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公开(公告)号:US20250010987A1
公开(公告)日:2025-01-09
申请号:US18892293
申请日:2024-09-20
Applicant: Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation, a subsidiary of The Boeing Company , The Boeing Company
Inventor: Michael J. Duffy , Oliver Daniel Ensslin , Emanuele Marano
Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems, apparatuses, and methods relating to a fan apparatus including a lift fan mounted in a duct and a cover for the lift fan. In some examples, a fan apparatus has a louvered cover including louvers having different chord lengths and/or different projection distances relative to one another when the louvers are in an intermediate (transitional) position. In some examples, a fan apparatus includes a louver actuation assembly configured to move louvers of the fan apparatus rotationally and translationally between open and closed positions. In some examples, a fan apparatus includes a fluid-actuated sealing assembly configured to form a seal between a sealing member and a cover, such as a louvered cover.
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公开(公告)号:US12129024B2
公开(公告)日:2024-10-29
申请号:US17555299
申请日:2021-12-17
Applicant: Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation, a subsidiary of The Boeing Company , The Boeing Company
Inventor: Michael J. Duffy , Oliver Daniel Ensslin , Emanuele Marano
CPC classification number: B64C29/0025 , B64C3/38 , B64C21/02 , F02K1/002
Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems, apparatuses, and methods relating to a fan apparatus including a lift fan mounted in a duct and a cover for the lift fan. In some examples, a fan apparatus has a louvered cover including louvers having different chord lengths and/or different projection distances relative to one another when the louvers are in an intermediate (transitional) position. In some examples, a fan apparatus includes a louver actuation assembly configured to move louvers of the fan apparatus rotationally and translationally between open and closed positions. In some examples, a fan apparatus includes a fluid-actuated sealing assembly configured to form a seal between a sealing member and a cover, such as a louvered cover.
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公开(公告)号:US20220194575A1
公开(公告)日:2022-06-23
申请号:US17555299
申请日:2021-12-17
Applicant: Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation, a subsidiary of The Boeing Company , The Boeing Company
Inventor: Michael J. Duffy , Oliver Daniel Ensslin , Emanuele Marano
Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems, apparatuses, and methods relating to a fan apparatus including a lift fan mounted in a duct and a cover for the lift fan. In some examples, a fan apparatus has a louvered cover including louvers having different chord lengths and/or different projection distances relative to one another when the louvers are in an intermediate (transitional) position. In some examples, a fan apparatus includes a louver actuation assembly configured to move louvers of the fan apparatus rotationally and translationally between open and closed positions. In some examples, a fan apparatus includes a fluid-actuated sealing assembly configured to form a seal between a sealing member and a cover, such as a louvered cover.
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公开(公告)号:US20180002133A1
公开(公告)日:2018-01-04
申请号:US15196562
申请日:2016-06-29
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor: Tiffany A. Stewart , Guillermo Herrera , Jacob John Mikulsky , Christopher P. Henry
CPC classification number: B65H59/387 , B65H59/04 , B65H2701/31 , D04B15/44
Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for feeding thread at a knitting machine. One embodiment is a thread feeding device which includes a spool that supplies thread to a knitting device through a thread path and a motor that drives the spool. The device and further includes a mobile guide in the thread path that changes position due to changes in thread tension as the knitting device draws thread through the mobile guide. The thread feeding device also includes a sensor that measures a change in position of the mobile guide, and a controller that determines an amount of tension applied to the thread by the knitting device based on the change in position, and adjusts a speed of a motor that drives the spool based on the amount of tension.
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公开(公告)号:US20250165005A1
公开(公告)日:2025-05-22
申请号:US18671612
申请日:2024-05-22
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor: Samet Ayhan
IPC: G05D1/644 , B64D45/00 , G05D1/48 , G05D101/15 , G05D109/20
Abstract: A method for selecting an altitude changing phase route for an aircraft is presented. The method comprises receiving sequences of multivariate flight data from at least one prior flight, receiving a set of flight parameters for the aircraft including at least a total altitude change and a takeoff weight, and receiving a set of candidate altitude changing phase routes having candidate step profiles. For each candidate altitude changing phase route, a sequence of fuel burn quantities is predicted for the respective candidate step profile based on at least the sequences of multivariate flight data and the set of flight parameters. The fuel burn quantities are summed over the candidate altitude changing phase route to obtain an estimated fuel burn. A preferred candidate altitude changing phase route having a lowest estimated fuel burn is indicated.
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公开(公告)号:US20250154781A1
公开(公告)日:2025-05-15
申请号:US18510353
申请日:2023-11-15
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor: Justin A. Restivo
IPC: E04G21/32
Abstract: Collapsible guardrails comprise a base, a mid rail, a top rail, a lower left-side leg, an upper left-side leg, a lower right-side leg, and an upper right-side leg. Collapsible guardrails have a deployed configuration and a collapsed configuration.
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公开(公告)号:US12300887B2
公开(公告)日:2025-05-13
申请号:US18185933
申请日:2023-03-17
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor: James Timothy Barrett
Abstract: Reflector antennas and related methods are disclosed. An example antenna includes a base; a first rib and a second rib, the first rib and the second rib moveable relative to the base; a reflective material carried by the first rib and the second rib, the first rib, the second rib, and the reflective material to define a reflector portion of the antenna; and a gold-plated clip to couple a portion of the reflective material to the first rib.
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公开(公告)号:US12296984B2
公开(公告)日:2025-05-13
申请号:US18545481
申请日:2023-12-19
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor: Daniel R. Smith , Darrell D. Jones
Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for assembling a wing. Methods include suspending an upper wing panel of an aircraft beneath a shuttle, translating a rib to a position it, and placing the rib into contact with, then affixing the rib to, the upper wing panel, while suspended. Some methods include installing ribs and spars to the upper wing panel, and joining a lower wing panel to the ribs and spars, while the upper wing panel is suspended. Some methods involve joining ribs to spars (e.g., all, or some) to produce a support structure that is then affixed to the upper wing panel. Systems include a shuttle that suspends an upper wing panel, and a cart that includes supports to hold a rib, a chassis to translate the rib to a position beneath the upper wing panel, and a lifting apparatus to lift the rib into contact with the upper wing panel.
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公开(公告)号:US12296547B2
公开(公告)日:2025-05-13
申请号:US18340212
申请日:2023-06-23
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor: Kariza T. Martin , Jason McBain
Abstract: A curing tool assembly for composite manufacturing includes a curing tool and a cover plate. The curing tool includes a tool surface that defines a resin channel. The cover plate overlays the resin channel. The cover plate defines openings in fluidic communication with the resin channel. The openings are arranged to provide different flow capacity through different portions of the cover plate along the channel axis. Methods for composite manufacturing with the curing tool assembly are also disclosed. A system for composite manufacturing includes the curing tool, the cover plate, a fluid impervious layer and a differential pressure generator.
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公开(公告)号:US12296437B2
公开(公告)日:2025-05-13
申请号:US17971718
申请日:2022-10-24
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor: Matthew B. Moore , Patrick B. Stone
Abstract: A system includes a support beam elongated along a longitudinal axis. The support beam includes a first end portion longitudinally opposed from a second end portion, a first beam-side indexing feature proximate the first end portion, and a second beam-side indexing feature proximate the second end portion. The system further includes a first frame assembly having a first base portion, a first riser portion defining a first vertical axis, and a first carriage connected to the first riser portion and moveable relative to the first riser portion along the first vertical axis. The system further includes a second frame assembly having a second base portion, a second riser portion defining a second vertical axis, and a second carriage to the second riser portion and moveable relative to the second riser portion along the second vertical axis.
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