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7636618 |
Responding to aircraft excursions from flight envelopes
A method of monitoring an aircraft during use. Flight parameters of the aircraft are monitored to detect an excursion from a flight envelope. While the aircraft is still in flight, the monitored...
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7636568 |
Remote aircraft manufacturing, monitoring, maintenance and management system
An aircraft wireless data communication system includes an aircraft computer/server in communication with a plurality of aircraft systems. Access to the aircraft systems via the computer/server is...
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7636552 |
Point-to-multipoint communications system and method
A point-to-multipoint communications system. The system uses an antenna to generate a single beam having independently steerable, narrow lobes. The phase array and amplitude array distributions...
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7636243 |
Methods and apparatus for a board assembly
A re-usable adapter card interfaces with a first card such that components requiring a lower certification level—e.g., commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components or the like—may be isolated on...
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7635107 |
System for aerodynamic flows and associated method
A system and method for controlling boundary layer flow over an aircraft wing are provided. The system includes at least one wing element, and a plurality of ports defined in the wing element and...
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7635106 |
Composite shear tie
A composite shear tie for connecting a rib in a wing of an aircraft to a skin panel. The shear tie includes a web section having a first edge, a second edge, and a third edge. The web section is...
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7633671 |
High speed beam steering
The use of spatial light modulators to steer light beams is disclosed. A dual frequency liquid crystal spatial light modulator can be controlled so as to form a blazed phase grating thereon that...
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7633432 |
Method and apparatus for precision antenna boresight error estimates
Methods, systems and devices are disclosed for positioning an antenna having a sub-reflector assembly. A conical scan processor receives a period for a reference time pulse and a time tag. The...
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7633283 |
Method for lightning strike protection and verification of magnetizable dielectric inserts
An apparatus, system, and method for lightning strike protection and verification are provided. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes at least one fastener extending through both the structure...
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7633203 |
Damping and support in high-temperature superconducting levitation systems
Methods and apparatuses to provide improved auxiliary damping for superconducting bearings in superconducting levitation systems are disclosed. In a superconducting bearing, a cryostat housing the...
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7633202 |
Damping in high-temperature superconducting levitation systems
Methods and apparatuses for improved damping in high-temperature superconducting levitation systems are disclosed. A superconducting element (e.g., a stator) generating a magnetic field and a...
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7633040 |
Bulk resin infusion system apparatus and method
A composite item is fabricated in system that includes a layer of preform, supply of resin, mandrel, and bagging film. The layer of preform corresponds to the composite item. The supply of resin is...
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7632047 |
Methods and apparatus for counterbalance-assisted manufacturing operations
Methods and apparatus for counterbalanced manufacturing operations are disclosed. In one embodiment, an assembly includes a base, a tool support assembly, and a biasing device. The tool support...
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7631837 |
Electrical interlock and indication system for aircraft
An electrical interlock and indication system for use with an aircraft having a hinged tail section is provided. The interlock and indication system prevents operation of a latch/lock actuation...
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7631179 |
System, method and apparatus for securing network data
The system, method and apparatus for securing network data of the present invention provide security for internal networks by utilizing a common storage element for the exchange of data between the...
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7630798 |
Heading reference command and control algorithm systems and methods for aircraft turn-to-target maneuvers
Systems and methods are provided for determining a final heading of a turning vehicle, such as a rotorcraft. The system may include an algorithm that calculates an advance prediction of a final...
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7630699 |
Systems and methods of scale model correction to account for antenna coupling loss
The invention relates to systems and methods which may allow the determination of a correction factor between full scale antennas and scale antennas in order to determine the coupling loss of the...
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7630683 |
Return link design for PSD limited mobile satellite communication systems
A system and method for managing access to a satellite-based transponder by a plurality of aircraft each having a mobile radio frequency (RF) system. The system employs a ground-based, central...
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7630431 |
Robust message decoder for serial bus applications
A data message decoder for high-speed serial bus applications includes a sync pattern decoder that is operated in parallel and simultaneously with a message bit decoder. By operating the sync...
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7629887 |
Method and apparatus for optimized work flow monitoring
A method and apparatus for monitoring work flow of a resource is disclosed. The method accounts for the expected work flow of the resource in determining the location of the resource as well as...
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7629538 |
Stripline flex circuit
The invention removes copper from the concave side of a flex circuit around a bendable region and replaces it with a conductive epoxy to allow it to be formed to tighter bend radii than would...
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7628879 |
Conductive scrim embedded structural adhesive films
Systems and methods for providing a structural adhesive film that includes a conductive scrim layer are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for producing a structural adhesive film includes...
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7628877 |
Composite structural material and method therefor
Methods and apparatus are provided for a composite structural material. A non-solid composite section that is filled with a structural foam that reduces the weight of the composite structural...
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7628679 |
Trimming composite skin stiffener ends
A tool for trimming the ends of stiffeners on aircraft composite skin panels accurately, rapidly and without damaging the underlying skins includes an expandable guide frame adapted to straddle and...
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7628359 |
Method and apparatus for detecting conditions conducive to ice formation
A method for detecting ambient conditions conducive to ice formation. The method includes the steps of measuring at least one parameter selected from a group of parameters consisting of a static...
