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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7934677 | Cargo parachute release apparatus, system and method A cargo parachute release apparatus comprising an assembly plate and a hinged member that is hinged to the assembly plate with a hinge pin. Parachute riser attachment components are positioned between the assembly plate and hinged member when the hinged member is in... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7900868 | Noise-shielding wing configuration Embodiments of the invention provide an aircraft configuration that provides for increased engine noise shielding for community noise reduction, while still providing desirable aerodynamic attributes such as good spanwise lift distributions and good structural integ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7370836 | Missile defense system and methods for evading heat seeking missiles A method for aiding a helicopter pilot to avoid a heat seeking missile includes the step of detecting a threat from a missile. The method also includes the step of reducing heat emanating from the helicopter's engine and rapidly reducing altitude. Then, when the thr... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367532 | High lift longitudinal axis control system A bipartite, full span airplane flap system having an inboard flap portion and an outboard flap portion, wherein the outboard flap portion includes an integrated aileron mounted on its substantially equivalent spanwise length. ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7334755 | Tandem rotor wing and tandem fixed wing aircraft Aircraft comprising an airframe having a fuselage, at least two fixed wing sets. A first fixed wing set of the fixed wing sets is positioned closer to a forward end of the fuselage than a second fixed wing set and the second fixed wing set is positioned closer to th... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7281900 | Cascade rotor blade for low noise Low-noise airfoils and methods of reducing noise. One embodiment provides an aerodynamic member that includes two body portions coupled to each other. The second body portion includes a plurality of airfoil members in a fixed relationship with each other. Optionally... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7281687 | In-flight refueling system and method for facilitating emergency separation of in-flight refueling system components An in-flight refueling system and method are provided for facilitating the emergency separation of the components of a probe and drogue in-flight refueling. The in-flight refueling system and method provides a fuse device capable of being installed between, for inst... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7281681 | Hydrogen powered aircraft Disclosed is an aircraft, configured to have a wide range of flight speeds, consuming low levels of power for an extended period of time, while supporting a communications platform with an unobstructed downward-looking view. The aircraft includes an extendable slat ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7275720 | Actively cooled ceramic thermal protection system An apparatus and method for thermal protection is provided. A thermal protection apparatus includes a porous layer attached to an inner structural member requiring thermal protection. The porous layer serves as both a cooling air plenum and a transpiring medium. The... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7275711 | Gas-powered tip-jet-driven compound VTOL aircraft A compound Vertical TakeOff and Landing (VTOL) aircraft. In a specific embodiment, the VTOL aircraft includes a gas-powered tip-jet driven rotary-wing and a fixed-wing that is capable of providing necessary lift to the aircraft during certain forward-flight regimes ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7258307 | Device and method for damping at least one of a rigid body mode and elastic mode of an aircraft A device for damping at least one rigid body mode and/or at least one elastic mode of an aircraft, especially for blast load reduction and increase of stability and comfort, in an airplane having at least one sensor, a regulation unit connected to the sensor, and at... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7219854 | Cycloidal hybrid advanced surface effects vehicle A “wing in ground effect” aerial vehicle includes a wing mounted on a fuselage, and two cycloidal propulsion units for providing lift, thrust and longitudinal control. Additional lift is provided by a lighter-than-air gas such as helium contained in the fuselage... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7213786 | Lift unit for vertical take-off and landing aerial vehicle A lift unit for a vertical take-off and landing type aerial vehicle. A smooth, cylindrical rotor, rotating at a high rate, as close as is practicable to the smooth, inside of a half-cylindrical, cradle-shaped stator, generates lift. While there is no up or down forc... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7150560 | Device and method for determining total temperature for aircraft The invention relates to a device for determining total temperature for aircraft. This device is particularly useful in a probe, called a multifunction probe, for measuring several aerodynamic parameters such as, for example, the total pressure (Pt), the static pres... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7150431 | Electrical generator fluid-flow-coolant filtration A ventilating and particle-filtering airflow system, and related methodology, for managing the flow of air to the brush region of an on-board aircraft (vehicle) electrical generator. Conduit structure collects intaken air during aircraft (vehicle) engine operation, ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7114847 | Total temperature probe and method of determining total temperature The invention relates to a total temperature probe for an aircraft and to a method of determining temperature by means of such a probe. The total temperature measurement probe comprises a base, an external face of which is intended to be mounted so as to be substant... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7108229 | Arrangement and method for the generation of water on board an aircraft An arrangement and a method are proposed for the generation of water on board an aircraft with the use of one or more fuel cells, whereby low-temperature fuel cells are provided as fuel cells. It is proposed that several single-cell or few-cell fuel cells may... