| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| RE38024 |
Attachable electro-impulse de-icer |
March 11, 2003 |
| An attachable electro-impulse de-icer for de-icing an aircraft structural member includes an inductor coil disposed in proximity with the outer surface of the structural member. The coil is supported by a flexible, ice-accumulating support member (surface ply) that permits the coil to |
| 7616231 |
CMOS active pixel sensor with improved dynamic range and method of operation for object motion d |
November 10, 2009 |
| A CMOS imaging array includes a plurality of individual pixels arranged in rows and columns. Each pixel is constructed the same and includes a photodetector (e.g., photodiode) receiving incident light and generating an output. A first, relatively lower gain, wide dynamic range amplifier |
| 7557330 |
Heated floor panel with integrated controller having ground fault interrupt circuit |
July 7, 2009 |
| A fault protected aircraft heated floor panel is provided. The floor panel includes upper and lower floor panel skins and an electro-resistive heater element interposed between the upper and lower floor panel skins. The floor panel further includes a controller for controlling current |
| 7556221 |
Aircraft ice protection method |
July 7, 2009 |
| A method of removing a delay-induced ice accumulation (e.g., an ice cap) from an airfoil's leading-edge region with a zoned electrothermal device. The method comprises delay-rectifying steps which are performed prior to routine-deicing steps. The delay-rectifying steps comprise continuou |
| 7552803 |
Aircraft shock strut having a fluid level monitor |
June 30, 2009 |
| A system for monitoring a liquid level in an aircraft shock strut includes a cylinder having an internal chamber sealed by a piston telescopically movable within the cylinder. The chamber contains a gas and a liquid, and a sensor assembly is provided for monitoring a condition of a level |
| 7552627 |
Brake wear measurement apparatus and method |
June 30, 2009 |
| A brake wear measurement apparatus for use on a brake assembly equipped with a wear pin having a diameter and an exposed height, which comprises a plunger sleeve having a first end and a second end, and an inner diameter larger than the wear pin outer diameter; a plunger slidably mou |
| 7551059 |
Hybrid infrared detector array and CMOS readout integrated circuit with improved dynamic range |
June 23, 2009 |
| A hybrid image sensor includes an infrared detector array and a CMOS readout integrated circuit (ROIC). The CMOS ROIC is coupled to at least one detector of the IR detector array, e.g., via indium bump bonding. Each pixel of the CMOS ROIC includes a first, relatively lower gain, wide |
| 7546980 |
Aircraft wing with electrothermal deicing and/or anti-icing device |
June 16, 2009 |
| An aircraft wing (12) comprising a structural member (20) forming the wing's leading edge skin, a Kreuger flap (16) which moves relative to the structural member (20) between a stowed position and a deployed position, and an electrothermal device (34) mounted (e.g., internally mounted) t |
| 7546910 |
Heat shield assembly for aircraft wheel and brake assembly |
June 16, 2009 |
| A heat shield assembly for a wheel and brake assembly includes one or more torque bars that include a coupling device which cooperates with a portion of a heat shield (and more particularly heat shield sections) at a location axially outwardly remote from the inboard end of the heat |
| 7530774 |
Air cargo rollout stop |
May 12, 2009 |
| A cargo rollout stop includes a base, and a guide head pivotally mounted to the base. The guide head is movable between a raised blocking position, and a lowered non-blocking position. A retraction pedal is pivotally mounted to the guide head, and is movable between a first position |
| 7527872 |
Treated aluminum article and method for making same |
May 5, 2009 |
| The disclosed invention relates to an article, comprising: a substrate having a surface comprising aluminum or an aluminum alloy; a sealed anodic coating layer overlying at least part of the surface of the substrate; and a layer of a silicon-containing polymer overlying the sealed an |
| 7500639 |
Aircraft ejection seat with adjustable headrest |
March 10, 2009 |
| An aircraft ejection seat includes a frame and a headrest. The vertical position of the seat is adjusted by a pair of motor driven lead screws that cooperate with threaded barrel nuts attached to the seat frame. The upper end of one of these motor driven lead screws drives a slip couplin |
| 7500546 |
Brake lining cup attachment method for reduced wear |
March 10, 2009 |
