Patents Issued in November 17, 2016
  • Publication number: 20160332699
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a lifting device for a water vessel, the lifting device having a foil or non-foil shaped left support leg having an upper section and a lower section and a foil or non-foil shaped right support leg having an upper section and a lower section. The lower sections of the left support leg and right support leg are positioned proximate to each other. A tubular hydro-inlet device is engaged to the lower section of the left support leg and the right support leg forming a V shaped hydrofoil for the water vessel. The tubular hydro-inlet device enhances the lift provided by the hydrofoil to the water vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicant: WindRider International, LLC
    Inventor: Larry Knauer
  • Publication number: 20160332700
    Abstract: A ship having a length to width ratio smaller than two and including a superstructure and at least two hulls, the superstructure forming a wing able to generate an aerodynamic lift comprised between 20 and 90% of the weight of the ship at a cruising speed thereof, the wing including curved ends connected to each of the hulls and having a developed surface of an extrados of the wing substantially equal to the product of the length by the width of the ship, wherein a point for application of the aerodynamic lift generated by the superstructure is situated behind the center of gravity for application of the gravitational forces on the ship, and a point for application of the resultant of the hydrodynamic forces generated by the hulls is situated in front of the center of gravity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Lionel Huetz, Gianluca Guelfi, Matthieu Kerhuel, Hubert Thomas
  • Publication number: 20160332701
    Abstract: A combination fishing pole holder and cleat has a bezel portion for affixing to a surface. The bezel portion has a first hole for accepting an object and a shaped indentation to accept and fit a cleat portion. The bezel portion has a pair of studs, each having a cavity formed there within. The cleat portion is shaped to fit within the shaped indentation and has a second hole, also for accepting the object. A pair of legs extends from the cleat portion and through respective studs. Each of the legs is terminated by a device/end that is wider than the cavity of the studs. A tubular portion extends from a side of the bezel and is aligned with both the first hole and the second hole for insertion of the object. The cleat portion moves between a retracted position and an extended position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicant: R & D SHED, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Bernd Czipri
  • Publication number: 20160332702
    Abstract: A cover system for protecting boats, vessels, and other various shaped vehicles and objects is disclosed. A plurality of separate and distinct inflatable bladders supports a cover whereby a dome-like shape is produced. The resulting shape of the cover resists pooling of water and snow thereby reducing or even eliminating water damage to the underlying structure. Furthermore, since each bladder is separate and distinct, the plurality of bladders creates a support structure that conforms to objects of various shapes and sizes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventor: Gregory S. Reden
  • Publication number: 20160332703
    Abstract: A system for transferring liquid natural gas from a ship to a facility, the transfer system comprising: a hoisting device which is designed to be secured on the deck of the ship; a mobile chassis, which is supported by the hoisting device; a first on-board pipe, for transferring liquid natural gas from the ship to the facility, said first on-board pipe being supported by the mobile chassis; and a second on-board pipe for the transport of inert gas, said second on-board pipe being supported by the mobile chassis comprising a first connection element which is associated with the second duct, and being connected to the first on-board pipe between the valve and the second connection element of the first on-board pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicant: GAZTRANSPORT ET TECHNIGAZ
    Inventors: Guillaume GELIN, Bertrand BUGNICOURT, Nicolas VILMEN, Benjamin CHARPENTIER, Arnaud LANDURE
  • Publication number: 20160332704
    Abstract: A prefabricated pontoon includes: main bodies, each including an upper and a lower main bodies that come in surface contact with each other and having coupling grooves formed thereon along border surfaces thereof; joint bars configured to be inserted into the upper and lower main bodies during forming of the upper and lower main bodies, with a part thereof being positioned and exposed in the coupling grooves to correspond to the coupling grooves; pairs of fastening members configured to be inserted into through-holes symmetrically formed in the upper and lower main bodies to be fastened to one another; and connectors configured to connect the main bodies and each having one end that is inserted into any one of the coupling grooves formed on one of the main bodies and the other end that is inserted into any one of the coupling grooves formed on another of the main bodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventor: Gyong-Ho KIM
  • Publication number: 20160332705
