Patents Issued in November 9, 2017
  • Publication number: 20170320527
    Abstract: An aerodynamic unit is configured for attachment onto a roof of a road vehicle, so that air passes over the unit during forward movement of the road vehicle. The unit has a first end for positioning distal to a rear end of a vehicle roof, and a second end for positioning proximal a rear end of a vehicle roof. The unit includes an inclined guide portion which decreases in height in a direction towards the trailing end of the unit. The unit also includes a flow director at or near the leading end of the aerodynamic unit, for directing air flow to the guide portion. The flow director is configured to have a height increasing in a direction from the leading end towards the trailing end. The unit may include vortex generators protruding from the guide portion. A fin may extend along each side of the unit in a direction between the trailing end and the leading end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventor: Andrew Bacon
  • Publication number: 20170320528
    Abstract: A crawler with a wear limit indicator comprises a crawler main body, sprocket holes formed to pass through a central portion of the crawler main body at equal intervals, core metals configured to be inserted and installed in-between the sprocket holes, left lugs configured to protrude from one surface of the crawler main body and simultaneously overlap with the sprocket holes and one of the core metals, right lugs configured to protrude from the other surface of the crawler main body and simultaneously overlap a pair of adjacent core metals, and a wear limit indicator configured to protrude from front and rear surfaces of the left lugs and the right lugs and inform that a replacement time for a crawler has come when worn-out surfaces of the left lugs and the right lugs are placed on the same horizontal plane as the wear limit indicator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: TR Beltrack Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Woojeong KIM
  • Publication number: 20170320529
    Abstract: A method for operating a vehicle, the vehicle driving autonomously or remotely controlled within a manufacturing system for manufacturing vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventor: Stefan Nordbruch
  • Publication number: 20170320530
    Abstract: There is provided an adapter for attaching an object to a luggage carrier. The adapter comprises a hook shaped portion engageable with a first attachment member of the luggage carrier, a latch configured to engage with a second attachment member of the luggage carrier and a release portion configured to release the latch from the second attachment member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Krister Lindén, Roger Pettersson, Ulf Pentéus
  • Publication number: 20170320531
    Abstract: A fender for a cycling apparatus is provided. The fender may include a front portion, a rear portion, and an outer surface and an inner surface that each extend from the rear portion to the front portion. The fender may further include a mount portion disposed between the rear portion and the front portion. The mount portion may include a first engagement part configured to engage with at least one blade of a pair of spaced apart blades of a fork assembly, and a second engagement part. A first engagement part may be configured minimize side-to-side motion of the fender relative to a fork assembly and a second engagement part configured to minimize fore-and-aft motion of the fender relative to the fork assembly. A fender elongated body may have a generally convex outer surface and a generally concave inner surface, the inner surface defining a hollow cavity of the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: Motivate International Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin SEROTTA, Evan Christian SOLIDA
  • Publication number: 20170320532
    Abstract: An electronic component is integrated into a vehicle body component, such as an automobile, a bicycle, etc., and may be an electronic lighting material and/or an electronic sensor. The vehicle body component is formed of multiple layers of a composite material that may be assembled to take the shape of a mold of a particular vehicle component. A sensor or lighting device is disposed in a void formed in the one or more of the layers of the composite material, and this device may be enclosed in the void by other layers. The lighting material and/or sensing mechanism are configured to connect to a power source via electrical wiring that is disposed either between or through the composite layers that form the vehicle body component and the vehicle body component is then cured to form a hardened vehicle body part with the sensor or lighting device formed therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventor: David Salvaggio, JR.
