GE AVIATION SYSTEMS, LLC Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160130970 | JET ENGINE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR GENERATING ELECTRICITY - A jet engine assembly includes a jet engine having at least one spool and a generator. The generator comprising a rotor and a stator, with the rotor being operably coupled to the at least one spool, and an electronic commutator controlling the rotation of a magnetic field of the rotor such that the electric motor generates electricity. Also, a method of generating electricity from a generator having a stator and a rotor, the method comprising controlling a rotation of a magnetic field to generate electricity. | 05-12-2016 |
20160076486 | ENGINE WITH A THRUST REVERSER LOCKOUT MECHANISM - A turbofan engine having a thrust reverser having at least one movable control surface, movable to and from a reversing position where at least a portion of the bypass air flow is at least partially reversed, a thrust reverser actuation system having multiple actuators and a lockout mechanism movable between an inhibit condition, wherein movement of the multiple actuators is prevented, and a permit condition, wherein movement of the multiple actuators is permitted. | 03-17-2016 |
20150295479 | ROTATING RECTIFIER ASSEMBLY FOR ELECTRIC MACHINE - An electric machine having a rectifier assembly placed within a rotating shaft of the electric machine to convert the AC output of the electric machine to the DC input prior to transmission of the electricity from the electric machine. | 10-15-2015 |
20150249379 | STATOR ASSEMBLY - An electric machine, such as a generator, providing for the generation of electricity and includes a rotor generating a magnetic field and a stator having stator windings. The interaction of the magnetic field with the stator windings generates current in the windings. The generator may provide the generated current to a power output of the generator, where it may be further transmitted to an electrical load to power the load. | 09-03-2015 |
20150249370 | ROTOR ASSEMBLY FOR AN ELECTRIC MACHINE - A rotor assembly for an electric machine includes a core having at least one post and a cap wherein electrical windings are wound about the rotor assembly to define a pole. The rotation of the rotor and rotor pole relative to a stator generates a current supplied from the electric machine to a power consuming device. | 09-03-2015 |
20150233978 | CURRENT-SENSING ASSEMBLY - A current-sensing assembly for aircraft includes a power module for providing switchable power and a Hall sensor capable of measuring current traversing through a conductor. | 08-20-2015 |
20150195951 | COOLED ELECTRONIC ASSEMBLY AND COOLING DEVICE - A cooling device and a cooled electronic assembly having a substrate having a first coefficient of thermal expansion, at least one heat source operably coupled to the substrate, a carrier plate operably coupled to the substrate and a heat sink wherein the heat sink, carrier plate, and substrate are configured to direct heat away from the at least one heat source. | 07-09-2015 |
20150194865 | METHOD OF MAKING A HEAT TRANSFER ELEMENT FOR AN ELECTRIC MACHINE - An electric machine, such as a generator, providing for the generation of electricity and includes a rotor generating a magnetic field and a stator having stator windings. The interaction of the magnetic field with the stator windings generates current in the windings. The generator may provide the generated current to a power output of the generator, where it may be further transmitted to an electrical load to power the load. | 07-09-2015 |
20150194862 | GENERATOR ASSEMBLY - An electric machine, such as a generator, providing for the generation of electricity and includes a rotor generating a magnetic field and a stator having stator windings. The interaction of the magnetic field with the stator windings generates current in the windings. The generator may provide the generated current to a power output of the generator, where it may be further transmitted to an electrical load to power the load. | 07-09-2015 |
20150180317 | ROTATING RECTIFIER ASSEMBLY FOR ELECTRIC MACHINE - An electric machine having a rectifier assembly placed within a rotating shaft of the electric machine to convert the AC output of the electric machine to the DC input prior to transmission of the electricity from the electric machine. | 06-25-2015 |
20150106657 | METHOD OF PROVIDING HIGH INTEGRITY PROCESSING - A method of providing synchronization and integrity checking in a high integrity processing system having at least two redundant processing lanes, with each lane having an application processor, with the application processors running the same application software in a non-lockstep configuration, and outputting transactions requiring access to an addressable space. | 04-16-2015 |
20150106537 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING DATA COMMUNICATION - A method of controlling the data communication in a communications network having a central data server provided data through multiple data queues. The data arriving at the central data server may be stored in each of the multiple data queues. The data in the multiple data queues may then be supplied to the central data server based on a predetermined schedule. | 04-16-2015 |