    Abstract: (57) The invention refers to structures of floating islands. Floating island is a partially submerged volumetric structure made from floating facilities with positive buoyancy, which are connected by a flexible non-stretchable link and a resilient damping link. These floating facilities are located adjacent to each other and are spaced in horizontal direction, and every facility is a volumetric shallow structure with side walls, bottom and roof used as basic surface located above water level for installation of island infrastructure objects on it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventor: Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Novikov
  • Publication number: 20160332706
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a sports device, such as a surf board, water board, and the like for use by persons in moving over a water surface. The device generally has: a) a central foam core; b) a cover fabric laminated around the central foam core; c) a laminating adhesive securing the cover fabric to the central foam core; and d) a water resistant polymeric coating covering the laminated cover fabric and laminating adhesive. The laminating adhesive generally has a specific gravity of less than 2.0 g/m3. The laminating adhesive may have a Shore A hardness of at least 70 and may be a water-based polyurethane emulsion, a methacrylate-acrylate copolymer emulsion, an epoxy or epoxy-acrylate hybrid emulsion adhesive or a mixture of at least any two of these adhesives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventor: John Arthur Martens
  • Publication number: 20160332707
    Abstract: A surfboard rack for mounting, storing and displaying surfboards. The suspension of the surfboard is created by mounting and suspending the surfboard on its fins. The invention is configured to be mounted and attached onto a vertical surface such as a wall. The invention includes the rack's body, comprising of a brace plate for attaching onto a surface, a T-shaped body with extended arms for holding the surfboard by it's fins and two sleeves that attach to the arms to provide adjustability and extra support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicant: AFRAME LLC
    Inventor: Netanel Tuvia KOVARI
  • Publication number: 20160332708
    Abstract: A harness comprising a back section, a padded waist strap extending from the back section and comprising a waist strap connector, a waist strap attached to the padded waste strap and comprising a waist strap connector, a towing strap attached to a posterior surface of the back section and a towing connector slidably coupled to the towing strap. The waist strap connector of the waist strap is operable to couple to the waist strap connector of the padded waist strap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventor: Matthew David White
  • Publication number: 20160332709
    Abstract: A system for refloating a grounded floatable vessel uses cylinder-shaped inflatable buoyant rollers that are placed under the vessel hull, inflated until they support the bottom hull and then caused to roll seaward while carrying the vessel into the water. An independently propelled vehicle pulls the vessel resting on the rollers into the water. An operator wirelessly controls inflation and deflation of the rollers to ensure stability of the vessel during the refloating operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventor: James Pirtle
  • Publication number: 20160332710
    Abstract: A flotation vest comprising single adjustment strap for adjusting the girth or the vest as well as the length of the vest to allow for a proper fit around the wearer by adjustment of a single continuous strap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicant: The Coleman Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul E. Hoover, Yiyun Culp, Jean E. Johnson, Rui Luo, Tyler M. Winthers, Shannon L. Morrison
  • Publication number: 20160332711
    Abstract: A friction-sealed water immersion suit is described having a suit body with a neck opening, arm openings, leg openings and an entry opening. The entry opening defines an upper section and a lower section. A friction-sealed coupling is provided at the entry opening for coupling the upper section and the lower section of the suit body. The friction-sealed coupling includes a flap on one of the upper section or the lower section made of an elastomeric material and an inner flap and an outer flap on the other of the upper section or the lower section made of an elastomeric material. The friction-sealed coupling being engaged by interleaving the flap with the inner flap and the outer flap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Ross Davis Harrington, Peter G. Berrang, Richard K. Myerscough
  • Publication number: 20160332712
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide mechanical sail systems, methods, apparatus, and code which allow use of the Magnus effect to provide thrust to a ship. In some embodiments, a mechanical sail system is provided which includes a silo, positioned below a deck level of a ship, a lift carriage, mounted within the silo, and supporting a first sail cylinder and a second sail cylinder, and at least a first drive motor coupled to a control system for selectively positioning the lift carriage within the silo, the control system operable to control the at least first drive motor to position the lift carriage at a top position within the silo to deploy the first and second sail cylinders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Eric Holohan, Edward Anthony Shergalis, James Gibson Rhodes, Jeremy Wyatt Linzee