| A brake lining assembly having an annular carrier disk, and a plurality of segmented brake lining cups, each having a center, secured to the carrier disk and filled with brake lining material, wherein the brake lining material is secured to the carrier disk through the lining cups with a |
| 7496241 |
Precision optical systems with performance characterization and uses thereof |
February 24, 2009 |
| An optical system includes a reference projector that projects collimated beams of light into the optical system entrance aperture which are imaged by an image recording device. The beams produce fiducial images present in every image captured by the imaging recording device. The fiducia |
| 7490795 |
Aircraft evacuation slide with primary gas relief valve |
February 17, 2009 |
| An emergency evacuation slide system includes a control valve having a normally-open vent that closes after a predetermined period of time calculated to vent excess inflation gas produced by the gas generator. In operation, in the event of an aircraft emergency exit door being opened |
| 7476419 |
Method for measurement of weight during a CVI/CVD process |
January 13, 2009 |
| A method of chemical vapor infiltration and deposition includes stacking a number of porous structures in a stack in a furnace. The stack has a center opening region extending through the porous structures and an outer region extending along the porous structures. A first portion of a |
| 7469862 |
Aircraft engine nacelle inlet having access opening for electrical ice protection system |
December 30, 2008 |
| An aircraft engine nacelle inlet is provided with an inlet cowling. The inlet cowling includes an inner lip, an outer lip, and a leading edge portion connecting the inner and outer lips. Heating elements are provided proximate the leading edge, either on an inside surface of the cowl |
| 7467764 |
Fuselage mounted evacuation slide system |
December 23, 2008 |
| An inflatable evacuation slide system includes a slide pack that is ejected from its enclosure by means of an ejection bag, which inflates rapidly to force the evacuation slide out of the enclosure. The high accelerations imposed on the uninflated evacuation slide by the ejection bag |
| 7442443 |
Chromium-nickel stainless steel alloy article having oxide coating formed from the base metal su |
October 28, 2008 |
| Disclosed is a chromium-nickel stainless steel alloy article having an adherent, wear resistant coating of metallic oxides and a method of forming an adherent, wear resistant coating of metallic oxides on a chromium-nickel stainless steel alloy article. The coating desirably has a th |
| 7441725 |
Aircraft wet wing |
October 28, 2008 |
| An aircraft wing (12) comprising a structural casing (14) defining a leading edge, a fuel cell (16) within the structural casing (14), a deicer (18) having electrical lines which receive a supply of electrical power from an onboard power source, and a trip line (20). The trip line (2 |
| 7429157 |
Overrideable guide and vertical restraint for an air cargo system |
September 30, 2008 |
| A centerline restraint includes a conventional center guide/restraint and a pair of a overrideable guide/restraint at either end. Each overrideable guide/restraint is lockable into one of three rotational positions about a common axis: a retracted position, an erect position and an overr |
| 7411328 |
Dynamo electric machines |
August 12, 2008 |
| A dynamo electric machine for an aircraft gas turbine engine includes a housing supporting a stator of the dynamo electric machine, a rotor assembly rotatably mounted in the housing and including an elongate hollow rotor shaft, a main shaft for connection at one end to the associated |
| 7407598 |
Flame suppressant aerosol generant |
August 5, 2008 |
| The present invention is directed to pyrotechnic aerosol fire suppression compositions that burn rapidly, but coolly. The rapid burning of the compositions of the present invention produces a voluminous flame-suppressive aerosol that is useful in suppressing and/or extinguishing both |
| 7402973 |
Power drive unit with unit load device sensor |
July 22, 2008 |
| A cargo power drive unit includes a motor and at least one drive roller element coupled to the motor. The power drive unit further includes a light transmitter for emitting light and a light receiver for measuring light. The power drive unit measures an amount of ambient light and then |
| 7380755 |
Frangible pneumatic latch |
June 3, 2008 |
| An inflatable evacuation slide system includes an inflatable evacuation slide stored in a packboard compartment the cover panel of which is retained by a plurality of frangible pneumatic latches. The frangible pneumatic latches each comprise a tension member one end of which is attac |
