Patents Assigned to BAE Systems plc
  • A RECONNAISSANCE AND COMMUNICATION ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20220316847
    Abstract: According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a reconnaissance and communication assembly, adapted to be launched from a gun barrel into the air. The assembly comprises a carrier (with a cavity) and a payload (within the cavity). The payload is arranged to be controllably expelled from the carrier and once expelled from the carrier, the payload transmits a signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS plc
    Inventors: Andrew Michael Carr, Timothy Keith Girling, Murray Thomson
  • VEHICLE CONTROL
    Publication number: 20220315208
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a control system for a vehicle, comprising: at least one compressor arranged to generate compressed fluid having a massflow rate; at least one fluidic control effector in fluidic communication with the at least one compressor and arranged to change the direction of travel of the vehicle when the compressed fluid is incident on the at least one fluidic control effector; a dump duct for expelling excess compressed fluid not delivered to the at least one fluidic control effector out of the vehicle; a dump valve for controlling the massflow rate of compressed fluid delivered to the dump duct; and a controller electrically coupled to the dump valve and configured to adjust the dump valve. The present disclosure also relates to an aircraft having the control system and a method of controlling a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: BAE Systems plc
    Inventors: Clyde Warsop, Ian Lunnon, William James Crowther
  • WAVEGUIDE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING A WAVEGUIDE MASTER GRATING TOOL
    Publication number: 20220317347
    Abstract: There is provided a method for fabricating a waveguide master grating imprint tool. The method comprises: coating a substrate with at least one photoresist layer; selectively exposing a first diffraction grating master profile onto a first area of the at least one photoresist layer; selectively exposing a second diffraction grating master profile onto a second area of the at least one photoresist layer; and processing the substrate to form the first diffraction grating master profile and the second diffraction grating master profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS plc
    Inventor: Stephen Paul Mason
  • Hybrid coupler
    Patent number: 11462812
    Abstract: A hybrid coupler for dividing an input electrical signal to produce first and second output electrical signals which are substantially out of phase, the hybrid coupler including an input port for receiving the input electrical signal, and an input line for coupling the input electrical signal to a slotline. The hybrid coupler further includes an output line for coupling the first and second output electrical signals to a first output port and a second output port, respectively. The output line has a junction with the slotline. The hybrid coupler further includes a co-planar waveguide electrically connected to said output line and having a first end and an opposing second end, and defining, at the second end, a sum port configured to divert common mode signals received at said first and second output ports to said second end. The slotline transitions into the first end of the co-planar waveguide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: BAE SYSTEMS PLC
    Inventors: Mark Christopher Nguyen, Gareth Michael Lewis
  • Multi-aperture free-space optical communications receiver
    Patent number: 11463168
    Abstract: A multi-aperture free-space optical communications receiver comprises a plurality of telescopes each having a clear objective aperture with a diameter between 50 mm and 250 mm and arranged for receiving light collectively from an optical communications light source. A coherent combiner unit is configured for coherently combining the collectively received light to produce a combined optical signal therewith. Each telescope is arranged in association with, respectively, a wavefront detector to determine a wavefront of said received light directed to it by the respective telescope, a steerable reflector unit including a deformable mirror controllable to deform according to said determined wavefront such that said received light is reflected by the deformable mirror with a modified wavefront, and an optical signal receiver comprising a single-mode optical fibre.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: BAE SYSTEMS plc
    Inventors: Stephen Derek Finch, Michael Stewart Griffith, Andrew James Williams
  • AIRBORNE REDIRECTION UNIT FOR DEFLECTING A RADIO FREQUENCY ENERGY BEAM
    Publication number: 20220311146
    Abstract: An airborne redirection unit (ARU), for deflecting an RF energy beam, the ARU comprising: A canopy comprising a surface for slowing the rate of descent, A beam director supported at the canopy, the ARU being configured to focus the RF energy beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: BAE Systems plc
