Patents Issued in September 27, 2016
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Patent number: 9452791Abstract: A vehicle front end load bearing bolster is provided with improved structural performance and a lower component weight, while also minimizing material, tooling, and production costs. The front end assembly is formed with a hydro-formed cross car reinforcement tube secured or bonded with mechanical fasteners and room temperature adhesive to a bolster, thereby improving stress distribution and increasing cross car system stiffness. The bonded hydro-form tube/bolster assembly provides increased torsion stiffness and dimensional stability to the vehicle frame. The hydro-formed cross car reinforcement tube have flattened terminal ends with apertures for integrated attachment to a bolster. The hydro-formed cross car reinforcement tube is formed of aluminum, brass, carbon, steel, stainless steel, copper and high strength alloys.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2014Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: Continental Structural Plastics, Inc.Inventors: Kim Robert Hamner, Pat Short
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Patent number: 9452792Abstract: A vehicle collision energy absorbing member is excellent in collision energy absorbing performance in the axial direction upon collision. The vehicle collision energy absorbing member is formed of a high strength thin steel sheet having TS of at least 980 MPa and having an n-value and a limit bending radius Rc satisfying the following Formula: Rc/t?1.31×ln(n)+5.21.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2012Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignees: JFE Steel Corporation, Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shusaku Takagi, Kaneharu Okuda, Yoshikiyo Tamai, Takeshi Fujita, Yoshitaka Okitsu, Tadashi Naito, Naoki Takaki, Tomoaki Sugiura
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Patent number: 9452793Abstract: A truck bed extension apparatus is useful in extending the bed of a truck having a primary tailgate pivotally movable between open and closed configurations. The apparatus includes a hinge assembly having a hinge plate coupled to the primary tailgate. An auxiliary tailgate includes a lower edge pivotally coupled to a front edge of the hinge plate, the auxiliary tailgate being pivotally movable between a stowed configuration co-planar with and adjacent to the hinge plate and a deployed configuration extending upwardly from the hinge plate. A pair of side panels is pivotally coupled to opposed side edges of the auxiliary tailgate and selectively movable between retracted and extended configurations. The truck bed is extended and enclosed when the primary tailgate is at an open configuration, the auxiliary tailgate is at the deployed configuration, and the pair of side panels is at the extended configuration.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2015Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Inventor: Larry A. Quick
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Patent number: 9452794Abstract: A cargo containment body with movable wall panels that always remain substantially parallel to a vertical side of the cargo containment body.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2015Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: BROWN INDUSTRIES, LLCInventors: Dane Jennison, Bryce White
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Patent number: 9452795Abstract: Outer side end sections 16a of a floor undercover 16 in a width direction of a vehicle are provided so as to overlap, in a front-rear direction of the vehicle, with rear wheels 19 forwardly of the rear wheels 19b in the front-rear direction of the vehicle. Front parts of the side end sections 16a in the front-rear direction of the vehicle are composed of concavities 20 concave upward in a vertical direction of the vehicle relative to other parts of the floor undercover 16. Fronts of the concavities 20 in the front-rear direction of the vehicle are open, while rear end surfaces 22 of the concavities 20 in the front-rear direction of the vehicle are inclined obliquely downwardly toward the rear of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2013Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takaya Nojima, Toshitsugu Misaki, Kosuke Yoshimura, Takuya Noborizato
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Patent number: 9452796Abstract: A suspension system for a tracked work vehicle is provided that includes an undercarriage beam and a roller wheel beam assembly having a plurality of roller wheels and a roller wheel beam having a front clevis and a rear clevis. The suspension system also includes a front bushing mount coupled to the front clevis and a rear bushing mount coupled to the rear clevis. Moreover, the front bushing mount and the rear bushing mount are rigidly coupled to the undercarriage beam and configured to damp roll of the roller wheel beam relative to the undercarriage beam. Additionally, the suspension system includes at least one vertical mount disposed between the roller wheel beam and the undercarriage beam. Each of the at least one vertical mount is configured to provide vertical support for the roller wheel beam and to damp vertical movement of the roller wheel beam relative to the undercarriage beam.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2013Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLCInventors: Randall Franck, Brian D. Vik, Daniel J. Zurn