  • Publication number: 20170320533
    Abstract: An engine support structure for a saddled vehicle inhibits transmission of engine vibration to a vehicle body frame and keeps rigidity of the vehicle body frame. The engine support structure for a saddled vehicle includes a pair of mounted portions (21) provided integrally with an engine (E) and disposed at lateral ends in a vehicle width direction of the engine (E), a pair of engine supporting brackets (27) disposed at lateral ends in the vehicle width direction of a vehicle body frame (1) and extending to the mounted portions (21), respectively, and engine mounting portions (31) provided at the brackets (27), respectively, in which each of the mounted portions (21) is mounted to a corresponding one of the engine mounting portions (31) with at least one damper member (51) provided therebetween to be independently elastically displaceable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventor: Shiken HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20170320534
    Abstract: The invention is based on a wheeled kick-scooter vehicle, comprising: a platform of elongate shape, which is at its rear end provided with a wheel, and which a user may rest at least one foot upon; a steering rod capable of pivoting about a first axis, which is transversal with respect to the forward-motion direction of the vehicle, wherein the rod comprises a first distal end which is provided with a steering device, e.g. a handlebar or a knob, and comprises a second proximal end which is connected to a front wheel via the intermediary of at least one fork straddling the front wheel; wherein the platform is mounted in such a way that it pivots with respect to a second axis that is transversal to the first axis, the platform being thus movable between two extreme positions, namely an active rolling position, in which it is substantially perpendicular to the rod, and a folded-up position in parallel to the rod and close to the latter; wherein the vehicle further comprises a compression mechanism, e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventor: Franck GROLLEAU
  • Publication number: 20170320535
    Abstract: A lower fork alignment system for a vehicle is described. The lower fork alignment system includes: a brace detachably coupling a first lower tube and a second lower tube of a lower fork, wherein the first and second lower tubes include: first and second receiving adjustment mechanism configured for receiving corresponding interfacing mechanisms of the brace, wherein upon receipt of alignment features of the interfacing mechanisms, one of the first lower tube and the second lower tube is enabled to be adjusted in a horizontal direction along a horizontal axis, and the other of the first lower tube and the second lower tube is enabled to be adjusted in a vertical direction along a vertical axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: Fox Factory, Inc
    Inventor: Mario GALASSO
  • Publication number: 20170320536
    Abstract: A brake for a bicycle includes a base, a first arm assembly and a second arm assembly. The base is for being unmovably fixed to a frame of the bicycle. The first atm assembly is pivoted to the base and has a first end portion, a second end portion and an actuating portion, the first end portion is for connection of a brake cable, and the second end portion is for clamping one brake surface of a wheel. The second arm assembly is pivoted to the base and has a third end portion, a fourth end portion and an actuated portion, the actuated portion interferes with the actuating portion on a pivoting direction thereof, and the fourth end portion is for s clamping another brake surfaces of the wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventor: Yuan-Hung WEN
  • Publication number: 20170320537
    Abstract: A bottom bracket having a shaft having a longitudinal axis (X), first and second adapters radially outside of the shaft and associated with respective ends of a bottom bracket housing. Rolling bearings are radially interposed between the shaft and the first adapters with axial locking members axially outside the rolling bearings and in axial abutment on the first and second slewing bearings. A protective screen, positioned between a selected adapter and a radially outer surface of the associated axial locking members in the axial direction and at least partially outside of the first adapter, is fixedly connected to the selected adapter and comprising a sealing member arranged in sliding contact on the radially outer surface of the associated axial locking members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: CAMPAGNOLO S.r.l.