| 7378362 |
Boron carbide based ceramic matrix composites |
May 27, 2008 |
| The present invention is a composite material, a process and a product formed by the process. The composite is formed by a process that includes forming a fibrous structure comprising fibers into a preform, coating the fibers of the fibrous structure preform with elemental carbon to |
| 7358474 |
System and method for time-delay integration imaging |
April 15, 2008 |
| A system is provided that includes an optical arrangement, an assembly of a plurality of detectors, and a signal processor. The optical arrangement is capable of viewing a scene that includes an object, where the scene is capable of moving through a field of view of the optical arrangeme |
| 7348507 |
Cable foul sensor |
March 25, 2008 |
| A cable foul sensor is provided for detecting a cable foul condition of a hoist or other cable reeling device. The cable foul condition may be sensed independently of the cable layer on a hoist cable drum. The cable foul sensor allows a cable foul condition to be detected before the cabl |
| 7347411 |
Splaying snatch block |
March 25, 2008 |
| A snatch block for facilitating the movement of loads in loading or unloading operations includes a sheave, two side sections and a top section. The top section is releasably coupled to at least one of the side sections and pivotable with respect to at least one of the side sections. |
| 7344006 |
Piston assembly for use in a brake assembly |
March 18, 2008 |
| A piston assembly for use in a brake assembly has a piston sleeve having a first end, a second end, an external radius, an internal radius, and a cap on the piston sleeve second end. The cap has a first end, a middle portion, and a second end. The cap first end has an external radius and |
| 7335397 |
Pressure gradient CVI/CVD apparatus and method |
February 26, 2008 |
| An apparatus and method for densifying porous structures inside a furnace using pressure gradient CVI/CVD. The apparatus includes a stack of porous structures where each porous structure has an aperture therethrough. The apparatus also includes at least one ring-like spacer disposed with |
| 7316370 |
Missile fin locking method and assembly |
January 8, 2008 |
| A fin locking mechanism for locking in place, and subsequently unlocking fins for installation on a missile having a plurality of otherwise moveable fins. Where the fins are mounted to a crank arm, there is a locking detent, with a locking notch, integral to the crank arm. A spring l |
| 7314198 |
Aircraft evacuation slide with thermally actuated gas relief valve |
January 1, 2008 |
| An inflation valve for use with an inflatable emergency evacuation slide includes a thermally actuated gas relief valve having an exhaust port the effective size of which increases with increasing temperature. The exhaust port is metered by a valve member. The valve member position is |
| 7303055 |
Method and apparatus for protecting a friction brake disc |
December 4, 2007 |
| A protective lug cap assembly for protection of a lug of a friction brake disc comprises a lug cap, and a load bearing fastening device. The disc has a periphery, with a plurality of circumferentially spaced slots, separating a plurality of circumferentially spaced lugs. The slots are |
| 7291815 |
Composite ice protection heater and method of producing same |
November 6, 2007 |
| The invention includes a composite ice protection heater for an aircraft. The composite heater includes at least one electrically insulating layer, and at least one electric heater element comprising an electrically conductive layer bonded to the insulating layer. The conductive layer ma |
| 7287727 |
Aircraft evacuation slide inflator having valve leakage trap and safety vent |
October 30, 2007 |
| An inflatable aircraft evacuation slide system includes a primary valve, a bust disk and a valve leakage trap operatively disposed between the primary valve and the burst disk. The valve leakage trap comprises a small exhaust vent opening into a flow restriction orifice in the gas pa |
| 7278610 |
Aircraft wing with electrothermal deicing and/or anti-icing device |
October 9, 2007 |
| An aircraft wing (12) comprising a structural member (20) forming the wing's leading edge skin, a Kreuger flap (16) which moves relative to the structural member (20) between a stowed position and a deployed position, and an electrothermal device (34) mounted (e.g., internally mounted) t |
| 7277628 |
Heater for aircraft potable water tank |
October 2, 2007 |
