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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7407136 | Static port skin applique apparatus and method A surface-mounted fuselage skin appliqué panel having an aperture to a reference static air input port is rugged, replaceable, and independently calibratable. The static port skin appliqué generally conforms to the fuselage surface, and is held in place either wit... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7284420 | Air data system and method for rotary aircraft An air data system and method for a rotary aircraft is described. The air data system includes a plurality of flush ports connected via tubing to a plurality of air flow sensors that can measure air flow speeds as low as approximately 0.02 knots. The flush ports are... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7274553 | Utility meter housing arrangement An arrangement includes a liquid crystal display having a length, a width and a thickness. The arrangement further includes an integrally formed housing having a display receptacle, the display receptacle including retention members operable to retain the liquid cry... | 09/25/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7140320 | Device for holding the log transmitter of a boat speedometer A device for holding a boat speedometer log transmitter in a boat hull has a sleeve body fixed in a perforation in the hull with a longitudinal center opening for removably inserting and retaining the log transmitter in a watertight manner. A head part is coupled to... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7137297 | System and method for non-contact forming of parts to a fluid sensor assembly A method for coupling components of a fluid sensor assembly for a vehicle, the method comprising the steps of providing a body portion of a fluid sensor assembly with a joining section that has a mating surface, providing a head portion of a fluid sensor assembly wi... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7124630 | Multipurpose sensor for aircraft The invention concerns a multifunction probe for aircraft. The probe measures the total pressure and measures the total temperature of an air flow surrounding the aircraft. The total pressure is measured by a first tube, the so-called Pitot tube oriented substantial... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7062364 | Electronic non-linear aircraft dynamic parameter display A method and apparatus is disclosed for displaying a dynamic parameter of an aircraft, the apparatus comprises a display unit receiving a display signal and displaying a scale that changes dynamically and non-linearly in accordance with a selected display algorithm,... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7051586 | Method for determining aerodynamic parameters and method for detecting failure of a probe used for determining aerodynamic parameters The invention pertains to a process for determining aerodynamic parameters of an airflow surrounding an aircraft. On the basis of at least two probes situated on the skin of the aircraft, each probe comprising means for measuring the local angle of attack (αlo... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7010970 | Embedded-sensor multi-hole probes A high-performance, fast-response, multi-sensor pressure probe for velocity and pressure measurement applications in unsteady and turbulent flowfields. The invention includes both 5 and 7-sensor probes, hemispherical-tip probes and conical-tip probes of various diam... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6959610 | Manual purge system for instrumentation flow element tubing An improved manual purge system for periodically cleaning pressure sensing flow element tubing is provided that is a complete self-contained system for allowing manual determination and initiation of flow element purging. Additionally, the system can be easily upgra... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6941805 | Multi-function air data sensing probe having an angle of attack vane A multi-function air data sensing probe has a strut that is mounted on an aircraft and extends laterally from the aircraft skin. The strut is supported on a base plate, and has a pitot pressure sensing tube at the outer end thereof, with a pitot port facing upstream... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6938472 | Static pressure calculation from dynamic pressure for rotary air-data system and methodology therefor A Rotary Air-data System (RADS) periodically samples pressure data from a main rotor blade mounted pitot-scoop integrated with a high accuracy pressure sensor to compute a velocity vector that is resolvable into the aircraft's coordinate system. Mathematical techniq... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6939411 | Method and tool for cleaning a watercraft speedometer A method and tool for cleaning a watercraft speedometer are disclosed. The tool comprises a body, an extraction tip extending therefrom, and at least one edge on the extraction tip that can catch matter in the cavity. The extraction tip is attached to the body and i... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6917297 | System and method for advance warning of severe weather for general aviation aircraft A system and method for advanced warning of severe weather for general aviation aircraft is presented. An aircraft includes an onboard weather tracker which monitors atmospheric condition changes. The weather tracker uses data from an onboard barometric altimeter an... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6915687 | Aerodynamically shaped static pressure sensing probe A static pressure sensing probe has an aerodynamically shaped cross section, and extends laterally from an aircraft surface sufficiently so that an outer end of the probe is a short distance outside the boundary layer on the aircraft surface on which the probe is mo... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6901793 | High temperature pilot probe cover A cover for a pitot-static probe includes a braided head resistance sleeve insertable over the probe that has an open end provided with an annular fold carrying a retaining ring for establishing a compressive fit with a non-tapered portion of the probe and accommoda... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6725714 | Water pressure probe speedometer A boat mounted speedometer for providing a speed signal to a boat operator. The system includes a probe that reaches a laminar flow of water below the back edge of the boat. An opening in the probe allows for water pressure, proportional to boat speed to build up in... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6721673 | Estimating a plurality of tones in an input signal A system and method for estimating parameters of multiple tones in an input signal. The method includes receiving samples of the input signal, generating a frequency transform (FT) of the samples, identifying multiple amplitude peaks in the FT corresponding to the t... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6604029 | Multi-function air data probes using neural network for sideslip compensation An air data sensing probe such as a multi-function probe includes a barrel having multiple pressure sensing ports for sensing multiple pressures. Instrumentation coupled to the pressure sensing ports provides electrical signals indicative of the pressures... