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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8186629 | Method and a device for optimizing the operation of propulsive propellers disposed on either side of a rotorcraft fuselage A method of optimizing the operation of left and right propellers disposed on either side of the fuselage of a rotorcraft including a main rotor. Left and right aerodynamic surfaces include respective left and right flaps suitable for being deflected, yaw stabilizat... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8150577 | Modular device for turning on the power supply of an electronic item of equipment in a secure manner The present invention relates to a device making it possible to turn on a sub-assembly of an electrical item of equipment hosted in a bigger system, which, if turned on unchecked, may impair the operation of the other items of equipment of the system. An embodiment ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8141824 | Method and device for piloting an aircraft about a piloting axis The flight-control device (1) makes it possible, by offsetting part of a flight command according to a particular flight path, to obtain the same control as is obtained with usual flight control, but without flexible excitation that generates discomfort in th... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8123175 | Velocity feedback control system for a rotor of a toy helicopter There is provided a method and apparatus for controlling a toy helicopter in flight. The toy helicopter is powered by a first rotor and a second rotor. A target speed ratio is determined for the speed of the first rotor and the speed of the second rotor. The speed o... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8123176 | Velocity feedback control system for a rotor of a toy helicopter There is provided a method and apparatus for controlling a toy helicopter in flight. The toy helicopter is powered by a first rotor and a second rotor. A target speed ratio is determined for the speed of the first rotor and the speed of the second rotor. The speed o... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8104720 | System and method for an integrated backup control system Embodiments of the invention relate to a flight control system for controlling an aircraft in flight having a backup control system integrated into an active control stick. The actuated control stick may include a processing unit that includes independent and separa... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8074937 | Method for load limiting in drive systems for aircraft high lift systems The invention relates to a device for load limitation in a aircraft high lift system, said system comprising individual segments of landing flap systems and slat flap systems, and a drive unit. The inventive device for load limitation comprises a control unit that i... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8033509 | Load optimized redundant flight control surface actuation system and method An aircraft flight surface control system and method simultaneously provides the benefits of both an active/active system architecture and in active/standby system architecture. The system is preferably implemented using hydraulic actuator assemblies and electromech... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8025256 | Precision adjust split detent for a vehicle A method and apparatus for a split detent tactile cueing control system comprising an inceptor, a position sensor, vehicle sensors, and a flight control computer. The inceptor can be moved into different positions measured by a position sensor. The vehicle sensors g... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8016243 | Aircraft backup control A method is disclosed for controlling an aircraft when the hydraulic system of the aircraft has been compromised. The method may include resealing at least one gain vector of a digital fly-by-wire, lower-order, full-state feedback control in at least one axis. The g... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7984878 | Apparatus and method for backup control in a distributed flight control system Embodiments of the invention relate to a flight control system for controlling an aircraft during flight. The flight control system may include a primary controller configured to receive an input from a pilot and to output a primary control signal and a primary tran... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7954766 | System and method for improved rotary-wing aircraft performance with interior/external loads An interactive aircraft load management system automates calculation and provides simulation capability to changes in an aircraft C.G. limit for display on a three-dimensional aircraft symbology. The aircraft load management system also communicates with a fly by wi... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7942370 | Vortex detection and turbulence measurement A vortex detection device suitable for use in fighter aircraft including an angle-of-attack sensor, an angle-of-attack processing unit connected to the angle-of-attack sensor capable of forming a signal representative of current air stream's angle-of-attack, a synth... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7857262 | Device for compensating for the mechanical play of a helicopter flight control The present invention relates to helicopter automatic piloting equipment. The automatic piloting device for helicopter acts on flight controls of the helicopter that are affected by mechanical play by means of a group of mechanically irreversible rams termed series ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7641152 | Dynamic adjustment of wing surfaces for variable camber The movable surfaces affecting the camber of a wing are dynamically adjusted to optimize wing camber for optimum lift/drag ratios under changing conditions during a given flight phase. In a preferred embodiment, an add-on dynamic adjustment control module provides c... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7571879 | Automatic conversion system for tiltrotor aircraft One embodiment of the present invention is a method for automatically controlling the conversion of a tiltrotor aircraft. An airspeed command for the tiltrotor aircraft is received. The airspeed command is converted to a pylon position. A difference between the airs... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7543780 | Unmanned air vehicle transmission line docking surveillance A small unmanned air vehicle system having autonomous electrical energy transmission line docking capability and especially usable in military or other surveillance situations. Transmission line field sensing by the small unmanned air vehicle is used as an addition ... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7422176 | Method for ensuring the safety of an aircraft flying horizontally at low speed A method for ensuring the safety of an aircraft flying horizontally at low speed includes determining a lower speed threshold for the aircraft, measuring the actual speed of the aircraft and comparing the actual speed with the threshold. When the actual speed reache... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7410133 | Miniature trailing edge effector for aerodynamic control Improved miniature trailing edge effectors for aerodynamic control are provided. Three types of devices having aerodynamic housings integrated to the trailing edge of an aerodynamic shape are presented, which vary in details of how the control surface can move. A bu... