Air inlet with integrated structural hand hold

    公开(公告)号:US10766628B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-08

    申请号:US15706394

    申请日:2017-09-15

    Abstract: This disclosure relates to an air inlet for an aircraft with an integrated hand hold. One innovative aspect of the subject matter described herein can be implemented as an air inlet on the exterior surface of a cowling for a rotorcraft, wherein the air inlet having a scoop that includes a bottom surface having a wide, flat, front edge that angles downward towards the back, an opening in the back for air to enter, and two lateral sides coupled to the bottom surface, where the two sides are planar on a top surface and become longer in height towards the opening in the back, and hand hold, where the hand hold is a trough or an indentation in the bottom surface of the scoop that extends along a side.

    Cable feeder
    225.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10763649B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-01

    申请号:US14734273

    申请日:2015-06-09

    Abstract: A cable feeder for feeding cables through a structure according to some embodiments of the disclosure includes a housing having a drive roller attached thereto, and idler roller assembly attached to the housing. In an embodiment, the idler roller assembly can be released from the housing to allow cable to be released from the cable feeder. In an embodiment, the housing is formed from upper and lower housings, and the position of the lower housing and idler roller assembly can be adjusted relative to the upper housing and drive roller.

    Method for generating a simulation model to evaluate aircraft flight systems

    公开(公告)号:US10747917B1

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-18

    申请号:US15345816

    申请日:2016-11-08

    Inventor: Jason M. Tardy

    Abstract: A method for generating a simulation model to evaluate a flight control system including determining at least one high level requirement for an aircraft flight system during a non-automated engineering process; generating at least one specification of the high level requirement; generating a model computer-readable program code based on the at least one specification; executing the model computer-readable program code to generate a model code unit; executing the model code unit to generate a procedure document; executing the model code unit to perform a simulation method to generate a bench test computer-readable program code: executing the bench test computer-readable program code on a bench test computing device to generate a simulation output; and comparing the simulation output to the at least one specification of the high level requirement to generate a pass or fail result.

    Multimode Clutch Assemblies for Rotorcraft
    227.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200247553A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-06

    申请号:US16567086

    申请日:2019-09-11

    Abstract: A multimode clutch assembly is positioned in a powertrain of a rotorcraft. The multimode clutch assembly includes a freewheeling unit having input and output races. The freewheeling unit has a driving mode in which torque applied to the input race is transferred to the output race and an overrunning mode in which torque applied to the output race is not transferred to the input race. A bypass assembly has an engaged position that couples the input and output races of the freewheeling unit. A hydraulic actuator shifts the bypass assembly between the engaged position and a disengaged position. In the disengaged position, the overrunning mode of the freewheeling unit is enabled such that the multimode clutch assembly is configured for unidirectional torque transfer. In the engaged position, the overrunning mode of the freewheeling unit is disabled such that the multimode clutch assembly is configured for bidirectional torque transfer.

    DUCTED ROTOR STATORS
    228.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200247535A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-06

    申请号:US16266086

    申请日:2019-02-03

    Abstract: Systems and methods include providing an aircraft with a ducted rotor assembly. The ducted rotor assembly includes a housing having a duct, a rotor drive mechanism coupled to a rotor system, and a plurality of stators that both structurally support the rotor drive mechanism within the duct of the housing and carry a fluid through internal fluid passages in the plurality of stators to provide cooling to the rotor drive mechanism. Some of the stators carry fluid to the rotor drive mechanism, where the fluid absorbs heat from the rotor drive mechanism, and some of the stators carry fluid away from the rotor drive mechanism. The rotor system generates an airflow over the stators carrying fluid away from the rotor drive mechanism to effect transfer between the fluid and the airflow.

    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A PRECISION POSITION SENSOR

    公开(公告)号:US20200232781A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-23

    申请号:US16840996

    申请日:2020-04-06

    Abstract: A method and system to measure a parameter associated with a component, device, or system with a specified accuracy, including: providing one or more sensors operably disposed to detect the parameter; obtaining a coarse measurement of the parameter within a first range using the one or more sensors, wherein the first range includes minimum and maximum values for the parameter; obtaining a fine measurement of the parameter within a second range using the one or more sensors, wherein the second range is smaller than the first range and has a specified ratio to the first range that provides the specified accuracy; determining a current value of the parameter by combining the coarse and fine measurements; and providing the current value of the parameter to a communications interface, a storage device, a display, a control panel, a processor, a programmable logic controller, or an external device.

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