| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7478232 |
Reset detector |
January 13, 2009 |
| A reset detector is disclosed, which monitors the hardware reset of the subsystem(s) involved, in order to verify that the hardware reset has placed the subsystem in a correct reset state. Thus, in order to verify that an initial hardware reset has occurred, the subsystem software (e |
| 7477985 |
Method and apparatus for displaying TCAS information with enhanced vertical situational awarenes |
January 13, 2009 |
| Systems and methods are provided for using a display system for a first vehicle. The system includes a processor adapted to receive data representative of a position of the first vehicle and operable, in response thereto, to supply one or more image rendering display commands and a d |
| 7477707 |
Computationally efficient demodulation for differential phase shift keying |
January 13, 2009 |
| A DPSK demodulator demodulates DPSK signals in a computationally efficient manner to reduce the power requirements of the DPSK demodulator. A DPSK signal is received, digitized, converted to its in-phase (I) and quadrature (Q) components and filtered to remove noise. The I and Q comp |
| 7477529 |
High-voltage power supply |
January 13, 2009 |
| A high-voltage power supply (10) includes: a power scaling section (130) that receives an input voltage signal and converts the input voltage signal to a controllable DC voltage; a push-pull converter (140) for converting the controllable DC voltage to a high-frequency wave; and a vo |
| 7477028 |
Actuator control system |
January 13, 2009 |
| A system for maintaining appropriate control of an actuator in the event of a power disruption without being adversely affected by the period of the power disruption. The actuator may close during the power disruption but will be fully opened upon the return of power to the system. After |
| 7476994 |
High power generator with enhanced heat removal |
January 13, 2009 |
| A high speed, high power generator has its main stator and main rotor configured to provide enhanced cooling capability. The generator includes a generator housing, a stator, a shaft, and a rotor. The stator is mounted within the generator housing. The shaft is rotationally mounted w |
| 7476988 |
Power stealing control devices |
January 13, 2009 |
| A power stealing system having a switch and a circuit that takes power from equipment to operate control electronics. The system may be such that power stealing occurs while the equipment is not powered to avoid disruption or false signals in the electronics or equipment. The circuit |
| 7476852 |
Ionization-based detection |
January 13, 2009 |
| Embodiments of the present invention relate to detector structures for use in a micro gas analyzer, preferably in a differential setup. The detector structures may comprise one or more detector types, such as photo-ionization (PID), electron capture (ECD), ion mobility (IMS), differe |
| 7476570 |
System and method of attaching an integrated circuit assembly to a printed wiring board |
January 13, 2009 |
| A method of coupling an integrated circuit (IC) assembly to a printed wiring board (PWB) is provided. The method comprises applying a solder paste to at least one IC assembly interfacial attach pad having a first size on a surface of the IC assembly and applying a solder paste to at |
| 7476082 |
Vane and/or blade for noise control |
January 13, 2009 |
| Exemplary turbine blade outer edges, exemplary vane inner edges, exemplary systems and exemplary methods are disclosed that help to reduce noise in variable geometry turbines and optionally other turbines wherein a turbine blade interacts with an object. Other exemplary turbine-related |
| 7475851 |
Method and apparatus for preventing an unauthorized flight of an aircraft |
January 13, 2009 |
| A fly-by-wire (FBW) system (104) is coupled to cockpit controls (102) of an aircraft for controlling the aircraft, and an automatic flight control system (AFCS) (108) is coupled to the FBW system for maintaining the aircraft in stable flight. An unauthorized-flight detector (110) is |
| 7475828 |
Fresh air ventilation control methods and systems |
January 13, 2009 |
| Methods and systems are disclosed for meeting a fresh air ventilation threshold in a controlled space. In particular, and in some embodiments, a minimum ventilation threshold is met by using normal air handler fan cycles to minimize the energy cost of supplying the ventilation. Predi |
| 7475762 |
Aircraft wheel part having improved corrosion resistance |
January 13, 2009 |
