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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7281683 | Process for aiding the takeoff of an aircraft An aircraft takeoff process may include applying a pitch command deflecting an adjustable horizontal tailplane of the aircraft by a predetermined angle. Thereafter, the pitch command is corrected in accordance with the deviation between a takeoff rotation speed and ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7207524 | Device for warning of differential pressure during the opening of a pressurized closing device pertaining to an opening in the fuselage of an aeroplane An apparatus warns of differential pressure during the opening of a pressure-loaded door that closes an opening in an aircraft fuselage. An air guide passage extends from the side with higher pressure to the side with lower pressure. The air guide passage is closeab... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7191084 | Method and apparatus for gas turbine engine ignition systems A method for testing an igniter coupled within a gas turbine engine, wherein the gas turbine engine includes a combustor, a pressure transducer coupled to the combustor, and a spark detector. The method includes operating the gas turbine engine, monitoring the opera... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7148814 | Methods and systems for displaying aircraft engine characteristics A method and system for displaying aircraft engine information. In one embodiment, the method includes directing the display of an icon that represents an overall operational state of an aircraft engine, with the overall operational state including one of a started ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7106215 | Device for monitoring the integrity of spacecraft thermal protection tiles An electrical circuit, attached to the tiles of the space shuttle, provides an indication of tile integrity in real time. Each tile has a resistor attached thereto between parallel conductors, and a series of tiles forms a protected grid series tile section. A compu... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7098810 | Aircraft autorecovery systems and methods Methods and systems for performing auto-recovery for an aircraft. An example system includes position and information systems, an automatic flight control system, a database, and a processor. The database includes terrain data, airport data, obstacle data, and prote... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7089090 | Flight control indicator determining the maximum slope for the flight control of an aircraft by terrain following The flight control indicator may include a set of information sources, a computation unit connected to said set of information sources, and a head-up display device. The computation unit determines, on the basis of information emanating from the set of information s... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7088264 | Flight safety system monitoring combinations of state values A method and system compares combinations of vehicle or aircraft state variables against known combinations of potentially dangerous states. Alarms and error messages are selectively generated based on such comparisons. In one embodiment, pairs of aircraft state var... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7024929 | Flow stabilizer for flow bench Apparatus and methods for airflow testing, especially for air testing of gas turbine components on an airflow test bench. Various embodiments of the present invention include the use of a flow-stabilizing member downstream of the component being tested. Since the fl... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7015829 | Method for displaying flight information A method for displaying flight information includes displaying a first characteristic sign illustrating a speed vector of an aircraft. The method also includes determining a first longitudinal margin of maneuver of the aircraft as a load factor, and displaying a sec... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6985091 | Electronic flight instrument displays The present invention is directed to novel primary flight displays, moving map displays and engine parameter displays for aircraft cockpits. These displays process data gathered from various aircraft sensors and, using an various electronic databases, generate intui... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6980128 | Display system for an aircraft A display system for an aircraft includes a central unit configured to determine a speed vector of the aircraft and to determine a longitudinal margin of maneuver of the aircraft. The longitudinal margin of maneuver is expressed as a load factor and is related to on... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6963810 | Method and system for locating critical flow feature indicators in three dimensional flow regimes A method for locating two dimensional critical flow features on a surface of a three dimensional body immersed in a fluid stream is presented. The method includes applying a hot film sensor array on the surface of the body. The hot film sensor array includes a plura... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6940427 | Pitch alerting angle for enhanced ground proximity warning system (EGPWS) A ground proximity warning system including a pitch angle alerting device, the pitch angle alerting device including warning logic having an input that is structured to receive a signal that is representative of the indicated pitch angle of the aircraft, the warning... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6937166 | Process and device for aiding the piloting of an aircraft The device (1) for aiding piloting comprises means (2) for determining a speed vector of the aircraft, means of depiction (4) for presenting on a display screen (6) a first characteristic sign illustrating the speed vector of the aircraft... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6809648 | Aerial sampler system An aerial sampler system includes an enclosure, a transfer system, and a measurement system. The enclosure is connected to an external surface of an aerial vehicle and receives atmospheric flow from the external surface of the aerial vehicle. The enclosure also dire... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6438484 | Method and apparatus for detecting and compensating for compressor surge in a gas turbine using remote monitoring and diagnostics A method is disclosed for monitoring and controlling a compressor including (a) monitoring at least one compressor parameter; (b) storing data indicative of the monitored parameter in a database system; (c) processing the collected data using a stall prec... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6289289 | Aircraft structural fatigue monitor The present invention is a system for monitoring, storing, and reporting the accumulation of fatigue occurrences experienced by an aircraft. The system according to the present invention uses existing aircraft instrumentation to monitor fatigue occurrence... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6236914 | Stall and recovery control system An autopilot controller, for controlling a vehicle traveling in a fluid medium, designed for controlling the vehicle in any one of pre stall, stall and post stall regions. The autopilot controller provides an approach for one-to-one mapping between a targ... