Patents Issued in December 4, 2018
  • Patent number: 10144490
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for transferring an object from or to a marine transport vessel to or from a construction or vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Limpet Holdings (UK) Limited
    Inventor: David Kennedy Taylor
  • Patent number: 10144491
    Abstract: A floating wind power generation device comprises: a main buoyant body which has buoyancy and a space portion provided in the center; an auxiliary buoyant body which has buoyancy and is connected to the main buoyant body by being inserted into the space portion of the main buoyant body; a plurality of wind power generators which are vertically provided on top of the auxiliary buoyant body and generate power; a location control means which is connected to the main buoyant body and controls the location of the main buoyant body; an oscillation inhibiting means which is connected to the main buoyant body and enables the main buoyant body to maintain an equilibrium state by absorbing the sea waves; and a dock connection unit which is connected to the main buoyant body and enables a ship to lie at anchor on the sea.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF ULSAN FOUNDATION FOR INDUSTRY COOPERATION
    Inventors: Hyun Kyoung Shin, Dong Ju Kim
  • Patent number: 10144492
    Abstract: An air bag structure includes an air bag body. The air bag body includes a first air bag, a second air bag, and an intermediate partition disposed between the first air bag and the second air bag. The intermediate partition is extensible. When one of the air bags is broken, the other air bag is inflated. The intermediate partition is deformed to move toward the rupture, and the air volume of the good air bag is doubled and returned to the original air volume, thereby maintaining buoyancy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Inventor: Tsung Hsi Liu
  • Patent number: 10144493
    Abstract: Systems and methods for buoyancy compensation are provided. Both active and passive buoyancy compensation can be provided using a compressible mixture made of a liquid along with a hydrophopic material such as a powder, electrospun fiber, or foam. The compressible fluid compresses as pressure is applied or expands as pressure is released thereby substantially maintaining an overall neutral buoyancy for a vessel. This allows the vessel to ascend and descend to water depths with minimal active buoyancy change. As a result, the energy usage and the reliance on higher pressure air and oils can be minimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Sea-Bird Electronics, Inc.
    Inventor: Bradley C. Edwards
  • Patent number: 10144494
    Abstract: An arrangement and a method for installing a propulsion unit to a hull of a ship. The propulsion unit comprises an upper part of the propulsion unit attachable to the hull of the ship and a lower part of the propulsion unit where to a propeller shaft is rotatably supported, and the upper part of the propulsion unit having flanges to attach the flanges tightly to the hull, and wherein there is an aperture in the bottom of the hull where to the propulsion unit is to be installed. The arrangement comprises a plurality of watertight covers covering openings in the bottom of the hull and a plurality of watertight covers covering openings in the top of the upper part of the propulsion unit, wherein the arrangement comprises a removable hull-side cover covering at least the opening under it, and at least one removable propulsion unit side cover covering the opening under it and facing the opening, and the removable covers are bolted from the hull-side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Jani Hakala, Kimmo Kokkila, Petri Säkkinen
  • Patent number: 10144495
    Abstract: An outboard motor includes an engine having an output portion. A lower gear mechanism drives a propeller disposed below the engine. A transmission includes an input shaft that transmits power from the output portion to the transmission. An output shaft transmits power from the transmission to the lower gear mechanism. A reverse idler shaft is parallel to an intermediate shaft. A forward clutch is disposed on one of the input and intermediate shafts and connects and disconnects power from the input shaft to the intermediate shaft. A reverse clutch is disposed on the intermediate shaft and connects and disconnects power transmission from the input shaft to the intermediate shaft. Power of the input shaft is transmitted to the output shaft via the forward clutch and the intermediate shaft and is transmitted to the output shaft via the reverse idler shaft, the reverse clutch, and the intermediate shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: KANZAKI KOKYUKOKI MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tomoyuki Ebihara
  • Patent number: 10144496
