Patents Issued in April 30, 2020
  • Publication number: 20200130767
    Abstract: A kick scooter has a steering control device including a seat including an oval hole and two side armrests each having a through hole; a connecting member including an intermediate hollow projection and two wings; two linking assemblies each including a linking bar having one end connected to either front wheel; a limit pin movably disposed in the oval hole and secured to the connecting member; and a restoring mechanism including a biasing member fastened by the limit pin, and two positioning members each moveably disposed through the through hole and having an anchor at one end in either end of the biasing member, a threaded section at the other end, an intermediate flange, and two nuts each secured to the threaded section. The seat and the linking assembly are pivotably fastened together. The seat, the linking assembly, and the connecting member are pivotably fastened together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventor: Neil Owen
  • Publication number: 20200130768
    Abstract: A control system for a vehicle and method for controlling a vehicle component. The control system includes a sensor and a controller. The sensor senses vibrations of the vehicle and senses alterations to the vibrations that result from user contact with a handle of the vehicle. The alterations are associated with a particular vehicle component and/or a particular predetermined function to be performed by the vehicle component. The controller receives an indication of the vibrations and the alterations from the sensor, and then causes the vehicle component to perform the predetermined function that is associated with the alterations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventor: Rahul Khanna
  • Publication number: 20200130769
    Abstract: A folding urban mobility vehicle includes a frame, a pair of front wheel assemblies carried by respective front arms articulated to the frame about a first axis, and a rear wheel assembly carried by a rear arm articulated to the frame about a second axis. In a folded configuration of the vehicle the front wheel assemblies are located within the frame and the rear wheel assembly extends within the frame between the two front wheel assemblies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: Hydra Consulting S.r.l.
    Inventor: Mauro ZONA
  • Publication number: 20200130770
    Abstract: Systems and methods for fabricating a high-strength, low-weight material suitable for construction of a bicycle. A composition of powdered materials including magnesium, aluminum, copper, zinc, zirconia, and silicon carbide is combined and blended together. The mixture is vacuum hot pressed into a billet and then extruded. The resulting material is suitable for construction of a bicycle having excellent physical properties including strength, flexibility, comfort, and light-weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Ting Chen, Ram Shenoy, Indranil Roy
  • Publication number: 20200130771
    Abstract: A scooter includes a diversity of sensors to adapt scooter characteristics to any one or more than one of safety aspects, and scooter, environmental or driver states. Scooter characteristics susceptible to adaptation include throttle response; motor torque; motor speed; speed; maximum current drawn from energy storage system; braking characteristics, such as distribution, maximum braking power, anti-blocking system parameters or braking; adjusting vehicle dynamics, and suspension parameters such as stiffness, or damping coefficient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: Etergo B.V.
    Inventors: Bart JACOBSZ ROSIER, Marijn Laurens FLIPSE, Joris KOUDIJS, Adriaan AARNOUDSE, Daniƫl Thomas Alexander MUUSERS, Thomas SWART, Martijn DE MILLIANO
  • Publication number: 20200130772
    Abstract: A non-uniform steerer tube. The non-uniform steerer tubes includes an axis-symmetric outer surface and a non axis-symmetric inner surface. The axis-symmetric outer surface and the non axis-symmetric inner surface defining a wall thickness therebetween. The wall thickness varying along an axial length of the non-uniform steerer tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: William O. BROWN, IV, Daniel MCCORMICK, Joshua COAPLEN, Christopher OTTERNESS
  • Publication number: 20200130773
    Abstract: A fork assembly including a steerer tube and a crown, wherein the steerer tube is fixedly aligned to the crown in a predefined orientation at a time of manufacture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: William O. BROWN, IV, Daniel MCCORMICK, Joshua COAPLEN, Christopher OTTERNESS
  • Publication number: 20200130774
    Abstract: A bushing bypass. The bushing bypass includes a bushing having a top surface and a bottom surface. The bushing also includes an inner diameter surface extending between the top surface and the bottom surface. The bushing also includes an outer diameter surface extending between the top surface and the bottom surface. The bushing further includes a channel formed in the outer diameter surface. The channel extends from the top surface of the bushing to the bottom surface of the bushing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel MCCORMICK, Joshua COAPLEN
  • Publication number: 20200130775
