公开(公告)号：US20240313850A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-19

申请号：US18183244

申请日：2023-03-14

申请人： GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC

发明人： Matthew E. Gilbert-Eyres ,  Eric T. Hosey ,  Russell A. Patenaude ,  Scott T. Droste

IPC分类号： H04B7/185 ,  B64C1/36 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G05D1/10

CPC分类号： H04B7/18506 ,  B64C1/36 ,  H04B7/18513 ,  B64U10/00 ,  B64U2101/20 ,  B64U2201/20

摘要： A system for enhanced satellite communication coverage via an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The system may include a satellite configured for orbiting Earth, a vehicle configured for ground transportation on Earth, and an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operable for relaying communication signals between the vehicle and the satellite. The system may be configured for transmitting control instructions to the UAV for controlling aerial positioning of the UAV relative to the vehicle and the satellite. The control instructions may specifying a roll, a pitch, and a yaw for orientating the UAV to point towards the satellite.

公开(公告)号：US20240199191A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-20

申请号：US18541613

申请日：2023-12-15

申请人： Raytheon Systems Limited

发明人： Laurence Baron

IPC分类号： B64C1/36 ,  B64C1/26 ,  B64C23/06

CPC分类号： B64C1/36 ,  B64C1/26 ,  B64C23/069

摘要： A first embodiment of a hollow wingtip device that can be selectively releasably connected to the wing of an aircraft is described herein. An interior of the hollow wingtip device comprises a compartment. A second embodiment of a hollow wingtip device is described comprising a compartment in an interior of the hollow wingtip device, an opening configured to provide access to the compartment and a cover for covering the opening. An aircraft comprising the hollow wingtip devices, a wing, and electrical equipment is also provided. Methods for providing a hollow wingtip device, and methods for installing electrical equipment on aircraft are also described.

公开(公告)号：US11937393B2

公开(公告)日：2024-03-19

申请号：US17563354

申请日：2021-12-28

申请人： ARINC Incorporated

发明人： Curtis Wicks ,  Rameshkumar Balasubramanian ,  Ryan M. Kollman ,  Stephen Welch

IPC分类号： H05K1/14 ,  B64C1/36 ,  B64D41/00 ,  H01Q1/22 ,  H01Q1/42 ,  H04B1/40 ,  H05K1/18 ,  H05K7/10 ,  H01R12/73 ,  H05K7/12

CPC分类号： H05K7/10 ,  B64C1/36 ,  B64D41/00 ,  H01Q1/2258 ,  H01Q1/42 ,  H04B1/40 ,  H05K1/144 ,  H05K1/18 ,  H01R12/73 ,  H05K7/12 ,  H05K2201/09063 ,  H05K2201/10037 ,  H05K2201/10098 ,  H05K2201/10189 ,  H05K2201/2036

摘要： A circuit card assembly is described. The circuit card assembly adapts a host circuit card assembly of a host device with an expansion card. By such adaption, the host device may communicate with an access point of an avionics network. The circuit card assembly includes an interface for receiving power from the host circuit card assembly. The circuit card assembly then continuously and selectively provides power to a second interface based on the availability of aircraft power. The second interface receives the expansion card. The circuit card assembly also includes one or more coaxial RF connectors for receiving modulated signals from the expansion card. The circuit card assembly also includes an antenna which transmits radio waves based on the modulated signals. A system for communication to an access point of an avionics network includes the circuit card assembly.

公开(公告)号：US11884388B2

公开(公告)日：2024-01-30

申请号：US18149550

申请日：2023-01-03

申请人： Anduril Industries, Inc.

发明人： Nicholas Robert Alley ,  Joshua Lemming Steele ,  Jesse Owen Williams ,  Daniel Kuehme ,  Jonathan Caleb Phillips

IPC分类号： B64C39/02 ,  B64C3/56 ,  B64U10/25 ,  B64U30/12 ,  B64U101/00 ,  B64C3/40 ,  B64C5/12 ,  B64C5/16 ,  B64C3/54 ,  B64C13/24 ,  B64C1/36 ,  B64C11/28 ,  B64C13/30 ,  B64C5/02 ,  B64U101/30

