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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4862748 | Multiple ultrasonic transducer with remote selector An ultrasonic scanning system utilizing a selectively rotatable reflector permitting selective use of multiple transducers mounted around the periphery of a water jet for flaw detection in composite materials.... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4853555 | Electrical power transfer system for aircraft passenger entertainment system A conductor rail assembly parallel to an aircraft passenger seat track is coupled by direct electrical connection to the aircraft passenger entertainment system power supply. Passenger seat entertainment system power connectors are inserted into and retai... | 08/01/1989 |
| 4850458 | Bidirectional rotary brake A bidirection brake for a rotary device prevents a reverse load or an overrunning load at the output of the rotary device from rotating the output in either direction. The brake includes a pair of opposing plates having pockets formed in their surfaces wh... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4836602 | Apparatus for storing food and beverages in a passenger seatback A container assembly secured in the back of a passenger seat contains food and beverage for a passenger sitting behind the seatback. The container includes an rounded portion which holds a beverage can and glass. The container is held by a holder assembly... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4828204 | Supersonic airplane A twin-engine supersonic airplane having an arrow-shaped wing and an elongated fuselage extending approximately equally forward and rearward of the wing. The fuselage is configured for six passengers in a staggered two-abreast seating arrangement and for ... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4826110 | Oscillatory failure monitor Prevention of actuator oscillation due to failure mode in an aircraft pitch axis control system is provided by an oscillatory failure monitor. The oscillatory failure monitor provides power shutdown of the actuator through inner loop modeling and error si... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4815678 | Pivotally mounted high energy absorbing aircraft tail skid assembly having predetermined failure mode A high energy absorbing aircraft tail skid assembly for protecting an aircraft fuselage lower skin portion from damage in the event of a tail strike due to over rotation on take-off of the aircraft. The high energy absorbing tail skid assembly is pivotall... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4810136 | Milling cutter for composite laminates A spiral four fluted rotary carbide cutter has a one directional helix throughout much of its length, and a reverse directional helix adjacent the cutting end. Opposite lands, between the flutes, have square cornered axially aligned and equally spaced not... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4808863 | Active control system and method for reducing engine noise and vibration Noise and vibration in a structure is reduced through application to the structure of an oscillatory torque. An electromechanical energy converter provides the oscillatory torque when the input signal to the electromechanical energy converter has a freque... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4807476 | Variable angle transducer system and apparatus for pulse echo inspection of laminated parts through a full radial arc A system and apparatus for ultrasonic pulse echo inspection of corners in laminated parts. A variable angle transducer including transducer, fixed reflector, and rotating reflector which effects scanning of the radial arc being tested by the sonic output ... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4807349 | Fastener removing method A method and apparatus for removing frozen, stuck or sealant anchored fasteners from aircraft assemblies that cannot be unscrewed by conventional screwdrivers. A pulsating force is applied through the longitudinal axis of the apparatus to the head of the ... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4804265 | Aircraft landing light alignment system A system for aircraft landing light alignment which includes a target of photocells distributed in a cross-like manner with a single photo detector centered about the common point of the cross-like distribution. A signal processing circuit coupled to the ... | 02/14/1989 |
| 4802642 | Control of laminar flow in fluids by means of acoustic energy Retarding of the point of transition from laminar flow to turbulent flow in aerodynamic boundary layers on the surfaces of aircraft is accomplished by radiating acoustic energy at frequencies greater than twice the critical Tollmein-Schlichting frequency ... | 02/07/1989 |
| 4793108 | Enclosed interlayer plastic laminated window Plastic laminated window 40 for aircraft passenger cabin having a peripheral edge insert 50 for providing additional shear-bearing area with respect to the chamfered peripheral edge portion 46 of the outer ply 44 of window 40.... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4790898 | Method and apparatus for fiber lamination A series of filaments are grouped into rovings (10), with each roving being impregnated with a viscous, tacky resin binder. The rovings are guided (12, 14, 16) to and compressed against a mandrel (18). By controlling intraroving spacing and compression fo... | 12/13/1988 |
| 4789328 | Hot/cold press forming apparatus for thermoformable plastic materials One apparatus for forming a workpiece made of thermoformable plastic material includes: (a) a base member; (b) a positioning wheel or a positioning frame supported by the base member; (c) a suspension tray for supporting a raw workpiece, the suspension tr... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4788490 | Method of measuring resistance of a control servovalve A method for measuring resistance of an electromagnetic servovalve associated with a brake torque limiting control system. The servovalve is controlled by two parallel connected controllers, one a current driver controller and the other a voltage driver c... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4788531 | Automatic fault reporting system An aircraft automatic fault reporting system having a plurality of ARINC 429 low-speed data buses between the aircraft maintenance control panel and the aircraft communications addressing and reporting system provides two-way communication therebetween. D... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4781594 | Sound simulation system A multiple channel composite sound generating system utilizes a microprocessor-based controller, single tone generators and random noise generators to control the frequency and attenuation of single tones and the attenuation of random noise bands for each... | 11/01/1988 |