    Abstract: An atmospheric balloon includes an upper apex and a lower apex and a balloon membrane. The balloon membrane includes a plurality of balloon gores. The balloon gores extend between the upper and lower apexes. One or more of the balloon gores includes upper straight line gore edges and lower straight line gore edges. The upper and lower straight line gore edges are coupled along one or more corresponding upper and lower straight line gore edges of adjacent balloon gores of the plurality of balloon gores. The one or more balloon gores are formed with cutting the gore material along a straight line cutting edge to form the upper and lower straight line gore edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Raven Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Scott Smith, Michael William Zimmerman
  • Patent number: 10144497
    Abstract: A door frame for an aircraft includes first and second beams, each having a first end and a second end. The second beam is substantially parallel to the first beam. A third beam extends from the first end of the first beam to the first end of the second beam. The third beam is substantially perpendicular to the first beam and the second beam. A first flange extends from the second end of the first beam in a direction that is away from the second beam. The first flange is substantially perpendicular to the first beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventor: Paul S. Nordman
  • Patent number: 10144498
    Abstract: The invention relates to a wall made from a composite material comprising at least two layers of fibers (18, 18?) embedded in a resin matrix, a crack being able to spread in said wall in a direction of propagation, characterized in that it comprises at least one longilineal metal reinforcement (20), oriented in a direction secant to the direction of propagation, inserted between two layers of fibers (18, 18?) of the wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Airbus Operations (SAS)
    Inventors: Alain Porte, Jacques Lalane, Stéphane Dida
  • Patent number: 10144499
    Abstract: Aerofoil accessories are provided, configured for selective attachment to a wing element, the wing element having an outer facing aerofoil surface and being based on at least one datum aerofoil section. Each accessory provides a modified geometric profile to a datum profile of the at least one aerofoil section when attached to the wing element. The accessories are each configured for having a substantially fixed geometric profile with respect to the at least one datum aerofoil section at least whenever said wing element is airborne with the respective accessory attached to the wing element. The modified geometric profile is such as to provide said wing element with the accessory attached thereto with a desired change in performance relative to a datum performance provided by the wing element absent the accessory. A kit is also provided for enhancing performance of a wing element in off-design conditions. A method is also provided for enhancing performance of a wing element in adverse conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: ISRAEL AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES LTD.
    Inventors: Michael Shepshelovich, Alex Nagel, Danny Abramov
  • Patent number: 10144500
    Abstract: A nacelle having a longitudinal axis and comprising a chassis, two articulated fan cowl doors and a sliding fan cowl door. Each articulated fan cowl door is rotatably mounted in an upper portion of the chassis, each about their own opening axis. The opening axes are parallel to the longitudinal axis. The articulated doors pivot between a closed position and an open position. The sliding fan cowl door, in its closed position, is placed between free edges of the articulated fan cowl doors. A sliding arrangement for the sliding door is configured such that, in the open position of either articulated door, the sliding fan cowl door can rotate about the longitudinal axis. The nacelle has fan cowl doors which take up less space when in the open position and which are more compact, in comparison to articulated fan cowl doors without a sliding fan cowl door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Airbus Operations (SAS)
    Inventors: Olivier Pautis, Jerome Colmagro
  • Patent number: 10144501
    Abstract: The device for automatic management of an actuator controlled by a servo-valve, includes a sensor for measuring the actual value of a parameter at the output of the actuator for a given control command, a computation unit for computing a theoretical value of said parameter, by applying the control command to a nominal performance model which models the operation of the actuator exhibiting nominal performance, a computation unit for computing the difference between the measured actual value of the parameter and the computed theoretical value of said parameter, a control unit for computing an adapted gain as a function of this difference, and a link for applying the adapted gain to the servo-valve for it to use it as gain value, so as to allow the actuator to restore nominal performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Airbus Operations S.A.S.