20150106473 | DATA COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK FOR AN AIRCRAFT - A data communications network having a plurality of remote input units providing data, a data server for storing data, and subscriber units consuming data. The data communications network controls and manages the receipt of the data originating from the remote input, the processing of the data in a form suitable for the subscriber units, and the distribution of the processed data to the subscriber units. | 04-16-2015 |
20150103825 | DATA COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK FOR AN AIRCRAFT - A method of providing current operation data for a plurality of data generating components connected to a data communications network. The network may include input units that generate data and subscribing units that require the generated data to function. The generated data may be formatted or processed in a manner so that it can be used by the subscribing units. The formatted and processed data may then be supplied to the subscribing units. | 04-16-2015 |
20150103735 | DATA COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK FOR AN AIRCRAFT - A method of controlling data communication in a communications network having a plurality of remote input units providing data and a plurality of subscriber units utilizing at least some of the data. The data from the remote input units may be formatted into a format suitable for subscriber units, and/or may be processed to be useful to the subscriber units. The formatted and/or processed data is then provided over the communications network to the subscribing units. | 04-16-2015 |
20150103734 | DATA COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK FOR AN AIRCRAFT - A method for servicing multiple data queues in communication with a data communications network. The multiple data queues may receive data of differing priority and/or the data queues may be arranged for data with a predetermined priority. The data in the data queues may be serviced by the same processor. A schedule may be applied to the data in the data queues to control the servicing the data in the data queues. | 04-16-2015 |
20150103341 | METHOD OF IDENTIFICATION FROM A SPATIAL AND SPECTRAL OBJECT MODEL - A method of referencing an imaged object includes, among other things, obtaining a series of images, observing key characteristics of the object in each of the series of images, associating the observed key characteristics with the object; and assigning a unique identifier to the object based upon the associated key characteristics. The series of images includes spectral and spatial imagery. Some of the key characteristics are in the spectral imagery and some of the key characteristics are in the spatial imagery. | 04-16-2015 |
20150097422 | POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM FOR AN AIRCRAFT - An aircraft power distribution system includes a first DC power distribution bus, a second DC power distribution bus, and a DC power source coupled with at least one of the first or second DC power distribution buses, wherein the DC power distribution buses are electrically coupled by a plurality of electrical couplings. | 04-09-2015 |
20150091558 | APPARATUS FOR HIGH BANDWIDTH CURRENT SENSING - A device for measuring electrical current in a line may include, among other things, a Hall effect sensor wherein a first response is generated by electrical current in the line; a current transformer disposed with the line extending axially therethrough and connected in series to the Hall effect sensor wherein a second response is generated by the electrical current in the line. An equalizer may be connected to the Hall effect sensor and to the current transformer and may be configured to flatten the first and second responses relative to each other. The permeability magnetic path length and cross section of the current transformer is selected such that low frequency roll-off of the current transformer is at a lower frequency than high frequency roll-off of the Hall effect sensor. | 04-02-2015 |
20150089936 | AIRCRAFT HYDRAULIC SYSTEM - An aircraft hydraulic system for operating a plurality of hydraulically-operated actuators in the aircraft having a hydraulic reservoir in which hydraulic fluid is stored, a hydraulic distribution system coupling the hydraulic reservoir to the actuators and having a main flow line coupled to the hydraulic reservoir, a hydraulic pump fluidly coupled to the main flow line and the hydraulic reservoir to pump hydraulic fluid from the reservoir to the main flow line, a main filtration system fluidly coupled to the main flow line upstream of at least some of the actuators, and a self-cleaning filter fluidly coupled upstream of the main filtration system. | 04-02-2015 |
20150075754 | SINGLE-PASS COLD PLATE ASSEMBLY - A single-pass cold plate assembly having a base and a cover arranged in confronting relationship to define a cold plate with a spiral channel and a manifold with the manifold having a manifold inlet and a manifold outlet and where coolant may be introduced into the manifold inlet and may complete a single pass through the cold plate assembly. | 03-19-2015 |
