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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8171770 | Calibration tool for air data measurement devices A calibration tool for an air data sensor of a vehicle comprises a target surface which is disposable on the vehicle. The calibration tool may further comprise a light pointer which is mountable on the air data sensor and which is operative to project a beam of ligh... | 05/08/2012 |
| 7400142 | Dynamic magnetic anomaly compensation An array of three-axis magnetometers used for dynamic magnetic anomaly compensation are located at the corners of a parallelopiped, with pairs of magnetometer outputs used to derive a magnetic anomaly gradient vector used to compensate a compass and/or the output of... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7386395 | Systems and methods for shock compensation utilizing an adaptive control technique algorithm A method for providing dynamic disturbance compensation to an inertial system is described. The method includes determining estimated correction factors based on received acceleration components, and dynamically determining filter coefficients for a filter configure... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7365544 | Methods of adjusting airborne geophysical measurements based on mapping instrument measurements This invention concerns a method of making airborne geophysical measurements. Such measurements may be made from fixed or moving wing airplanes or dirigibles. The method comprises the following steps: taking first real time measurements from one, or more, geophysica... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7328104 | Systems and methods for improved inertial navigation A method for producing inertial measurement data is provided. The method comprises receiving raw inertial measurement data from one or more inertial sensors; receiving raw position data based on signals from a global navigation satellite system; processing the raw i... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7320253 | Stress detection method for sensor device with multiple axis sensor and sensor device employing this method The present invention provides the stress detection method for force sensor device with multiple axis sensor device and force sensor device employing this method, whose installation angle is arbitrary. The stress detection method includes, first and second force sen... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7310577 | Integrated capacitive bridge and integrated flexure functions inertial measurement unit An inertia control system includes an integrated inertial measurement unit coupled to an inertial platform. The integrated inertial measurement unit includes three accelerometer gimbals/axes (first, second, and third) respectively, each including a pair of flexure p... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7257470 | Fault isolation method and apparatus in artificial intelligence based air data systems A method providing fault isolation, in an air data system which uses artificial intelligence to generate an air data parameter, includes generating the air data parameter as a function of a plurality of measured values such as static pressures. Then, estimates of ea... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7213454 | Method and apparatus for obtaining improved accuracy and range for air data parameters inferred from independent measurements of interdependent pressures A method of calculating a system level air data parameter for an aircraft, for example aircraft angle-of-attack (AOA) and/or angle-of-sideslip (AOS), includes measuring a plurality of local static pressures pi. Next, a plurality of non-dimensional pressur... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7206675 | Runway approach using localizer alone This invention provides an improvement in the present instrument approach procedure used at airports having an ILS localizer without an accompanying UHF glide-slope. The field strength of the localizer, as measured at the airplane, is used as a basis for producing a... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7185858 | Spacecraft gyro calibration system A method of calibrating a gyro (42) of a spacecraft (14) may include determining a yaw attitude residual of the spacecraft. Roll gyro bias residual is determined in response to the yaw attitude residual. The gyro (42) is calibrated in response t... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7176811 | Pressure altimeter electrical testing A test apparatus and method of electrical testing especially useful for verifying normal performance of essential functions in an aircraft atmospheric pressure responsive auxiliary altimeter under either of flight line or maintenance shop conditions. The tester prov... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7093070 | Method and system for selectively recording system information A method and apparatus for recording data concerning a system is provided. The apparatus comprises a memory card, such as a COMPACTFLASH card, and a processor unit, such as a T2CAS processor unit. The memory card includes a supplemental file that contains... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7047801 | Portable guidance assembly test station A portable system (20) for testing an electro-optical guidance assembly (22) includes an electro-optical test unit (40) with at least two sources of electromagnetic energy at different wavelengths for selectively illuminating the guidance assemb... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7003399 | Gas jet control for inertial measurement unit An inertial navigation system is provided. The system includes a gas supported sensor block that is adapted to rotate in three dimensions in a near frictionless environment, a plurality of jet plates adapted to receive two or more pairs of opposing pneumatic nozzles... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6968281 | Method for calibrating an inertial measurement unit A method for testing inertial measurement devices on a multi-axis rate table without having to utilize slip rings to transfer signals between the inertial measurement devices and remote processors by incorporating a processor internal to the inertial measurement dev... