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20120035841 | AIRBORNE SEPARATION ASSURANCE SYSTEM AND REQUIRED TIME OF ARRIVAL FUNCTION COOPERATION - Methods and systems are provided for enhancing the functionality of an airborne separation assurance system (ASAS) by modifying it to cooperate with a required time of arrival (RTA) functionality. The system comprises an autopilot configured to execute a trajectory of an aircraft and a flight management system (FMS) in operable communication with the autopilot. The FMS includes a required time of arrival (RTA) system that is configured to determine an RTA aircraft trajectory of the aircraft based on a required time of arrival of the aircraft at a waypoint along the flight plan. The system also includes an airborne separation assurance system (ASAS) in operable communication with the RTA and is configured to determine a spacing trajectory based on a spacing interval from a first reference aircraft. | 02-09-2012 |
20130297102 | ELECTRIC TAXI AUTO-GUIDANCE AND CONTROL SYSTEM - An auto-guidance and control method and system is provided for use in conjunction with an aircraft electric taxi system. Aircraft status data is obtained, and airport feature data accessed. A processor generates taxi path guidance and control information including at least taxi speed guidance information, and sends commands derived from the taxi speed guidance information by the processor directly to an electric taxi controller to regulate the taxi speed of the aircraft. | 11-07-2013 |
20140067169 | ELECTRIC TAXI AUTO-GUIDANCE AND CONTROL SYSTEM - An auto-guidance and control method and system are provided for use in conjunction with an aircraft electric taxi system, wherein electric taxi guidance may be performed in a manual mode by a crew or in an auto-mode by an auto-guidance and control system. First, aircraft status data and airport feature data are accessed. A processor, in response to at least the aircraft status data and the airport feature data, generates taxi guidance information and renders the taxi guidance information on a display. A guidance route is manually navigated utilizing guidance information on the display in the manual mode. In the auto mode, taxi-path commands, generated by the processor, are applied to taxi path guidance controllers in the auto-mode. | 03-06-2014 |
20140114557 | HIGH INTEGRITY, SURFACE GUIDANCE SYSTEM FOR AIRCRAFT ELECTRIC TAXI - A high-integrity auto-guidance and control method for use in conjunction with an aircraft electric taxi drive system comprises obtaining taxi path data generating in a plurality of processors taxi path guidance and control information from the taxi path guidance data, and sending commands derived from the taxi path guidance and control information from one of the plurality of processors based on a predetermined priority scheme to at least one electric taxi controller. | 04-24-2014 |
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20130273316 | Device and Method for Wave Detection, Electrical Conduction and Fracture Resistance by Elastic Stress Patterns Induced by the Rotation of Three Dimensional Microstructural Elements - The invention is a monolithic material texture of three dimensional microstructural elements that rotate within the texture or material matrix under an applied load to produce elastic stress patterns unique to the shape, orientation and size of the microstructural elements. The applied load can arise from a mechanical load, electromagnetic wave or charge carrier. The elastic stress patterns, by themselves or superimposed upon the incoming stress, can oscillate in time with the incoming force or with the wavelike properties of charge carriers. The elastic stress patterns are used to identify the frequency, phase, amplitude and direction of an incoming wave. The elastic stress patterns may also facilitate electrical conduction and power, prevent fracture or promote material separation by the redistribution, buildup and release of elastic strain or potential energy at the atomic scale, nanoscale, micron scale or higher. | 10-17-2013 |
20130275903 | Method and Device to Design, Store and Analyze Patterns of Three Dimensional Structural Elements at the Atomic, Nanoscale, Microscale and Larger Scale Levels - With the invention, a user is able to input the size, shape, orientation, spacing and bundling of three dimensional structural elements to create a custom-designed material texture. The method computes and stores direction cosines for vectors normal to faces, coordinates of vertices, and coordinates of the center of mass of each face for each structural element. The method orders by distance other structural elements that could interact with a particular structural element within a specified radius. A probe point may advance through the texture in a straight line a number of times specified by the user. The user may also specify the density of sampling points and radius of a sphere within which analysis is performed. Each time the sampling point advances, the method detects which vertex and which face on a structural element the point of analysis is nearest. | 10-17-2013 |
20140329051 | Material Model that Couples Rotation of Micro Structural Elements with the Path of Energy Flux - The invention is a material model that treats all charge carriers, micro structural elements and disturbances as sets of energy flux vectors. The curvature and direction of the path of the energy flux vectors are vector functions whose coefficients are summations of linear and trigonometric functions. The amplitude, frequency and phase angle of the trigonometric functions can be altered and optimized by elastic stress patterns in the material, by rotation of micro structural elements, or by other energy flux vectors themselves. The curvature, direction and optimization of the path of the energy flux vectors gives rise to electric potential, electric current, fracture resistance, or the absorption or emission of a set of energy flux vectors. | 11-06-2014 |
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20130085204 | UNSCENTED AND LOW SCENTED MALODOR CONTROL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS THEREOF - Unscented and low scented malodor control compositions are provided. The malodor control compositions are suitable for a variety of applications, including use on plastic films or in fabric and air freshening products. | 04-04-2013 |
20130121950 | MALODOR CONTROL COMPOSITION HAVING AN ACID CATALYST AND METHODS THEREOF - A malodor control composition having at least one volatile aldehyde and an acid catalyst, and methods thereof are provided. The malodor control composition is suitable for a variety of applications, including use in fabric and air freshening products. | 05-16-2013 |
20130134233 | METHODS, DEVICES, COMPOSITIONS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVED SCENT DELIVERY - Systems, devices, methods, and compositions that improve the scent perception for a user. Improved scent perception is achieved by presenting alternating scents and by varying levels of output of scents, as well as by minimizing device clogging, thereby improving evaporation profiles. | 05-30-2013 |