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公开(公告)号：US11358740B2
公开(公告)日：2022-06-14
申请号：US16565289
申请日：2019-09-09
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor： Brian Tillotson
IPC: B64G1/24
Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus for magnetic maneuvering for satellites are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, a method for maneuvering satellites comprises applying, by a current source in a first satellite, current to an electromagnet in the first satellite. The method further comprises generating, by the electromagnet in the first satellite in response to the current, a magnetic field. Further, the method comprises maneuvering, by the first satellite, a second satellite via the magnetic field. In one or more embodiments, the electromagnet comprises a torque rod, an electric motor coil, and/or a solar array. In one or more embodiments, the second satellite comprises a ferromagnetic or ferrimagnetic material, a conductive material, or a combination thereof. In some embodiments, the second satellite comprises an electromagnet.
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公开(公告)号：US11111013B2
公开(公告)日：2021-09-07
申请号：US16192095
申请日：2018-11-15
Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
Inventor： Brian Tillotson
IPC: B64C27/467 , B64C27/06
Abstract: A rotorcraft includes a frame and an engine coupled to the frame. The rotorcraft also includes a rotor hub coupled to the engine and a plurality of rotor blades coupled to the rotor hub. Each rotor blade is configured to be adjusted to a negative pitch angle such that each rotor blade is oriented at a negative angle of attack. The rotation of the plurality of rotor blades at the negative pitch angle generates an updraft that, during a vertical take-off operation, applies an upward force to the rotorcraft to supplement lift generated by the plurality of rotor blades.
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公开(公告)号：US11059564B2
公开(公告)日：2021-07-13
申请号：US16197927
申请日：2018-11-21
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor： Brian Tillotson , Chris Kettering
Abstract: Automated deployable fences for aircraft wings are described. An example apparatus includes a fence, a latching actuator, and a biasing actuator. The fence is coupled to a wing of an aircraft. The fence is movable relative to the wing between a stowed position in which a panel of the fence extends along a skin of the wing, and a deployed position in which the panel extends at an upward angle away from the skin. The panel impedes a spanwise airflow along the wing when the fence is in the deployed position. The latching actuator is movable between a first position in which the latching actuator maintains the fence in the stowed position, and a second position in which the latching actuator releases the fence from the stowed position. The latching actuator moves from the first position to the second position in response to a control signal received at the latching actuator. The biasing actuator moves the fence from the stowed position to the deployed position in response to the latching actuator moving from the first position to the second position.
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公开(公告)号：US20210147096A1
公开(公告)日：2021-05-20
申请号：US16687045
申请日：2019-11-18
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor： Brian Tillotson
Abstract: An electrode-arc sensor for measuring air data. The sensor includes a pair of electrodes which are arranged substantially parallel to one another to form a fluid gap therebetween. The fluid gap is arranged to receive a stream of fluid such as air. A voltage source is operatively connected to the pair of electrodes to generate a voltage and induce an arc therebetween. A controller operatively connected to the voltage source is configured to command the voltage source to generate a voltage until the arc is induced. Once induced, a time-series of the voltage measurements is generated based on a voltage sensor across the pair of electrodes. The ionized air surrounding the induced arc is acted upon by the fluid stream. The controller determines a fluid speed and fluid density of the fluid stream based on the time series of voltage measurement as the arc travels past the pair of electrodes.
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公开(公告)号：US10606271B2
公开(公告)日：2020-03-31
申请号：US15652155
申请日：2017-07-17
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor： Brian Tillotson , Alyson Bonk
Abstract: A cooperative system of vehicles is disclosed, each of a first vehicle and a second vehicle having a magnetometer, a filter, a database, a conductive loop, and an AC output generator. The magnetometer is attached to measure a surrounding magnetic field, and the filter to isolate a sensed signal. The AC output generator is connected to the conductive loop to generate a magnetic field.
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公开(公告)号：US20190155311A1
公开(公告)日：2019-05-23
申请号：US15821776
申请日：2017-11-23
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor： Brian Tillotson , Charles B. Spinelli
Abstract: In an example, a drop tank for an aerial vehicle includes a body having an internal fuel reservoir configured to store fuel. The drop tank also includes an outlet coupled to the internal fuel reservoir for supplying the fuel from the internal fuel reservoir to a propulsion system of the aerial vehicle. Additionally, the drop tank includes a plurality of flight control surfaces extending outwardly from the body. The flight control surfaces are actuatable to adjust a flight attitude of the drop tank. The drop tank further includes a flight control system including a processor and configured to actuate the plurality of flight control surfaces to fly the drop tank to a target location when the drop tank is jettisoned from the aerial vehicle.
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公开(公告)号：US11828771B2
公开(公告)日：2023-11-28
申请号：US16511342
申请日：2019-07-15
Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
Inventor： Brian Tillotson
IPC: G01P5/26 , G01C23/00 , G01F1/7086
CPC classification number: G01P5/26 , G01C23/00 , G01F1/7086
Abstract: A method of measuring air data of an aircraft is provided. The method includes emitting, by a laser disposed on the aircraft, laser light into air outside the aircraft, the laser tuned to induce a laser-induced plasma channel (LIPC) in the air. The method also includes sensing, by a sensor system disposed on the aircraft, at least one property of the LIPC. The method further includes computing, by a computing device disposed on the aircraft, the air data of the aircraft based on the at least one property of the LIPC.
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公开(公告)号：US11286063B2
公开(公告)日：2022-03-29
申请号：US16413450
申请日：2019-05-15
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor： Brian Tillotson
IPC: B64G1/54
Abstract: A spacecraft includes a body defining an interior payload region and a particle dispersion layer disposed between the interior payload region and one or more exterior surfaces of the body. The particle dispersion layer is formed of one or more magnets having a persistent magnetic field. The spacecraft including the particle dispersion layer may be manufactured by obtaining a particle dispersion layer having a persistent magnetic field, identifying a directionality of the persistent magnetic field of the particle dispersion layer, and installing the particle dispersion layer between an interior payload region formed by a body of a spacecraft and one or more exterior surfaces of the body according to the identified directionality of the persistent magnetic field.
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公开(公告)号：US20200156762A1
公开(公告)日：2020-05-21
申请号：US16197933
申请日：2018-11-21
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor： Brian Tillotson , Chris Kettering
Abstract: Airflow-dependent deployable fences for aircraft wings are described. An example apparatus includes a fence coupled to a wing of an aircraft. The fence is movable relative to the wing between a stowed position in which a panel of the fence extends along a skin of the wing, and a deployed position in which the panel extends at an upward angle away from the skin. The panel is configured to impede a spanwise airflow along the wing when the fence is in the deployed position. The fence is configured to move from the stowed position to the deployed position in response to an aerodynamic force exerted on a deployment vane of the fence.
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公开(公告)号：US10593192B1
公开(公告)日：2020-03-17
申请号：US16194656
申请日：2018-11-19
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor： Brian Tillotson
IPC: G08B29/14 , G08B17/113
Abstract: An example smoke detector includes (i) a chamber, wherein gas is disposed in an inner space of the chamber; (ii) an electrode disposed within the chamber; (iii) a magnet configured to generate a magnetic field in the inner space of the chamber; and (iv) a radioactive source generating alpha particles within the inner space of the chamber.
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