The Boeing Company

Larry R Schultz

Bradley James Mitchell

Donald B Lee

David W Twigg

Anapathur V Ramesh

Kevin Nicholas King

Tilak C Sharma

Francis J Van Leynseele

Peter J Super

A system and method for transmitting wireless energy between two or more components housed within a faraday-like cage structure. In one preferred form a cooling plenum of an equipment rack supporting a plurality of independent components is used for transmitting wireless signals between the components. In another form a wireless backplane is formed in an equipment rack that houses a plurality of LRUs. In another example a card file housing a plurality of components forms a faraday-like cage for enabling transmission of wireless signals, either electromagnetic wave or optical signals, between various circuit boards held within the card file. The various preferred embodiments eliminate the need for expensive, bulky and heavy electrical or optical cabling to be used to intercouple the components supported within the support structure for communication.

Mechanically isolated wireless communications system and method

Analyzing system malfunction data and associated direct and indirect effects in a collaborative tool to determine relationships between the effects and the system malfunction information. System malfunction cases and other data are received and stored. A user may view and/or modify the system malfunction data. The data may be presented in a relational structure. Each system malfunction case is linked to one or more direct effects, and each direct effect is linked to one or more indirect effects.

Collaborative web-based airplane level failure effects analysis tool

A system particularly adapted for guiding aircraft through wind shear conditions includes: a thrust command control (10) for maintaining airspeed and groundspeed within a defined range; a detection system (12) for detecting and annunciating the presence of moderate and severe wind shear; and a pitch command system (14) which provides pitch command signals for optimum climb out from a wind shear condition.

Aircraft flight command and display system

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Bellevue, WA, United States of America

Larry R Schultz