  • Publication number: 20160332713
    Abstract: The Folding Bowsprit permits deployment of sails from a point forward of the bow on sailing vessels. The folding function allows the sprit to rotate around an axis at ninety degrees to the vessels centerline and permits the end of the sprit to move vertically up or down. This unique ability to fold facilitates: compact stowage when not in use and reduces the overall length of the vessel; adjustment of tack position vertically while sailing; safer and simpler sail handling by accessing the tack point of said sprit within the deck footprint while sailing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2014
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventor: Jindrich Dokonal
  • Publication number: 20160332714
    Abstract: An air vehicle comprises a vehicle body and a propulsion assembly. The vehicle body has the shape of a wing airfoil so that the vehicle body generates lift when air flows over the vehicle body. The vehicle body has a body longitudinal axis, and includes a first hull and a second hull that are secured together side-by-side, the hulls having longitudinal axes that are substantially parallel to the body longitudinal axis. Each hull defines a separate fluid chamber that is filled with a fluid that is at least partially buoyant. The propulsion assembly is secured to the vehicle body. The propulsion assembly generates thrust and includes a port front engine, a port rear engine, a starboard front engine, and a starboard rear engine, wherein at least two of the engines have independently controlled thrust vectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventor: William Edmund Nelson
  • Publication number: 20160332715
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for attaching a panel to a supporting structure. Hinged assemblies having open and closed hinge states are attached to at least two elements of the supporting structure. A multiplicity of clips are bonded to the back surface of the panel. The clips are hooked on respective hinged assemblies while the latter are in their respective open hinge states, whereby the panel is coupled to the at least two elements of the supporting structure with loose fit engagement. Then the hinged assemblies are manipulated so that their respective states transform from open to closed, whereby the panel is attached to the at least two elements of the supporting structure with positive snap fit engagement. No fasteners or tooling are required when installing or removing the panels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventor: Peter J. Zarkowskyj
  • Publication number: 20160332716
    Abstract: A device for opening an aircraft door, comprising: a support arm arranged between the aircraft fuselage and the aircraft door; an opening system for opening the aircraft door; a support arm cover covering the support arm in the closed position of the aircraft door, the support arm cover having a cover element, and a flap element which swivels between being flush with the cover element, and a state in which the flap element overlaps the cover element; and a guide system for guiding the flap element, wherein the guide system has at least one guide arm, one end of which is joined in an articulated manner to the support arm, and the other end of which is joined to at least one guide element, which guide element can be guided along a guide track on the inner side of the flap element, when the aircraft door is opened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Bernhard Kammerer, Jakob Schoerkhuber, Thomas Burgholzer
  • Publication number: 20160332717
    Abstract: An access device enables controlled or secure communication between different areas of an enclosure and, in the example illustrated in the present application of an aircraft, while providing reduced size. The access device includes at least three mobile walls able to move, independently from one another, to form a closed cylinder, the walls thus being in a so-called security vestibule position, and to overlap at least in twos in order to close off access to one or more areas while concealing the security vestibule, the walls thus being in a so-called retracted position. By overlapping at the access level of said areas that the walls allow to close, the device frees up the adjoining cabin space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicant: Airbus Operations S.A.S.
    Inventor: Bernard Guering
  • Publication number: 20160332718
    Abstract: An access device enables controlled or secure communication between different areas of an enclosure, and in the example illustrated in the present application of an aircraft, while providing reduced size. The access device includes a folding door which, when in folded position, allows at least one of said openings to be closed and, when in deployed position, forms a security vestibule with at least one movable shutter allowing said opening created by the deployment of said folding door to be closed. By superimposing the main components of the security vestibule that said components allow to close, the device frees up the adjoining cabin space when the security vestibule is not in use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicant: Airbus Operations S.A.S.