    Abstract: A shock absorbing and height adjusting structure includes an inner tube, a lower piston assembly and an upper piston assembly. The inner tube includes an upper end, a lower end opposite to the upper end, and an inner space for accommodating a gas. The lower piston assembly includes a lower piston movably inserted into the inner tube, and a lower passage disposed at the lower piston. The upper piston assembly includes an upper piston movably inserted into the inner tube. When the lower passage is opened, the lower piston is moved relative to the lower end, and when the upper piston is forced, the upper piston has movement relative to the upper end toward the lower end to compress the gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventor: Kai-Han CHO
  • Publication number: 20200130776
    Abstract: A transmission structure for a bicycle includes two opposite transmission units. Each of the transmission units includes a linear reciprocating pedaling mechanism, a transmission module which is in transmission connection with the linear reciprocating pedaling mechanism, and a resetting module connected with the transmission module. The transmission modules of the two transmission units are connected with a power output mechanism through a unidirectional transmission mechanism. The transmission module includes a first driven wheel and a first transmission gear configured to be coaxial with the first driven wheel. The resetting module includes a connecting piece and an elastic piece. The connecting piece is connected with the first transmission gear. The elastic piece is connected with the connecting piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventor: Liyuan LUO
  • Publication number: 20200130777
    Abstract: A control system is provided to improve riding comfort of a human-powered vehicle. The control system includes an electronic controller and a receiver. The electronic controller is configured to control a first electric component of a first human-powered vehicle. The receiver is configured to receive first reference information related to a vehicle that differs from the first human-powered vehicle. The electronic controller is configured to control the first electric component based on the first reference information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Azusa YAMAZAKI, Satoshi SHAHANA, Kazutaka NIKI, Takehiko NAKAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20200130778
    Abstract: A control system includes a detection device and an electronic controller. The detection device is configured to detect passenger information related to at least one passenger of a human-powered vehicle driven by a driver of the human-powered vehicle in which the at least one passenger is different from the driver. The electronic controller is configured to control at least one component of the human-powered vehicle in accordance with the passenger information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Satoshi SHAHANA, Noriko MASUTA, Azusa YAMAZAKI, Megumi NAKABO, Takehiko NAKAJIMA, Fumihide NUMATA, Hiroshi FUJITA, Kenji GOTO
  • Publication number: 20200130779
    Abstract: A bicycle derailleur comprises a base member, a movable member, a chain guide, and a resistance applying structure. The chain guide is rotatably coupled to the movable member about a pivot axis. The resistance applying structure includes a rotational one-way clutch and an elastic portion. The rotational one-way clutch includes a first engagement member and a second engagement member. The first engagement member has a first axially facing surface and a first engagement profile provided to the first axially facing surface. The second engagement member has a second axially facing surface and a second engagement profile provided to the second axially facing surface. The elastic portion is provided to at least one of the first axially facing surface of the first engagement member and the second axially facing surface of the second engagement member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: SHIMANO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventor: Yun MA
  • Publication number: 20200130780
    Abstract: The present invention is a dual-purpose mounting system for attaching removable hydrofoils along a rideable board. The dual-purpose mounting system reduces repetitive stress exerted on the hull of the rideable board by foil bending and torsion, therefore prolonging the hull life of the rideable board. The dual-purpose mounting system is a solid one-piece constructed foil strongbox having a mounting body that is installed into a surfboard hull. A mounting receptacle is positioned within the mounting body to receive a tuttle style hydrofoil mount through a first hydrofoil aperture at a mounting surface of the mounting body. A pair of second hydrofoil apertures traverses into the mounting surface to further facilitate attachment of a plate style hydrofoil. A plurality of fastener sleeves traverses into the mounting body opposite the mounting receptacle enable attachment of the mounting body to the surfboard hull.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventor: Robert A. Stehlik
  • Publication number: 20200130781
    Abstract: A cockpit extension that extends aft of a boat transom for increasing the afterdeck area of the boat. The cockpit extension includes a deck that can be accessed from the afterdeck of the boat and an under-face beneath the deck that can be above or below the water-line of the boat. The cockpit extension can also include one or more of a gunwale, inner bulkhead, and outer freeboard. A running surface can also be provided on the under-face that improves the backing down process of the boat. The boat has at least two outboard engines, attached on the port and starboard sides of the boat transom, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventor: ANTHONY KALIL