    Inventor: Sebastiano BEVILACQUA
  • Publication number: 20170320538
    Abstract: A transmission for a system, in which a directed force is introduced eccentrically with respect to a main shaft of the transmission, comprising the main shaft which is rotatably mounted in relation to a stationary housing by a main shaft bearing, a sun gear which is fixedly connected to the housing being arranged concentrically around the main shaft, and at least one control housing that rotates around the housing, wherein the first section thereof acts on the main shaft in a rotationally fixed manner and a planetary wheel is rotatably mounted by a first rotary bearing on the second section thereof, said planetary gear meshing with the sun gear. According to the invention, a force transmission means is fastened to the control housing and a drive crank rigidly engages the first end on the planetary wheel, wherein a second end of the drive crank is mounted in an articulated manner on a crank arm, said crank arm being supported in relation to the control housing by a movable coupling means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Tobias SPRÖTE, Dominik BURRE, Marcus ROCHLITZER, Julius LEGENMAJER
  • Publication number: 20170320539
    Abstract: An electric bicycle central shaft torque sensing system, comprising a central shaft, a strain sleeve, a pedalling force output portion, a torque sensor and a five-way piece, one end of the strain sleeve being fixed on the five-way piece via a bearing and connected to the pedalling force output portion, another end being sleeved on the central shaft and fixedly connected thereto, an inner surface of the strain sleeve fitting with an outer surface of the central shaft, an outer surface of the strain sleeve being adhered to the torque sensor, the torque sensor transmitting a signal to a controller via a signal transmitter, the controller controlling motor output. The present invention prevents the current widespread phenomenon of unbalanced left/right foot detection during measurement by a torque sensing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: TAICANG RONGCHI MOTOR CO., LTD
    Inventor: Feng GAO
  • Publication number: 20170320540
    Abstract: A vehicle able operable by muscle force and/or pedaling force, in particular an electrical bicycle, which includes an electric drive, a control unit for actuating the electric drive, a crankshaft drive having a first crank and a second crank for driving the vehicle; a first detection device for detecting a cycle time across a predefined crank angle, a second detection device for detecting a force applied by a driver; and a third detection device for detecting a first time during which the force applied by the driver lies above a threshold value, or a second time during which the force applied by the driver lies below the threshold value, and the control unit is configured to calculate a quotient of the first time and the cycle time, or a quotient of the second time and the cycle time, or a quotient of the first time and the second time, and the control unit is further configured to control the electric drive as a function of the calculated quotient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventor: Daniel Baumgaertner
  • Publication number: 20170320541
    Abstract: A motorized bicycle gearshift that is movable between first and second operative configurations and includes a pre-loaded elastic element that is responsive to gearshift changes between the first and second operative conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: CAMPAGNOLO S.r.l.
    Inventor: Paolo PASQUA
  • Publication number: 20170320542
    Abstract: A fluid machine for a pneumatic or hydraulic drive system, said fluid machine being able to work as a fluid motor or as a fluid pump, comprising: at least two piston assemblies each comprising a piston means (110a-c), the at least two piston assemblies being operable to cause sequential reciprocating movement of the pistons means (110a-c); a drive member (120) rotatable about an axis and providing an annular, wave-like surface (122) extending at least partially radially to the axis, towards which the piston means (110a-c) project, wherein, in case of working as a fluid motor, the pistons means (110a-c) are arranged to drive rotation of the drive member (120) about the axis at least by a pushing action on said wave-like surface (122) or, in the case of working as a fluid pump, the piston means (110a-c) are arranged to cooperate with said wave-like surface (122) so that rotation of the drive member (120) drives sequential reciprocating motion of the piston means (110a-c).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: GENIUS VELO LIMITED
    Inventor: Teklemichael Sebhatu
  • Publication number: 20170320543
    Abstract: The present invention provides a marine structure platform including: horizontal connecting parts which are disposed under the seawater and connected to one another in a lattice structure; vertical connecting parts which are installed uprightly at four corners of the horizontal connecting parts and protrude from the seawater; and movement damping parts which are extended at the four corners from the vertical connecting parts along the horizontal connecting parts adjacent to one another, the movement damping parts having a plate shape so as to define a vertical gap therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Key Yong HONG, Kang Su LEE, Jong Su CHOI, Kyong Hwan KIM, Se Wan PARK
  • Publication number: 20170320544
