Method for adding value to operation of long haul aircraft

    公开(公告)号:US11142306B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-12

    申请号:US14773860

    申请日:2014-03-10

    Abstract: A method is provided for adding available takeoff and landing slots when aircraft designed for long haul flight are moved quietly and efficiently on the ground without operation of aircraft engines at airports with slot controls and airports that are constrained from operation at certain times by curfews that limit operating hours for these long haul aircraft. Long haul aircraft are powered and driven by onboard non-engine drive means or moved manually or automatically by tugs, tow vehicles, or other transfer apparatus to arrive at a runway before expiration of a morning curfew and to be ready for takeoff as soon as curfew is lifted. Long haul aircraft may land immediately before an evening curfew starts and to move without engines to an airport arrival location after evening curfew starts, effectively expanding and increasing the number of available takeoff and landing slots for long haul aircraft.

    LEVEL AND LEVEL ASSEMBLY
    22.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210262795A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-26

    申请号:US17060437

    申请日:2020-10-01

    Abstract: Detailed herein is a level device having a body having a first face, an opposing second face, and a perimeter extending between the first and second faces. The perimeter includes first, second, third, and fourth sides, where a first reference surface extends along the third side and a second reference surface extends along the fourth side orthogonal to the first reference surface. A third reference surface may be between the first and second reference surfaces disposed at a 45-degree angle relative to each of the first and second reference surfaces. A first bubble vial having a first longitudinal axis parallel to the first reference surface is received in a first recess defined along the first side, and a second bubble vial having a second longitudinal axis parallel to the second reference surface is received in a second recess defined along the second side.

    Corrugated Pallet with improved Top-to-Bottom Locking

    公开(公告)号:US20210261294A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-26

    申请号:US16934927

    申请日:2020-07-21

    Abstract: A corrugated pallet folded together from two planar blanks, including a pallet top that supports a load above a floor, and a pallet bottom that rests on the floor. Each pallet top and pallet bottom has multiple double thickness interior support ribs folded vertically from the plane of the pallet top and bottom. Ribs from the pallet top intersect with ribs from the pallet bottom perpendicularly and support the pallet top on the pallet bottom. Multiple mechanical vertical locks hold the pallet top in vertically spaced relation with the pallet bottom with middle straps folded vertically from the pallet top and/or pallet bottom into contact with interior surfaces of the pallet and lock directly into sides of the interior support ribs at positions intermediate the pallet top and bottom. Reinforcement tubes are provided over intersections of double thickness ribs at the corners of the pallet while folded doubled thickness ribs provide compression support near the center.

    Tamper Evident Container
    24.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210221582A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-22

    申请号:US16749034

    申请日:2020-01-22

    Abstract: A container including a base having a first flange extending from a side of the base; a lid having a second flange extending from a side of the lid, wherein the first flange and second flange are coupled together at a living hinge, a first perforation cut positioned on the first flange or the second flange, a plurality of bubbles or raised portions positioned on the flange which does not have the first perforation cut, wherein the bubbles or raised portions are positioned over the first perforation cut when the lid is closed on the base, wherein when the bubbles or raised portions are pressed down onto the first perforation cut, the first perforation cut is broken to separate the lid from the base, and wherein the bubbles or raised portions are deformed when they are depressed to provide a visual indication that the container has been opened.

    Method for maintaining a supply of available aircraft equipped with non-engine drive means for use by airlines

    公开(公告)号:US11030559B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-08

    申请号:US14341763

    申请日:2014-07-26

    Abstract: A method for maintaining a supply of available aircraft equipped with non-engine drive means for autonomous ground movement is provided that enables an air carrier, particularly a low cost carrier, to operate reliably, efficiently, and economically to provide substantially uninterrupted air transport service. The present method is designed to enable airlines with fleets of older aircraft retrofitted with non-engine drive means for autonomous ground movement to operate economically and efficiently through a cooperative arrangement with a maintenance, repair, and overhaul provider that maintains and ensures an available supply network of spare and backup aircraft. The supply network may be global in geographic scope and may provide spare or backup aircraft equipped with non-engine drive means to one or more airlines.

    Ocular systems, devices, and methods

    公开(公告)号:US10973625B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-13

    申请号:US17032950

    申请日:2020-09-25

    Inventor: Joseph J. K. Ma

    Abstract: Various embodiments are described herein for an ocular device implantable in a user's eye and which has an adjustable optical element for varying one or more optical properties for the eye such as, but not limited to, providing a dynamically adjustable aperture stop to control the amount of incoming light, filtering incoming light, polarizing incoming light, and/or varying a depth of field for the eye.

    Folded horn acoustic guitar
    27.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10777172B1

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-15

    申请号:US16431553

    申请日:2019-06-04

    Abstract: This invention is an acoustic guitar with two internal folded horns built into the guitar body. Each left and right horn is five feet long. The natural acoustic sound inside the guitar is captured by a microphone (not a pickup under the strings), inside the guitar's upper chamber. It is then sent to an internal preamp, which sends the signal to left and right speakers, which are mounted to the compression chamber at the start of each folded horn. It then travels through the throat of each folded horn, which increases exponentially until it reaches the end of the horn. The sound waves are concentrated throughout this shape (does not lose sound energy), and are also directed to left and right exits out the end of the instrument. The material for the body is Rock Maple, and the other materials are Sitka Spruce, Rosewood and Mahogany.

    SYSTEM FOR GEOLOCATION AWARENESS FOR VOICE ACTIVATED DIGITAL ASSISTANTS

    公开(公告)号:US20200265699A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-20

    申请号:US16869047

    申请日:2020-05-07

    Abstract: A system for geolocation awareness for voice activated digital assistants comprising: a plurality of digital assistants in communication with a network; a cloud computing system in communication with the plurality of digital assistants via the network; a power transmission line monitor in communication with the network, the power transmission line monitor configured to monitor temperature, electric current in the power transmission line, and three-axis shock above a threshold level; a remote server in communication with the power transmission line monitor via the network and in communication with the cloud computing system via the network, the remote server configured to determine if the monitored temperature indicates an emergency event, and configured to determine if the monitored electric current indicates an emergency event, and configured to determine if the monitored three-axis shock indicates an emergency event, the remote server further configured to transmit to the cloud computing system the type and location of an indicated emergency event; and where the cloud computing system is configured to instruct the digital assistants within a predetermined distance from the emergency event to audibly alert about the emergency event for a predetermined time period. A digital assistant comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium, where the medium includes a set of instructions stored thereon that when accessed by a processor enable the processor to perform a method of geolocation awareness for the digital assistant, the method comprising: configuring the digital assistant to be in communication with a network; configuring the digital assistant to be in communication with a cloud computing system via the network; configuring the digital assistant to be in communication with a remote server via the cloud computing system; configuring the digital assistant to be in communication with a power transmission line monitor via the remote server; receiving information from the cloud computing system that an emergency event is detected by the power transmission line monitor; issuing an emergency audible alert by the digital assistant if the digital assistant is within a predetermined distance of the emergency event. A power transmission line monitor comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium, where the medium includes a set of instructions stored thereon that when accessed by a processor enable the processor to perform a method of geolocation awareness for a digital assistant, the method comprising: configuring the power transmission line monitor to be in communication with a network; configuring the power transmission line monitor to be in communication with a remote server via the network; configuring the power transmission line monitor to be in communication with a cloud computing system via the remote server; configuring the power transmission line monitor to be in communication with a digital assistant located in a residence or a business via the cloud computing system; monitoring temperature, electric current in a power transmission line, and three-axis shock above a threshold level, transmitting the temperature, electric current, and three-axis shock information to the remote server.

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