20150068703 | THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING THE SAME - A thermal management system for cooling a heat source onboard an aircraft that has a frame and a skin coupled to the frame such that the skin has a first segment and a second segment includes a first network of heat pipes coupled in conductive heat transfer with the heat source and the first segment of skin. The first network of heat pipes is configured to heat the first segment of skin using heat from the heat source. The thermal management system further includes a second network of heat pipes coupled in conductive heat transfer with the heat source and the second segment of skin. The second network of heat pipes is configured to heat the second segment of skin using heat from the heat source. The thermal management system is configured to selectively deactivate the first network of heat pipes and the second network of heat pipes. | 03-12-2015 |
20150054283 | AIRCRAFT ENGINE CONSTANT FREQUENCY STARTER/GENERATOR - A constant frequency starter/generator for a turbine engine includes a first inverter/converter, a second inverter/converter, a DC link electrically connecting the first inverter/converter to the second inverter/converter, and an electric machine having a synchronous main machine, wherein the constant frequency starter/generator is operable in a start mode and a run mode. | 02-26-2015 |
20150035406 | ELECTRIC MACHINE WITH A SLOT LINER - An electrical machine includes a rotor, a stator having a slot liner including an electrical insulator which extends beyond the stator ends, and a strengthening element provided at each of the slot liner ends, wherein the strengthening strip reduces the splitting of the corresponding slot liner end. | 02-05-2015 |
20140316617 | FLIGHT SYSTEM FOR AN AIRCRAFT HAVING AN AUTOLAND SYSTEM - A method and system for operating an aircraft having an autoflight system comprising flight guidance functionality and autoland functionality providing input to a flight control system such that both the autoflight and autoland functionality and their corresponding systems are operated at a Design Assurance Level A. | 10-23-2014 |
20140313325 | METHOD OF GENERATING A SPATIAL AND SPECTRAL OBJECT MODEL - A method of improving a spectral reflectance profile of an object using a hyperspectral imaging device includes, among other things, obtaining a series of hyperspectral images of the object where there is relative motion between the object and the hyperspectral imaging device; determining one or more parameters of the relative motion; mapping the parameters to determine an orientation of the object in each hyperspectral image in the series; identifying two or more spatial portions of the object in each hyperspectral image in the series; assigning a spectral signature to each spatial portion; and generating a multi-dimensional spectral reflectance profile from the orientation, the spatial portions, and the spectral signatures. | 10-23-2014 |
20140306717 | METHOD FOR DETECTING OR PREDICTING AN ELECTRICAL FAULT - A method of predicting an electrical fault in an electrical network, wherein a signal indicative of a transmission is received, compared to a reference signal, a determination is made and if the comparison suggests a fault, indicating the determination of the fault. | 10-16-2014 |
20140297168 | METHOD OF OPTICALLY LOCATING AND GUIDING A VEHICLE RELATIVE TO AN AIRPORT - A method of optically locating and guiding a vehicle relative to an airport having standardized signage where the method includes generating an image of at least a portion of the airport from an optical sensor mounted on the vehicle, determining the location of the vehicle, and providing guidance for operation of the vehicle. | 10-02-2014 |
20140289341 | METHOD OF HYBRID MESSAGE PASSING WITH SHARED MEMORY - A method of communicating data between at least two coprocessors in a single computing environment wherein one of the coprocessors is a transmitting processor and the other of the coprocessors is a receiving processor and the single computing environment includes a memory accessible by the coprocessors includes, among other things, determining in the transmitting processor the size of data to be communicated, attaching the data to a message and transmitting the message to the receiving processor if the size of the data is below or equal to a predetermined threshold value, and transmitting to the receiving processor a pointer that points to a location of the data in the memory if the size of the data is above the predetermined threshold value. | 09-25-2014 |
20140281712 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING MAINTENANCE TASK DURATIONS - A computer-implemented method for estimating maintenance task durations is provided. The method is implemented by at least one computing system including at least one processor and at least one memory device coupled to the processor. The method includes receiving a query including a first query maintenance task and a plurality of query factors, and identifying an initial baseline task duration based at least in part on the first query maintenance task. The initial baseline task duration includes a plurality of baseline task factors. The method further includes identifying at least one adjustment factor based at least in part on the differences between the plurality of query factors and the plurality of baseline task factors, calculating a maintenance task duration estimate based at least in part on the initial baseline task duration and the adjustment factors, and planning execution of the first query maintenance task based on maintenance task duration estimate. | 09-18-2014 |