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Patent number: 9452797Abstract: A support module includes a first rigid body, a space formation body connected to the first rigid body and forming an enclosed space, and a plurality of hard particles located within the enclosed space. When at least a predetermined pressure is applied to the support module such that a volume of the enclosed space is decreased to a predetermined value, the plurality of hard particles and space formation body form a second rigid body. Such a support module may improve the stability of a walking robot, the grip of a gripping structure, or the stability of a load-bearing structure.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2012Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Joo Hyung Kim, Kyung Shik Roh, Kee Hong Seo
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Patent number: 9452798Abstract: A bicycle seatpost assembly comprises a first cylinder, a second cylinder, and a positioning structure. The second cylinder is configured to be telescopically received in the first cylinder. The positioning structure is configured to relatively position the first cylinder and the second cylinder. The positioning structure includes a receiving member, a first seal member, and a movable member. The first seal member is configured to provide a first gate of a first passageway together with the receiving member. The first seal member includes a spherical surface contactable with the receiving member to close the first gate. The movable member is configured to move the first seal member relative to the receiving member to open the first gate.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2014Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: SHIMANO INC.Inventor: Toyoto Shirai
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Patent number: 9452799Abstract: Support assemblies for attaching to an existing device, such as a bicycle frame, are provided. Support assemblies are suited for carrying loads and providing additional storage and transport capacity. Assemblies of the present invention contemplate a primary support member for carrying or receiving articles, and additional or secondary members for supporting the primary support and communicating with the existing device.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2014Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: Thule IP ABInventor: Patrick David Maguire
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Patent number: 9452800Abstract: The bicycle-mounted personal hydration system includes a bladder having a profile that is nested inside of a portion of a bicycle frame so as to not interfere with operation of said bicycle. The bladder includes a first port located on a side surface. The first port enables the bladder to be refilled. The bladder also includes a second port located at a bottommost portion of the bladder. The second port may be in fluid communication with a hose, which travels across the bicycle frame. The hose is further defined with a distal end, which includes a mouthpiece. The mouthpiece is configured to deliver water from the bladder to a bicyclist. The bladder may be made of a flexible material, and include a polygonal shape that is consistent with the opening in a bicycle frame associated with top tube, head tube, and down tube.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2014Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Inventor: Gerald Dixon
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Patent number: 9452801Abstract: The present invention is a system for motorcycle safety including a module having a plurality of lights, a camera, an electronic image storage operatively associated with said camera, and an actuator for the system.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2014Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Inventor: Rock Langevin
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Patent number: 9452802Abstract: An electric balance vehicle including a top cover, a bottom cover, an inner cover, a rotating mechanism, two wheels, two hub motors, a plurality of sensors, a power supply, and a controller is described herein. The bottom cover is fixed to the top cover. The inner cover is fixed between the top cover and the bottom cover. The two wheels are rotatably fixed at two sides of the inner cover, respectively. The two hub motors are fixed in the two wheels, respectively. The plurality of sensors is disposed between the bottom cover and the inner cover, respectively. The power supply is fixed between the first bottom cover and the first inner cover. The controller is fixed between the second bottom cover and the second inner cover, the controller is electrically connected with the plurality of sensors, the power supply, and the hub motors.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2016Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: HANGZHOU CHIC INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTDInventors: Jiawei Ying, Shaojun Cao
