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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...