    Inventor: Bernard Guering
  • Publication number: 20160332719
    Abstract: A folding/unfolding device for folding/unfolding a tail boom, the device being arranged in association with a rear power transmission shaft of a tail rotor of the rotorcraft, the folding/unfolding device comprising pivot means enabling a movable portion of the tail boom to move in pivoting relative to a stationary portion of the tail boom, the relative pivoting movement being performed between two distinct extreme positions, namely an unfolded, working position enabling the rear power transmission shaft to transmit driving torque to the tail rotor, and a folded, rest position enabling the overall length of the rotorcraft to be reduced. According to the invention, the folding/unfolding device includes motor-driven decoupling/coupling means for mechanically decoupling/coupling together two portions of a single rear power transmission shaft before/after the relative pivoting movement of the movable portion of the tail boom relative to the stationary portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Maxime MALTINTI, Florian POGGIOLI
  • Publication number: 20160332720
    Abstract: A joint including first and second rib components, the first rib having an abutment surface and a plurality of lugs disposed adjacent to the abutment surface; and the second rib having an abutment surface and a plurality of lugs disposed adjacent to the abutment surface, wherein the abutment surfaces of the respective ribs are abutting and joined with a tension joint, and wherein the lugs are pinned to form a pinned lug joint by aligning respective holes in the plurality of lugs such that the lugs of the first and second ribs are interleaved and have one or more pins passing through the aligned lug holes. The joint may be used for attaching a wing tip device to the outboard end of an aircraft wing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Rhona WHITLOCK, Massimo Del TIN, Peter DALTON, George FORD, Michael John HILL, Adrian HUNTBATCH, Laurence BREEZE, Alain DEPEIGE
  • Publication number: 20160332721
    Abstract: The invention provides an aircraft comprising an aircraft wing. The aircraft wing comprises a fixed wing and a wing tip device at the tip thereof, wherein the wing tip device is configurable between: (i) a locked flight configuration for use during flight and (ii) a ground configuration for use during ground-based operations, in which ground configuration the wing tip device is moved away from the flight configuration such that the span of the aircraft wing is reduced. The aircraft wing further comprises a locking mechanism for locking the folding wing tip device in the flight configuration. The locking mechanism comprises a locking hook associated with one of the folding wing tip device and the fixed wing, and a locking pin associated with the other of the folding wing tip device and the fixed wing, and a biasing device, wherein in the locked configuration the locking pin is engaged with the locking hook and the biasing device acts to preload the locking mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventor: Nick HANCOCK
  • Publication number: 20160332722
    Abstract: The invention relates to a locking mechanism for a folding wing tip. The locking mechanism has a locked configuration, in which a first part is received in a second part such that the first part may not be withdrawn from the second part along the longitudinal axis of the locking mechanism, and an unlocked configuration, in which the first part is received in the second part such that the first part may be withdrawn from the second part along the longitudinal axis of the locking mechanism, wherein the locking mechanism is moved between the locked configuration and the unlocked configuration by rotation of at least one of the first part or second part around the longitudinal axis of the locking mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventor: Matt HARDING
  • Publication number: 20160332723
    Abstract: The invention provides an aircraft wing, comprising a fixed wing and a wing tip device at the tip. The wing tip device is configurable between: (i) a locked flight configuration for use during flight and (ii) a ground configuration for use during ground-based operations. The wing further comprises a locking mechanism for locking the folding wing tip device in the locked flight configuration. A rotatable locking member is associated with one of the folding wing tip device and the fixed wing, and a locking pin associated with the other. The rotatable locking member comprises a guide surface to guide the locking pin to a locked configuration, in which the guide surface is shaped such that the locking pin is urged toward the rotation axis of the rotatable locking member by a camming action of the guide surface on the locking pin, thereby preloading the locking mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Chetan KORYA, Anthony BRYANT, Matt HARDING, David BRAKES
  • Publication number: 20160332724