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6169496 | Banked flight stall warning device and method A flight warning system comprises an outside temperature probe for sensing outside temperature, a gyroscope for sensing aircraft bank angle, a static transducer for sensing static pressure, and a dynamic pressure sensor for receiving total pressure from a... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6140942 | Aircraft surface contamination sensing system using control surface hinge moment measurements A method and system for sensing surface contamination on an aircraft having a control surface. A control element including the control surface is connected to the aircraft by a hinge. The method and system sense a control surface hinge moment about a line... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6098010 | Method and apparatus for predicting and stabilizing compressor stall A method and apparatus for predicting the onset of stall in an axial flow compressor and stabilizing stall so as to achieve the maximum pressure rise to the combustor. Stall in an axial flow compressor is predicted by obtaining pressure or axial velocity ... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6067032 | Method of detecting stalls in a gas turbine engine The present invention provides a method of detecting an engine stall based on the intensity of ultraviolet light being sensed in the augmentor. The method is used to confirm a stall when the gas generator burner pressure sensor is operating properly, and ... | 05/23/2000 |
| 5986582 | Helicopter rotor/engine warning system A two-stage alarm for a rotary wing aircraft, such as a helicopter which operates on a collective control arm. A moveable mass or weight is operatively connected to the collective control arm. The moveable weight may be of a reciprocating type or a rotor ... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5912627 | Device and method for indicating if an airplane is operating within operating limits The present invention provides a device for indicating an operating point of an aircraft comprising a sensor to measure air speed and a sensor to measure vertical acceleration. The device also comprises a processor in communicative connection with each of... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5803408 | Autopilot/flight director stall protection system In an aircraft under autopilot control, a stall protection system overrides established autopilot parameters in response to a monitored angle of attack for the aircraft exceeding a trigger angle of attack. The trigger angle of attack is established with r... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5595357 | Aircraft stall warning system An aircraft stall warning system includes an angle of attack sensor which provides a signal to an angle of attack processor which provides an angle of attack signal to a display. An air pressure sensor provides an air turbulence intensity ratio signal to ... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5341677 | Method of aerodynamic stall-turbulence indication Method, apparatus, and sensor mast for airfoil aerodynamic performance monitoring are based on pressure measurement. Pressure transducers mounted within the sensor mast measure real-time pressure, to produce an output signal. The signal is separated into ... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5272906 | Aircraft stall alarm testing tool An airplane stall alarm testing tool applies a temporary partial vacuum to a stall horn installed in an aircraft wing. The tool mechanically or otherwise creates a vacuum without human direct oral contact with the aircraft and enables testing by a pilot u... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5057832 | Audible glide speed indicator apparatus An audible indicator is arranged in combination with an electronic stall indicator, wherein the audible device includes a conical entrance and exit tube coaxially aligned with a central cylindrical tube, with a whistle member positioned within the tube, w... | 10/15/1991 |
| 4910513 | Apparatus and methods for generating a stall warning margin on an aircraft attitude indicator display A pitch limit symbol is generated at an aircraft attitude indicator which provides a pilot with display of a stall warning angle of attack margin which is referenced to an airplane symbol on the primary attitude indicator. The position of the pitch limit ... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4908619 | Aircraft stall warning system A stall warning "stick shaker" reference level signal is produced as a function of both flap position and total aircraft thrust. More specifically, a correction term Ɗ is combined with a standard stick shaker reference level signal which is schedu... | 03/13/1990 |
| 4893245 | Windshear guidance for aircraft having inertial sensor An aircraft guidance system for flying an optimal inertial flight path in a windshear encounter. Zero inertial flight path angle command is utilized as the basis for guidance commands for either horizontal or vertical windshears; the flight path angle com... | 01/09/1990 |
| 4749331 | Method and apparatus of detecting pumping surges on turbocompressors To detect a surge in a turbocompressor, the temperature at the compressor intake, or the difference between temperatures measured at different distances from the compressor intake, is subjected to a differentiation or to an operation equivalent to differe... | 06/07/1988 |
| 4649387 | Method and apparatus for investigating airflow The airspeed over an external surface of the aircraft is sensed at a predetermined location spaced from the surface, signals are produced representative of average airspeed and of airspeed fluctuations caused by air turbulence, and the signals are also us... | 03/10/1987 |
| 4618856 | Stall surge detector In a pressure measuring system which includes a pressure transducer for generating an analogue signal as a function of pressure, circuitry for generating a non-linear error signal as a function of the difference between the input signal and a feedback sig... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4610213 | Pressure sensing on rigid sails Pressure tapping for rigid sails, the tappings (10, 11, 12, 15, 16) being located to either provide a stall warning or to enable tuning of the sailset to the desired operating angles. A particular flow-state sensitive stall warning device is also describe... | 09/09/1986 |
| 4608860 | Stall detector Compressor discharge pressure (CDP) in a gas turbine engine is sensed. A fall in CDP is interpreted as indicating compressor stall.... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4590475 | Stall avoidance system for aircraft An aircraft stall avoidance system uses flight measurements such as accelerations, aircraft configuration, engine power, atmospheric conditions, and other related characteristics in computing the speed at which a specific aircraft is likely to stall in re... | 05/20/1986 |
| 4563684 | Method of predicting the approaching stall of an aircraft wing The approaching stall of an aircraft wing is predicted using an inherent characteristic of the airflow as the stall is approached. The airspeed over the wing is sensed at a predetermined location spaced above the top surface of the wing, input signals are... | 01/07/1986 |