    Inventor: Pierre Fabre
  • Patent number: 10144502
    Abstract: Aerodynamic structures having lower surface spoilers are described herein. One disclosed example apparatus includes a first spoiler of an aerodynamic structure of an aircraft, where the first spoiler is to deflect away from a first side of the aerodynamic structure and a second spoiler on a second side of the aerodynamic structure opposite of the first side, where the second spoiler is to deflect away from the second side to reduce a load on at least one of the first spoiler or a flap of the aerodynamic structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Sean C. Omeara, Brian E. Geppert, Christopher Andrew Konings, Stephen Roger Amorosi, Paul M. Vijgen, Kevin Mark Johnsen, Gregory M. Santini
  • Patent number: 10144503
    Abstract: An aircraft includes a main wing (where the main wing is a fixed wing) and a main wing rotor that extends outward on a trailing edge side of the main wing. The aircraft also includes a truncated fuselage, a canard and a canard rotor that is attached to the canard. The aircraft flies at least some of the time using aerodynamic lift acting on the main wing and flies at least some of the time by airflow produced by the main wing rotor. The aircraft is able to fly in those manners because the main wing rotor and the canard rotor are both fixed rotors, each with an axis of rotation that is tilted downward from horizontal at an angle between 20° to 40°, inclusive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Kitty Hawk Corporation
    Inventors: Damon Vander Lind, Pranay Sinha
  • Patent number: 10144504
    Abstract: Hand controls for an aircraft, including a single axis hand control which is configured to control movement of an aircraft along a vertical axis where the aircraft includes a plurality of rotors that are attached to the aircraft at a fixed position and the plurality of rotors rotate independently of one another. The hand controls further include a three axis hand control which is configured to control movement of the aircraft within a plane defined by a roll axis and a pitch axis, as well as about a yaw axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Kitty Hawk Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander David Selwa, Todd Reichert, Mark Johnson Cutler
  • Patent number: 10144505
    Abstract: A method includes receiving, at a flight management system of an aircraft, a required time of arrival (RTA) of the aircraft at a first location. The method includes receiving, at the flight management system, an input indicating an RTA index value. The method further includes modifying a speed of the aircraft based on the RTA and the RTA index value. The speed is determined by the flight management system as part of a flight plan of the aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventor: Geun I. Kim
  • Patent number: 10144506
    Abstract: A drive system for rotating a wheel of an aircraft landing gear. The drive system has a drive pinion and a motor operable to rotate the drive pinion via a drive path. A rotary damper is provided in the drive path between the motor and the drive pinion. A driven gear is adapted to be attached to the wheel so as to be capable of rotating the wheel. The drive system has a drive configuration in which the drive pinion is capable of meshing with the driven gear to permit the motor to drive the driven gear via the drive path. One of the drive pinion and the driven gear comprises a roller gear having a series of rollers arranged to form a ring, each roller being rotatable about a roller axis, and the other of the drive pinion and the driven gear comprises a sprocket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: Arnaud Didey, Fraser Wilson
  • Patent number: 10144507
    Abstract: A fault tolerant, optically or electrically managed, EMP resilient electromagnetic distributed direct drive powertrain applied to provide lift and/or propulsion and/or attitude control to an aircraft. The electromagnetic distributed direct drive being network based, capable of autonomous operations and decisions such as pilot input interpreting mode, load distribution, fault management, self-healing operations, electrical and mechanical health monitoring, as well as electrical and mechanical fault prediction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Inventor: Pascal Chretien
  • Patent number: 10144508
    Abstract: An autopilot device and method for automatically piloting a rotary wing aircraft, having at least one propulsion propeller, the rotary wing including at least one rotor with blades, the device including a processor co-operating with at least one collective control system for controlling the collective pitch of the blades. The device includes engagement means connected to the processor for engaging an assisted mode of piloting for maintaining an angle of attack, the processor automatically controlling the collective pitch of the blades when the assisted mode of piloting for maintaining an angle of attack is engaged by controlling the collective control system to maintain an aerodynamic angle of attack (?) of the aircraft at a reference angle of attack (?*).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Airbus Helicopters
    Inventor: Paul Eglin
  • Patent number: 10144509
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a high performance Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) aircraft for executing hovering flight, forward flight, and transitioning between the two in a stable and efficient manner. The VTOL aircraft provides a highly stable, controllable and efficient VTOL aircraft. The preferred comprises: (1) a pusher propeller configuration with strategic placement which maximizes the effective use of thrust, (2) four propellers which allow for the highly-controllable and mechanically simple control methods used in multirotor aircraft, (3) electric motors which create mechanically simple, lightweight and reliable operation, (4) and a tandem wing configuration which is stable, controllable and efficient in both hovering and forward flight. The VTOL aircraft is capable of full runway, short runway or vertical takeoffs or landings, having unobstructed forward view for camera and sensor placement; and providing a compact, mechanically simple and low-maintenance VTOL aircraft design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Inventor: Juan Gabriel Cruz Ayoroa
  • Patent number: 10144510
    Abstract: A system which includes a stoppable rotor which is configured to launch a stopped rotor aircraft into flight. The system also includes one or more wind turbines which are configured to generate electricity while the stopped rotor aircraft is flying, where the stoppable rotor is stopped at least some of the time while electricity is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Kitty Hawk Corporation
    Inventor: Damon Vander Lind
  • Patent number: 10144511
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a helicopter-mediated system and method for launching and retrieving an aircraft capable of long-distance efficient cruising flight from a small space without the use of a long runway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Hood Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Andreas H. von Flotow
  • Patent number: 10144512
    Abstract: A system for controlling passenger services includes a sensor that generates a signal representative of the at least one of the position of the seat, the presence of passenger in the seat, the position of the at least one hand of the passenger, the configuration of the at least one hand of the passenger and the direction of movement of the at least one hand of the passenger. A first light source, an air supply, and a window shade are disposed at a predetermined locations with respect to the seat. A controller, connected to the sensor, generates a control signal that controls at least one parameter associated with at least one of light generated by the first light source, air supplied by the air supply and a degree of openness of the window shade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: BOMBARDIER INC.