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Patent number: 9452803Abstract: A right front fender and a left front fender are displaceable relative to a vehicle body frame in accordance with an operation of a link mechanism. At least a portion of the right front fender is disposed above a center in the up-down direction of the vehicle body frame between an upper end of a right front wheel and a lower edge of the link mechanism or a steering mechanism directly above the right front wheel, as seen from a front in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body frame when the vehicle body frame is in the upright state. At least a portion of the left front fender is disposed above a center in the up-down direction of the vehicle body frame between an upper end of a left front wheel and a lower edge of the link mechanism or the steering mechanism directly above the left front wheel, as seen from the front in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body frame when the vehicle body frame is in the upright state.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2013Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kaoru Sasaki, Mitsuaki Ohta
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Patent number: 9452804Abstract: A tricycle (1), designed to move a user, that is more ergonomic and easier to operate to carry a person, comprising a front wheel (2), two rear wheels (3), a frame (4) joining the wheels (2, 3), substantially comprising a stationary rear section (4a) relative to the support plane of the three wheels (2, 3) and a front section (4b) being able to pivot laterally, relative to the substantially stationary section (4a), about a tilting axis (19) substantially in the longitudinal direction of the tricycle (1), a footrest (5) located on the pivoting section (4b) and an ischiatic support (6) located on the essentially stationary section (4a).Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2014Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: N.G.M. SPRLInventor: Johan Neerman
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Patent number: 9452805Abstract: A foldable tricycle includes a first frame, a second frame movably coupled to the first frame, and a seat for supporting a rider, wherein the seat operates as an actuator for moving the first and second frames relative to each other. Additionally, a method of handling a foldable tricycle movable between a first position and a second position includes applying a force to the seat of the tricycle, wherein the applied force on the seat causes the tricycle to move from the first position to the second position.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2013Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: Huffy CorporationInventors: Douglas Barchek, Jason Jewell, Andrew Bean, Donald K. Jessie Jr.
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Patent number: 9452806Abstract: At least a portion of a tie rod of a steering force transmitting mechanism overlaps with a portion of a first support member or a second support member when viewed from a front of a vehicle in a fully-tilted condition in which the vehicle body frame is fully tilted in the left-right direction. At least a portion of the tie rod is disposed below a second cross member, above a first front wheel and a second front wheel, behind a front end of the first front wheel and a front end of the second front wheel, and ahead of a first axis of a first side member and a second axis of a second side member when viewed from the left or right of the vehicle when the vehicle body frame is in an upright state.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2013Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yosuke Hirayama, Toshio Iizuka, Yutaka Kubo, Takahiro Watanabe, Noboru Miyamoto, Kaoru Sasaki, Hirokatsu Ogawa
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Patent number: 9452807Abstract: A bicycle front derailleur includes a mounting member, a chain guide, and a linkage assembly that pivotally couples the mounting member to the chain guide. The mounting member is configured to be mounted to a first frame member of a bicycle frame. The first frame member is pivotally connected to a second frame member of the bicycle frame about a pivot axis. The mounting member includes an attachment portion through which a fixing bolt for fixing the mounting member to the first frame member passes and includes an abutment configured to restrict rotation of the mounting member around the fixing bolt. The attachment portion is located on a front side of the pivot axis when the mounting member is mounted to the first frame member. The bicycle frame includes a structure for engaging and supporting the mounting member.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2014Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: Shimano Inc.Inventors: Atsuhiro Emura, Kenkichi Inoue
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Patent number: 9452808Abstract: A watercraft includes a hull, a first sponson and a first movement damper coupled to the first sponson that dampens movement of the first sponson relative to the hull. The watercraft further includes a second sponson and a second movement damper coupled to the second sponson damping movement of the second sponson relative to the hull.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2014Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Inventor: Eli Oklejas, Jr.
