221 |
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ICING FLIGHT TESTS |
US15640960 |
2017-07-03 |
US20170299462A1 |
2017-10-19 |
Cris Bosetti; Fred Norman Krueger; Ian Miles Gunter; Dean Walters |
Systems and methods for the manufacture and use of artificial ice shapes for aircraft certification, including methods of manufacturing artificial ice shapes, artificial ice component systems for attachment to aircraft, methods of flight testing aircraft having artificial ice sections attached thereto, and artificial ice testing systems. |
222 |
Vehicle dragging system and vehicle inspection system |
US14582087 |
2014-12-23 |
US09783366B2 |
2017-10-10 |
Jianmin Li; Mingliang Li; Yuanjing Li; Yulan Li; Ying Li; Tao Song |
The present invention discloses A vehicle dragging system, comprising a first dragging means and a second dragging means, which are sequentially arranged along a vehicle dragging direction, wherein in the vehicle dragging direction, the first dragging means is arranged at the upstream of the second dragging means, and a separating section is arranged between the first dragging means and the second dragging means, so that the first dragging means is separated from the second dragging means by a preset distance in the vehicle dragging direction, wherein the first dragging means comprises a first supporting plate, a first elongated traction element and a first pushing element connected with the first elongated traction element, and the first pushing element is adapted to move around the first supporting plate for pushing wheels to move along the first supporting plate, in order to drive a vehicle to advance; the second dragging means comprises a second supporting plate, a second elongated traction element and a second pushing element connected with the second elongated traction element, and the second pushing element is adapted to move along the second supporting plate for pushing wheels to move along the second supporting plate, in order to drive the vehicle to advance. |
223 |
Driving device |
US15044168 |
2016-02-16 |
US09707908B2 |
2017-07-18 |
Masanori Kurimoto; Yuki Iwagami |
A driving device 5 includes: a fault detection device 11 that determines a fault in an actuator 6; a serial interface 7 that communicates with an MCU 2; a memory device 10 that stores a program received from the MCU 2 and a fault determination result by the fault detection device 11; a CPU 9 that causes the fault detection device 11 to execute the fault determination according to a fault determination request from the MCU 2; a timer device 16 that measures a limit time over which fault determination is performed and a determination period of fault determination; and a counter device 17 that counts the number of repeats of fault determination and the number of fault occurrences in the actuator 6. |
224 |
Method and system for performing crash analysis of one or more vehicles |
US14662338 |
2015-03-19 |
US09665995B2 |
2017-05-30 |
Arijit Chowdhury; Tapas Chakravarty; Balamuralidhar Purushothaman |
A method and system for crash analysis of one or more vehicles involved in a crash is disclosed. The method may comprise capturing data samples such as a plurality of GPS samples and a plurality of acceleration samples. The method may further comprise generating a trajectory. Moreover, the method may comprise segmenting the trajectory into a macro level segment and further into a micro level segment. The method may further comprise computing at least one macro level score based on the plurality of acceleration samples and the GPS samples. Based on the at least one macro level score, the method may be configured to compute a crash responsibility score for ascertaining crash responsibility. |
225 |
VEHICLE TRANSACTIONS USING OBJECTIVE VEHICLE DATA |
US15201317 |
2016-07-01 |
US20170147990A1 |
2017-05-25 |
René Franke; Christian Röckers; Michael Reinhold Schulte; Michael Brian Morrison; James Powell Hastings |
A digital surface representation of a vehicle serves as an objective basis for identifying impaired physical conditions such as hail damage or other surface defects. This objective information can be integrated with other information and used as a reliable benchmark for vehicle value or condition in vehicle transactions. |
226 |
Methods and systems for displaying vehicle data parameters with a uniform cursor movement |
US14531686 |
2014-11-03 |
US09632656B2 |
2017-04-25 |
Joshua Covington; April Reynald |
Methods and system pertaining to displaying vehicle data parameters (VDP) are described. A vehicle service tool (VST) with a display can receive vehicle data messages or signals from a vehicle to receive the VDP. Some of the VDP can be associated with a PID. The VST can display VDP thresholds and indicators when a received VDP has breached a VDP threshold. The VST can determine being changed from a landscape orientation to a portrait orientation or vice versa and responsively change the presentation of VDP graphs displayed by the display. The display can receive various inputs such as a drag-and-drop or pinch-and-expand input to alternatively change the presentation of the VDP graphs being displayed. Changing a VDP presentation of graphs can include resizing or repositioning one or more VDP graph windows including a VDP graph. |
227 |
CLIMATE VEHICLE WITH WIND TUNNEL AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY TESTING VEHICLE COMPONENTS |
US15239860 |
2016-08-18 |
US20170052090A1 |
2017-02-23 |
Andreas Jentsch; Janek Junghans; Kai-Alexander Marx; Arne Thormann |