20140279802 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROPAGATING INFORMATION IN COLLABORATIVE DECISION-MAKING - A computer includes a processor and a memory device. The computer is configured to a) receive decision-making criteria from at least one of at least a portion of a plurality of agents associated with a plurality of agent devices, the memory device, and a user, b) generate valid decision combinations using at least a portion of received decision-making criteria, c) transmit, to the plurality of agents, valid decision combinations, d) receive, from a deciding agent, a decision, and e) constrain, using the received decision, valid decision combinations. The computer is configured to f) return to c) until determining that no more decisions can be received. The computer is configured to g) transmit a final decision set to the plurality of agents upon determining that no more decisions can be received. The final decision set represents a complete combination of decisions including at least a portion of received decisions. | 09-18-2014 |
20140268269 | METHOD OF FORMING A GRID DEFINING A FIRST RELATIVE REFERENCE FRAME - A method of projecting into space, from a first object, a plurality of modulated lines to form a grid defining a first relative reference frame, the method includes projecting polarized light having a first orientation to form a horizontal grid line projecting from the first object and projecting polarized light having a second orientation different than the first orientation to from a vertical grid line projecting from the first object and modulating the horizontal grid line and the vertical grid line to carry first and second grid words, respectively. | 09-18-2014 |
20140259706 | METHOD OF FORMING A GRID DEFINING A FIRST RELATIVE REFERENCE FRAME - A method of projecting into space, from a first object, a plurality of modulated lines to form a grid defining a first relative reference frame, the method includes simultaneously projecting into space from the first object a horizontal grid line and a vertical grid line to form a set of grid lines, modulating the horizontal grid line and the vertical grid line to carry first and second grid words, respectively. | 09-18-2014 |
20140246858 | RAM AIR TURBINE GENERATOR WITH EXTERNAL ROTOR HAVING PERMANENT MAGNETS - A ram air turbine generator, for generating electrical power when the system is exposed to an airstream, includes a turbine having multiple blades and a rotor operably coupled to the blades and rotating about a shaft and stator mounted, such that rotation of the blades rotates the rotor, and the rotation of the rotor about the stator produces electrical power. | 09-04-2014 |
20140239777 | ROTATING RECTIFIER ASSEMBLY FOR ELECTRIC MACHINE - An electric machine having a rectifier assembly placed within a rotating shaft of the electric machine to convert the AC output of the electric machine to DC prior to transmission of the electricity from the electric machine. | 08-28-2014 |
20140210320 | ELECTRIC MACHINE AND RECTIFIER ASSEMBLY THEREFOR - An electric machine having a rectifier assembly placed within a rotating shaft of the electric machine to convert the AC output of the electric machine to DC prior to transmission of the electricity from the electric machine. | 07-31-2014 |
20140207365 | METHODS FOR DETERMINING A FLIGHT PATH - Methods for determining a flight path for a data-collecting aircraft having a sensor may include defining a data-collecting area, subdividing the data-collecting area into zones, defining a waypoint for each of the zones to define a set of waypoints, and determining a flight path for the data-collecting aircraft incorporating the waypoints. | 07-24-2014 |
20140167516 | CIRCUIT FOR ALLOCATING POWER AMONG GENERATORS - A circuit and method for allocating power among two or more generators to a single load on a shared bus includes a sharing regulator and a feedback loop for each generator. A digital share command input and current in the feedback loops will cause the sharing regulators to alter the power of the generators at the generator outputs, thereby allocating the load on the shared bus according to the share command, and confirming the allocation of power at the outputs. | 06-19-2014 |
20140153193 | PHASE CHANGE HEAT SINK FOR TRANSIENT THERMAL MANAGEMENT - A heat dissipating assembly, for dissipating heat, having at least one heat producing component and a heat sink having phase change material conductively coupled to the at least one heat producing component. | 06-05-2014 |
20140151497 | ENGINE PYLON FOR AN AIRCRAFT - An engine pylon for attaching an engine to an aircraft, where the engine pylon includes a monolithic support structure having a body that includes multiple spaced bulkheads, multiple longerons connecting the bulkheads to define multiple bays and skins provided on the frame to at least partially enclose at least one of the multiple bays. | 06-05-2014 |