| A steel member (10) having wear and corrosion resistance through a combination of coatings is disclosed, the steel member (10) being a hardened and tempered steel member having a high tensile strength, at least one selected portion (18) of the steel member (10) coated by thermal spra |
| 7475607 |
Sensing apparatus with an integrated gasket on a beam component |
January 13, 2009 |
| A sensing apparatus comprises a sensing beam having piezo-resistive components mounted therein that output a signal as a function of a strain on the sensing beam and a main body holding the sensing beam. The sensing beam includes a gasket pattern integrated thereon to create a substa |
| 7475539 |
Inclined rib ported shroud compressor housing |
January 13, 2009 |
| A turbocharger system having a compressor housing containing a rotating compressor wheel with a plurality of impellers that define an impeller passageway from an inducer to an exducer. The compressor housing includes an annular upstream housing-portion forming an upstream shroud-wall, an |
| 7475318 |
Method for testing the sensitive input range of Byzantine filters |
January 6, 2009 |
| A Byzantine filter tester including a feedback loop, a pseudo random waveform generator and an output tester. The feedback loop is coupled between an output of a device under test and an input of the device under test. The feedback loop includes an odd number of inversions that create |
| 7474992 |
Trending system |
January 6, 2009 |
| A trending system and method for trending data in a physical or clock system. The trending system includes a sliding window filter. The sliding window filter receives a data set of data points generated by the clock system. The sliding window filter partitions the data set into a plu |
| 7474962 |
Methods and systems of relative navigation for shipboard landings |
January 6, 2009 |
| A method for guiding the approach and landing of an aircraft is provided. The method involves receiving navigation information from the aircraft, receiving navigation information from an aircraft carrier, integrating the navigation information from the aircraft with the navigation in |
| 7474569 |
Two-element magnetic memory cell |
January 6, 2009 |
| A magnetic memory cell that includes at least two magnetoresistive memory bits is presented. The memory cell is capable of storing at least two logical states. The first logical state occurs when the bits share the same orientation, such as a parallel orientation or an antiparallel o |
| 7474470 |
Devices and methods for redirecting light |
January 6, 2009 |
| A device for redirecting light may comprise a plurality of liquid prisms configured to transmit incident light from an image display element. The liquid prisms may be configured to selectively modulate a direction of the transmitted light relative to the incident light so as to selective |
| 7474250 |
Compression and transmission of weather data |
January 6, 2009 |
| Weather radar reflectivity data is compressed by converting radar data to image pixels. Next, contours are traced from select groupings of the pixels. Control points are derived from the contours. The control points represent a compressed version of the radar data and may be used to |
| 7473810 |
Method of dechlorinating organic compounds comprising vicinal chlorides |
January 6, 2009 |
| Provided is a method for selectively preparing 2-chloropentafluoropropene comprising catalytic dechlorination of 1,2,2-trichloro-1,1,3,3,3-pentafluoropropane in the presence of hydrogen and a noble metal catalyst. Also provided is method for dechlorinating a vicinal chloride substitu |
| 7473716 |
Azeotrope-like compositions of 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane and hydrocarbons |
January 6, 2009 |
| Azeotrope-like compositions of 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane and at least one hydrocarbon selected from the group n-pentane, iso-pentane, cyclopentane, n-hexane and iso-hexane are provided. The compositions of the invention are useful in the preparation of polyurethane and polyisocyan |
| 7473402 |
Ozone removal system and method for low and high temperature operation |
January 6, 2009 |
| Apparatus, systems, and methods for the efficient decomposition of ozone in an air stream from an air intake of an aircraft. The apparatus includes a titania catalyst support on a substrate, and a catalyst composition on the titania. The catalyst composition comprises a silver-based |
| 7473072 |
Turbine blade tip and shroud clearance control coating system |
January 6, 2009 |
| A turbine blade tip and shroud clearance control coating system comprising a dense abrasive blade tip layer and an abradable shroud layer are provided. The dense abrasive coating may comprise cubic zirconia, hafnia or mixtures thereof and the abradable layer may be a nanolaminate thermal |
| 7473032 |