A climate vehicle for testing a vehicle component under defined climate conditions includes a cabin that is separated by a cabin shell from a climate vehicle environment surrounding the climate vehicle. A climate control unit is arranged in the cabin and configured to control the climate of the air that is present in the cabin. A fan is configured to accelerate the climate-controlled air in a defined direction. A tunnel with an inlet opening is configured to receive the accelerated climate-controlled air. The tunnel has a tubular tunnel part configured to convey the accelerated climate-controlled air. The tubular tunnel part has a section that accommodates the vehicle component to be tested. The tunnel has an outlet opening configured to release the conveyed accelerated climate-controlled air into the cabin. |
228 |
System for dynamic diagnosis of apparatus operating conditions |
US14085305 |
2013-11-20 |
US09562830B2 |
2017-02-07 |
Paul J. Rother |
A diagnostic platform includes a processor, storage media and user interfaces, including a display screen, the processor being coupled to engine analyzer hardware and adapted to be coupled to a scanner for downloading data from vehicle on-board computers. The system stores libraries of information regarding vehicle identifications, drivability symptoms exhibited by vehicles, vehicle system and component tests and service codes which can be registered by the vehicle on-board computer. System software permits the user to input an identification of the vehicle under test and, in one mode of operation, displays a library of faults, such as symptoms or service codes, from which the user can select those exhibited by the vehicle, whereupon the system selects from the test library those tests pertinent to diagnosis of the causes of the selected faults and displays them in a hierarchically ranked order based on likelihood of successful diagnosis of the faults. The user can then select and initiate any displayed test. In other modes, the system initially displays one of the libraries of system or component tests, from which the user selects those deemed appropriate, whereupon the system highlights icons which can be selected for initiating pertinent test procedures. Selected test procedures may include links to the engine analyzer or scanner hardware or other appropriate test modules. |
229 |
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING CORROSION OF MOBILE BODY |
US15270775 |
2016-09-20 |
US20170010183A1 |
2017-01-12 |
Nobutoshi KONAGAI; Ruri NAKADA; Kouta SAKO; Yuya ITO; Sachiko SUZUKI; Satoru ANDO; Yoshiharu SUGIMOTO |
A mobile body corrosion measuring apparatus having a corrosion sensor installed in at least one portion of a mobile body, the corrosion sensor measuring a corrosion state at the portion and outputting corrosion data; a vehicle (mobile body) running speed sensor installed in the mobile body, the running speed sensor measuring a running speed of the mobile body and outputting the running speed data; and a data collection unit that acquires the corrosion data from the corrosion sensor and the running speed data from the vehicle speed sensor at the same time and collects the corrosion data and the running speed data with the corrosion data and the running speed data associated with each other. Due to above structure, a corrosion state specific to the mobile body can be accurately measured. |
230 |
Near-flight testing maneuvers for autonomous aircraft |
US14643017 |
2015-03-10 |
US09501061B2 |
2016-11-22 |
Michael-David Nakayoshi Canoy; Kiet Tuan Chau; Stephen Alton Sprigg |
Methods, devices, systems, and non-transitory process-readable media for evaluating operating conditions of an autonomous aircraft before performing a mission by executing brief near-flight testing maneuvers at a low elevation. A processor of the autonomous aircraft may receive near-flight testing maneuver instructions that indicate a near-flight testing maneuver to be executed by the autonomous aircraft. The processor may control motors to cause the aircraft to execute a near-flight testing maneuver within a testing area, obtain data indicating stability and performance information while executing the near-flight testing maneuvers, and take an action in response to the obtained data. Actions may include adjusting a position of a payload, a weight, or a portion of the aircraft based on the obtained data, and adjusting a flight plan. The near-flight testing maneuvers may include a sequence of moves for testing stability of the aircraft and payload executing a flight path under anticipated flying conditions. |
231 |
Method and system for categorizing vehicle treatment facilities into treatment complexity levels |
US14946111 |
2015-11-19 |
US09495667B1 |
2016-11-15 |
William J. Leise |
To determine a vehicle treatment facility for treating a damaged vehicle after a crash, several treatment facilities within a predetermined distance of the damaged vehicle may be categorized by treatment complexity level. Treatment facilities within the same treatment complexity level category as the damaged vehicle may be ranked based on several treatment facility evaluation characteristics such as repair duration data, quality rating, availability, price schedule, location data, or a quality rating for one or more suppliers used by the treatment facility. A treatment facility may then be selected for treating the damaged vehicle based on the rankings. |
232 |
Method and apparatus for measuring corrosion of mobile body |
US13912534 |
2013-06-07 |
US09476799B2 |
2016-10-25 |
Nobutoshi Konagai; Ruri Nakada; Kouta Sako; Yuya Ito; Sachiko Suzuki; Satoru Ando; Yoshiharu Sugimoto |
A mobile body corrosion measuring apparatus having a corrosion sensor installed in at least one portion of a mobile body, the corrosion sensor measuring a corrosion state at the portion and outputting corrosion data; a vehicle (mobile body) running speed sensor installed in the mobile body, the running speed sensor measuring a running speed of the mobile body and outputting the running speed data; and a data collection unit that acquires the corrosion data from the corrosion sensor and the running speed data from the vehicle speed sensor at the same time and collects the corrosion data and the running speed data with the corrosion data and the running speed data associated with each other. Due to above structure, a corrosion state specific to the mobile body can be accurately measured. |