20140133754 | SUBSTANCE SUBTRACTION IN A SCENE BASED ON HYPERSPECTRAL CHARACTERISTICS - A method of removing a hyperspectral signature from at least one hyperspectral image, includes among other things, selecting a hyperspectral signature and determining a dissimilarity value between each pixel in the at least one hyperspectral image and the selected at least one hyperspectral signature. If the dissimilarity value between the signature of a given pixel in the at least one hyperspectral image and the selected at least one hyperspectral signature is less than a predetermined threshold value then the value of the signature for the given pixel is set to zero to create a signature-subtracted hyperspectral image. | 05-15-2014 |
20140133753 | SPECTRAL SCENE SIMPLIFICATION THROUGH BACKGROUND SUBTRACTION - A method of removing stationary objects from hyperspectral imagery, includes among other things, collecting a series of hyperspectral images of a target scene; determining at least one first hyperspectral image having no moving or new objects in the target scene; selecting the at least one first hyperspectral image; determining at least one second hyperspectral image having moving objects in the target scene; and subtracting the at least one first hyperspectral image from the at least one second hyperspectral image to create a background-subtracted hyperspectral image. | 05-15-2014 |
20140133152 | POINTING SYSTEM FOR A LASER - A pointing system having a rotatable housing, a boresight relative to the housing, a rotatable mirror, and a laser emitting a beam of light, wherein the beam of light is redirected off the mirror to the pointing target. When the rotatable mirror is rotated, the beam of light is moved relative to the boresight. The system operates such that rotation of the beam of light by means of the rotatable mirror is greater than the rotation of the boresight by means of the rotatable housing. | 05-15-2014 |
20140132946 | MIXED-MATERIAL MULTISPECTRAL STARING ARRAY SENSOR - A multispectral staring array comprises, amongst other things, at least two sensors where each sensor is adapted to detect an image in a different predetermined spectral sensitivity; a first lens to focus capture spectral bands; a spectral filter between the lens and the sensors to subdivide the incident spectral bands; and a second lens to direct and focus the subdivided incident spectral bands on each of the sensors. | 05-15-2014 |
20140129125 | METHOD OF OPTICALLY LOCATING AN AIRCRAFT RELATIVE TO AN AIRPORT - A method of optically locating an aircraft relative to an airport having standardized signage, including markings, the method includes generating an image of at least a portion of the airport from an optical sensor mounted on the aircraft, determining the location of the aircraft, and providing an indication of the determined location within the aircraft. | 05-08-2014 |
20140126173 | MOUNTING BRACKET ASSEMBLY FOR AN ELECTRICAL CABLE - A mounting bracket assembly for an electrical cable having a Faraday shield configured to allow at least one conductor passing through the assembly to a fire detector wherein the Faraday shield electrically terminates into the receiving end of the assembly without the need for additional electrical connections. | 05-08-2014 |
20140121885 | MAINTENANCE SYSTEM FOR AIRCRAFT FLEET AND METHOD FOR PLANNING MAINTENANCE - A maintenance system for a fleet of aircraft and a method of planning maintenance for a fleet of aircraft that includes identifying a maintenance schedule having at least one routine maintenance action for an aircraft to be maintained, generating a non-routine maintenance task schedule comprising non-routine maintenance tasks, and generating a combined schedule comprising a combination of the maintenance schedule and the non-routine maintenance task schedule. | 05-01-2014 |
20140117894 | METHOD FOR STARTING AN ELECTRIC MOTOR - A method for starting an electric motor, the motor having a main machine, exciter, and permanent magnet generator (PMG), each having a stator and a rotor, with each rotor mounted to a common shaft, the method comprising starting the main machine in an asynchronous mode by applying a starting current to the stator of the main machine to induce a damper current in a damper winding of the main rotor to generate a starting torque that initiates the rotation of the common shaft, and then running the main machine in synchronous mode by supplying running current from the exciter rotor to the main machine rotor. | 05-01-2014 |
20140100826 | METHOD FOR HIGH FIDELITY MODELING OF AN AIRCRAFT ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEM - A method of high fidelity modeling an electrical power system of an aircraft, includes among other things, identifying electrical, mechanical, thermal, and EMI characteristics of the electrical power system; applying at least one circuit-based solver to model to at least one of the electrical characteristics; and applying, simultaneously with the circuit-based solver and in real-time, a field-based solver to model the remaining electrical, mechanical, thermal, and EMI characteristics. | 04-10-2014 |
20140074326 | METHOD OF DETERMINING A TURBULENT CONDITION IN AN AIRCRAFT - A method of determining a turbulent condition in an aircraft with a handheld device where the handheld device has at least one of a gyroscope, seismometer, and an accelerometer where the method includes receiving an output from the at least one of the gyroscope, seismometer, and accelerometer while the handheld device is located within the aircraft and providing an indication of a turbulent condition. | 03-13-2014 |