| A heater (10) for installation on a potable water tank (12). The heater (10) comprises a blanket (14) including an electrical resistance heating element (16) and a connection pad (18) for electrically connecting the heating element (16) to lead lines (20) to an aircraft power source (22) |
| 7271594 |
System and method for power ratio determination with common mode suppression through electric fi |
September 18, 2007 |
| A system for processing signals includes a receiver assembly for receiving a signal. The signal has a sample component with a sample electric field and a sample polarization, and has a reference component with a reference electric field and a reference polarization. The receiver assembly |
| 7233464 |
Apparatus for and method of ground fault detection |
June 19, 2007 |
| A ground fault detection system is provided where one current sensor is used to calibrate a second sensor in order to provide automatic zeroing of the difference measurement. The calibration is done gradually in order to differentiate between sensor drift and a transition in current due |
| 7225904 |
Reinforced brake lining and method of producing |
June 5, 2007 |
| A method of producing a brake lining assembly having a wear surface with increased wear characteristics comprises the steps of winding a metal strip, placing the wound metal strip into a brake lining cup, filling the brake lining cup with a brake lining material of powdered metal and the |
| 7223954 |
Apparatus for accessing an active pixel sensor array |
May 29, 2007 |
| A circuit includes a decoder for receiving an address within an address space of a processor and for accessing a pixel in an active pixel sensor array based on the address. The decoder maps the active pixel sensor array to the address space. The circuit can also provide sequencing of |
| 7211772 |
Patterned electrical foil heater element having regions with different ribbon widths |
May 1, 2007 |
| A patterned foil sheet heating element has a first discrete region patterned with a first plurality of holes forming multiple conductive ribbons and having a first sheet resistivity. It also has a second discrete region patterned with a second plurality of holes forming multiple cond |
| 7199543 |
Power drive unit with unit load device sensor |
April 3, 2007 |
| A cargo power drive unit includes a motor and at least one driver roller element coupled to the motor. The power drive unit further includes a light transmitter for emitting light and a light receiver for measuring light. The power drive unit measures an amount of ambient light and then |
| 7198227 |
Aircraft cargo locating system |
April 3, 2007 |
| An aircraft cargo locating system determines the location and weight of aircraft cargo placed in unit loading devices. A wireless tag, such as an Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag is affixed to each of the loading devices. The system receives information from the tags, and from |
| 7196436 |
Solid state relay for switching AC power to a reactive load and method of operating the same |
March 27, 2007 |
| A solid state relay coupleable to first and second phase busses of an AC power source for switching power from the first and second phase busses to a load including a reactive component comprises: first and second power semiconductor switches connected in a series circuit configuration |
| 7196435 |
Solid state relay and method of operating the same |
March 27, 2007 |
| A solid state relay coupleable to first and second phase busses of an AC power source for switching power from the first and second phase busses to a load comprises: first and second power semiconductor switches connected in a series circuit configuration and coupleable to the first |
| 7168528 |
Three run disk brake stack and method of assembly |
January 30, 2007 |
| In the invention there is provided a disk brake stack having disks with available wear portions of a first thickness, a second thickness and a third thickness. The disk(s) having an initial available wear portion of a first thickness are of a thickness so that at the first overhaul, the |
| 7165820 |
Brake control system |
January 23, 2007 |
| According to the present invention, there is provided a method and system for providing brake control, autobrake and antiskid brake functionality by recognizing that the only difference between the three functions is the amount of deceleration they allow. Unlike a conventional system whe |
| 7128376 |
Redundant architecture for brake-by-wire system |
October 31, 2006 |
| A redundant architecture for a brake-by-wire system is provided. The system includes a pressure source; at least one brake actuator for exerting a braking force on a wheel as a result of pressure provided by the pressure source; at least one servo valve for controlling an amount of p |