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a trimaran and, more specifically, to a variable trimaran using natural power, the variable trimaran having an outer hull, which is capable of ensuring stability with respect to a center hull in the middle thereof, can be selectively expanded and contracted in the horizontal and vertical directions thereof, a sail unit, which uses wind power, and a solar power generation unit so as to enable efficient long-term sailing without the use of fossil fuel. To this end, a horizontal adjustment unit and a vertical adjustment unit are provided for adjusting the position of the outer hull, and the solar power generation unit and the wind power sailing unit are used such that the position of the outer hull can be freely adjusted with respect to the center hull and efficient long-term sailing is enabled without the supply of an oil energy source due to the use of sunlight and wind power as power sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventor: Yun Kang BAEK
  • Publication number: 20170320545
    Abstract: A marine thru-hull fitting drainage device directs fluid away from a thru-hull fitting in the hull of a vessel. The drainage device includes a resiliently flexible channel body having a substantially U-shaped cross-sectional area, the body shaped to taper from a first flat end proximate to the hull of the vessel to a second narrower end that is distal from the hull of the vessel. The device also includes a flange attached to the first end of the body proximate to the hull having a flat surface area shaped to conform around an edge of the thru-hull fitting on the hull of the boat and an adhesive material formed on the flat surface area of the semi-circular flange, the adhesive material attached to the flat surface area of the semi-circular flange on a first side and having a removable non-adhesive layer concealing a second adhesive side of the adhesive material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Colin Daley, Dale Branch
  • Publication number: 20170320546
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for a recreational canopy which may be used for watercraft wherein the canopy is constructed by using a pair of flexible, resilient rod-like members wherein one end of each of the flexible rods is inserted through mating apertures in an upright member mounted onto the watercraft so that the rods are bowed outwardly and frictionally held in the stanchion. A canopy, which may be constructed of solar cell fabric, is attached between the rods so that the canopy generally appears to be in an elongated V-shaped structure which stretches across a portion of the watercraft between the flexible rods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventor: Lawrence A. Greer
  • Publication number: 20170320547
    Abstract: A system for launching and recovering a marine or submarine device from a support vessel, the system comprises a carriage and at least one protective component, wherein each the protective component is connected to the carriage by a pivot connection of which the axis, when the device is secured to the vessel, is parallel to the surface of the water; and wherein at least one protective component is suitable for raising the marine or submarine device partially out of the water during recovery and for placing the marine or submarine device in the water during a launch, by rotation of the protective component(s) about the carriage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Michaël JOURDAN, Albert TOM
  • Publication number: 20170320548
    Abstract: To obtain an economical hull structure by employing an independent prismatic tank having a large tank volume with respect to a ship size and reducing material cost. Provided is a LNG ship having a structure in which a substantially prismatic tank is installed inside a hold while not being integrated with a hull structure material, wherein a tank bottom surface is provided with inclined surfaces formed at the left and right sides of a center line direction of the ship as a boundary so that each angle intersecting a horizontal line becomes equal to or smaller than 4.0°, and support bodies integrated with the hull structure material are arranged so as to correspond to the inclined surfaces and the tank is put on the support bodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2014
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventor: Nobuyoshi MORIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170320549
    Abstract: Disclosed is a heat-insulation system for a liquefied natural gas cargo hold, which comprises a primary sealing wall, a secondary sealing wall, and a secondary heat-insulating layer, and is applied to a liquefied natural gas cargo hold. The heat-insulation system for a liquefied natural gas cargo hold comprises a collar stud installed on a line on the upper surface of the secondary heat-insulating layer where an anchor strip is installed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: DAEWOO SHIPBUILDING & MARINE ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kwang Jun PARK, Joong Kyoo KANG
  • Publication number: 20170320550
    Abstract: A powered water vessel includes a unitary section of the bow that is pivotably rotatable about a horizontal axis thereby permitting a closed-bow configuration and an opened-bow configuration. The closed-bow configuration is generally amenable to regular boat operations, while the opened-bow configuration is generally amenable to loading and unloading passengers, vehicles and/or cargo. A folding ramp assembly is extendable through the open-bowed configuration for loading and unloading, with track extensions providing additional extension distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventor: Peter Derek Ryan