    Abstract: A laminar flow control surface having a foraminous section (also referred to below as a foraminous portion, 251) of a skin (250) of a vehicle to permit low temperature fluid to flow through the foraminous section to a heat exchanger (236), to reduce drag of the vehicle and to dissipate heat from the heat exchanger. The foraminous section (251) and the heat exchanger (236) synergistically reduce drag and transfer heat from the heat exchanger. The vehicle may be an aircraft with a laminar flow control system including a foraminous portion on a leading edge of the aircraft. While the aircraft is in flight, a portion of air impinging near the foraminous portion may flow laminarly about the leading edge, and another portion of the impingingair may flow through the foraminous portion to a heat exchanger to transfer heat from the heat exchanger to the air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicant: PARKER-HANNIFIN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Carsten Ralf Mehring
  • Publication number: 20160332725
    Abstract: Aircraft landing gear (100) provided with a bottom portion (110) that is steerable by means of a steering actuator (1) comprising a toothed wheel (70) that is secured to the steerable bottom portion (110) and that co-operates with a rack (20) that is movable in translation along an axial travel axis (X) and that has ends (21a, 21b) connected to pistons (30a, 30b) mounted to slide in respective cylinders (10a, 10b). Each connection between one of the pistons (30a, 30b) and the associated end of the rack (20) presents play (J) at least axially, and possibly also angular play (E), and at least one sealing gasket, referred to as an internal gasket (25), between the rack (20) and a piston (30a, 30b), the gasket being arranged to oppose movements of the rack (20) relative to the pistons (30a, 30b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicant: MESSIER-BUGATTI-DOWTY
    Inventor: Domenico LA COMMARA
  • Publication number: 20160332726
    Abstract: The invention relates to an aircraft undercarriage comprising: a strut (1) for connecting to the aircraft, a slide rod (3) slidably engaged in leaktight manner in the strut via the bottom opening, which rod carries at least one wheel at its bottom end, a diaphragm (7) carried by a support (8) attached to the top wall of the strut to co-operate in leaktight manner with an inside wall of the slide rod so as to define a first chamber (C1) under the diaphragm inside the rod and completely filled with hydraulic fluid, and a second chamber (C2) above the diaphragm and partially filled with hydraulic fluid, a throttle needle (10) secured to the slide rod and penetrating into a calibrated orifice (12) in the diaphragm so as to define a calibrated fluid passage between the first and second chambers, and angular connection means for imposing an angular position on the slide rod relative to the strut.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicant: MESSIER-BUGATTI-DOWTY
    Inventors: Jerome FRAVAL, David FRANK
  • Publication number: 20160332727
    Abstract: An aircraft is provided and includes an airframe having an upper section and a tail section, a main rotor assembly operably disposed at the upper section and one or more tail rotor assemblies operably disposed at the tail section. The one or more tail rotor assemblies respectively include one or more articulated propellers with thrust vectoring capability that are each independently rotatable about a respective variable rotational axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventor: Peter James Waltner
  • Publication number: 20160332728
    Abstract: A belly bar method and apparatus use to attach, carry and release external cargo from a hovering aircraft. The belly bar apparatus has articulated tubing tool connected to an airframe of the hovering aircraft at a first mounting end and at a second mounting end. The articulated tubing tool has a first external catch and a second external catch mounted on the articulated tubing tool. The first external catch is manually configured for optional attach, carry and release of the external cargo via the cyclic. The second external catch is electronically configured for optional attach, carry and release of the external cargo proximate the collective.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Gordon Brent Winfree, Mike Patton
  • Publication number: 20160332729
    Abstract: Described herein is a system for a mobile platform includes a storage compartment that defines an interior space. The storage compartment forms part of the mobile platform. Further, the storage compartment is operable to physically separate the interior space from an exterior space. The system also includes a visual indicator that provides to the exterior space a visual indication of a storage capacity status of the interior space of the storage compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventor: Michael J. Woicekowski
  • Publication number: 20160332730
