Patents Assigned to AIR
  • System and method for mounting a component package on the front of a munition
    Patent number: 12228377
    Abstract: A mounting system is provided for mounting a forward package on the front of a munition. The front of the munition has a plate joined thereto with a beveled aft peripheral surface. The forward package includes a housing that has an aft portion defined by side walls that provides an opening at the rear of the housing. The aft portion of the housing is configured to fit around the periphery of the plate. Fasteners are provided that are engageable with the beveled surface, and are configured to temporarily hold the housing adjacent the forward surface of the plate while permitting rotational adjustment of the housing relative to the plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventor: Daniel Vu
  • Compound semiconductor substrate including nitride semiconductor layer having varying threading dislocation densities
    Patent number: 12230679
    Abstract: A compound semiconductor substrate has a Si (silicon) substrate, a first Al nitride semiconductor layer which is a graded layer formed on the Si substrate and whose Al concentration decreases as the distance from the Si substrate increases along the thickness direction, a GaN (gallium nitride) layer formed on the first Al nitride semiconductor layer and having a lower average Al concentration than the average Al concentration of the first Al nitride semiconductor layer, and a second Al nitride semiconductor layer formed on the GaN layer and having a higher average Al concentration than the average Al concentration of the GaN layer. The threading dislocation density at any position in the thickness direction within the second Al nitride semiconductor layer is lower than the threading dislocation density at any position in the thickness direction within the first Al nitride semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Air Water Inc.
    Inventors: Sumito Ouchi, Hiroki Sukuki, Mitsuhisa Narukawa, Keisuke Kawamura
  • Systems and methods for fleet management
    Patent number: 12230069
    Abstract: A system for electric aircraft fleet management for at least an electric aircraft is provided. The system includes a computing device communicatively connected to at least an electric aircraft, wherein the computing device is configured to receive measured data from the at least an electric aircraft, generate the aircraft performance model output as a function of the measured data, transmit the aircraft performance model output to a user, receive a flight plan from the user; and manage the at least an electric aircraft using the flight plan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: BETA AIR LLC
    Inventor: Vincent Moeykens
  • Rotating detonation combustor
    Patent number: 12228287
    Abstract: A rotating detonation combustor (RDC) and an associated system is disclosed herein. The RDC can be operably coupled with a vehicle to provide additional power capability over the primary motive power source. The RDC can be operated on demand to provide power to a turbine connected to an electrical power generator in some forms. The RDC can be used in stationary systems as well as moving vehicle systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: Michael Mcclearn, Riley Huff, John Hoke, Matthew Fotia
  • FILM FORMING METHOD
    Publication number: 20250051911
    Abstract: A film forming method for forming a film on a workpiece is disclosed including: supplying a source gas into a treatment container provided with the workpiece to adsorb the source gas on the workpiece, and then purging an inside of the treatment container with a first purge gas, and supplying a reaction gas into the treatment container after the source gas supply process to oxidize the source gas adsorbed on the workpiece, and then purging the inside of the treatment container with a second purge gas, in which for example, the source gas and a first catalyst gas are supplied to the treatment container in the source gas supply process, the reaction gas and a second catalyst gas are supplied to the treatment container in the reaction gas supply process, and the same or different non-aromatic amine gas are used as the first catalyst gas and the second catalyst gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicants: AIR WATER INC., KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fumio KAWASAKI, Keisuke NAGATA, Yasunori OTSUKA, Kimihiko NAKATANI, Yoshitomo HASHIMOTO, Yoshiro HIROSE
  • HOTAS throttle cover
    Patent number: 12221220
    Abstract: A flexible cover for an aircraft hands on stick and throttle. The cover has a top layer and bottom layer joined by a grid having a particular grid density range and Shore A hardness range providing flexibility in cold climates and frictional grip to remain on the throttle in hot climates. The cover has an irregular perimeter, matched to the irregular perimeter of the particular throttle of the aircraft. The cover may have an indicium to assist in proper placement on the throttle. The cover is unitary and fits in the map case of the cockpit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventor: Emil Wodicka, III
  • Apparatus and methods for a fuel-based flight indicator apparatus for an electric aircraft
    Patent number: 12221224
    Abstract: A fuel-based flight indicator apparatus for an electric aircraft is illustrated. The apparatus comprises a flight indicator and a computing device communicatively connected to the flight indicator, wherein the computing device is configured to receive a battery datum from a battery sensor located in the electric aircraft, receive an environmental datum from an environmental sensor located in the electric aircraft, determine an indicator datum as a function of the battery datum, the environmental datum, and a flight plan, and display the indicator datum on the flight indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: BETA AIR LLC
    Inventors: Alexander Hoekje List, Vincent Moeykens, Thomas Henck
  • Mobile air conditioner
    Patent number: 12222113
    Abstract: A mobile air conditioner includes a housing, an electric control box mounted at the housing, and a wire control assembly mounted at the housing. The wire control assembly includes an adapter mounted at the housing and connected to the electric control box, and a wire controller connected to the adapter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignees: GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Bowen He
  • Doped or alloyed materials and hot isostatic pressing method of making same
    Patent number: 12221394
    Abstract: A doped substrate having a substrate comprising at least one of a glass material, a single crystal material, a poly-crystalline material, a ceramic material, or a semiconductor material. The doped substrate includes a dopant comprising one or more transition metals, one or more rare earth elements, or a combination of both, the doped substrate characterized in that a spectral laser output of the doped substrate exhibits a nominally single frequency having a linewidth less than about 5 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: Gary Cook, Ronald W. Stites