  • Publication number: 20200130782
    Abstract: A mooring apparatus (5a; 5b; 5c; 5d) comprising a socket (10a; 10b; 10c; 10d) having a seat (15a, 15a?; 15b, 15b?; 15c, 15c?; 15d, 15d?) and a connection member (20a; 20b; 20c; 20d), wherein the connection member (20a; 20b; 20c; 20d) is receivable, such as removably receivable, in the socket (10a; 10b; 10c; 10d) and rotatable on the seat (15a, 15a?; 15b, 15b?; 15c, 15c?; 15d, 15d?). A method of configuring a mooring apparatus (5a; 5b; 5c; 5d) wherein the method comprises providing a mooring apparatus (5a; 5b; 5c; 5d) and locating the connection member (20a; 20b; 20c; 20d) in the socket (10a; 10b; 10c; 10d) and/or on the seat (15a, 15a?; 15b, 15b?; 15c, 15c?; 15d, 15d?), and rotating the connection member (20a; 20b; 20c; 20d) until the connection member (20a; 20b; 20c; 20d) is retained by the socket (10a; 10b; 10c; 10d).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventor: David SMITH
  • Publication number: 20200130783
    Abstract: A mooring apparatus (50) comprising a guide portion (55) for guiding a portion of a first mooring line (60), an arrangement (65) for connecting or coupling the apparatus (50) to a second mooring line (70), and a lock (75) or lock means. The guide portion (55) is moveably connected to the arrangement, and the lock is connected to, attached to or provided on the arrangement. A system (250) for tensioning a mooring line, the system comprising the mooring apparatus (50) and the first mooring line (60) and/or the second mooring line (70). A method of tensioning a mooring line, wherein the method comprises providing the system for tensioning a mooring line, and the method further comprises applying a pulling force to a first portion of a first mooring line (60) in a direction away from the apparatus (50).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventor: Richard TAYLOR
  • Publication number: 20200130784
    Abstract: An observation system and determination method for the re-suspension quantity of submarine sediments by deep-sea internal waves. The observation system comprises a submarine observation platform, a mooring rope, and an anchor mooring counterweight. Acoustic release transponder, a single-point current meter, a turbidity meter, a high-precision temperature and salinity detector, and a sediment catcher are mounted on the submarine observation platform. A main floating body and auxiliary floating bodies are arranged on the mooring rope, wherein the main floating body is located in the middle of the mooring rope and is equipped with acoustic Doppler current profilers, and the auxiliary floating bodies are equipped with turbidity meters and high-precision temperature and salinity detectors. The anchor mooring counterweight is a gravity anchor provided with a square clamping groove and a fixed ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: Ocean University of China
    Inventors: Yonggang JIA, Zhuangcai TIAN, Shaotong ZHANG, Bowen ZHANG, Zhiming WEI, Xiaolei LIU, Hongxian SHAN
  • Publication number: 20200130785
    Abstract: A sealed boat seat suspension including a plurality of sealed rails. The sealed boat seat suspension also includes a boat seat attachment component which is coupled to the plurality of sealed rails. The sealed boat seat suspension also includes a boat seat attachment component which is movable with respect to at least a portion of the plurality of sealed rails. The sealed boat seat suspension also includes a suspension component which is coupled to the boat seat attachment component such that the suspension component provides at least some control of movement of the boat seat attachment component with respect to at least a portion of the plurality of sealed rails.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip TSIARAS, Dennis K. WOOTTEN, Paul HAMMERSTROM
  • Publication number: 20200130786
    Abstract: A boat including first and second aft-facing seats. The first aft-facing seat has a first seating surface. The second aft-facing seat has a second seating surface. The second seating surface is forward of the first seating surface. The second seating surface may be at a level higher than the first seating surface. The second seating surface may be moveable between a retracted position and at least one raised position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: David F. Ekern, Daniel P. Vieira, Michael J. Uggeri, Michael D. Myers
  • Publication number: 20200130787
    Abstract: The invention relates to a boat (1) for servicing shallow canals, lakes, and rivers configured for extracting, cutting, grinding, and casting plant waste, solid waste, or agricultural plantation harvest and sending what is harvested to shore, and comprising an extractor belt (3) configured for extracting the plant waste which is deposited on a horizontal conveyor belt (9) to a grinding mill (4); and further comprising at least one drive turbine (5) and a directional stack (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventor: Manuel Villalba HernƔndez
  • Publication number: 20200130788