    Abstract: An aircraft galley power and control system is disclosed having a plurality of electrical appliances within a monument, the galley control system including a control panel removed from the electrical appliances that include controls for operating each of the electrical appliances. The galley also includes a galley controller interface for receiving commands from a display screen on the control panel and communicating the commands to the electrical appliances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: William J. Godecker, Nicolaas Van Zwieten, Michael Kemery, Eid-Beng Goh
  • Publication number: 20160332731
    Abstract: A storage unit (100) has a storage box (110) and a base frame (130) which is removably mounted to the storage box. A hinge (160) is provided to a hinge mounting section (140) of the base frame (130) and supports a lid (150) so that the lid can be opened and closed. The hinge (160) is composed of two inner arms (170) and outer arms (180). A rotation shaft of the hinge is guarded by the inner arms (170) and outer arms (180), so that objects and fingers are prevented from being caught.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicant: JAMCO Corporation
    Inventor: Michihito Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20160332732
    Abstract: An aircraft armrest may incorporate a rail roller linkage. The roller linkage may include an armrest plate, a rail attached to an aircraft seat assembly, a top roller link, and a bottom roller link. The top roller link may have a threaded upper adjustment cylinder, a pivot joint, and a pair of grooved rollers diagonally disposed on either side of the pivot. The bottom roller link may have an unthreaded lower adjustment cylinder, a pivot joint, and a pair of grooved rollers diagonally disposed on either side of the pivot. The grooved rollers may mesh with the rail. The roller linkage may include a roller adjustment screw, having a threaded portion, and extending through both of the adjustment cylinders. A compression spring may bias the roller link around the rail and may be disposed between the top roller link and the bottom roller link and surrounding the roller adjustment screw.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Rahul R. Sagare, Sean Hames
  • Publication number: 20160332733
    Abstract: A system and method that comprises a plurality of inflatable tubes is provided. The plurality of inflatable tubes comprises a first tube set and a second tube set. The plurality of inflatable tubes is configured to provide a pressure distribution to an object supported by the plurality of inflatable tubes. The first tube set is configured to be inflated and deflated at a predetermined time interval to shift the pressure distribution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Bharath Marappan, Mahesh Virupaxi Hosmani, Akhil Rajagopal Kozhipuram, Skandan Berikai Kuppan
  • Publication number: 20160332734
    Abstract: A aircraft passenger seating arrangement comprises a seat (1), a secondary surface (4) spaced to one side of the seat (1), in a direction substantially parallel to the width of the seat; and an infill surface (3) deployable into a space between the seat (1) and the secondary surface (4) so as to form a substantially continuous sleeping surface along the secondary surface (4), the infill surface (3) and the width of the seat (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventor: Nigel GOODE
  • Publication number: 20160332735
    Abstract: A seat fitting connects an aircraft seat to a floor rail of an aircraft. The seat fitting comprises a vertically oriented pin, a web connected to the pin and a first holding body which projects in the lateral direction with respect to the web. The holding body is configured in order to engage behind a lip of the floor rail. The seat fitting further comprises a tensioning element in order to tension the holding body in the vertical direction against the lip of the floor rail. The seat fitting comprises a second holding body projecting in the lateral direction and having a spacing of an inch from the first holding body in the longitudinal direction, and that the pin is arranged with an offset in the longitudinal direction relative to the first holding body and the second holding body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventor: Oumarou Sodore
  • Publication number: 20160332736
    Abstract: The invention relates to an aircraft turboprop engine (310) comprising at least a low-pressure body (12) and a high-pressure body (14), possibly also an intermediate-pressure body, at least one of said bodies comprising a compressor, the low-pressure body driving a propeller by means of a first gearbox (16), the turboprop engine also comprising means for supplying air to an air-conditioning circuit of an aircraft cabin, characterised in that said supply means comprise at least one compressor (60) of which the rotor (61) is coupled to the low-pressure body, said load compressor (60) including an air inlet (62) connected to means (72) for bleeding air from the compressor of the turboprop engine when all of the aforementioned bodies comprise only a single compressor, or from the compressor of the low-pressure body or the compressor of the intermediate-pressure body of the turboprop engine when all of the bodies comprise at least two compressors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicants: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES, SAFRAN, SAFRAN POWER UNITS