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7628358 |
Wing panel structure
A wing panel structure for an aerospace vehicle or the like may include an outer layer of material having a predetermined thickness. A core structure may be placed on at least a portion of the...
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7628075 |
Multiple-frequency ultrasonic test probe, inspection system, and inspection method
Improved apparatus, systems, and methods for inspecting a structure are provided that use a probe having two ultrasonic transducer arrays. This enables simultaneous testing using two different test...
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7627940 |
Orbital hole match drilling
Methods are disclosed for producing a hole in a work-piece having first and second layers of material. The first layer of material contains a full-sized hole through the first layer of material....
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7627495 |
Systems, methods and computer program products for modeling demand, supply and associated profitability of a good
Systems, methods and computer program products for modeling demand, supply and associated profitability of a good. According to one method, a price sensitivity distribution is determined, and then...
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7627494 |
Systems, methods and computer program products for modeling a monetary measure for a good based upon technology maturity levels
A systems, methods and computer program products are provided for modeling a monetary measure of a good, such as a cost or revenue associated with the good. A method begins by selecting at least...
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7627447 |
Method and apparatus for localizing and mapping the position of a set of points on a digital model
A computer implemented method, apparatus and computer usable program product for mapping a position of a physical point on a digital model. Sensor data for the physical point is received from a...
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7627404 |
Singularity escape and avoidance using a virtual array rotation
Techniques for providing singularity escape and avoidance are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for providing control moment gyroscope (CMG) attitude control singularity escape includes...
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7627403 |
Bias correcting phase compensating rate limiter
A bias correcting phase compensating rate limiter to control movement of a device may include a switching arrangement adapted to reverse a polarity of an error signal in response to a set of...
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7626958 |
Serial port multiplexing protocol
An interface system for interfacing to a first receiving device receiving a first plurality of signals and a second receiving device receives a second signal includes a microcontroller coupled to...
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7626692 |
Automated imaging of part inconsistencies
The embodiments of the disclosure relate to a method of displaying an image of an inconsistency on a part. The part may be scanned. An inconsistency on the part may be located. An image of the...
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7626632 |
Method and apparatus for correcting digital images
The present invention provides methods, systems, and computer-program products for correcting image streaking, light scattering, and other effects in digital images generated by multispectral...
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7626513 |
Communication of landing conditions
The invention discloses differing embodiments of methods, aircraft, and apparatus for communicating the braking conditions of a runway. In one embodiment, braking information may be determined from...
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7626285 |
RF switch telemetry system and method
The position of an RF switch, or switches, in a matrix switch drive system is monitored using AC rather than DC measurement techniques. Using the same wiring as the matrix switch drive system so as...
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7626116 |
Isoelectronic surfactant suppression of threading dislocations in metamorphic epitaxial layers
A method of reducing propagation of threading dislocations into active areas of an optoelectronic device having a III-V material system includes growing a metamorphic buffer region in the presence...
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7625623 |
Joints formed by joining structures
A joint is formed by joining two structures using a joint element. The joint element has a base and at least two legs extending from the base, the legs defining a slot having opposing sides and a...
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7624944 |
Tandem air inlet apparatus and method for an airborne mobile platform
A tandem inlet apparatus for use with a high speed mobile platform, for example a commercial or military aircraft. The tandem inlet apparatus includes a Pitot inlet for feeding air to a cabin air...
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7624943 |
Multi-mode unmanned and manned vehicle systems and methods
An apparatus for converting a manned aircraft for unmanned flight, the aircraft including at least one pilot control capable of manipulation to affect operation of the aircraft, the apparatus...
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7624732 |
Method and apparatus for extending flight crew's time of useful consciousness after decompression
Systems and methods are provided for regulating the pressure within an aircraft flight crew area during and/or after a decompression event. For example, an aircraft may include a flight crew area,...
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7624494 |
Method of fabricating a mesoscaled resonator
An inertial sensor includes a mesoscaled disc resonator comprised of micro-machined substantially thermally non-conductive wafer with low coefficient of thermal expansion for sensing substantially...
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7624491 |
System and method for fabricating composite parts
The present application is directed to systems for controlling the direction of thermal expansion of a composite part during thermal processing. The systems may comprise at least one guiding...
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7624488 |
One-piece barrel assembly cart
A one-piece barrel assembly cart includes a right assembly cart base connected with a left assembly cart base and at least three stabilizer rings that are attached to the assembly cart base. The...
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7623994 |
Object oriented acoustic modeling tools and methods
Techniques for creating an acoustic model from a finite element mode include strategically partitioning elements of the finite element model into sets, forming composite centroids from the...
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7623957 |
System, method, and computer program product for optimizing cruise altitudes for groups of aircraft
Embodiments provide systems, methods, and computer program products for optimizing cruise altitudes for multiple aircraft. The embodiments may be used for optimizing cruise altitudes of multiple...
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7623940 |
Direct-manufactured duct interconnects
A method for forming a duct interconnect generally includes providing a digital model of a first duct structure and a second duct structure, the first duct structure including a first duct section...
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7623626 |
System and methods for x-ray backscatter reverse engineering of structures
A system and methods for x-ray backscatter reverse engineering of structures. One embodiment includes a plurality of articulated arms attached to a movable base. Another embodiment includes a...
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