Aerovironment, Inc.

Disney Enterprises, Inc.

Ronald Howard Olch

Justin Bates McAllister

Bart Dean Hibbs

Pavel Belik

Uchenna Ofoma

Lane Dennis Dalan

Emil Ghapgharan

Jason Allen Firanski

A water-tight or air-tight accessible compartment has a removable hatch sealed at the edge with elastically conformable opposing seals, with elongate communication elements extending into the compartment between the opposing seals, seals conforming to the topology formed between the compartment edge and the elongate communication elements.

Water-tight compartment with removable hatch and two-sided gel seal for multiple conduit access

A motor assembly that includes a motor () having a rotatable shaft, a hub coupled to the rotatable shaft, the hub having a propeller indexer to receive a propeller (), when the propeller is present, a sensor trigger rotatable with the shaft () and positioned at a propeller offset angle &#x3b8;from the propeller indexer, and a sensor coupled to the motor and positioned to detect the sensor trigger so that the propeller indexer may be positioned at the propeller offset angle &#x3b8;from the sensor through rotation of the shaft so that said sensor is proximate to the sensor trigger.

System for aligning a propeller

A heat transfer system for use within an avionics bay of an aircraft is provided by the present disclosure that includes, in one form, an aircraft panel comprising an upper skin, a lower skin, and a foam core disposed between the upper skin and the lower skin. At least one heat conducting array extends through the foam core and between the upper skin and the lower skin, the heat conducting array defining at least one upper cap, at least one lower cap, and a wall portion extending between the upper cap and the lower cap, the upper cap being disposed proximate avionics within the avionics bay. A heat conducting spreader is disposed between the lower cap of the heat conducting array and the lower skin of the aircraft panel.

Heat transfer system for aircraft structures

A method of manufacturing a heat transfer system is provided that includes, in one form, preparing a heat conducting array by perforating at least a portion of the heat conducting array, placing the heat conducting array around foam elements, placing a heat conducting spreader along one surface area of the foam elements, placing a lower skin over the heat conducting spreader, placing an upper skin over an opposite surface area of the foam elements to create a structural assembly, and curing the structural assembly. A material of the foam elements flows through the perforated portion of the heat conducting array during the curing step.

Method of manufacturing a heat transfer system for aircraft structures

A heat transfer system is provided by the present disclosure that includes, in one form, a structural member having an upper skin, a lower skin, and a foam core disposed between the upper skin and the lower skin. At least one heat conducting array extends through the foam core and between the upper skin and the lower skin, the heat conducting array defining at least one upper cap, at least one lower cap, and a wall portion extending between the upper cap and the lower cap, the upper cap being disposed proximate a heat source. A heat conducting spreader is disposed between the lower cap of the heat conducting array and the lower skin of the structural member.

The system and method of the present invention optically transmits redundant packets of data using infrared signals at pseudo-random intervals to allow a receiver to distinguish between multiple simultaneous sources. The emitters repeatedly transmit a short packet at randomized intervals much shorter than the frame rate. Statistical analysis shows that the probability of collision of the desired packet with a packet from some other source is sufficiently low such that timely reception of at least one uncorrupted packet in the required time frame is assured.

System and method of optical data communication with multiple simultaneous emitters and receivers

The present invention resides in a system ( ) for controlling movement of a free-ranging vehicle ( ) about a surface ( ). The system enables the vehicle to begin its travel from starting points not known in advance and whose destination point, and thus route, can be changed during the course of travel. The system has at least two dual-axial sensors ( ) mounted to the vehicle that provide continuous acceleration data ( ), a plurality of tags ( ) fixedly arranged about the surface that provide absolute location data ( ); at least two tag readers mounted to the vehicle, each of which reads the absolute location data of the respective tags that the at least two tag readers pass over as the vehicle moves about the surface; and a computer ( ) mounted to the vehicle that functions to receive the absolute location data and the acceleration data and provides corrected motion command signals ( ) to a vehicle navigation system that controls the motion of the vehicle. Thus, the system can correct the vehicle motion command signals for errors caused by drift of the dual-axial inertial sensors based on the absolute position data.

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Van Nuys, CA, United States of America

Ronald Howard Olch