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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7982767 | System and method for mounting sensors and cleaning sensor apertures for out-the-window displays Multiple sensors capture images representing scenery outside an aircraft or other type of vehicle for use within a visual display system. A protective housing encloses the sensors. This protective housing includes a transparent aperture through which the sensor capt... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7416155 | Canard position and dihedral for boom reduction and pitch/directional control A supersonic aircraft comprises a fuselage extending forward and aft, wings coupled to lateral sides of the fuselage, and canards coupled to lateral sides of the fuselage forward of the wings. The individual canards are configured to generate shocks that wrap around... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7312725 | Display system for operating a device with reduced out-the-window visibility A display system for a device with reduced out-the-window visibility includes a display processor that receives an image from a sensor, wherein the sensor is capable of providing a continuously updated image of an area outside the device that is obscured from view o... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7311287 | Methods for incorporating area ruled surfaces in a supersonic aircraft A vertical stabilizer is configured to minimize the rate of change of cross-sectional area distribution of the vehicle or device to which the vertical stabilizer is mounted. One or more “waisted” areas can be included at the tip and/or the root of the vertical s... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7216830 | Wing gull integration nacelle clearance, compact landing gear stowage, and sonic boom reduction A supersonic cruise configuration aircraft comprises a fuselage extending on a longitudinal axis from a forward nose to an aft tail, and a wing coupled at an inboard section to the fuselage and extending to an outboard tip, and having a leading edge and a trailing e... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7070146 | Aircraft thickness/camber control device for low sonic boom An aircraft thickness/camber control device mounts to the lower surface of a airfoil configuration, for example on a fuselage, and extends along a longitudinal axis. The device, when deployed, generates expansions ahead of compressions generated by off-design condit... | 07/04/2006 |
| 6942182 | Forward inboard retracting main landing gear An aircraft landing gear is movable between a retracted position and an extended position. The aircraft landing gear comprises a nonfolding, nonhinged shock strut that extends along a shock strut axis from a proximal end to a distal end and remains at an essentially... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6942178 | Mach weighted area ruling for supersonic vehicles A method and design system for a low drag vehicle includes determining a plurality of configurations for at least two different Mach numbers that minimize the rate of change of cross-sectional area of the vehicle in accordance with the Sears-Haack minimum drag body.... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6935592 | Aircraft lift device for low sonic boom An aircraft lift device comprises a strake capable of coupling to an aircraft fuselage and extending to a leading edge of a wing. The strake has a leading edge. The life device further comprises a leading-edge flap coupled to the strake leading edge. ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6921045 | Supersonic aircraft with channel relief control A supersonic aircraft comprises a fuselage extending forward and aft along a longitudinal axis, the fuselage having a lower surface and an upper surface, a highly swept low aspect ratio wing coupled to the fuselage and having a forward leading edge and an aft traili... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6913228 | Aircraft with active center of gravity control A supersonic aircraft comprises a wing, a fuselage, a plurality of fuel tanks contained within the wing and/or fuselage, and a fuel transfer system communicatively coupled to the plurality of fuel tanks and capable of transferring fuel among the plurality of fuel ta... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6905091 | System and method for controlling the acoustic signature of a device A system receives information regarding current flight conditions of a device such as an aircraft and determines the acoustic level of the sonic boom and/or other noise generated by the device during operation. The current acoustic level is compared to a desired lev... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6880784 | Automatic takeoff thrust management system An automatic takeoff thrust management system can be used in an aircraft with at least two engines. The management system comprises an aircraft status sensor or set of sensors capable of detecting establishment of takeoff climb conditions, and engine failure detecto... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6854687 | Nacelle integration with reflexed wing for sonic boom reduction A method for integrating an engine nacelle below the wing of a supersonic aircraft with low sonic boom capabilities includes determining the shape of a reflexed portion of the airfoil on the underside of the wing, and a corresponding shape for the upper surface of t... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6824092 | Aircraft tail configuration for sonic boom reduction A supersonic aircraft comprises a wing having upper and lower surfaces and extending from a leading edge to a trailing edge and at least two engine nacelles coupled to the lower surface of the wing on the trailing edge. The supersonic aircraft further comprises an i... | 11/30/2004 |
