DIRECTIONAL WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS ONBOARD AIRCRAFT

    公开(公告)号:US20210112613A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-15

    申请号:US16712168

    申请日:2019-12-12

    Abstract: Disclosed is a method that includes receiving absolute wireless access point coordinates from wireless access points that define respective wireless access point positions of the wireless access points. The method includes orienting the directional antenna to orientations based on the absolute wireless access point coordinates. The method includes transmitting test signals to the respective wireless access points while the directional antenna is positioned at the orientations to generate the database entries associated with the respective wireless access point positions. The method includes orienting the directional antenna according to a first one of the database entries having a greatest likelihood to establish a first communications path between a first one of the wireless access points and the wireless endpoint. The method includes transmitting a data signal to the first one of the wireless access points with a minimum transmission power based on the database entries.

    Electric arc detection for probe heater PHM and prediction of remaining useful life

    公开(公告)号:US10962580B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-30

    申请号:US16220823

    申请日:2018-12-14

    Abstract: A system for an aircraft includes an aircraft component that includes a heater routed through the aircraft component, the heater including a resistive heating element and insulation surrounding the resistive heating element. A first current flows into the resistive heating element to provide heating for the aircraft component and a second current flows out of the resistive heating element. The system further includes a first sensor configured to produce a first sensor signal representing the first current, a second sensor configured to produce a second sensor signal representing the second current, a leakage sensor configured to produce a leakage sensor signal representing a leakage current, and a signal processor configured to sample and measure the first current, the second current, and a leakage current using a high frequency sampling rate to identify the presence of electric arcing. The detection of electric arcing is used to predict future heater failure and estimate heater remaining useful life.

    Aircraft freestream data systems
    64.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10928413B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-23

    申请号:US16153358

    申请日:2018-10-05

    Abstract: An aircraft freestream data system can include a first ultrasonic air data system (UADS) configured to sense local acoustic properties at a first location on an aircraft, a first local air data module operatively connected to the first UADS and configured to determine first local air data of the first location and to output first local air data, and a freestream data module operatively connected to the first local air data module. The freestream data module can be configured to receive the first local air data from the local air data module, determine one or more freestream air data parameters based on at least the first local air data, and output the one or more freestream air data parameters to one or more aircraft consuming systems.

    CHARACTERIZATION OF AEROSOLS
    65.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210043056A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-11

    申请号:US16536970

    申请日:2019-08-09

    Abstract: A method of characterizing an aerosol, the method comprising illuminating aerosol particles located within a measurement volume with a first electromagnetic radiation pulse emitted from a first source and receiving one or more electromagnetic radiation returns that have been scattered by the aerosol particles illuminated by the first electromagnetic radiation pulse at one or more sensors, illuminating the aerosol particles within the measurement volume with a second electromagnetic radiation pulse emitted from a second source and receiving a one or more electromagnetic radiation returns scattered by the aerosol particles illuminated by the second electromagnetic radiation pulse at the one or more sensors, determine at least one of intensity based on the one or more electromagnetic radiation returns, and determine an aerosol parameter based on an algorithm and the at least one intensity.

    THERMALLY-MATCHED PIEZORESISTIVE ELEMENTS IN BRIDGES

    公开(公告)号:US20210041316A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-11

    申请号:US16536486

    申请日:2019-08-09

    Abstract: A micromechanical pressure sensor for measuring a pressure differential includes a diaphragm having an inner region and two edge regions, one opposite the other with respect to the inner region. Two or more piezoresistive resistance devices are on the diaphragm, at least one in each of the inner and edge region, and are configured to be electrically connected in a bridge circuit. The micromechanical pressure sensor is configured so that an operating temperature of the one or more piezoresistive resistance devices in the inner region is substantially the same as an operating temperature of the one or more piezoresistive resistance devices in at least one of the edge regions throughout a full operating range such that an error of the micromechanical pressure sensor output resulting from self-heating is less than if the micromechanical pressure sensor were not configured to maintain the operating temperatures substantially the same.

    DYNAMIC WIPER CONTROL
    67.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210016746A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-01-21

    申请号:US16674826

    申请日:2019-11-05

    Abstract: A windshield wiper system (WWS) is provided and includes a wiper blade, a motor assembly and a control system. The wiper blade includes a tip. The motor assembly is configured to drive the wiper blade in a sweep pattern across a windshield. The control system is configured to control the driving of the wiper blade by the motor assembly in accordance with positions of the tip of the wiper blade.

    Acoustic angle-of-attack sensor
    68.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10884017B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-01-05

    申请号:US15934584

    申请日:2018-03-23

    Inventor: Todd Anthony Ell

    Abstract: An angle-of-attack sensor includes at least one acoustic transmitter is configured to provide an acoustic pulse. The first acoustic receiver is positioned at a radial distance from the at least one acoustic transmitter. The first acoustic receiver is configured to receive the acoustic pulse at a first time and provide a first receiver signal. The second acoustic receiver is positioned at the radial distance from the at least one acoustic transmitter aligned with an axis that extends through the at least one acoustic transmitter and the first acoustic receiver. The second acoustic receiver is configured to receive the acoustic pulse at a second time and provide a second receiver signal. The angle-of-attack circuitry is configured to determine a delay difference between the first and second receiver signals representative of a difference between the first time and the second time and determine an angle-of-attack based upon the delay difference.

    Inert environment fusible links
    69.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10861665B1

    公开(公告)日:2020-12-08

    申请号:US16593714

    申请日:2019-10-04

    Abstract: A micro-fuse assembly includes a substrate, a number of thin-film micro-fuses on the substrate, and a topping wafer configured to sealingly engage to at least one of the substrate or the thin-film micro-fuses to define a cavity therebetween. The cavity is configured to encapsulate the thin-film micro-fuses within an inert environment sealed within the cavity. A method of encapsulating a micro-fuse assembly within an inert environment using a topping wafer is also disclosed.

    REDUNDANT RESISTOR NETWORK
    70.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200373042A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-11-26

    申请号:US16416541

    申请日:2019-05-20

    Inventor: David P. Potasek

    Abstract: Provided are embodiments for a resistor array. The resistor array includes a plurality of resistor elements, where the plurality of resistor elements includes a redundancy region for a most significant bit of an expected value. The resistor array also includes one or more switches coupled to the plurality of resistor elements, and a first terminal and a second terminal coupled to the plurality of resistor elements. Also provided are embodiments for trimming the resistor array where the resistor array includes a redundancy region for a most significant bit for an expected value.

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