  • Publication number: 20170320551
    Abstract: Cushions for use in seating for boats and methods of using the same. According to one embodiment, the cushion is designed for use with a bucket-type boat seat and includes an insert and a casing. The insert has a J-shape and is made up of three foam pads joined to one another, with a first of the foam pads designed to be positioned over the boat seat, with a second of the foam pads designed to be positioned in front of the boat seat, and with a third of the foam pads designed to be positioned under the boat seat. The casing preferably conforms substantially to the shape of the insert and is designed to permit the insert to be inserted into and/or removed from the casing. The cushion additionally includes a fastener coupled to the casing for use in securing the casing to the boat seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventor: Martin J. Dennehy
  • Publication number: 20170320552
    Abstract: A boat propeller apparatus can be coupled to virtually any motor boat to cause the boat to safely and efficiently produce a surfable wake. The boat propeller apparatus can be configured to mount to the boat in a way that causes the apparatus to be positioned and secured behind but spaced from the propeller while the boat is moving forward. The apparatus will therefore be in the path of the propelled water and will function to divert the propelled water in such a way as to create a larger/taller wake than would otherwise be produced by the boat. The boat propeller apparatus can also function as a propeller shield and be used in conjunction with a propeller guard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventor: Guy Taylor
  • Publication number: 20170320553
    Abstract: A fluid hinge includes a first part of a two-part element including a planar surface of a trim tab and a second part of the two-part system having at least one bracket secured to the hull of a watercraft and the first and second parts of the two-part element are not physically coupled together. It also provides at least one bracket secured to the hull on which the planar surface of the trim tab may rest and the at least one bracket not taking any load from the planar surface except at rest to keep the planar surface from descending below the horizon of the hull.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventor: Joseph R Langlois
  • Publication number: 20170320554
    Abstract: Combination of marine vessel and outboard motor, wherein at least one outboard motor is attached in a predetermined position to the transom of the marine vessel, the motor being mounted so as to translate according to a path with at least one motion component having an orientation parallel to the direction of the transverse axis of the hull and/or parallel to the transom of said hull and alternatively towards one or the other side of the hull.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Marcella Gai, Enrico Pagani, Marco Vaccari, Matteo Del Turco
  • Publication number: 20170320555
    Abstract: The present application relates generally to a control arrangement for controlling at least two azimuthing propulsion units of a ship. The control arrangement comprises a crash stop activation member for activating a crash stop procedure, after which the crash stop procedure is executed in which the orientation and propulsion speed of the azimuthing propulsion units are controlled until the propagation speed of the ship has at least been reduced from the moment when the crash stop procedure was activated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Niko Ostrow, Risto Gylden
  • Publication number: 20170320556
    Abstract: A translucent panel system comprising a panel (13) comprising a translucent layer provided with a transparent screen on which there is mounted a device having sensors sensing light energy from a light source, so as to allow viewing through the translucent layer, the panel (13) further comprising an internal layer provided with a polarisable film intended to modify the degree of opacity of the panel (13), the translucent layer being opposite the internal layer. The translucent panel system comprises an element for transmitting and/or storing energy originating from the device having sensors and a system for supplying power and adjusting the degree of opacity of the polarisable film, the power supply and adjustment system being at least partially supplied by the element for transmitting and/or storing light energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Laurent Costa, Georges Figura
  • Publication number: 20170320557
    Abstract: A rigid polymer porous material sheet is produced by feeding a slurry of polymer mixture comprising ultrafine polyvinylchloride particle, non-phthalate plasticizer, foaming agent and thermal stabilizer, polymer chips, fillers and fire retardant chemicals into a heated mold and pressing the mixture with high applied pressure. The temperature of the mold is below 190° C. to soften the polymer mixture and decompose the foaming agent forming the closed cell polyvinylchloride foam with 10 to 40% density with closed air cells. The thermal resistance of the rigid polymer porous sheet and sound attenuation properties are significantly improved. The rigid polymer porous sheet can be bent at sharp angles without crack formation facilitating its use as wall boards. The sheets produced may be embossed or molded to produce decoration boards, advertising boards, cabinet doors and furniture with decorative features. They can also be used in aeronautical applications as acoustic thermal insulation systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventor: Michael A. Pero, III