    Inventors: Pierre Gagnon, Joseph Rezile, Marc Kirmoyan, Brad Nolen, Julien Fabrice Lacheré, Jeffrey David Karceski
  • Patent number: 10144513
    Abstract: Described are arrangements of seats, which include at least one column having rows of pairs of seats (12A,12B), each seat having a chair position and a bed position. A pair of foot wells (34A,34B) are positioned within an aft side of each row and configured to vertically align with the pair of seats in a next-aft row when the pair of seats are positioned in the bed position. The bed position of a first seat (12A) of the pair of seats is vertically offset from the bed position of a second seat (12B) of the pair of seats so that the first seat has a high bed position and the second seat has a low bed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Zodiac Seats France
    Inventors: Benjamin Foucher, Philippe Roy
  • Patent number: 10144514
    Abstract: Occupant support for enhanced comfort safety and utility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Inventor: Arjuna Indraeswaran Rajasingham
  • Patent number: 10144515
    Abstract: Components and systems of an aircraft seating assembly are disclosed. The aircraft seating assembly can include an adjustable headrest that allows the headrest to be translated and/or rotated relative to a seat, a storage sleeve, and/or a spreader. The aircraft seating assembly can include an energy absorption system. The energy absorption system can include bracket which can control pivoting of a seat back relative to the bracket when subject to forces exceeding a threshold force. The energy absorption system can include a movable wall coupled to the seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: ENCORE SEATS, INC.
    Inventors: Gary Tien Le, Wade Franklin DeLaney, Elijah Dobrusin, Aram Aris Krikorian, Thomas Rodolph Eaton, Christopher Michael Gumbleton
  • Patent number: 10144516
    Abstract: The invention relates to a floor attachment assembly for mechanically connecting two aircraft seats to a floor structure of an aircraft, which assembly comprises four attachment points. The floor attachment assembly can be attached to the floor structure by means of one attachment element in each case at the four attachment points. The floor attachment assembly comprises two adapter plates, the two adapter plates being interconnected by means of a connection element. The mechanical connection between at least one of the adapter plates and at least one of the attachment elements is movable along at least one axis. Furthermore, the invention relates to a corresponding aircraft seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: LUFTHANSA TECHNIK AG
    Inventor: Oliver Thomaschewski
  • Patent number: 10144517
    Abstract: An airplane is provided. The airplane includes a first medium at a first pressure, a second medium at a second pressure, a third medium at a third pressure; and an air conditioning system. The air conditioning system includes a compressor, a first heat exchanger configured to transfer heat from the first medium to the third medium, a second heat exchanger configured to reject heat from the first medium, a third heat exchanger configured to reject heat from the second medium, a first turbine configured to receive the first medium, and a second turbine configured to receive the second medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventors: Louis J. Bruno, Harold W. Hipsky
  • Patent number: 10144518
    Abstract: A combination includes a selectively driven fan and a bypass flow passage for bypassing the fan. The bypass flow passage communicates with a first check valve to allow air to flow from the bypass passage to a downstream location. A second check valve allows air driven by the fan to pass into a return passage and return to an inlet of the fan in the event that the discharge pressure from the fan overcomes a spring force associated with the second check valve. A heat exchanger pack and an environmental control system for use on an aircraft, and a method are all also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventor: Harold W. Hipsky
  • Patent number: 10144519
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a fan, a compressor section having at least two sequential compressors, a combustor section fluidly connected to the compressor section, and a turbine section fluidly connected to the combustor section. The turbine section includes at least a first turbine, a second turbine and a third turbine. One of the first turbine, the second turbine and the third turbine is a fan-drive turbine. An environmental control system air supply includes at least a first compressor bleed and a second compressor bleed. Each of the first compressor bleed and the second compressor bleed are positioned upstream of a highest pressure compressor of the at least two compressors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Frederick M. Schwarz, Gabriel L. Suciu
  • Patent number: 10144520
    Abstract: An aircraft component assembly has a structural body and a thermal management de-icing system for minimizing or preventing ice build-up on leading edges of the body. The system includes a supply line for flowing heated fluid to the leading edges and a cooling device that interposes the supply line to prevent overheating of the leading edges thus protecting bodies that may be made of composite materials that are more susceptible to heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Rohr, Inc.