CPC分类号： B64C3/40 ,  B64C1/36 ,  B64C3/54 ,  B64C3/546 ,  B64C3/56 ,  B64C5/02 ,  B64C5/12 ,  B64C5/16 ,  B64C11/28 ,  B64C13/24 ,  B64C13/30 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2211/00 ,  B64U10/25 ,  B64U30/12 ,  B64U2101/00 ,  B64U2101/30 ,  Y02T50/10 ,  Y02T50/40

摘要： An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) having wings stowed against a fuselage of the UAV in a first arrangement is disclosed. Methods and systems for deploying the wings into a second arrangement are disclosed. For example, after a launch of the UAV, the UAV monitors for at least one pre-set condition. The at least one pre-condition being a pre-condition associated with deploying wings of the UAV into the second arrangement. Upon detecting the at least one pre-set condition, the wings of the UAV are deployed into a second arrangement. Deploying the wings comprises activating, in response to detecting the at least one pre-set condition associated with the UAV, a gearbox configured to transition the wings from the first arrangement to the second arrangement. Roll control may be maintained throughout launch and deployment.

公开(公告)号：US20180097288A1

公开(公告)日：2018-04-05

申请号：US15819877

申请日：2017-11-21

申请人： General Electric Company

发明人： Dale Martin DiDomenico

IPC分类号： H01Q9/04 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64D47/08 ,  B64C1/36 ,  H01Q1/27 ,  H01Q1/22

CPC分类号： H01Q9/0407 ,  B61L23/041 ,  B61L23/042 ,  B64C1/36 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/021 ,  B64C2201/123 ,  B64C2201/127 ,  B64C2201/208 ,  B64D47/08 ,  G05D1/0094 ,  G06K9/0063 ,  G06K9/00791 ,  H01Q1/22 ,  H01Q1/27 ,  H04N5/23203 ,  H04N5/23206 ,  H04N5/23241 ,  H04N5/23245 ,  H04N7/185

摘要： An aerial device can be configured to fly above a route during movement of a vehicle along the route, such as for purposes of capturing image data of the route. The aerial device may include a microstrip antenna. The antenna includes a radiating patch layer, an aperture layer, a first insulator layer, a feed line, and a second insulator layer, all of which are parallel to and stacked on top of one another. The aperture layer is conductive and defines an aperture. The first insulator layer is sandwiched between the radiating patch layer and the aperture layer; thereby, the radiating patch layer and the aperture layer are spaced apart from one another by at least a thickness of the first insulator layer. The first insulator layer has a low dielectric constant. The second insulator layer is sandwiched between the aperture layer and the feed line.

公开(公告)号：US20180054004A1

公开(公告)日：2018-02-22

申请号：US15240980

申请日：2016-08-18

申请人： Echodyne Corp

发明人： Tom Driscoll ,  John Desmond Hunt ,  Nathan Ingle Landy ,  Milton Perque ,  Charles A. Renneberg ,  Ioannis Tzanidis ,  Robert Tilman Worl ,  Felix D. Yuen

IPC分类号： H01Q21/00 ,  H01Q3/26 ,  G01S13/93 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G05D1/02 ,  B60W10/04 ,  B60W10/20 ,  B60W30/09 ,  B64C1/36 ,  B64C39/02

CPC分类号： H01Q21/0037 ,  B60W10/04 ,  B60W10/20 ,  B60W30/09 ,  B60W2420/52 ,  B60W2550/10 ,  B60W2710/18 ,  B60W2710/20 ,  B64C1/36 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/00 ,  G01S13/9303 ,  G01S13/931 ,  G01S2013/9342 ,  G01S2013/9346 ,  G05D1/0088 ,  G05D1/0257 ,  H01Q1/3233 ,  H01Q3/2641 ,  H01Q3/443 ,  H01Q13/28 ,  H01Q15/0066 ,  H01Q21/0012 ,  H01Q21/005

摘要： An embodiment of an antenna includes first and second transmission lines, first antenna elements, and second antenna elements. The first transmission line is configured to guide a first signal such that the first signal has a characteristic of a first value, and the second transmission line is configured to guide a second signal such that the second signal has the same characteristic but of a second value that is different than the first value. The first antenna elements are each disposed adjacent to the first transmission line and are each configured to radiate the first signal in response to a respective first control signal, and the second antenna elements are each disposed adjacent to the second transmission line and are each configured to radiate the second signal in response to a respective second control signal. Such an antenna can have better main-beam and side-lobe characteristics, and a better SIR, than prior antennas.

