| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7586279 |
Actuator position switch |
September 8, 2009 |
| Methods and systems are disclosed for controlling the operation of a component according to the position of an actuated part of an actuator. In one illustrative embodiment, a position sensor is used to sense the current position of the actuated part. The position sensor may provide a |
| 7586243 |
Methods and systems for improving optical flatness in a path length control driver |
September 8, 2009 |
| A piezoelectric transducer is described that is configured for use within a path length control apparatus of an optical device. The transducer comprises at least one void formed within a central region of the piezoelectric transducer, the one void or alternatively, the multiple voids |
| 7586229 |
Continuous rotary motor |
September 8, 2009 |
| A motor includes a ferromagnetic member with first and second portions, a conductive wire wrapped around the first portions of the ferromagnetic member, and at least one magnet rotatably coupled to the ferromagnetic member having first and second poles and generating magnetic flux. The |
| 7586213 |
Control circuit for relay-operated gas valves |
September 8, 2009 |
| A control circuit and methods for controlling gas valves via a relay are provided. In one illustrative embodiment, a control circuit includes or is connected to a relay that controls the opening and/or closing of a gas valve. The control circuit may also include a failsafe circuit that h |
| 7586114 |
Optical cavity system having an orthogonal input |
September 8, 2009 |
| An optical system having a closed loop light path with a source for providing light in a direction parallel to the normal of an input to the light path. The light may be provided via a refracting mechanism to the input. The system may be a cavity ring-down sensor or some other optical |
| 7585828 |
Windshield washer fluid composition, additive concentrate for use therein, and methods of using |
September 8, 2009 |
| Disclosed are windshield washer compositions comprising a nonionic amino-modified silicone-polyalkyl copolymer, said copolymer being water dispersible and hydrophilic. In one embodiment, the disclosed washer compositions are ready to use washer fluids. In another embodiment, the disc |
| 7585594 |
Electrolyte with indicator |
September 8, 2009 |
| An electrolyte with an indicator, such as a dye, for detecting leakage from an electrochemical energy storage device is provided. Also provided is a method of making such an electrolyte with indicator; a device that incorporates such an electrolyte with indicator; a method of manufac |
| 7584899 |
HVAC controller |
September 8, 2009 |
| An HVAC controller with a simplified and/or lower cost user interface. In one illustrative embodiment, the HVAC controller includes two switches, a movable member, and a plurality of detents. The detents are configured to cause the two switches to be switched in a sequence when the movab |
| 7584897 |
Controller system user interface |
September 8, 2009 |
| A thermostat system having dedicated informational regions in a display and associated buttons or softkeys for sequential operation. The system may maximize utilization of a sectioned display and buttons for system navigation. The informational, selection and/or action design takes into |
| 7584602 |
Augmentor flow control with thermal recirculation function using augmentor valves |
September 8, 2009 |
| A fuel system for a gas turbine engine having at least one augmentor zone which fuel system includes a fuel pump (12) drawing fuel from a fuel tank (10) and pumping the fuel in a downstream direction, at least one fuel line (14) connecting the fuel pump (12) to the at least one augmentor |
| 7584048 |
Portable positioning and navigation system |
September 1, 2009 |
| A navigation system to aid in the navigation through an unknown area. The navigation system includes a plurality of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags, at least one a portal terminal and at least one navigation device. The plurality of RFID tags are positioned throughout an area |
| 7584032 |
Method and system for dynamic collection of flight test data |
September 1, 2009 |
| A method and system for dynamically selecting and retrieving real-time data from a time/space partitioned flight computer system located on board an aircraft. The system used to implement this method consists of an on-board memory read-out device attached to a serial data bus capable |
| 7583654 |
Sub-frame synchronized multiplexing |
September 1, 2009 |
| A method of communication that includes transmitting a communication signal having a synchronization preamble from a first node. Setting a local clock of at least one second node pursuant to the synchronization preamble to synchronize communications between the first and at least one |
| 7583384 |
High resolution IOC drive and method for driving fiber optic gyroscopes |
September 1, 2009 |
| Methods and system are provided for driving light through a sensing coil of an optical gyro. The system includes a photodetection circuit having an input for receiving an optical output from the sensing coil and having an output, and a signal processing circuit having an input coupled to |
| 7583223 |
Distributed and Cable reduced TCAS |
September 1, 2009 |
| A direction finding antenna system for determining the relative bearing of a second aircraft from a first aircraft in conjunction with a Traffic Alert Collision Avoidance System (TCAS). The system includes a first antenna and a second antenna located on a top surface of the first air |
| 7583073 |
Core-less current sensor |
September 1, 2009 |
| Core-less current sensor comprises two parallel conductors carrying equal currents in the same direction. The magnetic field in mid location of the two parallel conductors carrying equal currents in the same direction for all current magnitudes is zero in absence of an external magnetic |
| 7582474 |
Process reactor with layered packed bed |
September 1, 2009 |
| Packed bed reactors that have a series of alternating layers of packing. A first packing layer has open body packing elements randomly packed in a layer up to about 10 packing elements deep; and a second packing layer has porous support elements of hydrophobic foam. The porous support |