System and method for enabling temperature measurement using a pyrometer and pyrometer target fo |
January 6, 2009 |
| A system for enabling the measurement of a temperature in a furnace (30, 48) using a pyrometer (38) that includes a pallet support (32, 52) for supporting a pallet (40, 50) a given distance (c) above a furnace floor (31) and a pyrometer target (10, 60, 80) that includes a support member |
| 7472885 |
Compact, lightweight cabin pressure control system butterfly outflow valve with redundancy featu |
January 6, 2009 |
| A relatively compact, lightweight outflow valve assembly includes suitable redundancy features that allow the valve assembly to meet regulatory requirements for certain postulated single point failures. The valve assembly includes a valve body that is constructed at least partially of |
| 7472478 |
Adaptive machining and weld repair process |
January 6, 2009 |
| An apparatus and method are provided for an adaptive machining and weld repair process for repairing airfoils, damage to an airfoil leading edge and tip. First, damaged material is machined away from a damaged airfoil edge so as to expose a weld surface. New material is laser deposited o |
| 7472389 |
Stochastically based thread budget overrun handling system and method |
December 30, 2008 |
| A system and method are provided for apportioning additional thread activation time to computer application threads that experience activation time budget overruns. A variable is set to a predetermined system pad time value, and an application thread is activated for an actual activa |
| 7471851 |
Method and apparatus for propagating high resolution detail between multimodal data sets |
December 30, 2008 |
| The dataset describing an entity in a first modality and of a first, high resolution is used to enhance the resolution of a dataset describing the same entity in a second modality of a lower resolution. The two data sets of different modalities are spatially registered to each other. Fro |
| 7471394 |
Optical detection system with polarizing beamsplitter |
December 30, 2008 |
| An optical detection system for use in flow cytometry or the like, which includes a polarizing beamsplitter 820 such as a Wollaston prism. A light source provides an input light beam to a flow stream, wherein the input light beam has a polarization direction. The particles in the flow st |
| 7471242 |
Method and apparatus for installing and/or determining the position of a receiver of a tracking |
December 30, 2008 |
| The present invention pertains to the installation and positioning of the receivers of a wireless tracking system. In such a system, a wireless beaconing device transmits a signal that can be detected by a plurality of wireless receivers positioned at various known locations. Each wi |
| 7471214 |
Intuitive wind velocity and direction presentation |
December 30, 2008 |
| A method for displaying the direction of an external force relative to a craft is provided. The method comprises obtaining direction data for an external force, obtaining craft directional data, calculating the force's direction relative to the craft's direction, and displaying a graphic |
| 7471090 |
Method for determining capacity of lead-acid batteries of various specific gravities |
December 30, 2008 |
| In accordance with various embodiments, there is a method for determining the capacity of a battery. Various embodiments include applying a predetermined current ramp to a fully charged lead-acid battery while measuring a battery terminal voltage. An I.sub.up can be determined, where |
| 7470894 |
Multi-substrate package assembly |
December 30, 2008 |
| A multi-substrate package assembly having a first substrate, a second substrate and a package, each with a number of bond pads. The package includes a cavity for receiving either or both of the first and second substrates, with a number of bond pads positioned along at least part of |
| 7470828 |
Direct conversion of HCFC 225ca/cb mixture to HFC 245cb and HFC 1234yf |
December 30, 2008 |
| Provided are methods for producing hydrofluorocarbons via the selective reduction of a halocarbon blend comprising 1,3-dichloro-1,1,2,2,3-pentafluoropropane. |
| 7470300 |
Duct wall water extractor |
December 30, 2008 |
| A liquid extractor may comprise a slot in a duct wall and one or more ridges positioned on the interior duct wall surface. A bend in the duct, a swirl device and/or gravity may throw the liquid portion of the flow onto the wall surface. The slot may be oriented longitudinally along the |
| 7470115 |
Outer diameter nut piloting for improved rotor balance |
December 30, 2008 |