    Inventors: Nicolas Claude PARMENTIER, Pierre FROMENT, Jean-Francois RIDEAU, Bruno THORAVAL
  • Publication number: 20160332737
    Abstract: An environmental control system (ECS) for a multi-engine aircraft includes a controller configured to switch the ECS between a plurality of operating modes. The plurality of operating modes includes a first operating mode configured to receive bleed air from each engine of the aircraft in a first environmental condition, wherein the pressure of the bleed air is about equal from each engine. The plurality of operating modes includes a second operating mode configured to receive bleed air from at least one engine of the aircraft in a second environmental condition, wherein the pressure of the bleed air is different between at least two engines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Jayant Sabnis, Louis J. Bruno
  • Publication number: 20160332738
    Abstract: The object of this invention is a method to shoot an object from a flying apparatus. Into an flying apparatus, into certain part of it, like a container that consists at least of a bottom and a shell a spring will be placed, like a push spring that has been loaded in a tense state and that is locked in this position using a fixing organ and further there will be put as an extension of the spring an object to be shot out from the flying apparatus. The fixing organ is thread, metal cord, bar, strip, rope, line, or some combination of these and tension strength (T) is greater than the tension load of the push force (F) to the mentioned fixing organ. the tension strength (T) of the fixing organ is weakened to be less than the mentioned tension load by heating, burning, or melting the mentioned fixing organ by electric energy when the fixing organ breaks, the spring expands into the direction of the object and the push force (F) pushes the object out of the container and off the flying apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicant: SKYCAT OY
    Inventor: Henri Hiisilä
  • Publication number: 20160332739
    Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle apparatus comprises a frame. Further, the unmanned aerial vehicle apparatus comprises a propulsion mechanism coupled to the frame that propels the frame through the air. In addition, the unmanned aerial vehicle apparatus comprises a storage device that stores one or more airbags and is coupled to the frame. The unmanned aerial vehicle apparatus also comprises an inflation device coupled to the frame that receives an activation signal and inflates the one or more airbags based upon receipt of the activation signal to deploy the one or more airbags from the storage device prior to an impact of the frame with an object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventor: Clifford Wong
  • Publication number: 20160332740
    Abstract: A method of operating an electrical system of an aircraft is provided. The method includes initiating a cross-start action for cross-starting a non-operative engine using a generator of an operative engine, entering a power limiting mode of a generator control unit (GCU) of the operative engine, remaining in the power limiting mode for a duration of the cross-start action and returning to the non-power limiting mode of the GCU of the operative engine upon completion of the cross-start action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Mark P. Eisenhauer, Frederick L. Bourne, Matthew Fogarty
  • Publication number: 20160332741
    Abstract: An aircraft including trailing edge flaps, a wing mounted propulsor positioned such that the flaps are located in a slipstream of the first propulsor in use when deployed. The aircraft further including a thrust vectorable propulsor configured to selectively vary the exhaust efflux vector of the propulsor in at least one plane. The thrust vectorable propulsor includes a ducted fan configurable between a first mode, in which the fan provides net forward thrust to the aircraft, and a second mode in which the fan provides net drag to the aircraft. The fan is positioned to ingest a boundary layer airflow in use when operating in the first mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
    Inventor: Matthew MOXON
  • Publication number: 20160332742
    Abstract: A fuel tank includes a port and an open-cell foam. The open-cell foam is configured to retain a liquid fuel by an interfacial surface tension between the open-cell foam and the liquid fuel. The open-cell foam is configured to selectively release the liquid fuel when a surfactant is applied to the open-cell foam to reduce the interfacial surface tension between the open-cell foam and the liquid fuel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicant: ELWHA LLC