    Inventors: Jared Victor, Chad Franks
  • Patent number: 10144521
    Abstract: A method and system providing an airflow to a wing anti-ice system includes receiving an airflow from an outside air supply, compressing the airflow via an electric compressor, controlling a temperature of the airflow from the electric air compressor via a heat exchanger in fluid communication with the electric compressor and the wing anti-ice system, and providing the airflow to the wing anti-ice system via the heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventor: Robert M. DeRoy
  • Patent number: 10144522
    Abstract: Method, system, and aircraft for providing anti-ice protection including a supply of ferrofluid that is flowed out of orifices along a first region of an aerodynamic surface, is provided. The flowed ferrofluid is urged toward an aperture on a second region. The aperture is arranged relative to a magnetic field generator. A magnetic field generated by the magnetic field generator attracts the ferrofluid into the aperture while water droplets carried by the ferrofluid continue past the aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventor: Steve G. Mackin
  • Patent number: 10144523
    Abstract: An ice resistant structure is provided which includes a self-supporting, structural platform, a retaining, protective layer and a subsurface anti-icing (AI) and/or de-icing (DI) layer. The retaining, protective layer is disposed over the self-supporting, structural platform. The subsurface anti-icing (AI) and/or de-icing (DI) layer is located between the self-supporting, structural platform and the retaining, protective layer. The subsurface Al and/or DI layer is a functional layer such that an Al and/or DI agent is released to a surface of the retaining protective layer by an activation mechanism responsive to a change in an environmental condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Sunlight Products Inc.
    Inventors: Allan James Bruce, Michael Cyrus, Sergey Frolov
  • Patent number: 10144524
    Abstract: An assembly is provided for mounting a turbofan engine to a pylon. The turbofan engine includes a fan section and an engine core. The mounting assembly includes a fan case, a first mount and a second mount. The fan case is configured to house the fan section of the turbofan engine. The first mount is connected to the fan case, and configured to mount the fan case to the pylon. The second mount is connected to the fan case, and configured to mount the fan case to the pylon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Rohr, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan J. Binks, Allan R. Penda
  • Patent number: 10144525
    Abstract: Pylon mounting assemblies are provided for mounting an engine (e.g., a turbojet engine) to a wing of an aircraft. The pylon mounting assemblies include an upper pylon connection member, and a lower pylon connection box, wherein the upper pylon connection member and the lower pylon connection box respectively include multiple opposed pairs of connection lobes. At least one pair of the connection lobes includes a pin connection to restrict degrees of freedom thereat along an x-axis and a mutually perpendicular z-axis, while at least one other pair of connection lobes includes a connection rod to restrict degrees of freedom thereat along the z-axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: EMBRAER S.A.
    Inventors: Julio Antonio Beltrami Da Silva, Clovis Augusto Eça Ferreira, Wanderley Montoro, Alberto Dei Castelli, José Darci Flor, Jr., Marcelo Nogueira, Cleber Soares
  • Patent number: 10144526
    Abstract: An engine attachment system (EAS) includes a forward collar (202), an aft collar (204), at least one truss subassembly (216) disposed between the forward collar and the aft collar for supporting an engine, and at least one vibration isolator (206,208) integrated with each of the forward and aft collars for isolating engine vibration and reducing noise. A method of attaching a turboprop engine includes providing an EAS and hoisting a turboprop engine at least partially within the at least one truss subassembly (216).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: LORD Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel C. Zameroski, Gerald P. Whiteford
  • Patent number: 10144527
    Abstract: A flight controller system includes an electronic speed control throttle input from which an anticipated electrical power demand is determined. The flight controller system includes a controller that determines a throttle input for a generator in order to satisfy the anticipated electrical power demand. The flight controller system includes an electronic speed control throttle output providing a delayed electronic speed control throttle signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Skyfront Corp.