| 7581397 |
Diffuser particle separator |
September 1, 2009 |
| A diffuser particle separator may be integrated into a gas turbine engine to remove corrosive dust and salt particles from the engine's core air flow. The air flow may pass over a series of particle accumulator entrance orifices, trapping particles in a particle accumulator while all |
| 7581394 |
Variable nozzle device for a turbocharger |
September 1, 2009 |
| A nozzle device for a turbine of a turbocharger according to the present invention comprises variable annular nozzle (2) defined between an inboard wall (3) and an outboard wall (4), wherein said outboard wall (4) is axially movable for completely closing said variable annular nozzle |
| 7580812 |
Trending system and method using window filtering |
August 25, 2009 |
| A trending system and method for trending data in a mechanical system is provided. The trending system includes a sliding window filter. The sliding window filter receives a data set of data points generated by the mechanical system. The sliding window filter partitions the data set into |
| 7580778 |
Methods and systems for controlling multi-body vehicles with fuel slosh |
August 25, 2009 |
| Methods and systems for controlling multi-body vehicles with fuel slosh are provided. In a method for stabilizing a vehicle with fuel slosh, a controller for a multi-body assembly is formed by selecting vehicle configuration and velocity as states of a rigid body. Equations of motion |
| 7580377 |
Systems and method of datalink auditory communications for air traffic control |
August 25, 2009 |
| A system and method for engaging in two-way communication between a pilot and an air traffic controller by speech and hearing processes wherein spoken messages are compared to a database of categorized messages for matching and selecting a categorized message for transmission between |
| 7580234 |
Single threshold current surge limiter circuit with disable function |
August 25, 2009 |
| A circuit which limits current to a first value until a predetermined time has elapsed, then permits the current to rise to a second, acceptable value. The current limiting can be carried out during a predetermined time interval by a biased semiconductor switch. Subsequent to the current |
| 7579879 |
Voting scheme for analog signals |
August 25, 2009 |
| A voting scheme for analog signals is described. An analog block is replicated to provide three analog blocks that are designed to have substantially the same analog output based on receiving substantially the same input. Voting is used to compare the analog outputs from the three an |
| 7579793 |
System and method for efficient wide dynamic range coil drive |
August 25, 2009 |
| Methods and systems are provided for driving one or more force coils. A system for driving force coils is provided including a PWM drive coupled to a first coil and a linear drive coupled to a second coil. The PWM drive efficiently drives the first coil to apply a first force. The li |
| 7578452 |
Ablative composite assemblies and joining methods thereof |
August 25, 2009 |
| A cured ablative composite assembly comprises a housing enclosing a pair of ablative composite sub-assemblies joined by a film adhesive. The cured ablative composite assembly is made by surface treating both ablative composite sub-assemblies in preparation for joining; coupling one a |
| 7578185 |
Resolver-based wheel speed sensor and method of using same |
August 25, 2009 |
| A method of determining a speed of a wheel that involves providing a resolver having a rotor and a stator which resolver produces at least one output signal, operatively connecting the rotor to a wheel such that the resolver is rotated by the rotation of the wheel, producing digital |
| 7578167 |
Three-wafer channel structure for a fluid analyzer |
August 25, 2009 |
| A three-wafer channel or column structure for a fluid analyzer. The structure may have a support member, membrane, or support wafer containing heaters and interactive elements. The membrane may have a channel of one wafer facing the interactive element side and a space of another waf |
| 7578136 |
Integrated power and pressurization system |
August 25, 2009 |
| An integrated power and pressurization management system supplies electrical power and cabin pressurization and cooling air during both airborne and ground operations. The system includes an integral auxiliary power unit (APU) that has a compressor, a motor-generator, and a power tur |
| 7578129 |
Multiple-turbocharger system, and exhaust gas flow control valve therefor |
August 25, 2009 |
| A multiple-turbocharger system for an internal combustion engine includes a first turbocharger comprising a first compressor driven by a first turbine, the first turbine operable to be driven by exhaust gas from the engine; a second turbocharger comprising a second compressor driven by a |
| 7577543 |
Plugged impulse line detection |
August 18, 2009 |
| A digital signal representative of a difference in pressure is received from a differential pressure transmitter. A noise signal is obtained by processing the signal through a band pass filter or otherwise to provide a filtered noise signal. Absolute values of the filtered noise signal a |
| 7577274 |
System and method for counting cars at night |
August 18, 2009 |
| A vehicle identification system distinguishes vehicles in reduced visibility conditions based on the characteristic projection patterns associated with vehicle headlights and their reflections. Recognizing that the appearance of reflections of headlight beams in a camera image is hig |
| 7576684 |
Integrated attitude altimeter |
August 18, 2009 |
| An aircraft electronics system is provided that includes a radar system, a display, an embedded global positioning/inertial navigation system (EGI) and a processor. The radar system is configured to generate aircraft operational data. The display is configured to display the aircraft |
| 7576683 |
Methods and systems for reducing interference caused by antenna leakage signals |
August 18, 2009 |