    Inventors: Alistair K. Chan, Jesse R. Cheatham, III, Hon Wah Chin, Roderick A. Hyde, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Jordin T. Kare, Max N. Mankin, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Tony S. Pan, Robert C. Petroski, Clarence T. Tegreene, Nicholas W. Touran, David B. Tuckerman, Yaroslav A. Urzhumov, Lowell L. Wood, JR., Victoria Y.H. Wood
  • Publication number: 20160332743
    Abstract: A method of protecting fuel hardware for a gas turbine engine in an aircraft is disclosed. The method may include determining a current altitude of the aircraft, and controlling a temperature of fuel for the gas turbine engine based at least in part on the current altitude. A thermal management system for a gas turbine engine in an aircraft is also disclosed. The thermal management system may include a sensor configured to detect a current altitude of the aircraft, and a controller in operative communication with the sensor. The controller may be configured to manage a fuel temperature for the gas turbine engine based at least in part on the current altitude detected by the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Matthew D. Teicholz, Ethan K. Stearns
  • Publication number: 20160332744
    Abstract: A ram air turbine (RAT) mounting system includes a frame with a forward end having a first side, a second side disposed opposite the first side, a third side, and a fourth side disposed opposite the third side. The frame also includes an aft end. A first mounting element is connected to the forward end of the frame proximate the first side and the third side. A second mounting element is connected to the forward end of the frame proximate the first side and the fourth side. A first rod is connected to the forward end of the frame proximate the second side and the third side. A second rod is connected to the aft end of the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: David Everett Russ, Kanthi Gnanam Kannan
  • Publication number: 20160332745
    Abstract: Systems, methods and computer-storage media are provided for displaying a real-time image in a cockpit of an aircraft. Use of a synthetic vision application is provided with a gradient-type feature such that a level of synthetic enhancements applied to an image may be adjusted to a synthetic vision application value that is less than 100 percent. The synthetic vision enhancement may be overlaid with the original image, according to the synthetic vision application value, to generate a modified image. Additional information may overlay the original image with the synthetic vision application such as a three-dimensional weather representation. The synthetic vision application may be used in conjunction with a high-definition camera to generate the original image. The modified image may be updated in real-time such that an updated view is continuously modified with an updated synthetic vision enhancement to provide accurate real-time views.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Jeremy Joseph Kneuper, Jason Michael Decker, Isaac Wayne Stanfield
  • Publication number: 20160332746
    Abstract: A light configured to be coupled to a surface, where the light includes a light source configured to emit light in three dimensions and a lens configured to direct a majority of the light emitted by the light source outwardly from the light source in directions along the surface. The light may be an anti collision light for an aircraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventor: Timothy L. Williams
  • Publication number: 20160332747
    Abstract: A videography drone can communicate with a microphone device. The videography drone can receive spatial information and audio data from a remote microphone device (e.g., a remote tracker, a mobile device running a drone control application, and/or a standalone audio recording device separate from the videography drone without drone control functionalities). The videography drone can utilize the spatial information to navigate the videography drone to follow the remote microphone device. The videography drone can stitch a video segment captured by its camera with an audio segment from the received audio data to generate an audio/video (A/V) segment. The stitching can be performed by matching spatial or temporal information (e.g., from the received spatial information) associated with the audio segment against spatial or temporal information associated with the video segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Henry W. Bradlow, Antoine Balaresque
  • Publication number: 20160332748
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for docking an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with a vehicle. The UAV may be able to distinguish a companion vehicle from other vehicles in the area and vice versa. The UAV may take off and/or land on the vehicle. The UAV may be used to capture images and stream the images live to a display within the vehicle. The vehicle may control the UAV. The UAV may be in communication with the companion vehicle while in flight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventor: Mingyu Wang