    Abstract: A safety release mechanism for kite surfing with a safety release member by which a kite surfer is attached to the body. A locking element detachably secures an attachment end of the safety release member to the body. A resilient element urges the locking element into the unlocked position, such that upon release for the locking element, the resilient element moves the locking element to the unlocked position thereby resulting in a release of the attachment end of the safety release member, regardless of the orientation of the device, the orientation of the kite, or the available strength of the kite surfer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventor: Liam Kenneth Maynard McLEAN
  • Publication number: 20200130789
    Abstract: A method for increasing cargo capacity of a floating vessel with a buoyant hull for cargo, with a load line presentation device affixed to the buoyant hull without interrupting water flow along the buoyant hull the load line presentation device presenting: a baseline load line indicator plimsoll mark and a plurality of increased capacity load line indicator plimsoll marks, with an increased capacity model in memory connected to a processor in communication with the load line presentation device; the increased capacity model configured for automatically integrating a plurality of variables including: wave size, wave period, wind speed, surface current, vessel length, type of vessel, quantity of disconnected superstructures, quantity of sheer, and bow height and identifying increased capacity load line plimsoll mark for a voyage of the floating vessel, the load line presentation device displays the increased capacity load plimsoll mark improving baseline capacity of the buoyant hull from 1% to 30%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Anthony Beebe, Jose H. Vazquez
  • Publication number: 20200130790
    Abstract: A life jacket vest including a life jacket member having a pair of arm openings and a lining having a pair of sleeve members and a perimeter. The lining is positioned in mating relationship with at least a portion of the life jacket member and is attached along at least a portion of the perimeter of the life jacket member. The sleeve members are received and extend through the openings of the life jacket member and are not attached to the life jacket member. The life jacket member may include a fastener member and a size adjustment member. The lining may include a neck portion and a collar portion. By attaching the lining to the life jacket member in places other than the arm openings, the present life jacket vest allows for a greater range of motion and less constraints in the arm openings of the life jacket member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventor: Yiyun Culp
  • Publication number: 20200130791
    Abstract: A pneumatic rescue system; the pneumatic rescue system includes a housing having a tank-section, a connector-section, and a barrel-section; and a flotation-device configured to provide buoyancy to an individual stranded in a body of water. The pneumatic rescue system provides a rapid response designed to reach stranded individuals by firing the flotation-device to the individual.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas McKellips, Cody McKellips
  • Publication number: 20200130792
    Abstract: A full-face diving mask includes a mask and a breathing tube. The mask includes an outer frame, a lens housing and a fitting mask. The fitting mask includes a partition plate. The partition plate and the inner surface of the lens housing define an observation chamber on the top and a breathing chamber below. The partition plate includes at least one air intake port to allow inhaled air to be guided and circulated through at least one air intake passageway from the observation chamber toward the breathing chamber. The breathing chamber is further provided with an air compartment partition plate connected to the partition plate to define an air discharge compartment. The air compartment partition plate is provided with at least one air discharge port to allow exhaled air to be guided through at least one air discharge passageway from the air discharge compartment and discharged along the breathing tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Shuiyong Huang, Bo Wu, Yuyan Liu
  • Publication number: 20200130793
    Abstract: A diving device includes an air pump with a rigid housing including an interior and an opening closed by a sack-shaped flexible part to form a variable pump volume delimited by the housing and the flexible part. The air pump is designed such that if surrounding water causes overpressure, the flexible part is pressed into the interior, thereby reducing the pump volume, and rests against an inner wall of the housing at least partly in a contact section of the interior. The flexible part can be pulled out of the interior against the overpressure by the muscle force of a diver, thereby increasing the pump volume. The air supply line can be releasably secured to a support device, in particular a waist belt of the support device, centrally behind the back of the diver, and a quick ejection device is provided for releasably securing the air supply line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventor: Joerg TRAGATSCHNIG
  • Publication number: 20200130794