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Patent number: 9452809Abstract: An inflatable kayak includes an inflatable floor made of high pressure drop stitch material; and inflatable sides made of high-pressure drop stitch material formed at port and starboard sides of the inflatable floor, respectively. The drop stitch inflatable sides can be glued or welded directly to the port and starboard sides of the inflatable floor, and the inflatable sides are configured to be inclined outboard from the inflatable floor. Alternatively, the inflatable sides may be glued or welded to a non-inflated fabric floor and the inflatable floor made of high pressure drop stitch material may be positioned and attached to a top of the non-inflated fabric floor with the inflatable sides pressing against the inflatable floor.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2014Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: SEA EAGLE BOATS, INC.Inventor: Cecil C. Hoge, Jr.
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Patent number: 9452810Abstract: A rolling motion reducing apparatus includes a flywheel, a gimbal, a gimbal supporting section, a damper and a lock mechanism. The gimbal rotatably supports the flywheel. The gimbal supporting section supports the gimbal 11 through a gimbal shaft such that the gimbal can rotate. The damper 13 brakes a rotational motion of the gimbal. The lock mechanism locks a rotational motion of the gimbal.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2013Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: TOHMEI INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Tsuyoshi Nohara, Hiroshi Takeuchi, Katsuya Umemura
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Patent number: 9452811Abstract: A support and guidance structure includes a support equipped with a guidance device configured to guide at least two masts in translation in a raising direction. The support delimits a respective housing for each of the masts, and a fixation device is configured to fix the support and guidance structure to a structural part of the underwater vehicle. Each housing is open, on all planes perpendicular to the raising direction.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2012Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: DCNSInventors: Stephanie Biraben, Fabien Foucaud
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Patent number: 9452812Abstract: Propulsion unit for propulsion and maneuvering of a maritime vessel, including a nozzle provided with a sectioned leading edge on inlet of the nozzle, which leading edge is formed by sections of a low-weight non-metallic material, and a front ring, which front ring is arranged between main part of the nozzle and the sectioned leading edge and is arranged for providing a fastening point for the sections of the leading edge.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2014Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: Rolls-Royce Marine ASInventors: Steinar Aasebø, Rune Garen
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Patent number: 9452813Abstract: An outboard motor includes an engine including a plurality of cylinders, a drive shaft, an oil pan portion provided below the engine and including an oil storage region, an oil pump configured to be driven by a drive portion of the drive shaft passing through the oil storage region and located in the oil storage region, and a supply path configured to supply oil from the oil pump to the engine.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2015Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kimitaka Saruwatari
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Patent number: 9452814Abstract: Embodiments provide for safely and reliably operating a generator in a submersible environment utilizing an autonomous control system. One embodiment is a power generation system that includes a generator, a water-tight enclosure surrounding the generator, an intake valve, an exhaust valve, and a controller. The intake valve couples an air intake on the generator to an outside surface of the enclosure. The exhaust valve couples an exhaust port on the generator to the outside surface. If the controller determines that the enclosure will submerge, then the controller stops the generator and closes the intake valve and the exhaust valve. After detecting that the enclosure has surfaced, the controller opens the intake valve, opens the exhaust valve, and starts the generator.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2014Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Jeffrey Richard Cantwell, James D. Conniff
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Patent number: 9452815Abstract: A system for providing marine propulsion is provided including an input shaft driven by a prime mover, a pinion gear coupled to the input shaft, a plurality of planet gears coupled to the pinion gear, a planet carrier having the plurality of planet gears rotationally mounted thereto, and a ring gear surrounding the planet gears and coupled thereto. The planet carrier and ring gear are coupled to internal and external output shafts that are coaxially aligned, which are coupled to aft and forward propulsor elements. The ring gear and planet carrier rotate in opposite directions to provide contra-rotating forward and aft propulsor elements. The ring gear and planet gear are each coupled to rotation altering devices that, when at least one is activated, the rotation of both the planet carrier and ring gear will be altered, thereby altering the rotation of the propulsor elements.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2014Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: Michigan Marine Propulsion Systems, LLCInventors: Bernard Bentgen, Brant Savander
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Patent number: 9452816Abstract: A system for airship hull reinforcement and in-situ repair includes a sensor for detecting a leak in the airship hull of a lighter-than-air airship and a repair mechanism inside lighter-than-air airship for dispensing repair material to seal the leak. A durable airship hull includes an inner gas barrier, an outer gas barrier, and a microlattice layer sandwiched between the inner gas barrier and the outer gas barrier.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2015Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: Stratospheric Airships, LLCInventor: Stephen B. Heppe