    Inventors: Nicholas Giacomo Robert Colosimo, Keith Antony Rigby, Christopher Charles Rawlinson Jones
  • PACKERS FOR USE IN AIRCRAFT ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20220306266
    Abstract: A packer for application to an aircraft airframe, the packer comprising: a sheet of material having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; and a plurality of voids defined through the sheet of material from the first surface to the second surface, thereby to provide that the sheet of material is flexible. The sheet of material may define a frame and a plurality of struts extending from one side of the frame to an opposite side of the frame. The frame and the struts may define, at least in part, the voids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: BAE Systems plc
    Inventor: Gregory Warren Thompson
  • EQUIPMENT ENCLOSURE
    Publication number: 20220312652
    Abstract: An equipment enclosure (1) for electromagnetically isolating an electronic device, the equipment enclosure 1 comprising a conductive housing (3) and a plurality of conductive sheets (5). Each sheet (5) includes an aperture (7). The sheets (5) are stacked in a spaced-apart relationship within the housing (3) thereby defining a plurality of electromagnetically-isolated cavities (9) each within a respective Faraday cage formed by the conductive housing (3) and the conductive sheets (5). The apertures (7) form a channel (11) that extends through the enclosure (1) providing a route for connections between the cavities (9).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: BAE Systems plc
    Inventors: Simon Bishop, Carl Martin Matthews, Curtis Baker
  • Collaborative robot system
    Patent number: 11453122
    Abstract: A system for robot and human collaboration. The system comprises: a multi-axis robot; one or more torque sensors, each torque sensor being configured to measure a torque about a respective axis of the multi-axis robot; and a controller configured to: receive one or more torque measurements taken by the one or more torque sensors; compare the one or more torque measurements or a function of the one or more torque measurements to a threshold value; and control the multi-axis robot based on the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: BAE Systems plc
    Inventors: Martin Knott, Daniel James Middleton
  • DETECTION OF MODULATING ELEMENTS
    Publication number: 20220299612
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for detecting a modulating element of an object are described in which signal values are obtained from one or more optical detectors. A determination is made if there is a time dependent variation in the obtained signal values at the one or more optical detector and a modulating element is detected based on the determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS plc
    Inventors: Mark Edgar Bray, Jason John Lepley
  • PULSE CHARGING OF A CAPACITOR
    Publication number: 20220302742
    Abstract: There is provided an apparatus for pulse charging of a load capacitor, the apparatus comprising: a ferrous cored transformer having a primary winding and a secondary winding; a primary circuit connected to the primary winding; a secondary circuit connected to the secondary winding, the secondary circuit comprising the load capacitor; and an uncoupled inductance in the primary circuit or the secondary circuit, the uncoupled inductance reducing the coupling coefficient between the primary circuit and the secondary circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS plc
    Inventors: Ian Anthony Moore, Michael James Parker, Daniel James Scott, Stuart James Toms
  • ACTIVE MODULATING ELEMENT DETECTION
    Publication number: 20220299642
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for detecting a modulating element of an object in a scene are described in which an element in a scene is illuminated with a modulated light source. A signal is obtained from an optical detector based on light received from the illuminated element. An intermediate frequency signal is detected from the signal obtained from the optical detector, the intermediate frequency signal being related to a frequency of the modulated light source and a frequency of modulation of the element within the scene. The modulating element is detected based on the intermediate frequency signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS plc
    Inventors: Mark Edgar Bray, Jason John Lepley
  • IMPROVEMENTS IN AND RELATING TO WEAPON CONTROL
    Publication number: 20220290959
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the control of weapons, particularly weapons which are controlled via a communications link, possibly at some distance from the weapon's location. The invention is to an apparatus comprising safety-critical and non-safety-critical functional parts wherein at least one of a plurality of safety-critical functional parts is only connected to at least one other of the plurality of safety-critical functional parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS plc
