Carleton Life Support Systems Inc.

Scott H Harvey

Kevin P Hurley

Timothy Raleigh

Sammy K Mickelson

Matt Lund

Robert Francois

Brad M Bagby

An aerial refueling system for refueling a receiver aircraft in flight comprises a hose reel assembly mounted onto a fuel supply aircraft's fuselage. The hose reel assembly has a rotatable drum defined by an outside diameter. A hose is wound around the drum and has an outlet end with a drogue affixed thereto. A telescoping stowage tube stores the outlet end of the hose and the drogue when the system is not in use and guides the outlet end and the drogue toward the receiver aircraft when the system is in use. The telescoping stowage tube has a forward end configured to be mounted on the hose reel assembly to receive the hose from the drum and an aft end adapted to be mounted to the door. As a result, the telescoping stowage tube may be extendable between a retracted stowed position and an extended position for refueling.

Telescoping stowage tube and rotating hose reel for cargo bay refueling system

A first aspect of the invention includes a multi-stage gas compressor having a central cam with a plurality of pistons operably connected to and radially extending from the central cam. The cam follower assemblies each include a roller element connected to a roller bracket which rides within and along a guide channel defines by facing grooves formed in housing end plates.

Radial cam-driven compressor and radial cam-driven compressor assemblies

An ionically conductive ceramic element includes a central unit (). The central unit () is composed of a plurality of integrated manifold and tube modules (IMAT) () joined end to end along a central axis (A). Each IMAT module () has a tube support portion () and a plurality of tubes () extending from the first surface (). The tubes () each have a closed end () and an open end. The second surface () is at least partially open to the atmosphere. The open ends of the tubes () are open to the atmosphere through the second surface (). An interior space () is formed in the interior of the IMAT () for collecting a desired product gas. A collection tube () is operable joined with a first end () of the central unit () for transporting the desired product gas collected in the interior space () of the connected IMAT modules ().

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West Liberty, IA, United States of America

Scott H Harvey