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Patent number: 9452817Abstract: An aircraft for carrying passengers and/or cargo has first, second and third cabins arranged in a split level floor configuration within a fuselage. The cabin floors are connected by stairs, elevators or escalators. Two of the cabins are stacked above a reduced height lower hold which acts as an energy absorbing crush zone in the event of a crash.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2010Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventor: Mithra M. K. V. Sankrithi
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Patent number: 9452818Abstract: An aircraft comprising a wing box and a fuselage provided with a connecting device configured to be connected to the wing box and to transmit thereto stresses undergone by the fuselage during maneuvers of the aircraft are provided. The connecting device is formed by a keel beam and a keel beam panel connected to the beam via a connecting portion of the beam, that is moreover provided with a main portion extending in a first, generally longitudinal direction and a transfer portion extending in a second direction different from the first direction and configured to be connected to the box. The main, transfer and connecting portions are configured to direct a major part of the stresses received by the beam in the second direction and transmit said major part of the stresses to the box by compression.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2013Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS S.A.S.Inventors: Francois Loyant, Alexandre Legardez
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Patent number: 9452819Abstract: A system and method for reducing aerodynamic drag is disclosed. A compression seal is attached to the inboard edges of the stabilizer and elevators of an airplane. The seal blocks airflow in a gap located between these inboard edges and a fuselage. The shape of the compression seal changes as the shape of the gap changes due to movement of the stabilizer and elevators during flight to effectively block airflow through the gap during flight. By blocking the airflow, the seal reduces the aerodynamic drag of the airplane.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2014Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Young L. Zeon, Gerfried R. Achtner, Robert M. Lee
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Patent number: 9452820Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle 2 comprising: a fuselage 4; and a wing 6 comprising a central wing section 12 pivotably mounted to the fuselage 4 and a pair of outer wing sections 14a, 14b pivotably mounted to the central wing section 12; wherein the wing 6 has a folded configuration in which the central wing section 12 and the outer wing sections 14a, 14b are stacked on top of one another and are aligned with a longitudinal axis of the fuselage 4; and a deployed configuration in which the central wing section 12 is substantially perpendicular to the fuselage 4 and the outer wing sections 14a, 14b extend from the central wing section 12 away from the fuselage 4.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2015Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: Wirth Research LimitedInventor: Nicholas J. P. Wirth
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Patent number: 9452821Abstract: A flap arrangement for a wing of an aircraft includes a base member, at least one first flap, at least one second flap and at least one connecting assembly. The first flap is movably supported on the base member and the second flap is movably supported on the first flap. The connecting assembly is mechanically coupled with the base member and the second flap and is designed to move the second flap relative to the first flap when the first flap is moved relative to the base member. Due to the resulting forced guiding of a second flap relative to a first flap a separate actuator for moving the second flap and linkages extending outside of the shape defining contour of the flap arrangement may substantially be eliminated.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2014Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbHInventor: Sascha Aljets
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Patent number: 9452822Abstract: A method for operating a mechanical flight control system is provided. The method provides a torque command to a servo torque control loop, wherein the servo torque control loop comprises at least one position control servo; receives at least one feedback signal from the position control servo, during operation of the position control servo; detects user external load disturbance input to the servo torque control loop, based on the at least one feedback signal; and adjusts operation of the position control servo, based on the detected user external load disturbance input.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2014Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Xiaohong Linda Li, Kent Stange
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Patent number: 9452823Abstract: A lift flap bearing apparatus is improved with respect to aerodynamics, construction space and assembly, for guiding and adjusting a first lift flap and a second lift flap. The lift flap bearing apparatus comprises a first guiding device for guiding the first lift flap and a second guiding device for guiding the second lift flap. The first and the second guiding devices each have a first curved guide rail and a second curved guide rail.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2012Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignees: EADS Deutschland GmbH, Airbus Operations GmbHInventors: Tamas Havar, Juan Perez-Sanchez, Tobias Ender, Oliver Seack