233 |
Method and Apparatus for Simulating a Non-Linear Force |
US15032156 |
2015-08-19 |
US20160258502A1 |
2016-09-08 |
Kenneth D. CLEVELAND |
Non-linear forces are simulated by a dual-rate spring apparatus, which may also be used to impose nonlinear forces. The apparatus includes a carriage and at least two springs arranged sequentially in series with one another. The spring constant is changed by initially allowing both of the springs to compress to a point and, thereafter, after one spring is generally completely compressed, allowing only the other spring to compress further. |
234 |
POST-DRIVE SUMMARY WITH TUTORIAL |
US14989483 |
2016-01-06 |
US20160221439A1 |
2016-08-04 |
Cheryl N. Platz; John P. Hendricks; Mark O'Hanlon |
Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to vehicle notifications. In aspects, while a vehicle is in motion, certain types of notifications are not presented to the driver. After the vehicle has stopped and a point appropriate for notification is occurring, a notification may be presented. The notification may assist a driver in, for example, learning features of the vehicle, improving efficiency, or in many other ways. |
235 |
Method and system for validating information |
US13805718 |
2011-06-22 |
US09393958B2 |
2016-07-19 |
Ulrich Stählin; Thomas Grotendorst |
A method for validating information, wherein a first information item is detected essentially continuously, at least for the duration of its relevance, by a vehicle-to-X communication device, wherein a second information item is detected at the same time as the first information item by at least an individual sensor or a group of sensors, wherein the at least one individual sensor or the group of sensors is coupled at the data level to the vehicle-to-X communication device and wherein the first and/or second information items are validated by reconciling an information content of the first and second information items in the case of corresponding information content. The method is distinguished by the fact that the second information item is detected in an essentially discontinuous fashion. |
236 |
Aircraft electronic fingerprint and monitoring performance of an aircraft component using the aircraft's electronic fingerprint |
US14460408 |
2014-08-15 |
US09384601B2 |
2016-07-05 |
Nicolas B. Duarte; Yu Jiao |
An initial electronic fingerprint for a vehicle and selected component of the vehicle, e.g. an aircraft windshield having a heatable member, is made. During operation of the aircraft, the initial electronic fingerprint of the aircraft and a real time electronic fingerprint of the aircraft are compared to determine the operating performance of the heatable member. The parameter that provides the performance of the component includes a time count within a predetermined time period. As the time count increases during the predetermined time period, the performance of the heatable member toward unacceptable performance increases. |
237 |
Test system |
US13898781 |
2013-05-21 |
US09322743B2 |
2016-04-26 |
Katsumi Uratani; Katsuhiro Hachiuma |
This invention is a test system 1 that is used for a mobile object such as a vehicle or a component used for the mobile object, and the test system 1 comprises one or a plurality of devices for test 4 used for a test and a device administrating device 7 that is connected to the device for test 4 in a communicable manner and that administrates the device for test 4, and is characterized by that the device administrating device 7 or the device for test 4 comprises a QC storing part 45 that stores a regulation ID to identify a regulation for the test and a quality check time or item to be provided for the device for test 4 in a mutually associated manner. |
238 |
AIRCRAFT FLIGHT CHARACTERISTIC MEASUREMENT |
US14500681 |
2014-09-29 |
US20160091362A1 |
2016-03-31 |
Fredric H. Schmitz; N. Sudarshana Koushik; Richard D. Sickenberger; William T. Eckert |
A method and device of measuring external flight characteristics of aircraft, including fixed-wing, rotorcraft, and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, utilizes one or more floating platforms, each supporting one or more measuring instruments. The floating platform may be a hot air balloon, dirigible or other quasi-neutrally-buoyant airship, untethered to avoid interference between the aircraft being measured and any tether. Measurement of rotorcraft acoustic characteristics is particularly enhanced by permitting measurements that account for directionality of noise sources and are not affected by wind or reflected noise. |
239 |
GAS TURBINE ENGINE MOUNTING ARRANGEMENT |
US14858510 |
2015-09-18 |
US20160090868A1 |
2016-03-31 |
Glyn D. BRAIN |
A failsafe pin for providing a backup load path for attaching a gas turbine engine to an aircraft structure is provided with a driving element that allows a torque to be provided to the pin in order to check whether the pin has been engaged, and thus whether a primary load path has failed. The pin is provided with anti-tamper arrangements in order to ensure that the pin itself is not compromised when being tested for engagement. |
240 |
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ICING FLIGHT TESTS |
US14488251 |
2014-09-16 |
US20160076968A1 |
2016-03-17 |
Cris Bosetti; Fred Norman Krueger; Ian Miles Gunter; Dean Walters |
Systems and methods for the manufacture and use of artificial ice shapes for aircraft certification, including methods of manufacturing artificial ice shapes, artificial ice component systems for attachment to aircraft, methods of flight testing aircraft having artificial ice sections attached thereto, and artificial ice testing systems. |