    Abstract: A marine propulsion system, supported by a strut, comprising an inner propeller shaft supporting a first propeller adjacent a trailing end thereof, and the inner propeller shaft is connected to the drive shaft for receiving and supplying a first portion of torque to the first propeller as well as transfer thrust, generated by the first propeller, along the inner propeller shaft back to the drive shaft. An outer propeller shaft supports a second propeller adjacent a trailing and thereof, and the outer propeller shaft surrounds the inner propeller shaft. A differential gear set receives a second portion of the torque and supplies the second portion to the outer propeller shaft so that the second propeller rotates in an opposite rotational direction to the first propeller. The thrust, generated by the first and the second propellers, is conveyed along either the inner or the outer propeller shafts, to the drive shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Keith STANLEY, Andrew ORVIETO, Dave GRUENWALD, Bryan DANNER
  • Publication number: 20200130795
    Abstract: Various embodiments are directed to interconnectable tiles configured for operation in an aquatic environment or a near-zero/zero gravity environment. The interconnectable tiles are configured to interconnect relative to one another to form interconnected surfaces, and individual interconnectable tiles provide thrust, ballast, and/or buoyancy to the overall interconnected surface so as to move the interconnected surface in a desired configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Austin C. Fikes, Seyed Ali Hajimiri
  • Publication number: 20200130796
    Abstract: A cover device for at least partially closing an underwater opening in a hull of a watercraft includes a variable-volume hollow-chamber lip assembly including at least two hollow-chamber lips and one buoyancy body. The at least one hollow-chamber lip is volume-variable by supplying a fluid to or removing a fluid from an interior thereof, and the at least one hollow-chamber lip assembly is shiftable between an expanded state and a contracted state by supplying or removing the fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Holger SPARDEL, Frank ALBRECHT, Ulrich ALBRECHT, Kai DANNEBERG, Uwe LEITLOFF
  • Publication number: 20200130797
    Abstract: An outboard motor includes an outboard motor main body, a support including a tilt shaft and that supports the outboard motor main body, and a trim cylinder including a first trim cylinder shaft disposed below the tilt shaft along an outer surface of a transom of a hull. A distance between the tilt shaft and the first trim cylinder shaft is adjustable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventor: Makoto MIZUTANI
  • Publication number: 20200130798
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a drive arrangement for propelling a boat, for example a kayak, having an electric drive motor with a shaft, a receiving device for receiving the shaft and a holder for holding the receiving device on the boat. In some embodiments, the receiving device is pivotable for pivoting the electric drive motor between an operating position and a tilt position relative to the holder. A switchable fixing device is provided for fixing the receiving device in the operating position. The fixing device has an overload protection for disconnecting the fixing in the operating position when a predetermined pivot force in the direction of the tilt position is exceeded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Frank Despineux, Dominik Busse
  • Publication number: 20200130799
    Abstract: Combination of boat and outboard engine, in which at least one outboard engine is fastened to the transom of the boat in a prearranged position, the engine being mounted to translate along a path with at least one motion component having a vertical orientation in a direction away from or close to the waterline of the boat, that is, of smaller or greater propeller draft, and a motion component having a horizontal or longitudinal orientation in a direction away from or close to the transom of the boat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Marcella Gai, Marco Campagna
  • Publication number: 20200130800
    Abstract: System and methods are provided that relate to a drive arrangement for propelling a boat, in particular a kayak. In some embodiments, the drive arrangement can include an electric drive motor with a shaft and a receiving device for receiving the shaft. An arresting element can be provided for determining a first desired distance along the shaft between the receiving device and the drive motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Frank Despineux, Dominik Busse
  • Publication number: 20200130801
    Abstract: An outboard motor includes a shaft including a second spline that upwardly extends from a housing. The second spline is meshed with a first spline disposed inside either an engine cowl or an upper housing. The second spline includes a distal end and a body. The distal end is provided on an upper end of the shaft. The body is provided below the distal end. In the second spline, a groove width in the circumferential direction at the distal end is larger than a groove width in the circumferential direction at the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Yuki IKEGAYA, Kenji YUKISHIMA
  • Publication number: 20200130802