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Patent number: 9452824Abstract: Embodiments are directed to obtaining a first analog signal corresponding to a position error between a commanded gang output of a plurality of electro-mechanical actuators configured to be run in parallel with one another and a measured gang output of the plurality of electro-mechanical actuators, obtaining a second analog signal corresponding to an output torque, and processing, by a circuit, the first analog signal and the second analog signal to generate and output a discrete that indicates a status of the torque in terms of direction and magnitude.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2015Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATIONInventors: Bryan S. Cotton, Matthew Harrigan, Christopher L. Winslow
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Patent number: 9452825Abstract: A winglet attach fitting may include a wing attachment portion, an upper winglet attachment portion, and a lower winglet attachment portion. The upper winglet attachment portion may be coupled to the wing attachment portion and may be configured to support an upper winglet. The lower winglet attachment portion may be coupled to the wing attachment portion and may be configured to support a lower winglet. The wing attachment portion may be removably attachable to a wing tip using fasteners.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2013Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Philipp Witte, Darrell D. Campbell, Jr., Billy P. Tung, Fedor Kleshchev
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Patent number: 9452826Abstract: A control method for controlling an electric motor driving rotation of an aircraft wheel (4a, 4b) for generating a torque command for controlling the motor, the method being characterized in that it comprises implementing: a first servo-control loop (23) having as its input signal a speed setpoint, having as its return signal a signal representative of the speed of the wheel or of the aircraft, and having as its output signal an acceleration setpoint (Cons_a); and a second servo-control loop (24) having as its input signal the acceleration setpoint (Cons_a), as its return signal a signal representative of the acceleration (Ar) of the wheel or of the aircraft, and as its output signal the torque command.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2014Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: MESSIER-BUGATTI-DOWTYInventors: Clement Gorce, David Lemay
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Patent number: 9452827Abstract: The present disclosure includes landing gear components, such as an outer cylinder of a shock strut assembly. The outer cylinder includes one or more structural attachment pins configured to engage with other components of the landing gear including pintle frames, drag braces, and torque links. The pins include a cobalt alloy mated to a receptacle having a cobalt-containing coating on an inner surface, which eliminates the need for a bushing between the pin and the receptacle of the corresponding landing gear component.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2014Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: Goodrich CorporationInventors: Noel C. Haynes, Marilea Manzini
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Patent number: 9452828Abstract: A vibration attenuator for an aircraft has at least one weight mounted in a rotating system of a rotor hub of the aircraft, each weight being rotatable about an axis of rotation of the hub relative to the hub and to each other weight. Drive means are provided for rotating each weight about the axis of rotation at a selected speed for creating oscillatory shear forces that oppose and attenuate rotor-induced vibrations having a selected frequency. A vertically oriented vibration attenuator is configured to oppose and attenuate vertical rotor induced oscillatory forces that would otherwise travel vertical down the rotor mast and into the airframe. A vibration attenuator having weights rotating about separate axes offset from each other.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2014Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.Inventors: David Heverly, David A. Popelka, Frank B. Stamps
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Patent number: 9452829Abstract: A method for controlling rotor blades of a co-axial rotor assembly of an aircraft including a first rotor co-axial with a second rotor includes identifying a first zone of rotor rotation angles of the co-axial rotor assembly. The first zone defines a range of rotor rotation angles corresponding to an up-flow of air to the coaxial rotor assembly, and the remainder of the rotor rotation angles other than the first zone of rotation angles is defined as a second zone. The method includes receiving a yaw command to adjust a yaw moment of the aircraft and applying a different rotor blade angle change to rotor blades in the first zone than a rotor blade angle change applied to rotor blades in the second zone to adjust the yaw moment of the aircraft according to the yaw command.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2013Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATIONInventors: Ashok Agnihotri, Steven D. Weiner
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Patent number: 9452830Abstract: A constant velocity drive includes a drive ring and a driven ring positioned around the drive ring. Drive links extend from the drive ring to the driven ring to transfer torque applied at the drive ring to the driven ring. Elastomeric bearings are positioned at the driven ring to transfer torque from a drive link of the plurality of drive links to the driven ring. Each elastomeric bearing includes both spherical bearing elements and planar bearing elements to allow for tilt of an axis of rotation of the driven ring with respect to an axis of rotation of the drive ring while ensuring a constant rotational velocity of the driven ring with respect to the rotational velocity of the drive ring.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2014Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATIONInventors: Frank P. D'Anna, David A. Darrow, Jr.
