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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2022

Filed:

May. 14, 2019
Applicant:

GE Global Sourcing Llc, Norwalk, CT (US);

Inventors:

Eugene Smith, Melbourne, FL (US);

Mark Bradshaw Kraeling, Melbourne, FL (US);

Michael Scott Miner, Melbourne, FL (US);

Shannon Joseph Clouse, Erie, PA (US);

Anwarul Azam, Lawrence Park, PA (US);

Matthew Lawrence Blair, Lawrence Park, PA (US);

Nidhi Naithani, Bangalore, IN;

Dattaraj Jagdish Rao, Bangalore, IN;

Anju Bind, Bangalore, IN;

Sreyashi Dey Chaki, Bangalore, IN;

Scott Daniel Nelson, Melbourne, FL (US);

Nikhil Uday Naphade, Maharashtra, IN;

Wing Yeung Chung, Erie, PA (US);

Daniel Malachi Ballesty, Wattsburg, PA (US);

Glenn Robert Shaffer, Erie, PA (US);

Jeffrey James Kisak, Erie, PA (US);

Dale Martin DiDomenico, Melbourne, FL (US);

Shawn Arthur McClintic, Erie, PA (US);

David Peltz, Norwalk, CT (US);

Assignee:

GE Global Sourcing LLC, Norwalk, CT (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B61C 17/12 (2006.01); B60L 15/32 (2006.01); B60L 15/34 (2006.01); B60T 13/66 (2006.01); B60L 15/38 (2006.01); B60L 15/00 (2006.01); B60T 17/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B61C 17/12 (2013.01); B60L 15/00 (2013.01); B60L 15/32 (2013.01); B60L 15/34 (2013.01); B60L 15/38 (2013.01); B60T 13/665 (2013.01); B60T 17/228 (2013.01); B60L 2200/26 (2013.01); Y02T 10/72 (2013.01); Y02T 90/16 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method includes determining, with a sensor assembly disposed onboard a first aerial vehicle, a direction in which a fluid flows within or through the first aerial vehicle, and determining an orientation of the first aerial vehicle relative to a second aerial vehicle based at least in part on the direction in which the fluid flows within or through the first aerial vehicle.


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