| The present invention provides for outer diameter piloting of a nut that secures stacked components to a tie-shaft or other threaded components used to axially secure one or more rotating components. Unlike conventional inner diameter piloting methods, machining a precise inner diame |
| 7469725 |
Method and apparatus for accurately delivering a predetermined amount of fuel to a vehicle |
December 30, 2008 |
| A system for accurately measuring and delivering a predetermined amount of fuel to a vehicle for a specified mission. This system rapidly refuels vehicles to a specific wet vehicle weight. The fuel loading value is determined based upon an algorithm, which accounts for interactions of |
| 7469626 |
Split ceramic bore liner, rotor body having a split ceramic bore liner and method of lining a ro |
December 30, 2008 |
| A rotor body (22) having a plurality of cylindrical bores (24) each adapted to receive a piston (30) for reciprocating movement therein, each of the bores (30) being lined with a ceramic liner (42) having a first split (44), and a method of forming a rotor (16) having a ceramic bore |
| 7469588 |
MEMS vertical comb drive with improved vibration performance |
December 30, 2008 |
| A Micro-Electro-Mechanical System closed-loop (MEMS) inertial device having a vertical comb drive that exhibits improved performance under vibration. The device includes one or more stator tines extending from a housing into a cavity formed by the housing. One or more rotor tines ext |
| 7469545 |
Auxiliary power unit inlet door position control system and method |
December 30, 2008 |
| An auxiliary power unit (APU) includes a controller that controls the position of an APU inlet door, and thus ram air flow to the APU, to ensure optimal starting conditions are attained and maintained in the APU during APU startup operations. The controller receives a signal represen |
| 7469452 |
Impeller weld restraining fixture |
December 30, 2008 |
| The present invention provides an apparatus for use in automated welding repairs, particularly those repairs intended for impellers and similar structures. In one embodiment, the invention provides an impeller weld restraining fixture. The fixture includes a base plate and top ring. An |
| 7469177 |
Distributed control architecture for powertrains |
December 23, 2008 |
| Systems and methods for controlling automotive powertrains using a distributed control architecture are disclosed. A distributed control system may include a supervisory control unit for controlling one or more powertrain subsystems, and one or more subsystem control units in communi |
| 7469060 |
Infrared face detection and recognition system |
December 23, 2008 |
| A face detection and recognition system having several arrays imaging a scene at different bands of the infrared spectrum. The system may use weighted subtracting and thresholding to distinguish human skin in a sensed image. A feature selector may locate a face in the image. The face |
| 7468970 |
Routing of mobile agents in a network |
December 23, 2008 |
| A single mobile agent, multiple mobile agents, or a query mobile agent traverse the nodes of a network. As the single mobile agent, multiple mobile agents, or a query mobile agent visits a nodes of a network, the mobile agent performs a function at the node such as depositing data or |
| 7468646 |
Bi-stable magnetic latch assembly |
December 23, 2008 |
| A bi-stable magnetic switch assembly is provided that comprises a stator and a rotor, which is configured for rotation with respect to the stator between a first latched position and a second latched position. The stator and the rotor cooperate to form a first magnetic path and a mag |
| 7468515 |
Ultra violet light sensor |
December 23, 2008 |
| A light detector having spaced electrodes preset by pins or a spacer within a sealed enclosure. The detector may have a MEMS structure that is separate from the sealing of the enclosure. Further, the detector may have a lens for the transmission of light onto the elements. The lens may |
| 7467779 |
Microfluidic modulating valve |
December 23, 2008 |
| A valve is provided that can selectively change the size of a flow channel in a valve in order to modulate the fluid flow through the valve. In one illustrative embodiment, the valve includes a housing that defines a cavity, with an inlet and an outlet extending into the cavity. A di |
| 7467692 |
Method of and system for reducing power required for an electric brake to maintain a static forc |
December 23, 2008 |
| A brake system includes a piston for applying an output force to a brake, a motor operatively connected to the piston and a controller receiving a braking request and sending a brake force signal commanding a level of brake force to the motor to cause the motor to move the piston and app |
