Ge Aviation Systems Limited

Convenience Marine Products, Inc.

Mark Lawrence Turner

Frank Saggio, Iii

Michael Steven Feldmann

Henry M Anderson, Jr

John Andrew Ingersoll

Lawrence William Stimac

Timothy John Paasche

Frank Iii Saggio

Frank Saggio

A vehicle and method of operating a vehicle in a vehicle traffic control system includes receiving a grid projection from a grid generator, generating a navigation output, transmitting the navigation output to the vehicle traffic control system, receiving the vehicle traffic control plan from the vehicle traffic control system, and operating the vehicle.

Method and vehicle traffic control system

A system and method of generating plan information for vehicles in a vehicle traffic or vehicle parking zone, including projecting into space, from a set of grid generators at the vehicle traffic or vehicle parking zone, a set of lines defining a relative navigation grid and encoded with grid data configured to identify predetermined points on the relative navigation grid, and detecting, with a detector module on a vehicle, a location of the vehicle within the grid.

A relative navigation system and methods of intrusion detection for such a relative navigation system where the method includes repeatedly projecting from a grid generator a set of lines defining a grid into three dimensional space to define a field bounded by the grid and encoded with grid data configured to identify predetermined points on the grid and determining a presence of an intruding object within the field.

System and methods of detecting an intruding object in a relative navigation system

A method and system for a refueling drogue coupling system are provided. The system includes a coupling latch assembly coupled to the coupling outlet wherein the coupling latch assembly includes a latch member configured to matingly engage a complementary latch-receiving member of a refueling probe. The coupling latch assembly further includes a latch member actuator operatively coupled to the latch member to permit the latch member to move from a first locked position to a second unlocked position. A probe position sensor is configured to detect a position of the refueling probe. A hose tension sensor is configured to measure a tension in a hose coupled to the coupling inlet. A drogue control system is positioned on the refueling drogue coupling system and communicatively coupled to the latch member actuator, the probe position sensor, and the hose tension sensor.

Method and system for a refueling drogue assembly

A self-contained fire protection system for an engine compartment and the like includes a gas cylinder or bottle having an outlet and a manifold secured to the cylinder. The manifold defines a through passage. Secured to the manifold is a thermally responsive actuator. The actuator includes a cap which is released in a fire condition permitting the contents of the cylinder to be discharged. A pressure switch having a pressure sensing port is mounted on the manifold. A switch activation accelerator includes an elongated stand pipe or tube extending from the pressure sensing port. The tube moves the effective position of the sensing port to an ambient pressure location.

Cylinder pressure switch for automatic fire protection systems

A mounting assembly for fire extinguishers which includes a bracket shaped to define a substantially V-shaped trough. A flexible strap is adapted to be wrapped tautly about the fire extinguisher and thereby hold it tightly in the bracket's trough. The strap includes a bail which cooperates with a pivotally mounted latch member for locking the strap against the extinguisher. The strap also includes an aperture which is adapted to be interlockingly attached to a hook structure provided on the bracket. This arrangement permits the strap to be quickly and easily removed from or attached to the bracket without the use of tools. Due to the bracket's substantially two-point engagement with the extinguisher, and the easy release and attachment of the flexible strap, the mounting assembly may be easily adapted to hold fire extinguishers of various sizes by the easily performed exchange of the flexible strap. Furthermore, a pair of tracks are provided to receive and support the bail, when locked to the latch member, to resist deformation and premature failure of the bail. Also, a bottom support having an abutment flange for supporting the bottom of the extinguisher is designed to be mounted wihtin a channel provided in the bottom bracket of the mounting assembly. The channel and bottom support are constructed so that the bottom support may be mounted therein regardless of which side of the extinguisher the projecting leg of the bracket extends.

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Grand Rapids, MI, United States of America

Mark Lawrence Turner