20140067821 | STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL OF SENSOR DATA AND COMPUTED PARAMETERS FOR USE IN CONDITION BASED MAINTENANCE SYSTEMS - A system and method for storing and accessing data in an embedded system of an aircraft extracts identifiers from headers in stored data, and stores the identifiers in a separately indexable array. | 03-06-2014 |
20140067267 | METHODS FOR DETERMINING SUITABLE WAYPOINT LOCATIONS - Methods for determining suitable locations for placement of one or more flight plan waypoints for an aircraft within a volume of space. Such methods may include reducing the volume of space to be analyzed and analyzing the reduced volume of the volume of space for suitable waypoint locations according to predetermined suitability criteria. | 03-06-2014 |
20140067165 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UTILIZING MULTIPLE SENSORS - A sensor system having multiple sensors and having a grid generator projecting into space a relative navigation grid and a method of utilizing multiple airborne sensors operably coupled to an aircraft and coordinating the sensor outputs from the airborne sensors based on the determined spatial position of the multiple sensors and a method for utilizing multiple airborne sensors. | 03-06-2014 |
20140065954 | AIRCRAFT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXCHANGING DATA - An aircraft system for exchanging data between an aircraft having multiple aircraft systems and an operator, includes a first near-field communication interface located within the aircraft and operably coupled to at least some of the multiple aircraft systems and a handheld device having a second near-field communication interface and a method of securely transferring information between the first near-field communication interface located within the aircraft and the handheld device. | 03-06-2014 |
20140064958 | FAN ASSEMBLY - A fan assembly that includes a housing having an inner peripheral wall defining a flow through opening, a stator located within the through opening and comprising an annular array of stationary blades provided along the inner peripheral wall, a rotor comprising a hub having a front wall supporting an outer peripheral wall having a forward balancing ring and an aft balancing ring, and an annular array of non-stationary blades extending from the outer peripheral wall, and strengthening ribs. | 03-06-2014 |
20140063298 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE RESOLUTION OF A HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGE - Method of controlling the resolution of a hyperspectral image from an image sensor comprising pixels and at least one filter that defines subpixels within each pixel includes defining a window on the image sensor with an array of rows and columns of subpixels; weighting the subpixels within the window based upon one or more predefined parameters of the hyperspectral image to establish a value for a weighted average for the array for the predefined parameters; shifting the window by a predefined number of rows or columns; repeating the weighting and shifting steps for all possible windows on the image sensor; and processing the hyperspectral image based on the weighted averages. | 03-06-2014 |
20140063009 | METHOD FOR SIMULATING HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGERY | 03-06-2014 |
20140053137 | METHOD FOR DEVELOPING SOFTWARE IN A PARALLEL COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - A method for developing software in a parallel computing environment comprises the steps of developing a sequential implementation and parallel implementation of the software and verifying the results of the parallel implementation of the software against the results of the sequential implementation of the software. | 02-20-2014 |
20140053101 | METHODS FOR DISPLAYING ON A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE - Methods of displaying multiple sources of information in a graphical user interface on a display include separately displaying at least some of the multiple sources of information within graphical user interface components within the graphical user interface. All of the graphical user interface components within the graphical user interface are displayed including a focus graphical user interface. | 02-20-2014 |
20140050406 | METHOD OF SELECTING AN ALGORITHM FOR USE IN PROCESSING HYPERSPECTRAL DATA - The invention relates to a method of selecting an algorithm for use in processing hyperspectral data from a set of algorithms, each having qualities for processing certain characteristics of hyperspectral data. | 02-20-2014 |
20140050405 | METHOD OF EVALUATING THE CONFIDENCE OF MATCHING SIGNATURES OF A HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGE - The invention relates to a method of evaluating the confidence of matching signatures of a hyperspectral image of at least one tracked object, defined by pixels on an image sensor, to a hyperspectral image template in real time while tracking the at least one tracked object. | 02-20-2014 |