    Inventors: Troy Mestler, Anton Stepanov
  • Patent number: 10144528
    Abstract: A power plant comprising two engine groups and a main power transmission gearbox. Each engine group drives the main gearbox mechanically in order to rotate a main rotor of an aircraft at a frequency of rotation NR. A first engine group comprising two main engines is regulated on a first setpoint NR* for the frequency of rotation NR, while a second engine group comprising a secondary engine is regulated on a second setpoint W2* for power of the second engine group. In addition, each engine operates with margins relative to operating limits. The second setpoint W2* for power is determined so that each secondary engine operates with a lowest second margin that is equal to the lowest first margin of the first engine group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS
    Inventor: Regis Rossotto
  • Patent number: 10144529
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing Integrated Modular Avionics (IMA) processing and input/output (I/O) capabilities to existing electronic systems onboard aircraft are disclosed. More specifically, a display processing computer may include a first set of I/O interfaces and a second set of I/O interfaces. The display processing computer may further include at least one first processor in communication with the first set of I/O interfaces and at least one second processor in communication with the second set of I/O interfaces. The at least one first processor may be configured to process data received at the first set of I/O interfaces and provide commands to control a display. The at least one second processor may be configured to provide a set of non-display functions, and further configured to selectively activate a subset of the set of non-display functions based on at least one operating condition of the display processing computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffery E. Fetta, Richard T. Hackett, Eric N. Anderson
  • Patent number: 10144530
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing aircraft parts includes creating corresponding 3D geometry models representing surface features and holes of the aircraft parts sized to nominal dimensions. The method includes sending the 3D geometry models to respective manufacturing facilities for each to generate a NC machining program directly from a 3D geometry model, with instructions for a single NC machining apparatus to machine an aircraft part, and including instructions to machine the surface features and/or holes to the modeled dimensions. And for each of the respective manufacturing facilities to machine the aircraft part utilizing the NC machining program. For this, the NC machining apparatus utilizes tool(s) set at substantially the modeled dimensions, instead of at a high or low side of related tolerance range(s) to allow for tight geometric dimensioning and tolerancing requirements. This method enables the full process capability of the CNC machines while utilizing inspection tolerances that are measurable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Donald L. Erion, David Ray Turner, Teresa M. Finchamp
  • Patent number: 10144531
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for controlling a spacecraft for a transfer orbit. The spacecraft includes a propulsion subsystem with electric thrusters that are installed with two-axis gimbal assemblies. The spacecraft also includes a controller that identifies a target spin axis for the spacecraft, determines an actual spin axis for the spacecraft during the transfer orbit, determines gimbal angles for the electric thruster(s) that adjust the actual spin axis toward the target spin axis, and initiates a burn of the electric thruster(s) at the gimbal angles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Alexander Jacob Sobel, Qinghong W. Wang, Gary Lemke, Timothy Lui, Kangsik Lee, Glenn N. Caplin, Troy Allen Fontana
  • Patent number: 10144532
    Abstract: A craft using an inertial mass reduction device comprises of an inner resonant cavity wall, an outer resonant cavity, and microwave emitters. The electrically charged outer resonant cavity wall and the electrically insulated inner resonant cavity wall form a resonant cavity. The microwave emitters create high frequency electromagnetic waves throughout the resonant cavity causing the resonant cavity to vibrate in an accelerated mode and create a local polarized vacuum outside the outer resonant cavity wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventor: Salvatore Cezar Pais
  • Patent number: 10144533
    Abstract: A space-based solar power station, a power generating satellite module and/or a method for collecting solar radiation and transmitting power generated using electrical current produced therefrom is provided. Each solar power station includes a plurality of satellite modules. The plurality of satellite modules each include a plurality of modular power generation tiles including a photovoltaic solar radiation collector, a power transmitter and associated control electronics. The power transmitters can be coordinated as a phased array and the power generated by the phased array is transmitted to one or more power receivers to achieve remote wireless power generation and delivery. Each satellite module may be formed of a compactable structure capable of reducing the payload area required to deliver the satellite module to an orbital formation within the space-based solar power station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Harry A. Atwater, Seyed Ali Hajimiri, Sergio Pellegrino, Behrooz Abiri, Florian Bohn, Jeffrey P. Bosco, Dennis Callahan, Emily C. Warmann, Manan Arya, Nicolas Lee, Melanie Delapierre