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a ballast water treatment device including a bypass pipe having both ends connected to a ballast pipe which is connected to a ballast tank and through which ballast water flows, the bypass pipe being configured to allow a part of ballast water flowing through the ballast pipe to form a divided flow from the ballast pipe and to allow the divided flow to be merged with the ballast pipe, a chemical holding part in which a chemical is stored and a chemical pipe configured to connect the chemical holding part and the bypass pipe with each other and supplies the chemical from the chemical holding part to the ballast pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: Kuraray Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji YAMAMOTO, Mitsuaki YAMAMOTO, Takeshi MATSUDA
  • Publication number: 20200130803
    Abstract: A frame and a multi-rotor unmanned aerial vehicle are provided. The frame includes a triangular arm and a center frame. An apex of the triangular arm is hinged with the center frame. The triangular arm includes a first arm, a second arm, and a telescopic arm. The first arm, the second arm, and the telescopic arm are hinged together to form a triangle. When the telescopic arm moves from an extended state to a retracted state, the triangular arm is folded toward a direction close the center frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Wenlong XIAO, Guibin LIANG
  • Publication number: 20200130804
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide for flight crew areas onboard aircraft that are only accessible via a door to the exterior of the aircraft. The flight crew areas may be included within the same section of the fuselage of the aircraft as the aircraft cabin, or may be included within a different section of the fuselage. One embodiment comprises an aircraft that includes an aircraft cabin and a flight crew area. The aircraft cabin is configured for passenger seating. The flight crew area includes a door opening to an exterior of the aircraft that is sized for a person, and a cockpit that is only accessible by a flight crew via the door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Brian Paul Colletti, Manuel G. Banda
  • Publication number: 20200130805
    Abstract: An aircraft that includes a body that defines a cabin interior, a divider member that divides the cabin interior into a cargo hold and a passenger cabin, front and back rows of seats positioned in the passenger cabin, a forward door that is pivotable between a closed position and an open position, and an aft door that is pivotable between a closed position and an open position. Pivoting one of the forward door or the aft door from the closed to the open position causes the other of the forward door or the aft door to pivot from the closed position to the open position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Eric Heimbach, Christopher Schuttera, Scott Savian, Ian Geoffrey Scoley
  • Publication number: 20200130806
    Abstract: An aircraft door sealing system comprises a resilient sealing element secured to an aircraft door arrangement first element and comprising a sealing lip extending from a sealing member. A rigid counter-bearing element is secured to an aircraft door arrangement second element and cooperates with the sealing element to seal a gap between the first and second elements. The counter-bearing element comprises a first portion cooperating with the sealing member and a second portion cooperating with the sealing lip. The sealing lip and the second portion are positioned relative to each other, and the sealing lip can be resiliently deformed, so that the sealing lip is applied to the second portion and a contact face between the sealing lip and the second portion is formed or increases, when an external pressure acting on an outer face of the sealing lip via the gap, exceeds a threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventor: Jens HEEREN
  • Publication number: 20200130807
    Abstract: An elongate primary structural element 200, such as a spar or rib, for a primary structure 22 of an aircraft aerodynamic structure 20, such as a wing. The primary structural element 200 has a shear web 210 comprising a twist 211 about a longitudinal axis of the shear web 210 so that a face 220 of at least a portion of the shear web 210 is non-planar when the shear web 210 is free from a torque applied about the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Antony PEACOCK, Ross SALISBURY, Geoffrey Richard WILLIAMS, Daren HEALY
  • Publication number: 20200130808
    Abstract: A device to fasten a system to a structure of a vehicle includes a drive unit that provides rotary movement of a drive element relative to the structure. The device has first and second supporting elements. The first supporting element is rotatably coupled to the drive element via a first rotation axis, and is rotatably mounted to the structure via a second rotation axis. The second supporting element is rotatably coupled to the first supporting element, and a first connecting element, which is rotatably mounted to the structure via a third rotation axis. The first connecting element is rotatably coupled to the second supporting element via a fourth rotation axis. The second supporting element is rotatably coupled to the first supporting element via a fifth rotation axis. During movement, the first supporting element has a different rotational speed than the second supporting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventor: Robert Cheikh Sarraf
  • Publication number: 20200130809