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6543463 | Device for cleaning air lines A pneumatic pressure line cleaning assembly for clearing the pneumatic lines of a pressure gauge, specifically a speedometer for a power boat, is attached to a cut tube of the pneumatic line between the pressure gauge and the air intake opening with a sec... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6443390 | Device for pressure tapping and procedure for setting it on a fuselage panel of an aircraft Device for pressure tapping, integrated into the fuselage of an aircraft, comprising an integrated plate (10), without discontinuity, with a pressure tapping part in the center (16). The plate (10) enters a supplementary opening (22) formed in a fuselage ... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6419186 | Standoff mounting for air data sensing probes on a helicopter A standoff arm and probe assembly for a helicopter has a standoff mounting arm that extends outwardly from the helicopter body in a selected direction, preferably forwardly. The standoff arm has an outer end that mounts a low lateral speed sensing probe t... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6412343 | High temperature pitot probe cover A flame and heat resistant cover for a pitot-static probe has an open end for easy placement over said probe and a gathered end for covering the ram port of the probe. The cover consists essentially of a braided tube of fiber threads and having an open en... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6308581 | Differential pressure flow sensor The fluid flow meter of the present invention includes a ramp inclined to the surface of a vessel so as to form a recess in the surface. A dynamic port surface extends from the lower end of the ramp to the surface of the vessel. A dynamic port is formed i... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6176130 | Flight velocity vector measuring system in wide velocity region using truncated pyramid-shape probe A flight velocity vector measuring system in a wide velocity region in which an attack angle pressure coefficient C of air current, a sideslip angle pressure coefficient Cଲ and an air current angle pressure coefficient Cγ are obtained from f... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6038932 | Aircraft pitot and static pressure sensing device and aircraft having the sensing device An aircraft pitot and static pressure sensing device and an aircraft having the sensing device, more particularly a fighter aircraft, include a plurality of pressure sensors disposed in a radome of the aircraft. In addition, a plurality of air intake port... | 03/21/2000 |
| 5731507 | Integral airfoil total temperature sensor An air data sensing probe adapted for mounting to an aerodynamically-shaped airfoil or strut attached to an air vehicle. An inlet port located near the leading edge of the strut admits fluid, to a first cavity and then, in turn, to a second cavity, so tha... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5628565 | Multifunctional air data sensing probes An aerodynamic air data sensing probe adapted for mounting to an air vehicle and capable of generating signals related to a fluid flowing relative to the air vehicle. A fluid inlet positioned on a first end of the strut faces generally transverse to the f... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5616861 | Three pressure pseudo -Ɗ-P sensor for use with three pressure air data probe An air data sensing system utilizes a plurality of probes, each probe having three pressure sensing ports, and each assembled with a sensor package that minimizes the need for corrections due to temperature or other variations in ambient conditions. The s... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5610845 | Multi-parameter air data sensing technique Static pressure sensing and free airstream temperature sensing is obviated in a method for determining aircraft velocity relative to an airmass by utilizing a static pressure and temperature component present in pressure variations sensed by a total press... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5588616 | Static vent units A static vent unit particularly for use in the side of a helicopter fuselage includes a support plate having a vent port and a strake extending generally horizontally below the vent port with an upper surface facing the vent port and generally perpendicul... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5583289 | Marine velocity detection device with channel to wash out debris An apparatus, according to the invention, detects the relative speed of the apparatus with respect to the fluid into which it extends. The apparatus includes a streamlined body portion having an upper end, a lower end, a front edge, a back edge, and a pai... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5551289 | Servo controlled airspeed indicator A servo motor is coupled through an electric clutch to the needle on a mechanical airspeed indicator. The servo motor is controlled by a signal processor to position the needle to indicate airspeed based on a value calculated from static and pitot pressur... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5544534 | Rotary power tool A rotary power tool having a device for detecting the torque of a rotatable shaft. The tool resets a peak torque of the shaft held therein in associated with fastening work. Hence, screws, for example, can be continuously driven without resorting to a swi... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5544526 | Combined aircraft angle of attack and dynamic/static pressure sensor assembly A rotatable airstream direction probe is additionally provided with a dynamic pressure sensing port positioned substantially midway between a pair of pneumatic sensing ports with respect to the probe's stagnation line. Pneumatic output ports may thus be p... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5544076 | Marine speedometer A marine speedometer system is disclosed which utilizes a short pitot tube or air column. The speedometer system includes an inlet having a short air column, a transducer, a control circuit, and a display. The electric signal from the transducer is repres... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5537869 | Integrated multichannel pressure measuring system and corresponding measuring process In order to study the aerodynamic phenomena occurring around structures of an aircraft, particularly during ground and flight tests, an automated multichannel pressure measuring system is proposed. This system, which is entirely contained in a very small ... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5423209 | Truncated pyramid-shape multi-hole pitot probe and flight velocity detection system using said truncated pyramid-shape multi-hole pitot probe A flight velocity detection system using a truncated pyramid-shape multi-e Pitot probe in which an extreme end portion has a truncated pyramid-shape, a cylindrical hole is provided at the apex thereof, a total pressure tube of a smaller diameter than tha... | 06/13/1995 |