    Inventors: Julian David Wright, Martyn John Hucker, Benjamin Daniel Worrall
  • Line apparatus for inhibiting an airborne target
    Patent number: 11441877
    Abstract: There is disclosed a line apparatus for inhibiting an airborne target. The line apparatus comprises at least one line comprising: a flexible tubular member, having a wall and defining a bore; and a fluid adhesive housed within the flexible tubular member, wherein the flexible tubular member is configured to express the fluid adhesive through the wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: BAE Systems plc
    Inventor: Nicholas Giacomo Robert Colosimo
  • USER-VEHICLE INTERFACE
    Publication number: 20220283645
    Abstract: There is provided a user-vehicle interface, comprising: a gesture control system, arranged to sense a gesture of a user of the vehicle; the gesture control system being arranged to process the sensed gesture to control interaction with content on a display, in accordance with that sensed gesture; and the user-vehicle interface further comprises a gesture control support, arranged to physically support a body part of the user associated with a provision of the gesture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: BAE Systems plc
    Inventor: Glenn David Allan
  • Turbine module
    Patent number: 11434776
    Abstract: A turbine module (100) for a heat engine (104) wherein the turbine module (100) defines a working fluid flow duct (60) between a turbine module inlet (110) and a turbine module outlet (114) configured to expand a working fluid as the working fluid passes along the working fluid flow duct (60). The turbine module comprises a first heat exchanger (37) and a turbine rotor stage (24) each provided in the working fluid flow duct (60). The first heat exchanger (37) is provided in flow series between the turbine module inlet (110) and the turbine rotor stage (24); and the turbine stage (24) is provided in flow series between the first heat exchanger (37) and the turbine module outlet (114). The first heat exchanger (37) defined by a wall (126) having an external surface (182) which is located in the working fluid flow duct (60).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: BAE SYSTEMS PLC
    Inventor: James William Spain
  • Electrical power generation on a vehicle
    Patent number: 11434021
    Abstract: A vehicle comprising: a fuel store (104) configured to store a fuel, the fuel comprising a hydrocarbon; a fuel reformer (108) coupled to the fuel store (104) and configured to: receive an input comprising the hydrocarbon; and process the received input to produce an output comprising hydrogen; and a fuel cell (112) coupled to the fuel reformer (108) and configured to: receive the hydrogen from the fuel reformer (108); and produce, using the received hydrogen, electricity for use on the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: BAE Systems plc
    Inventors: Gordon Charles Woodhouse, Graham Andrew Holland
  • USER-VEHICLE INTERFACE
    Publication number: 20220276719
    Abstract: There is provided a user-vehicle interface, comprising: a gesture control system, arranged to sense a gesture of a user of the vehicle; the gesture control system being arranged to process the sensed gesture to control interaction with content on a display, in accordance with that sensed gesture; the vehicle comprising a physical actuator for controlling the vehicle, and the gesture control system is arranged to facilitate interaction with content on the display, when a body part of the user associated with a provision of the gesture is engaged with the actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: BAE Systems plc
    Inventor: Glenn David Allan
  • USER-VEHICLE INTERFACE
    Publication number: 20220276718
    Abstract: There is provided a user-vehicle interface, comprising a gesture control system that is arranged to: sense a direction of a gesture of a user of the vehicle; and process the sensed gesture to control a location of an indicator on a display in accordance with that sensed direction, such that a location of the indicator is arranged to move in accordance with changes in the sensed direction, the indicator being used to show a current position for user interaction with content on the display, and being in a plane in which that content resides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: BAE Systems plc
    Inventor: Glenn David Allan
  • PARACHUTE SEA ANCHOR
    Publication number: 20220266956
    Abstract: This invention relates to a parachute sea anchor system deployable from a payload tube. There is provided a parachute sea anchor system suitable for launch from a vessel comprising at least one payload tube, said payload tube, comprising a payload canister, which comprises a parachute sea anchor, wherein said parachute sea anchor comprises a buoy tethered thereto, wherein said payload canister is attached to said vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS plc
    Inventors: Simon Phillip Newby, Jason Michael Dobb, David Charles Alexander Ritchie, Adam Benedict Bruce Cowley