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6834528 | Method, device and system for calibrating angular rate measurement sensors The present invention describes a method to calibrate an angular measurement device using acceleration measurement device. The angular rate measurement device includes at least one angular measurement sensor, wherein the acceleration measurement device is able to di... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6804986 | Method and apparatus for determining a calibrated value for the yaw angle of a satellite The method according to the invention allows to determine the yaw angle of a satellite from the reading of two different sensors measuring the roll and/or pitch angles, provided that the reference point of the two sensors are not identical. A description is given ba... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6778924 | Self-calibrating inertial measurement system method and apparatus A system for testing inertial measurement devices on a multi-axis rate table without having to utilize slip rings to transfer signals between the inertial measurement devices and remote processors by incorporating a processor internal to the inertial measurement dev... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6761057 | Error detection and fault isolation for multi-function air data probes and systems A method of detecting errors in air data sensing systems having multi-function probes being used in combinations to define probe systems includes a step (A) of, for each probe system, making a first prediction of an aircraft parameter as a function of local angles o... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6634207 | Accelerometer compensation in an inertial navigation system The invention is a method and apparatus for improving the accuracy of an inertial navigation system. The method comprises (1) obtaining a measure of the angular velocity of a body frame of reference having a first axis, a second axis, and a third axis, (2... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6626024 | Redundant altimeter system with self-generating dynamic correction curve In an aircraft conventionally-including a redundant pair of independent primary altitude determination systems of accuracy certified for RVSM operations, an initially loosely calibrated backup altimeter receives independent static pressure data for use in... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6317699 | Device and method for calibrating a robot A calibrating device is composed of a movable portion having a degree of freedom movable in three axis directions orthogonal to each other, a displacement detector for detecting displacement of said movable portion as per degree of freedom, a universal jo... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6164117 | Inclination sensor and method of measuring the accuracy thereof The present invention pertains to an inclination sensor construction that is capable of determining the pitch and roll of a machine or machine implement. Moreover, the present invention may be employed to detect the pitch and roll of a blade of a motor gr... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6064923 | Aircraft with reduced wing structure loading An aircraft having a reduced-load wing structure is provided with a controllable canard stabilizer (5G, 5D) at the front end of the aircraft and a controller that controls the canard stabilizer. The controller generates a turn command corresponding to an ... | 05/16/2000 |
| 5440817 | Vertical reference and attitude system The present invention provides a vertical reference that includes sensors providing signals indicative of angular tilt from the predetermined reference axis and the rate of angular tilt; an integrator to integrate the angular rate signal to provide a dyna... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5421187 | Calibration of an internal sensor system A calibration device for establishing a 3-D reference frame for an inertial sensor system. A secondary mounting surface on the calibration device is used to provide a measurement of the reference line required for inertial system installation alignment. T... | 06/06/1995 |
| 4562978 | Adjustable mounting tray for aircraft inertial reference units and the like An adjustable mounting tray for installation of an aircraft gyroscopic and/or inertial reference apparatus, comprises, a baseplate member mounted so that it is substantially level in roll and pitch on the equipment shelf or rack of a levelled aircraft. A ... | 01/07/1986 |
| 4489591 | Angle of airflow vane positioner A remotely controlled system for mechanically positioning an aircraft airflow vane for the purpose of calibration wherein a stepper motor drives the vane to a predetermined position in response to electronic system control disposed at a point remotely loc... | 12/25/1984 |
| 4400789 | Magnetic heading simulator A magnetic heading signal simulator that simulates the analog electrical signals representative of magnetic heading produced by a conventional flux value of an aircraft and provides the simulated signals to the magnetic heading reference system of the air... | 08/23/1983 |
| 4038876 | Acceleration error compensated attitude sensing and control apparatus and method A structural body is monitored in angular position about at least one axis by utilizing a tilt sensor responsive to tilt about the one axis and a sensor responsive to angular acceleration of the body about the one axis. The tilt sensor also responds to th... | 08/02/1977 |
| 4028536 | SNAIAS digital data test set The Ships Navigation Aircraft Inertial Alignment System (SNAIAS) Digital t Set checks-out the data link navigation messages between the shipboard navigation system and the aircraft inertial alignment system. The test set monitors alignment and waypoint d... | 06/07/1977 |
| 3941345 | Radial arm guidance platform tracker A radial arm tracker with a constant drive ratio for use in monitoring the osition of a guidance platform during the firing azimuth alignment phase. One end of the radial arm is mounted to the rotor of an encoder and a telescope is pivotally mounted at the... | 03/02/1976 |
| 3939571 | Method and apparatus for aiming aircraft visual approach slope indicator An aiming bar is inserted through the aiming slit of an aircraft visual approach slope indicator housing and secured at its inner end to a cross bar in front of a horizontal row of landing lights so that the aiming bar assumes the vertical angle of the up... | 02/24/1976 |