20140050352 | METHOD OF IDENTIFYING A TRACKED OBJECT FOR USE IN PROCESSING HYPERSPECTRAL DATA - The invention relates a method of identifying a tracked object that has a known database of hyperspectral and spatial information. The method associates an identifier with the tracked object; selects a parameter associated with the hyperspectral or spatial information of the tracked object; detects a deviation in the selected parameter; compares the deviation with the database; and if the deviation exceeds a predetermined threshold, assigns a new identifier to the tracked object, and if the deviation does not exceed the predetermined threshold, continues tracking the tracked object. | 02-20-2014 |
20140044524 | IMPELLER FAN ASSEMBLY - An impeller fan assembly that includes a housing, a stator, a rotor having a hub and an annular array of non-stationary blades extending from the hub, at least two spaced apart bearings mounted to the stator, and a pump in fluid communication with the bearings to provide fluid to the bearings. | 02-13-2014 |
20140032105 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING A FLIGHT PLAN - A method for displaying a flight plan having at least one waypoint on a flight display of a flight deck of an aircraft having known flight constraints, including receiving a user input for a user-inputted waypoint and generating an alternative waypoint when the user-inputted waypoint is not suitable and displaying same. | 01-30-2014 |
20140032103 | METHOD OF DISPLAYING A FLIGHT PLAN - A method of displaying a flight plan on a flight display of a flight deck of an aircraft, where the method includes displaying at least a portion of the flight plan on the display and determining an unsuitability of at least a portion of the flight plan based on at least one suitability criteria. | 01-30-2014 |
20140032097 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING SUITABILITY OF FUTURE WAYPOINT LOCATIONS - A method for illustrating an aircraft flight plan comprising at least one waypoint on a flight display of a flight deck of an aircraft, where the method may include displaying on the flight display of the flight deck some type of display indicia that indicates the suitability of locations for future waypoints. | 01-30-2014 |
20140028476 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING A USER ENTERED FLIGHT PATH - A method for selecting and displaying a flight path for an aircraft on a display of a flight deck of the aircraft that allows a user to input a selected flight path on a map displayed on the display. A final flight path will be displayed on the display of the flight deck that is based on the input of the selected flight path. | 01-30-2014 |
20140020401 | METHOD FOR CONDITIONING A POWER SUPPLY FOR STARTING A JET ENGINE - Method for conditioning a power supply for starting a jet engine having an electrical starting system with an auxiliary power unit in parallel with a DC power supply. | 01-23-2014 |
20130244588 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AIRCRAFT FLIGHT DATA - A method of transmitting aircraft flight data for an aircraft from the aircraft to a destination server via a wireless communication link with the method including determining an operational status of the aircraft, determining flight data to be transmitted, and transmitting the determined flight data to be transmitted to the destination server. | 09-19-2013 |
20130238173 | METHODS FOR DERATED THRUST VISUALIZATION - Methods of illustrating one or more derated takeoffs of an aircraft on a runway where such illustrations are on a flight display in a cockpit of the aircraft and are based on various information and may allow pilots to make more accurate decisions related to derated takeoffs and full thrust takeoffs of the aircraft. | 09-12-2013 |
20130232941 | APPARATUS FOR EXTRACTING INPUT POWER FROM THE LOW PRESSURE SPOOL OF A TURBINE ENGINE - An apparatus for powering an aircraft by generating power from a pressure spool of a turbine engine includes a speed range reduction assembly that reduces the higher speed ranges of a low pressure spool to lower speed ranges within the tolerances of the same DC or VF generators used with the high pressure spool. | 09-12-2013 |
20130226373 | METHODS FOR IN-FLIGHT ADJUSTING OF A FLIGHT PLAN - A method of in-flight adjusting a flight plan of an aircraft to provide a low cost flight based on predicting a trajectory for completion of the flight based on at least the current state data of the aircraft along the flight plan, performance data for the aircraft, and the flight plan data, and computing the cost of completing the flight plan. | 08-29-2013 |
20130221164 | METHOD FOR FLYING AN AIRCRAFT ALONG A FLIGHT PATH - A method of flying an aircraft, where the aircraft has an associated performance envelope, along a flight path based determining an altitude profile for a cruise-climb along the flight path based on the performance envelope of the aircraft and flying the aircraft along the flight path to approximate the altitude profile. | 08-29-2013 |
20130208630 | AVIONICS FULL-DUPLEX SWITCHED ETHERNET NETWORK - An avionics full-duplex switched ethernet data network that includes multiple hosts, with each of the multiple hosts having at least one communication port and with an End System establishing communication protocol between the multiple hosts. | 08-15-2013 |