公开(公告)号：US20180053991A1

公开(公告)日：2018-02-22

申请号：US15554755

申请日：2016-03-02

申请人： Stratospheric Platforms Limited

发明人： Peter DAVIDSON ,  Reiner KICKERT

IPC分类号： H01Q1/28 ,  B64C3/10 ,  B64C1/36 ,  B64C39/02

CPC分类号： H01Q1/287 ,  B64C1/36 ,  B64C3/10 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/122 ,  H01Q13/02 ,  H01Q21/06 ,  H01Q21/064 ,  H01Q21/22 ,  H04B7/18504 ,  H04B7/18508 ,  Y02T50/12

摘要： An unmanned high altitude aircraft operating above 15 km with transmitting and/or receiving antennas, enclosed or more than half enclosed on a projected area basis normal to the plane of the antenna(s), in a wing structure where the chord length of the wing section enclosing the phased arrays or horn antennas is at least 30 percent greater than the mean wing chord length, and the wing surface adjacent to the antenna(s) in the path of the electromagnetic radiation being received or transmitted by the antenna(s) is substantially composed of material relatively transparent to this radiation.

公开(公告)号：US09896220B2

公开(公告)日：2018-02-20

申请号：US14670629

申请日：2015-03-27

申请人： MITSUBISHI AIRCRAFT CORPORATION

发明人： Takashi Yokoi

IPC分类号： H02H1/00 ,  B64D45/02 ,  B64C1/36 ,  H01Q1/42 ,  H01Q1/28 ,  H01Q1/50

CPC分类号： B64D45/02 ,  B64C1/36 ,  H01Q1/281 ,  H01Q1/42 ,  H01Q1/50

摘要： An antenna cover of an aircraft including: a cover that protects an antenna mounted in the aircraft; a conductive layer having conductivity that is provided on an outer side of the cover; and a rain erosion boot that covers one region of the conductive layer, wherein the rain erosion boot includes a main material having an insulating property, is given conductivity, and is grounded to an airframe via the conductive layer, or the rain erosion boot includes a main material having an insulating property, and is given hydrophilicity.

公开(公告)号：US20180022437A1

公开(公告)日：2018-01-25

申请号：US15692903

申请日：2017-08-31

申请人： 1281329 Alberta Ltd.

发明人： Richard L. K. Woodland ,  Ross James Neyedly

IPC分类号： B64C1/14 ,  B64D47/08 ,  B64C1/36 ,  B64D7/00

CPC分类号： B64C1/1461 ,  B64C1/36 ,  B64D7/00 ,  B64D47/08

摘要： Particular embodiments include a non-dedicated, temporarily installed, airborne special mission payload mounting system which is mechanically interfaced to the Air Deployment System (ADS) rails of a host cargo aircraft. An Adaptive Mounting System (AMS) plate is placed over an ADS rail section and restrained in position. Once the AMS plate is secured, an articulated or fixed position strut can be attached to the AMS plate through the opened side doorway without removing the original door. A removable load transfer brace (LTB) can be coupled from the AMS plate inboard to the floor of the aircraft. The LTB is hinged to the AMS plate, and can be disconnected from the floor of the aircraft and rotated to a vertical position from the AMS plate.

公开(公告)号：US20170313402A1

公开(公告)日：2017-11-02

申请号：US15142255

申请日：2016-04-29

申请人： EMBRAER S.A.

发明人： Fabrício José Rodrigues FLORES ,  José Adalberto FELIX

IPC分类号： B64C1/36 ,  H01Q1/28 ,  B64C7/00

CPC分类号： B64C1/36 ,  B64C7/00 ,  H01Q1/1214 ,  H01Q1/28 ,  H01Q1/282 ,  H01Q1/42

摘要： Aircraft antenna fairing assemblies include a fairing shell and connection components for positionally fixing the fairing shell to airframe structure of an aircraft. The connection components may comprise a guide assembly having a guide head and a receiver defining a guide channel for receiving the guide head therewithin, and a latch assembly for latching the fairing shell to the airframe structure of the aircraft. The receiver of the guide assembly may define a generally C-shaped or generally U-shaped channel for receiving the guide head therewithin.