  • Spiral valve for screw capacity control
    Patent number: 12221964
    Abstract: A spiral valve and a screw compressor having a compressor housing and the spiral valve are provided. The spiral valve includes an actuator module having an electric motor and a gearbox mechanically coupled to the electric motor to transmit a torque from the electric motor, and a spiral valve body coupled to the gearbox to rotate in response to the transmitted torque from the electric motor. The spiral valve body has a first shutter positioned to open and close one or more of a plurality of bypass ports formed in the compressor housing based on a rotational position of the second shutter, a second shutter positioned to progressively open and close a compressor inlet transfer duct formed in the compressor housing based on a rotation position of second shutter, and a gap formed between the first and second shutters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Hitachi Global Air Power US, LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan D. Batdorff, Hideki Fujimoto, Don Weinkauf, Christian Vaughn
  • Networked communication rescue buoys
    Patent number: 12221192
    Abstract: A buoy, and systems and methods for rescuing people isolated on large bodies of water are disclosed. The buoy includes a remotely activatable device that is activatable when a signal is received from a remote source. The activatable device may be a signaling device, or an assistance device that is deployable by the buoy to assist in rescuing a person. A marine communication system formed by a number of spaced apart rescue buoys is also provided. A message or key other information can be transmitted to every buoy in the network via communication with just one buoy. The methods for rescuing people isolated on large bodies of water involve providing the network of communication buoys that can receive communications from the isolated person's personal communication device, and then transmit a signal to remotely activate an activatable device in a buoy to assist in the rescue of the person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: William Erwin, Hayk Azatyan, Anthony Ligouri, Travis Rennich, David Shald, Adam Warren
  • Compact variable volume index valve for screw compressor background
    Patent number: 12221963
    Abstract: A screw compressor and a compact variable volume index valve therefore are provided. The compact variable volume index valve includes a linear valve member positioned adjacent a compression chamber outlet end of a compression chamber of the screw compressor, an actuator structure coupled to the liner valve member and oriented to move the linear valve member radially along the compression: chamber outlet end of the compression chamber to adjust a radial location where gas exits the compression chamber, wherein the actuator structure is coupled to a shutter of a spiral valve of the screw compressor such that the actuator structure moves the liner valve based on a position of the spiral valve of the screw compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Hitachi Global Air Power US, LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan D. Batdorff, Hideki Fujimoto, Christian Vaughn
  • Piston activated cartridge valves and the components thereof
    Patent number: 12222045
    Abstract: Valves, the components used to create valves and, more particularly, to piston-activated cartridge valves. The valves include cartridge valve assemblies having a housing and a slidable member. One end of the slidable member extends outward beyond the second end of the cartridge housing, and can be contacted by an actuator piston to open the valve. The interior surface of the cartridge housing and the sides of the slidable member are configured so that when the slidable member is in the open position, at least one fluid flow path is provided between the first and second openings of the cartridge housing so that fluid can flow either: (a) from the first opening to the second opening; or (b) from the second opening to the first opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventor: Edgar G Mendez
  • Systems and methods for mapping hardware FIFO to processor address space
    Patent number: 12222884
    Abstract: An apparatus for a microprocessor computer system and method for configuring the same where said microprocessor computer system comprises a processor core and at least one hardware buffer FIFO with memory-mapped head and tail that handles data movement among the processor cores, networks, raw data input and outputs, and memory. The method for configuring said microprocessor computer system comprises utilizing a FIFO auxiliary processor to process said data traversing said hardware FIFO; utilizing said hardware FIFOs to efficiently pipe data through functional blocks; and utilizing a FIFO controller to perform DMA operations that include non-unit-stride access patterns and transfers among processor cores, networks, raw data input and outputs, memory, and other memory-mapped hardware FIFOs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: Mark H. Linderman, Qing Wu, Dennis Fitzgerald
  • System and method for state determination of a battery module configured for use in an electric aircraft
    Patent number: 12221008
    Abstract: A system for state determination of a battery module configured for use in an electric vehicle. The system including a battery module including at least a battery cell, a sensor including a proximity sensor configured to detect a status datum corresponding to the battery module, a processor configured to receive the status datum from the sensor, generate a charge datum as a function of the status datum corresponding to the battery module, generate a health datum as a function of the status datum corresponding to the battery module, transmit the charge datum and the health datum, and a display configured to receive the charge datum and the health datum corresponding to the battery cell, and display the charge datum and the health datum corresponding to the battery cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: BETA AIR, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart Denson Schreiber, Peter Adam Gottlieb
  • Model aircraft
    Patent number: D1061329
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: KOREAN AIR LINES CO., LTD
    Inventor: Kenneth Chang
  • Fan
    Patent number: D1061851
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Vornado Air, LLC
    Inventors: Byron Loibl, Gregory Pease, Brian Cartwright, Anthony Fischer, Joshua Ayala
  • Battery pack
    Patent number: D1062598
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Zhejiang Rongpeng Air Tools Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiaorong Li, Fazheng Yang
  • Fan
    Patent number: D1063041
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Vornado Air, LLC
    Inventors: Byron Loibl, Brian Cartwright, Gregory Pease, Anthony Fischer
  • Fan
    Patent number: D1063043
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Vornado Air, LLC
    Inventors: Byron Loibl, Brian Cartwright, Gregory Pease, Anthony Fischer