| In one aspect, a method of radar altimeter operation including a time dependent gain control is described. The method comprises triggering a Sensitivity Time Control (STC) gain control signal at a pulse repetition frequency (PRF) of a transmit pulse to attenuate interference from at |
| 7576624 |
System and method for extending universal bus line length |
August 18, 2009 |
| A system and method for recovering a high frequency component of a slew rate controlled signal propagating along a transmission line enables the high frequency component to be recovered after being lost because of slew rate control and transmission line low pass filtering effects. The sy |
| 7576545 |
Lithium-ion battery prognostic testing and process |
August 18, 2009 |
| In accordance with various embodiments, there are systems and methods for predicting end of life of a Li-ion battery. The method can include at least one of partially charging and partially discharging a battery, measuring an open circuit voltage of the battery before and after at le |
| 7576508 |
Gas turbine engine starter generator with AC generator and DC motor modes |
August 18, 2009 |
| A rotating electrical machine, such as an aircraft starter-generator, that may be operated in either a DC motor mode or an AC generator mode. The machine includes a main stator that is selectively configurable as a multi-pole AC stator and a multi-pole DC stator. The machine also inc |
| 7576470 |
Mechanical packaging of surface acoustic wave device for sensing applications |
August 18, 2009 |
| A method and apparatus, wherein a die is attached to a supporting base structure utilizing a rigid bond adhesive for a SAW (Surface Acoustic Wave) sensor. A rigid bond adhesive with a preferably high glass transition temperature (Tg) can be applied directly between the die and the di |
| 7576459 |
Electric machine with fluid supply control system |
August 18, 2009 |
| An electric machine includes a fluid control system that is configured to regulate the flow rate of fluid to the electric machine. The machine includes a sensor that senses a parameter representative of cooling required by the machine. The sensor supplies a sensor signal to a control |
| 7575799 |
Carbon fiber containing ceramic particles |
August 18, 2009 |
| Small ceramic particles (e.g., of TiC) are incorporated into fibers. The ceramic particles enhance the friction and/or wear properties of a carbon-carbon composite article made with the impregnated or coated fibers. The impregnated fibers can be, e.g., polyacrylonitrile (PAN) fibers, |
| 7575688 |
Apparatus and method for removing sulfur containing compounds from a post-refinery fuel stream |
August 18, 2009 |
| Disclosed are fuel filters and process for removing sulfur-containing compounds from a post refinery fuel stream. In one embodiment, the disclosed process requires passing the post refinery fuel stream through a fuel filter to provide a clean fuel stream having a reduced concentratio |
| 7575196 |
Ice protection system and method including a plurality of segmented sub-areas and a cyclic diver |
August 18, 2009 |
| An ice protection system and method of implementing ice protection for a vehicle includes a plurality of segmented sub-areas each including a leading edge surface subject to the formation of ice thereon. The system further includes a plurality of air ducts, each in fluid communication |
| 7575118 |
Device for transporting and/or storing |
August 18, 2009 |
| The present invention relates to a device for transporting and storing of a powder or liquid medium, comprising (a) a structurally stable outer container having an electrically conducting inner surface, a top side that is open and capable of receiving an inner container, and a bottom |
| 7574333 |
Apparatus and method for modeling relationships between signals |
August 11, 2009 |
| A projection is associated with a first signal and a second signal. The second signal includes a first portion associated with the first signal and a second portion not associated with the first signal. The projection at least substantially separates the first portion of the second signa |
| 7574039 |
Video based fire detection system |
August 11, 2009 |
| A fire detection system has a video sensor, a processor, and a database. The database has a statistical model representing the characteristics of a fire. The video sensor captures images, and sends the images to the processor. The processor computes statistics on the characteristics of |
| 7573575 |
System and method for color measurements or other spectral measurements of a material |
August 11, 2009 |
| A system and method for color measurements or other spectral measurements of a material are provided. An illuminating device generates light for illuminating a sample of material. A detector detects light that has interacted with the sample and provides a measurement of the light that |
| 7573392 |
Backdraft detector |
August 11, 2009 |
| A backdraft detector incorporates at least one oxygen sensor in combination with a flow sensor. Both sensors are coupled to control circuitry which evaluates sensed oxygen levels of a flowing sample being monitored by the flow sensor. |
| 7573370 |
Method and device for storing and distributing information in an RFID tag |
August 11, 2009 |
| An RFID tag has a memory, an RF transceiver that supports long range RF communications with a long range reader, and an interface that supports short range communications with a short range reader over a secure link. The RF transceiver can be used to transmit an ID stored in the memory o |
| 7573272 |
Antenna reconfiguration verification and validation |
August 11, 2009 |
| A method of testing the electrical functionality of an optically controlled switch in a reconfigurable antenna is provided. The method includes configuring one or more conductive paths between one or more feed points and one or more test point with switches in the reconfigurable ante |
| 7573239 |
Circuit for monitoring batteries in a parallel configuration while under load |
August 11, 2009 |
| The invention includes a circuit to monitor batteries arranged in a parallel battery configuration for charge/discharge battery circuit operation. The circuit selectively tests for each battery's presence in a battery holder or receptacle without interrupting circuit discharging oper |
