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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110297796 | VANE HAVING A REGULATING FLAP AND A GAP COVERING DEVICE AND AN ADJUSTING MECHANISM FOR A GAP COVERING DEVICE A wing, having an adjustable flap that can be moved between a retracted and an extended setting is provided, as well as a gap-covering device, with an adjustment lever and a gap-covering flap arranged on the latter with a flow surface. The adjustment lever with the gap-... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110256042 | FUEL SYSTEM AND METHOD A fuel system includes a fuel tank, a vent tank fluidically connected to the fuel tank ullage, the vent tank having a duct open to the ambient atmosphere and the interior of the vent tank, and a catalyst disposed in the duct, wherein the catalyst is adapted to deplete o... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110065888 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FABRICATING A FIBRE REINFORCED THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE STRUCTURE A method of fabricating a fibre reinforced thermoplastic composite structure comprising: placing a first layer of fibre reinforced thermoplastic material on top of a second layer of fibre reinforced thermoplastic material; providing a local heating source and locally he... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110013486 | SCANNER An ultrasonic scanner has an encoder contacting a drum containing an array. The scanning assembly can be replaced via a snap fit formation. The encoder and drum are resiliently biased and movable relative to the chassis. The array can also be movable relative to the cha... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20100018119 | MONITOR AND A METHOD FOR MEASURING OXYGEN CONCENTRATION A monitor for monitoring the concentration of oxygen in a fuel or in an ullage over a fuel comprises (i) a sensing element comprising a luminescent substance comprising a luminophore and a support in which the luminophore is covalently bound to the support, (ii) a light... | 01/28/2010 |
| 20100004769 | METHOD OF DESIGNING A STRUCTURE A method of designing a structure, such as an airfoil section. A first set of candidate designs is generated in a first optimisation process, each candidate design comprising a set of M design variables associated with an M-dimensional design space. A subset of the firs... | 01/07/2010 |