Patents by Inventor GE Aviation Systems, LLC

GE Aviation Systems, LLC has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • METHOD OF OPTICALLY LOCATING AND GUIDING A VEHICLE RELATIVE TO AN AIRPORT
    Publication number: 20140297168
    Abstract: A method of optically locating and guiding a vehicle relative to an airport having standardized signage where the method includes generating an image of at least a portion of the airport from an optical sensor mounted on the vehicle, determining the location of the vehicle, and providing guidance for operation of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2013
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: GE Aviation Systems LLC
    Inventor: GE Aviation Systems LLC
  • METHOD OF FORMING A GRID DEFINING A FIRST RELATIVE REFERENCE FRAME
    Publication number: 20140259706
    Abstract: A method of projecting into space, from a first object, a plurality of modulated lines to form a grid defining a first relative reference frame, the method includes simultaneously projecting into space from the first object a horizontal grid line and a vertical grid line to form a set of grid lines, modulating the horizontal grid line and the vertical grid line to carry first and second grid words, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: GE AVIATION SYSTEMS LLC
    Inventor: GE AVIATION SYSTEMS LLC
  • RAM AIR TURBINE GENERATOR WITH EXTERNAL ROTOR HAVING PERMANENT MAGNETS
    Publication number: 20140246858
    Abstract: A ram air turbine generator, for generating electrical power when the system is exposed to an airstream, includes a turbine having multiple blades and a rotor operably coupled to the blades and rotating about a shaft and stator mounted, such that rotation of the blades rotates the rotor, and the rotation of the rotor about the stator produces electrical power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: GE AVIATION SYSTEMS LLC
    Inventor: GE Aviation Systems LLC
  • METHODS FOR DETERMINING A FLIGHT PATH
    Publication number: 20140207365
    Abstract: Methods for determining a flight path for a data-collecting aircraft having a sensor may include defining a data-collecting area, subdividing the data-collecting area into zones, defining a waypoint for each of the zones to define a set of waypoints, and determining a flight path for the data-collecting aircraft incorporating the waypoints.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: GE Aviation Systems LLC
    Inventor: GE Aviation Systems LLC
  • ENGINE PYLON FOR AN AIRCRAFT
    Publication number: 20140151497
    Abstract: An engine pylon for attaching an engine to an aircraft, where the engine pylon includes a monolithic support structure having a body that includes multiple spaced bulkheads, multiple longerons connecting the bulkheads to define multiple bays and skins provided on the frame to at least partially enclose at least one of the multiple bays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: GE AVIATION SYSTEMS LLC
    Inventor: GE Aviation Systems LLC
  • APPARATUS FOR GENERATING POWER FROM A TURBINE ENGINE
    Publication number: 20130154359
    Abstract: An electrical architecture for an aircraft providing power for the aircraft by generating power from a high pressure spool and a low pressure spool of a turbine engine. The spools can be used to drive corresponding generators; the power from which can be used to supply the various loads of the aircraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: GE AVIATION SYSTEMS LLC
    Inventor: GE AVIATION SYSTEMS LLC
  • BREATHER APPARATUS ON ELECTROMECHANICAL ACTUATORS FOR AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20130118613
    Abstract: An actuator system and a method for assembling the same are provided. An actuator system includes a housing and a cap. The housing includes a cavity defined by the housing and an opening defined in a wall of the housing. The housing encases an actuator within the cavity. The cap is coupled to the housing to facilitate shielding the opening from a surrounding environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2012
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: GE AVIATION SYSTEMS, LLC
    Inventor: GE Aviation Systems, LLC