20130207395 | AIRCRAFT ENGINE STARTER/GENERATOR - An assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a S/G having a rotatable shaft, a main machine, a PMG, and an exciter wherein at least one of the main machine, PMG, and exciter includes a rotor mounted to the shaft and having multiple rotor poles, a stator having multiple stator poles and at least one of the rotor poles and stator poles being formed by a core with a post and wire wound about the post to form a winding, with the winding having at least one end turn, and a layer to increase cooling capabilities of a portion of at least one of the stator and the rotor. | 08-15-2013 |
20130204487 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR MAINTAINING AND OPERATING AN AIRCRAFT - A method of providing maintenance to an aircraft having multiple aircraft systems and a method of operating an aircraft having multiple aircraft systems, with at least some of the aircraft systems outputting one or more visual indicia indicative of a status of a system of the aircraft where the method provides information based on such visual indicia. An aircraft system for at least one of operating and maintaining the aircraft, which may retrieve information based on such visual indicia. | 08-08-2013 |
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20130132035 | METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING A HEALTH OF AN APPARATUS - A method of diagnosis of a health of an electrical, mechanical or electro-mechanical apparatus based on radiation emitted by the apparatus where the method includes establishing a baseline profile for the apparatus and establishing a checkup profile for the apparatus and comparing the checkup profile to the baseline profile to determine a difference indicative of the health of the apparatus. | 05-23-2013 |
20130132034 | METHOD FOR PROGNOSING A HEALTH PROBLEM OF AN APPARATUS - A method of prognosing a health problem of an electrical, mechanical or electro-mechanical apparatus based on radiation emitted by the apparatus where the method includes establishing a profile for the apparatus while the apparatus is operating, saving such a profile for the apparatus, forming a set of historical profiles for a number of apparatuses, and identifying at least one anomaly in the set of historical profiles that is indicative of a future failure. | 05-23-2013 |
20130132033 | SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR RADIATION DIAGNOSIS - A diagnostic system and diagnostic tool for determining an operation health of an electrical, mechanical or electro-mechanical apparatus. Where the diagnostic system and diagnostic tool determine an operational health based on radiation emitted by the apparatus and where radiation profiles for the apparatus may be established to determine a health of the apparatus. | 05-23-2013 |
20130132013 | METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING MANUFACTURING VARIANCES - A method of diagnosing manufacturing variances of an electrical, mechanical or electro-mechanical apparatus based on radiation emitted by the apparatus where the method includes establishing baseline profile for a number of apparatuses to form a set of baseline profiles for the multiple apparatuses and comparing the set of baseline profiles to determine a difference indicative of a variance in the manufacturing of the apparatuses. | 05-23-2013 |
20130131914 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING AND SENDING MESSAGES - A health management system for an aircraft capable of generating a status report and a method of providing such a status report from such a health management system of an aircraft, where the aircraft has multiple systems connected to a data network and the multiple systems output status messages regarding the multiple systems. | 05-23-2013 |
20130125137 | METHOD OF PROVIDING HIGH INTEGRITY PROCESSING - A method of providing high integrity communication in a high integrity processing system having at least two redundant application processors in a non-lockstep configuration where the redundant application processors are running the same application and where the redundant application processors are connected to at least one input/output processor by a communication channel. | 05-16-2013 |
20130124922 | METHOD OF PROVIDING HIGH INTEGRITY PROCESSING - A method of providing synchronization and integrity checking in a high integrity processing system having at least two redundant processing lanes, with each lane having an application processor, with the application processors running the same application software in a non-lockstep configuration, and outputting transactions requiring access to an addressable space. | 05-16-2013 |
20130118613 | BREATHER APPARATUS ON ELECTROMECHANICAL ACTUATORS FOR AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR SYSTEMS - An actuator system and a method for assembling the same are provided. An actuator system includes a housing and a cap. The housing includes a cavity defined by the housing and an opening defined in a wall of the housing. The housing encases an actuator within the cavity. The cap is coupled to the housing to facilitate shielding the opening from a surrounding environment. | 05-16-2013 |
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