    Abstract: A trailing edge flap actuation mechanism has a flap drive link with a first end pivotally coupled to a fore flap structure of a flap and a second end pivotally coupled to an underwing support structure. An aft tension link has a leading end pivotally coupled proximate an aft end of the underwing support structure and a trailing end coupled to a mid-section structure of the flap. An actuator, when actuated, rotates the flap drive link about a first pivot axle to move the flap between a retracted position and a deployed lowered position. The actuator, including a ball-screw drive shaft having a universal joint, is positioned in a cove above the underwing support structure whereby the extent that the underwing support structure protrudes below the wing is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Kevin R. Tsai, Bruce A. Dahl, Gregory M. Santini, Kyle A. Johnson, Seiya Sakurai, Stephen R. Amorosi
  • Publication number: 20200130810
    Abstract: An aerial vehicle has a wing and a fuselage. A tether is anchored at opposing ends of the wing and/or the fuselage. The tether is arranged to prevent one or more parts of the aerial vehicle from separating from the remainder of the aerial vehicle in the event of structural failure of the aerial vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventor: Andrew Charles ELSON
  • Publication number: 20200130811
    Abstract: A pressure relief assembly (24) includes an aircraft engine cowl (26) having radially outer and inner skins (28,30) having an opening. A door frame (32) is joined around the perimeter of the opening and defines a door seat (34) surrounding a central portal (36). A pressure relief door (38) is joined to the cowl (26) to cover the portal (36). The door (38) has inner and outer surfaces (40,42) terminating in a perimeter rim (44), with the inner surface (40) of the rim (44) overlapping the door seat (34) to define a primary seal (46) with the door stowed closed. A fireproof secondary seal (48) bridges the door inner surface (40) and frame (32) around the inner perimeter of the primary seal (46) to pre-seal flow to the primary seal (46).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
    Inventors: DARWIN DEAN CRAWFORD, CLIFFORD FRANK SHAEFFER, JEROD KENNON MATLOCK
  • Publication number: 20200130812
    Abstract: A trailing edge flap mechanism for an aircraft incorporates a flap actuator 28 and a fore flap link 30 that pivots by actuation of the flap actuator. The fore flap link has a hinged end 32 pivotally coupled to a fore flap structure 34 and a clevis end 36 pivotally coupled to a fixed wing structure 18 at a first hinge axle 38. A rocking lever 40 is pivotally coupled to a second hinge axle 42 on the fixed wing structure. A connector bar 44 has a first end 46 pivotally coupled to the fore flap link at a first connection axle 48 and a second end 50 pivotally coupled to the rocking lever at a second connection axle 52.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Kevin R. Tsai, Kyle A. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20200130813
    Abstract: A method of increasing a stability speed of a tiltrotor aircraft includes pivoting a rotor assembly having at least three rotor blades from a first position for operating the tiltrotor aircraft in a helicopter mode to a second position for operating the tiltrotor aircraft in an airplane mode, and increasing a stiffness of the rotor assembly when the rotor assembly is in the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
    Inventors: Jouyoung Jason CHOI, Frank STAMPS
  • Publication number: 20200130814
    Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling a fixed-wing aircraft during flight are disclosed. The aircraft comprises first and second flight control surfaces of different types. The method comprises determining that a pilot command of the first flight control surface will excite a structural flexible mode of the aircraft and then executing the pilot command of the first flight control surface in conjunction with a command of the second flight control surface to mitigate the effect of the excitation of the structural flexible mode of the aircraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Sylvain THERIEN, David REIST
  • Publication number: 20200130815
    Abstract: An aircraft assembly with a hot air exhaust outlet. The aircraft assembly has an assembly surface over which a hot-air exhaust flow from the hot-air exhaust outlet is exhausted. The aircraft assembly also has a vortex generator with a flow surface. The flow surface lies in an air flow over the vortex generator. The flow surface is arranged to interrupt the hot-air exhaust flow and generates a flow vortex to cool the air flow over the assembly surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Denys CUSTANCE, Daren HEALY
  • Publication number: 20200130816
    Abstract: An aircraft (1) including a fixed wing (7) and a wing tip device (9) moveably mounted thereon. The wing tip device (9) is movable from a load-alleviating configuration to a flight configuration. The wing tip device includes an airflow channel (88) extending between respective apertures (83, 84) on the upper surface and lower surface of the wing tip device. The channel (88) is configurable between an open state in which air can flow through the channel and a closed state in which the airflow through the channel (88), via the apertures (83, 84), is blocked. The channel (88) is configured such that when the wing tip device (9) is in the load-alleviating configuration and the channel (88) is in the open state, the aerodynamic loading on the wing tip device in flight urges the wing tip device towards the flight configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventor: Ciaran O'ROURKE