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7028947 | Self-powered tethered decoy for heat-seeking transport aircraft missile defense A low-cost airliner defense system utilizing self powered, retrievable, towed decoys against man portable heat-seeking missile (MANPAD) systems provides both high power and a large IR radiating surface area. An efficient and lightweight integrated turbine-alternator... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7014143 | Aircraft lightning strike protection and grounding technique An aircraft panel assembly 10 is provided, including a panel core 28, a plurality of pre-preg layers 30 surrounding the panel core 28 forming an internal layer of plies 34, at least one metal foil layer 38 positioned on an o... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6913225 | Construction and method of use in a carrier rocket or satellite A construction intended for a carrier rocket or a satellite, comprising a first construction part (21), which is made of a composite material comprising two essentially parallel walls (23, 24) and a core (25) arranged between these walls, a seco... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6885917 | Enhanced flight control systems and methods for a jet powered tri-mode aircraft A method of stabilizing a jet-powered tri-mode aircraft as the aircraft travels in a helicopter mode, a compound mode, and a fixed-wing mode is disclosed. The method includes receiving a plurality of velocity vector component values and velocity vector commands deri... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6845941 | Rotary/fixed wing aircraft A rotor system that allows an aircraft to operate as a helicopter and as an airplane is disclosed. The invention incorporates an annular airfoil attached at the tips of the rotor blades. The rotor system stops and is secured from rotation for operation at high forwa... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6843446 | Apparatus and methods for in-space satellite operations Apparatus and methods for performing satellite proximity operations such as inspection, recovery and life extension of a target satellite through operation of a “Satellite Inspection Recovery and Extension” (“SIRE”) spacecraft which can be operated in the fo... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6799739 | Aircraft control surface drive system and associated methods A control surface drive system having a plurality of actuator assemblies are coupled to first and second supply lines and to a return line. The first and second supply lines are connected to a source of hydraulic fluid. At least one of the actuator assemblies has a ... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6789764 | Dual-flight mode tandem rotor wing A vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (10) is provided including an aircraft fuselage (12). A plurality of hubs (20) are mechanically coupled to the fuselage (12) and are rotated by at least one engine (22). A plurality of tandem... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6527229 | Aerodynamic lift generating device An aircraft has its wing defined as a wing-like body with a tangential flow rotor in the leading edge. A shroud, under the lower part of the tangential flow rotor, terminates in at least one movable flap defining a lift-generating lip when the rotor is ro... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6402088 | Passenger vehicle employing a circumferentially disposed rotatable thrust assembly A vertical take-off and landing vehicle that employs a thrust assembly, a fuselage, and an intermediate rotation decoupling interface assembly for rotationally decoupling the thrust assembly from the fuselage. The thrust assembly forms a single combined t... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6231004 | Fluid dynamic lift generation An aircraft lifting member (wing) comprises a crossflow rotor 2 formed of a core 4 having rotor vanes 5 mounted around it, disposed in a trough 3 at the front upper part of a wing-like body 1. Rotation of the rotor induces a downwardly and rearwardly dire... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6050520 | Vertical take off and landing aircraft An aircraft for vertical take off and landing is comprised of a rotor assembly mounted on a rotating drive shaft extending from the top of a cabin. The rotor assembly is comprised of a truncated-cone top, a spaced apart circular bottom, and internal vanes... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6016992 | STOL aircraft A STOL aircraft has a fuselage 22 vertical 26 and horizontal 27 rear stabilizers and at least one wing made up of a lower primary airfoil 10 and an upper complementary airfoil 11 which, between them, form the inlet 12 and exhaust 14 air ducts. The craft i... | 01/25/2000 |
| 5180119 | Vertical lift system through tangential blowing of air jets channelled over the top of rotating cylinders This invention pertains to a means of aerial lift depending on the use of an air jet blown and channelled (through a nozzle and a vane) exclusively and almost tangentially over a limited segment of a rotating cylinder (a Magnus cylinder) thereby creating ... | 01/19/1993 |
| 4535714 | Rudder rotor for watercraft and floating equipment The invention relates to an electric rudder rotor which in its simplest construction is in the form of an externally running underwater electric motor and comprises a fixed stator and a rotating rotor, which carries the rotor cylinder, the stator being su... | 08/20/1985 |
| 4502724 | Vehicle payload lightener The exterior of a vehicle, e.g. the roof of a land vehicle such as a tractor trailer cab, trailer, truck, bus, auto, van, rail car or the like, is provided with exposed moving surface, which moves relatively rearwardly, relatively more quickly than the ve... | 03/05/1985 |
| 4469294 | V/STOL Aircraft A V/STOL aircraft comprising a fuselage, having three sets of wings that are offset lengthwise and vertically. The center set of relatively small relatively thick wings 34 between the canard 14 and the rear relatively thin relatively large aerodynamic lif... | 09/04/1984 |
| 4401284 | Collapsible magnus-effect rotor A lift-producing arrangement suitable for driving a boat by the Magnus effect comprises an elongate tubular envelope mounted for rotation about its longitudinal axis. A drive is provided to rotate the envelope. The envelope is of flexible material, e.g., ... | 08/30/1983 |