  • Publication number: 20170320558
    Abstract: The invention discloses a flight vehicle generating a lift from an interior thereof. The fluid channel inside the flight vehicle communicates with the engine and the ports on the upper surface of the outer shell. With the powerful suction of the engine, the fluid on the upper surface of the outer shell is quickly sucked into the fluid channel via respective ports under conditions of long path, large area, high speed and low air pressure, which results in large lift from the interior of the flight vehicle. In the course of generating the lift, the fluid resistances of the fluid wall and the fluid hole are sucked into the fluid channel through the ports at the front and the surrounding area of the flight vehicle, then high-speed fluid is emitted from the rear port. This approach contributes greatly to the transformation of the existing flight vehicle. The present invention significantly improves the lift, the speed and the carrying capacity of the existing flight vehicle with lowered energy consumption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventor: Xiaoyi ZHU
  • Publication number: 20170320559
    Abstract: A pressurized, fluid-filled channel network embedded in an elastic structure, asymmetrically to the neutral plane, is used to create a deformation field within the structure by the pressurization of the embedded fluidic network, which can be applied in accordance with external forces acting on the structure. The deformation of the structure resulting from the liquid pressure and geometry of the network is related to a continuous deformation-field function. This enables the design of networks creating steady arbitrary deformation fields as well as to eliminate deformation created by external time varying forces, thus increasing the effective rigidity of the beam. By including the effects of the deformation created by the channel network on the beam inertia, the response of the beam to oscillating forces can be modified, enabling the design of channel networks which create pre-defined oscillating deformation patterns in response to external oscillating forces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Amir GAT, Shai ELBAZ, Yoav MATIA
  • Publication number: 20170320560
    Abstract: A structural assembly including a first structural member defining a first partial bore and including a first protrusion extending from a periphery of the first partial bore on a first side and a second protrusion extending from the periphery of the first partial bore on a second side, a second structural member defining a second partial bore and including a first protrusion extending from a periphery of the second partial bore on a first side and a second protrusion extending from the periphery of the second partial bore on a second side, wherein the second partial bore is aligned with the first partial bore to define a through-bore, a first engagement member engaged with the first protrusions and a second engagement member engaged with the second protrusions, wherein the first and second structural members are clamped between the first and second engagement members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2016
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventor: Jerry D. Chungbin
  • Publication number: 20170320561
    Abstract: An aircraft aerodynamic surface (1) including a torsion box (2) having a front spar (21) and rear spar (22), a first control surface (3) including a front spar (31) and a trailing edge (32) and a second control surface (4) having a front spar (41), a trailing edge (42), and a pivot device (5, 6, 7, 8) for pivotally attaching the first control surface (3) and the second control surface (4) to the rear spar (22) of the torsion box (2), the first control surface is an inboard control surface (4) including two lateral ribs (9, 9?), six inner ribs (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 10) and an inner spar (16), and the second control surface (3) is an outboard control surface which includes two lateral ribs (20, 20?), three internal ribs (17, 18, 19), two internal spars (24, 24?) and one internal spar (23).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Carlos GARCIA NIETO, Fernando PEREIRA MOSQUEIRA, Iker VELEZ DE MENDIZABAL ALONSO, Enrique GUINALDO FERNANDEZ, Francisco Javier HONORATO RUIZ
  • Publication number: 20170320562
    Abstract: A blade is provided for the cycloidal marine propellers or cycloidal aerial rotors. Said blade is provided with the capabilities, in response to the control system commands to dynamically and in real time; flex itself along its chord in any required way, vary its relative pivot point position, change its planform by extending or retracting a trailing edge extension, differentially if needed on the right and left, turn the flap along the trailing edge in either direction or allow it to be turned by the flows. Said blade is also optionally provided with one or more elastic trailing edges whose stiffness is dynamically, and possibly differentially along the blade span, variable by the control system. For the reversal of the leading and trailing edges for operation in reverse airflow and other conditions the blades are provided with edges that can be made rigid when functioning as the leading edge and flexible if needed when functioning as the trailing edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2016
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventor: Philip Bogrash
  • Publication number: 20170320563