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Patent number: 9452831Abstract: An individual blade control system (IBCS) for a rotor system having a rotor hub is provided including a plurality of blade cuffs mounted to the rotor hub. Each blade cuff is configured to receive a rotor blade and rotate about a blade axis. A plurality of electrical actuators is mounted to the rotor hub adjacent at least one of the plurality of blade cuffs. Each electrical actuator is configured to rotate about an actuator axis. The plurality of blade axes and the plurality of actuator axes are arranged in a plane. Each electrical actuator is coupled to an adjacent blade cuff such that rotation of one of the plurality of electrical actuators causes a proportional rotation of one of the blade cuffs.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2013Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATIONInventors: Bryan D. Mayrides, William A. Welsh, Michael Joseph DeVita, Timothy Fred Lauder
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Patent number: 9452832Abstract: The invention relates to compensation for the torque which is produced by the main rotor (110) of a helicopter (100). The apparatus according to the invention for torque compensation is intended for a helicopter whose main rotor rotates about a rotation axis (RH) during operation and thus produces a torque, which acts on the fuselage (120) of the helicopter and would cause it to rotate. The apparatus comprises a lateral flow fan (200) having a housing (210) and having a rotor (220) which is mounted in the housing, wherein the lateral flow fan is arranged on the tail boom (130) of the helicopter such that it produces a thrust effect (F) during operation which compensates for the torque of the main rotor.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2011Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventor: Oliver Heid
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Patent number: 9452833Abstract: A drainage mast able to drain effectively the liquid contained in the compartment of an aircraft when the pressure within the compartment is lower than the outside pressure without using any pressure control active device and without causing any significant perturbation to the aerodynamic behavior of the aircraft. The drainage mast is configured with a cross section area decreasing from its entry section to the compartment to its outlet section and is disposed at an acute angle ? relative to the compartment in the airflow direction. The entry and outlet sections have two perpendicular symmetry axes of different length, the entry section is arranged with its longer axis of symmetry substantially parallel to the airflow direction. The drainage mast has a symmetrical configuration with respect to a plane substantially perpendicular to the fuselage envelope passing through the longer axis of symmetry of the entry section.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2014Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: Airbus Operations S.L.Inventors: Carlos Casado Montero, Jose Angel Hernanz Manrique, Jose Grana Otero, Ignacio Esteban Parra Fabian, Miguel Angel Gallego Lorenzo
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Patent number: 9452834Abstract: Particular embodiments comprise a non-dedicated, temporarily installed, airborne special mission payload mounting system which is mechanically interfaced to the Air Deployment System (ADS) rails of a host cargo aircraft. An Adaptive Mounting Plate (AMP) is placed over an ADS rail section and restrained in position. Once the AMP is secured, an articulated or fixed position strut can be attached to it through the opened side doorway without removing the original door. Once the fixed position or articulated strut is bolted to the AMP, a one piece or segmented two piece pressurized door plug indented along its lower periphery to accommodate the protruding form factor of the fixed position or articulated strut is installed within the vacant doorway above the strut providing an airtight seal and thereby permitting pressurization of the aircraft.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2014Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: 1281329 Alberta Ltd.Inventors: Richard L. K. Woodland, Ross James Neyedly