| 4763360 | Passenger entertainment system having direct coupled seat receivers A passenger entertainment system having direct coupled individual seat receivers. Direct coupling of receivers to the passenger entertainment power and intelligence information signals is provided through a seat track transmission line consisting of one o... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4763266 | Aircraft flight command and display system A system particularly adapted for guiding aircraft through wind shear conditions includes: a thrust command control (10) for maintaining airspeed and groundspeed within a defined range; a detection system (12) for detecting and annunciating the presence o... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4750087 | Ventilated instrument panel support rail A support rail structure which provides cooling air for removing heat from instruments. The support rail structures provide uniform cooling along each support rail regardless of instrument orientation within the instrument panel assembly. A system which i... | 06/07/1988 |
| 4749316 | Quick change drill chuck systems Quick change chuck systems with integral fluid inducer. A quick change drill bushing system reduces misalignment of bushing to motor spindles and enables rapid change of cutting tools and bushing thereby reducing the number of dedicated working systems. T... | 06/07/1988 |
| 4749930 | High speed positive feed drill motor open loop control system A high speed positive feed drill motor open loop control system. The motor system comprises a minimally limited inertia air turbine motor including mounting guidance and control for enabling the drill to advance into the workpiece at a rate exactly propor... | 06/07/1988 |
| 4742730 | Failsafe rotary actuator A failsafe rotary actuator having irreversible dual load paths between input and output members thereof is comprised of an input shaft journalled for rotation within a housing for the actuator, first and second sun gears secured in spaced relationship alo... | 05/10/1988 |
| 4743145 | Quick change drill chuck systems Quick change chuck systems with integral fluid inducer. A quick change drill bushing system reduces misalignment of bushing to motor spindles and enables rapid change of cutting tools and bushing thereby reducing the number of dedicated working systems. T... | 05/10/1988 |
| 4736452 | Core coupled transmitter/receiver loops for connectorless entertainment systems A method and apparatus for interconnecting passenger entertainment service units to the aircraft system through connectorless inductive couplers. Couplers are arranged along the seat track as desired without limitation on seat spacing or location.... | 04/05/1988 |
| 4732415 | Non-metallic vacuum probe A non-metallic vacuum probe for elevated temperature service having a probe body portion for coupling to a vacuum line. The probe body portion is coupled through a washer shaped low friction bearing surface and gasket for sealing to a probe flange portion... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4696442 | Vortex generators for inlets A pair of vortex generators are attached to the exterior surface of an aircraft and located forwardly of a flush inlet so as to effectively remove or reduce the thickness of a slower-moving boundary layer airflow ajdacent to the exterior aircraft surface ... | 09/29/1987 |
| 4688934 | Rotating polarizer angle sensing system A system for measuring aeroelastic deformation of an aircraft wing in flight or in a wind tunnel utilizing light from a linearly polarized light source (101). The light is transmitted through modulating elements (104, 105) to provide a carrier beam, and a... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4684085 | Aircraft automatic trim system An aircraft automatic trim system is operable during autopilot control to transfer trim from the elevators to the stabilizers. The thresholds for trim transfer are based on the ratio of elevator demand to available elevator control. Trim commands are prod... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4681285 | Nose wheel water spray deflector enabling wheel and tire changes without deflector removal A nose landing gear supported deflector for preventing ingestion of nose wheel side spray into wing-mounted engines. The deflector extends horizontally with respect to the runway surface and in front of the nose wheels while permitting landing gear and de... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4681286 | Door anti-hijacking latch/lock mechanism with pneumatic decompression override An aircraft door having an electrically operated latching device (601) engaged only when electrical power is applied. Latch logic permits release by actuation of a switch (603) on the pilot's panel, by loss of electrical power (602), by a knob on the cont... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4679117 | Touch sensor for wire stripper A wire detector for semi-automatic wire stripper which responds to capacitance changes caused by sensing a capacitance object such as an exposed wire end and includes signal processing through an oscillator and amplifier circuit providing timer control fo... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4678202 | Folding wheelchair A folding chair assembly for dual use as a wheelchair or a flight attendant's seat onboard a commercial passenger airplane. The folding chair assembly can be manipulated into any of the following modes: (1) fully retracted into a compact assembly that can... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4674712 | Double-lobe fuselage composite airplane Design and construction of a composite material airplane having a high aspect-ratio wing and a horizontal double-lobe fuselage cross-section for cargo and/or passenger accommodations. The fuselage comprises a double-lobe shell of contoured honeycomb core ... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4675675 | Automatic fault reporting system Phase I (25) and Phase II (20) and III (24) AFRS (Automatic Fault Reporting System) signal processing implementations (FIG. 3) of fault related data permits utilization in steps, viz. Phase I and Phases II and III on board operational aircraft of AFRS, th... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4671583 | Fastening device and method for composite structures Fastener, e.g., stud, installation in a composite panel, such as a graphite epoxy structure having a longitudinal electrical conductivity substantially greater than the transverse electrical conductivity, is achieved in a manner providing increased conduc... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4649484 | Avionic control system An all-electric powered flight control system for an aircraft incorporating fault-tolerant avionics combined with a redundant power actuation control system utilizing electro-mechanical devices for actuating aerodynamic control surfaces; and wherein, the ... | 03/10/1987 |
| 4646967 | Ultrasonic water jet having electromagnetic interference shielding An ultrasonic water jet having first and second housing members. The first housing member includes an interior exponentially shaped duct and a plurality of water inlets equiangularly displaced and circumferentially disposed about the central axis of the e... | 03/03/1987 |