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7383104 | Low-noise flight support system It is an object of the present invention to provide a system that is used to provide support so that a pilot can perform flight operations that reduce noise pollution, by devising this system so that noise conditions on the ground are calculated and displayed on the... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7364121 | Methods and systems for automatically controlling aircraft takeoff rolls Methods and systems for automatically controlling aircraft takeoff rolls. A method in accordance with one embodiment of the invention includes receiving an indication of a target takeoff roll path for an aircraft, and automatically controlling a direction of an airc... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7357358 | Aircraft leading edge device systems and corresponding sizing methods Aircraft leading edge device systems and methods for sizing such systems are disclosed. In one embodiment, a spanwise lift coefficient distribution for an airfoil corresponding to at least one design condition and at least one aircraft angle of attack is identified,... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7354022 | Device for monitoring tiltable flaps on aircraft wings A device for monitoring tiltable flaps on aircraft wings including rotary sensors at the rotary axis of the flap and associated with each actuating element. A rotation sensor is connected to the actuating elements by a spring band. The band is a coupled for angle tr... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7353614 | Vehicle compass system with continuous automatic calibration The compass system of the present invention utilizes an improved calibration routine in which a processing circuit of the compass recalibrates the compass each time three data points are obtained from a magnetic field sensor that meet predetermined criteria. One suc... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7338018 | Systems and methods for controlling aircraft flaps and spoilers Systems and methods for controlling aircraft flaps and spoilers. Systems in accordance with some embodiments include a wing having a trailing edge, and a flap positioned proximate to the wing trailing edge and being deployable relative to the wing between a first fl... | 03/04/2008 |
| H2206 | Tactile side-slip corrective yaw control for aircraft Side-slip of an aircraft during flight is detected through a pair of pressure sensors fixedly mounted on opposite lateral sides of the aircraft fuselage. Pressure measurement signals at said sensors are fed to electronic circuitry within the aircraft for generating ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7260453 | Checklist error mitigation system A checklist error mitigation system and method are provided to reduce the chance for error when completing a checklist. The system may receive a checklist step from an electronic or voice checklist system and highlights any switch, lever, dial or control that needs ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7209809 | Method and apparatus for obtaining high integrity and availability in multi-channel systems Systems and methods for asynchronous multi-channel data communications are provided. An embodiment of the invention includes a minimum of three channels for digital computation in Primary Flight Computers and four channels for digital/analog conversion in Actuation ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7182296 | Methods and apparatus for error-tolerant wrap-back ACE monitor Methods and apparatus are provided for more reliably transferring operational control for various aircraft flight control surfaces from a first sub-system to a second sub-system. The present invention provides an Actuator Control Electronics (ACE) wrap-back module t... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7181020 | Audio feedback regarding aircraft operation A method, system, and apparatus, for providing audio feedback regarding the operation of an aircraft. In one aspect, microphones are placed next to sound sources, which could be components of the aircraft. Audio inputs are received from the microphone and analyzed b... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7100870 | Jam tolerant electromechanical actuation systems and methods of operation In a vehicle, having a fixed supporting structure and a load movable relative thereto, a jam tolerant actuating system, a method for controlling this system including: Locating a physical coupling/decoupling mechanism between the load and an actuator assembly as clo... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7017861 | Control system for actuators in an aircraft A control system for calculating control commands for actuators in an aircraft, wherein the control commands are calculated by computers distributed in the craft in dependence on input signals containing parameters that serve as the basis for said commands, wherein ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6993420 | Method for monitoring a plurality of systems of an aircraft including displaying tasks already performed A method for monitoring a plurality of systems of an aircraft including the steps of monitoring the systems and for detecting a failure of at least one of the systems, displaying information output by the monitoring unit including at least one failure condition incl... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6976656 | Method for controlling the flight of an aircraft A method for controlling an aircraft includes the steps of receiving acceleration data related to an acceleration of a front portion of the aircraft, and receiving pitch, roll, and/or yaw rate data related to a rate of a center portion of the aircraft. The method al... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6940241 | Circuit using current limiting to reduce power consumption of actuator with DC brush motor A drive circuit including a motor for positioning a damper from a rest position to a stalled position and protect the drive mechanism from damage due to increased current to the drive motor when the damper stalls by including a current limiter to prevent the current... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6935596 | Process and system for piloting an aircraft The piloting system (1) for generating orders for piloting the aircraft according to at least one piloting axis, for example the pitch axis, the roll axis, the yaw axis or the engine thrust control axis, comprises at least two piloting means (2, 3), ea... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6923405 | Enhanced rudder control system A reliably redundant PCU for an aircraft. The PCU includes an override mechanism coupled to the aircraft's control path and a first control member coupled to the override mechanism whereby the override mechanism attempts to transmit a command from the command path t... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6922625 | Jet engine control and protection system and method A highly reliable, multi-channel control, monitoring, and protection system includes at least three processors in each of the redundant channels, a main processor, and first and second monitor processors. The main processor performs the main control functions, and t... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6912453 | Device for monitoring a plurality of systems of an aircraft including a display displaying tasks already performed A device for monitoring a plurality of systems of an aircraft including a monitoring unit configured to monitor the systems and to detect a failure of at least one of the systems, a display configured to display information output by the monitoring unit including at... | 06/28/2005 |
| 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 |
