergency lubrication system
22 Mar 22
A method of retrofitting a gear box assembly with an emergency lubrication system includes removing plugs from visual inspection ports of a gearbox housing, removing a breather from a breather port of the gearbox housing, and installing jet plugs into the respective visual inspection ports and breather port, wherein each jet plug includes a respective jet tube.
Anthony G. Chory, Erin Carter
Filed: 1 May 19
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Adaptive control of aircraft using structural health monitoring
15 Mar 22
A method for providing adaptive control to a fly-by-wire aircraft includes measuring via at least one first sensor a characteristic of at least one component of the aircraft and measuring via at least one second sensor a state of the aircraft.
Christopher A. Thornberg, Glen A. Knaust, Derek H. Geiger
Filed: 26 May 17
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Monolithic fiber-lens array for communication and remote sensing
15 Mar 22
A monolithic fiber-lens array includes a number of optical fibers integrated into a fiber block and multiple lens elements integrated into a lens block.
Joseph Robert Buck, Jr.
Filed: 24 Jun 20
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Vortex generators for turbine engine exhaust
8 Mar 22
An exhaust system for an engine includes an exhaust nozzle located adjacent an outlet end of the engine to receive a primary flow of exhaust gasses expelled from the engine, an inlet opening formed between the exhaust nozzle and the outlet end of the engine through which a secondary flow is provided to the exhaust nozzle, and a vortex generator arranged within the exhaust system at a position where both the primary flow and the secondary flow are present.
Joseph Lawrence Simonetti, Donald W. Lamb, Jr., Patrick Ormande Bowles
Filed: 19 Jul 18
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Wide scan phased array fed reflector systems
1 Mar 22
Systems and methods are provided for wide scan phased array fed reflector systems using ring-focus optics to significantly improve the scan volume of such systems.
Thomas Henry Hand, Arun Kumar Bhattacharyya, Joseph M. Torres, Scott Alan Lundgren, Konrad J. Gojara, Grayeme Everett Platt
Filed: 19 Dec 18
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Management of sensor data collected across sensor nodes
1 Mar 22
Systems, methods, and software described herein manage data from spaceborne and airborne nodes.
Senthilkumar Narayanasamy, John Edward Metzger, Shaun B. Coleman
Filed: 12 Apr 19