    Abstract: An aircraft having an airframe that extends longitudinally along an anteroposterior plane. A buoyancy system is provided with at least one pair of two floats arranged transversely on opposite sides of said anteroposterior plane. Each float is movable in elevation from a bottom position to a top position. For each float, the buoyancy system includes a blocking system for blocking each float by default in the bottom position, and for acting under a predetermined condition to block the floats present on one of the sides only of the aircraft in the top position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS
    Inventor: Julien AZZARELLO
  • Publication number: 20170320564
    Abstract: The ‘Air Wheel’ rotor is a rotor with blades of variable pitch and variable twist. The ‘Air Wheel’ rotor comprises one or more hubs connected to the closed axisymmetric wing via flexible blades. There is provided a wide range of combinations of the wing relative width and coning angle typical for a lifting rotor with a thin planar wing attached to the tips of long blades, for a shrouded fan in a wide annular wing, or an impeller in a rotating cylindrical wing is provided. The ‘Air Wheel’ rotor combines and enhances the advantages of a rotor and a wing. The ‘Air Wheel’ rotor has high aerodynamic properties, and eliminates limitations of the rotor size and flight speed. The ‘Air Wheel’ rotor can be used for designing vertical take-off and landing aircraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventor: Sergei Yurevich Kuzikov
  • Publication number: 20170320565
    Abstract: A helicopter includes a gimbal assembly, a first rotor assembly, a second rotor assembly, a fuselage, and a controller. The first rotor assembly, the second rotor assembly, and the fuselage are mechanically coupled to the gimbal assembly. The first rotor assembly includes a first rotor and the second rotor assembly includes a second rotor, the first rotor including a plurality of first fixed-pitch blades and the second rotor including a plurality of second fixed-pitch blades. Each of the plurality of first and the second fixed-pitch blades are coupled to a hub of its respective rotor via a hinge mechanism that is configured to allow each of the fixed-pitch blades to pivot from a first position to a second position, the first position being substantially parallel to the fuselage and the second position being substantially perpendicular to the fuselage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: DUSTIN E. GAMBLE, Matthew Curran, Brian Miller
  • Publication number: 20170320566
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an exemplary embodiment of a system for driving a slat of an aircraft. The system includes first and second hinge support elements of a wing structure, a first arm device, a second arm device, and a third arm device. Also disclosed is an aircraft having the system, an aircraft wing having the system, and a method for driving a slat of an aircraft. The system utilizes a particular configuration of connection junctions, which rotatably connect the arm devices and the hinge support elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Atra Surya GEMILANG, Marc HENCKE
  • Publication number: 20170320567
    Abstract: An aircraft rotor assembly has a central hub and a plurality of rotor blades coupled to the hub for rotation with the hub about an axis, each blade having a Lock number of approximately 5 or greater. A lead-lag pivot for each blade is formed by a flexure coupling the associated blade to the hub. Each pivot is a radial distance from the axis and allows for in-plane lead-lag motion of the associated blade relative to the hub, each pivot allowing for in-plane motion from a neutral position of at least 1 degree in each of the lead and lag directions. Elastic deformation of the flexure produces a biasing force for biasing the associated blade toward the neutral position, and the biasing force is selected to achieve a first in-plane frequency of greater than 1/rev for each blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Miller, Frank B. Stamps, Jouyoung Jason Choi, Thomas C. Parham, JR., Alan Ewing, Richard E. Rauber
  • Publication number: 20170320568
    Abstract: An electrically powered vertical takeoff and vertical landing (VTOL) aircraft, which comprises at least two main propellers, wherein the main propellers are adapted to generate at least 70% of the aircraft propulsion. The aircraft also comprises at least one adjustment propeller, which has its propeller slipstream adapted to produce a torque relative to a first axis or the first and second axes with respect to a fuselage of the aircraft for turning the aircraft relative to said first axis or said first and second axes. In addition, not less than 35%, but not more than 85%, of the aircraft's mass is adapted to lie, during takeoff and/or landing, on a rear side of a propeller line of said main propellers with respect to a nose of the aircraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventor: Markus Hohenthal
  • Publication number: 20170320569
    Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle for aerial transportation of delivery items. The unmanned aerial vehicle includes an attachment device to fasten and unfasten one or more delivery items to the unmanned aerial vehicle, a motor to aerially transport the one or more delivery items along a delivery route, a sensor mounted on the unmanned aerial vehicle to detect at least one environmental variable during the delivery route, and an alert system to generate a status associated with the unmanned aerial vehicle along the delivery route to an observer when the environmental variable exceeds a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Michael S. Gordon, Clifford A. Pickover, Maja Vukovic