  • Patent number: 10144534
    Abstract: Disclosed is a spacecraft including:—a housing defining an inner space and an outer space, the housing having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface; a first radiator and a second radiator supported by the first surface and the second surface, respectively, the first radiator and the second radiator each having a main inner surface, a main outer surface opposite the main inner surface and side surfaces. The spacecraft further includes a first auxiliary radiator and a first auxiliary heat-transfer device thermally connecting the first auxiliary radiator to the main inner surface of the second radiator, the first auxiliary radiator being arranged in a first portion of the outer space, the first portion being defined by the main outer surface of the first radiator and by the first planes containing the side surfaces of the first radiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE SAS
    Inventor: Fabrice Mena
  • Patent number: 10144535
    Abstract: The disclosed subject matter relates to a radiation shielding apparatus including a cryogenic vessel and a cryogenic hydrogen radiation shielding material capable of providing a radiation shield, the cryogenic hydrogen radiation shielding material including cryogenic hydrogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Inventors: Xiaoyi Li, Shouvanik Mustafi, Alvin J. Boutte
  • Patent number: 10144536
    Abstract: A vibrating device is incorporated in a packaging machine to vibrate packaging bags filled with articles. The vibrating device includes a tapping plate disposed below the bags, a servomotor having an output shaft, a selection unit selecting one of vibration patterns set according to sizes of the bags or types of the articles, an output unit delivering data of a rotation pattern of the output shaft, and a control unit controlling the output shaft according to the rotation pattern based on the delivered rotation data. When one vibration pattern is selected according to the size of the bag or the type of the articles, the control unit controls the output shaft according to the rotation pattern corresponding to the vibration pattern, so that the tapping plate connected via a link mechanism to the output shaft is vibrated up and down in the selected vibration pattern to vibrate the bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: GENERAL PACKER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kei Katsuyama, Naoyuki Kuniyoshi, Yuki Miyabe
  • Patent number: 10144537
    Abstract: Systems and methods for dispensing radioactive liquids using a liquid dispensing apparatus are described. The apparatus includes a support arm rotatable about a rotation axis, an actuator operatively connected to the support arm and configured to at least one of rotate the support arm about the rotation axis and displace the support arm in a direction parallel to the rotation axis, and a pipette assembly mounted to the support arm. The pipette assembly includes a pipette tip defining an opening through which liquids are aspirated and dispensed, a piston, and a stepper motor operatively connected to the piston to control linear displacement of the piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Mallinckrodt Nuclear Medicine LLC
    Inventors: Kevin B. Graves, Bryan S. Petrofsky, Brian J. Morton, Matthew S. Muraczewski, Lars Lindskog, Stephen C. Iverson, Rafael A. Martinez
  • Patent number: 10144538
    Abstract: This invention is directed towards the packaging of heavy articles such as floor jacks and similar equipment. The package is adapted to allow a heavy article to be rolled out of the package without lifting. The packaging is designed to engage with temporary handles positioned on the packaged article to make it easier for an end user to maneuver the packaged article and to remove the article from the packaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Snap-on Incorporated
    Inventors: Derek Nash, Eian Mathieson, Robert Fox, Matt Larson
  • Patent number: 10144539
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a packaging machine comprising a sealing station, a conveying unit and at least one loose object carrier, which is configured for accommodating a plurality of packaging objects and adapted to be fed to and removed from the sealing station by means of the conveying unit, wherein the loose object carrier comprises an upper part for accommodating the packaging objects, and wherein, for sealing the packaging objects, the object carrier is movable within the sealing station from a preliminary position, to which it can be advanced by means of the conveying unit, to a sealing position, at which it has been moved into contact with a tool upper part of the sealing station, said sealing position being displaced in parallel relative to the preliminary position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: MULTIVAC SEPP HAGGENMUELLER SE & CO. KG
    Inventors: Michael Lang, Lars Ickert, Alireza Taghipour