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Patent number: 9452835Abstract: A method for automated processing of luggage in an aircraft is provided. The hold of the aircraft includes a device for automated processing of the luggage. The method includes the device for automated processing operating in an autonomous manner to load the luggage into the hold of the aircraft, with each item of luggage being packaged to this end in a packaging wrapper comprising visual markers. The method includes the device for automated processing viewing these visual markers.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2013Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS S.A.S.Inventors: Yves Durand, Bernard Guering
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Patent number: 9452836Abstract: An aircraft fuselage comprising a structural wall and a floor delimiting a cabin for passengers, said wall being covered by a plurality of adjacent trim panels arranged in succession in the longitudinal direction of the fuselage and spaced from one another with a gap between two adjacent panels. Each panel is also fixed to the wall and has a concave shape adapted to the shape of the fuselage. At least one lighting device is disposed at the level of at least one of the gaps and is arranged perpendicularly to a longitudinal axis of the fuselage. The lighting device comprises a housing fixed to the wall. The housing is provided with an opening on a face oriented toward the interior of said cabin. The housing further comprises at least one lighting element making it possible to light the cabin through the gap.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2015Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: Airbus Corporate Jet CentreInventors: Sylvain Mariat, Jean-Cyrille Destieu, Beranger Chantal, Jean-Luc Legros, Nicolas Ferrere, Pascal Taffarello
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Patent number: 9452837Abstract: In an aircraft lavatory unit, respective bowls of wash basins of first and second lavatories are provided at locations with the same position along the lengthwise direction of a partition wall and at locations with different positions along the height direction of the partition wall. The bowl of the first lavatory is disposed with a part protruding from the partition wall into the second lavatory side. The bowl of the second lavatory is disposed with a part protruding from the partition wall into the first lavatory side.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2013Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.Inventor: Takashi Koyama
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Patent number: 9452838Abstract: A seat pan assembly including a fixed seat pan frame defining a substantially horizontal forward portion and a rear portion at an angle to horizontal, and a seat pan pivotally supported on the fixed seat pan frame, the seat pan having a pivot axis established through a width of the seat pan such that the seat pan is free to pivot relative to the fixed seat pan frame between substantially horizontal and an angle to horizontal. An aircraft passenger seat including a seat pan assembly adapted to adjust independent of seatback recline motion.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2014Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: B/E Aerospace, Inc.Inventors: Peter C. Meister, Aravinda Mahabaleshwara
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Patent number: 9452839Abstract: The assembly for aircraft cockpit comprising a seat in which a crew member is intended to sit and a display and control device. The display and control device is configured to be mounted relative to the seat displaceable between a first position in which the display and control device is arranged to be used in front by the crew member when the latter is sitting in the seat and a second position in which the display and control device is arranged to be used by said crew member to the side and leave free the frontal zone of the crew member when the latter is sitting in the seat. The invention also relates to an aircraft cockpit and an aircraft.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2013Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: Airbus Operations (S.A.S.)Inventors: Nicolas Chatrenet, Eric Petit, Laurent Saint-Marc
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Patent number: 9452840Abstract: One example of the present disclosure relates to a monolithic part including an exterior wall and a first cavity. The first cavity includes a first aperture in communication with the exterior wall and a first inner surface defining a first shape. The first shape prevents extraction from the first cavity, via the first aperture, of a first virtual object having the first shape.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2014Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Brett I. Lyons, Aaron W. Bartel, Trevor E. Tucker