  • Publication number: 20170320570
    Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), or drone, includes a fuselage, left and right airfoil-shaped wings connected to the fuselage to generate lift in forward flight, a left thrust-generating device supported by the left wing, and a right thrust-generating device supported by the right wing. The UAV further includes a vertical stabilizer, a top thrust-generating device mounted to a top portion of the vertical stabilizer, and a bottom thrust-generating device mounted to a bottom portion of the vertical stabilizer. An onboard power source is provided for powering the thrust-generating devices. The left, right, top and bottom thrust-generating devices provide forward thrust during forward flight and also provide vertical thrust to enable the unmanned aerial vehicle to take-off and land vertically when the fuselage is substantially vertical and further enabling the unmanned aerial vehicle to transition between forward flight and vertical take-off and landing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: SKyX Limited
    Inventor: David Horn
  • Publication number: 20170320571
    Abstract: A rotational power device including a blade having a core formed by battery material as a power source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventor: David W. Carroll
  • Publication number: 20170320572
    Abstract: In some embodiments, methods and systems of facilitating movement of product-containing pallets include at least one forklift unit configured to lift and move the product-containing pallets, at least one motorized transport unit configured to mechanically engage and disengage a respective forklift unit, and a central computer system in communication with the at least one motorized transport unit. The central computer system is configured to transmit at least one signal to the at least one motorized transport unit. The signal is configured to cause the at least one motorized transport unit to control the at least one forklift unit to move at least one of the product-containing pallets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Donald R. High, Nathan G. Jones, Gregory A. Hicks
  • Publication number: 20170320573
    Abstract: A method of delivering over the air, shelled portions of fluids or granular substances containing effective ingredients, to a target, includes the following stages: selecting a type and a size of the shelled portions containing the required effective ingredients, based on mission parameters and physical data of a scene containing the target; conveying the shelled portions to a delivery point, based on the mission parameters and the physical data; and ballistically delivering the shelled portions towards the target, wherein the shelled portions comprise fluids or granular substances covered by shells that provide the shelled portions a ballistic coefficient that is significantly higher than a ballistic coefficient of similar portions without the shells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Shlomo ALKAHER, Dan Lewitus, Amos Ophir, Ana Lea Dotan, Yoram Ilan Lipovsky
  • Publication number: 20170320574
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention comprise systems for providing a lifesaving apparatus to a distressed individual. Such systems may comprise an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) configured to selectably support a lifesaving apparatus. The UAV may comprise a release mechanism configured to release the lifesaving apparatus when proximate a distressed person. The system may additionally comprise a control device configured to wirelessly communicate with the UAV such that a user can pilot the UAV from a distance and deliver the lifesaving apparatus to a distressed person. Methods of using the same may comprise piloting the UAV proximate a distressed person, providing a signal to the UAV to release the lifesaving apparatus by operating the release mechanism, and then pulling the lifesaving apparatus and the distressed person to safety via a control line secured to the lifesaving apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventor: James Sommerfield Richardson
  • Publication number: 20170320575
    Abstract: A faucet for a water supply system for an aircraft includes a body portion having a water passage formed therein, and an adapter removably mounted to a discharge portion of the body portion, wherein the adapter is configured so that a mounting member is received within a casing, and the mounting member includes an orifice, a negative pressure forming chamber through which water having passed through the orifice flows, and an air passage hole communicated with the negative pressure forming chamber and mixing air taken in from an exterior of the adapter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: JAMCO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Oguri, Mineaki Terada
  • Publication number: 20170320576
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure generally provide a grey water interface valve liquid level sensor system. The liquid level sensor system may deliver information about the water level and the water movement that occurs in a water reservoir. A control unit may then activate a valve to open so that the water can be removed via vacuum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: MAG Aerospace Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Jakob Hennings, Rohan Lean, Joachim Hilse, Razmik B. Boodaghians, Jeroen Willem Kurvink