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Method of determining a turbulent condition in an aircraft

A method (100) of determining a turbulent condition in an aircraft (10) with a handheld device where the handheld device has at least one of a gyroscope, seismometer, and an accelerometer (42) where t…

DRIVE·Mar 12·1 min read

B64D45/00 GE AVIAT SYSTEMS LLC [US]

System and method for utilizing multiple sensors

A sensor system (10) having multiple sensors (14) and having a grid generator (12) projecting into space a relative navigation grid (24) and a method of utilizing multiple airborne sensors (14) operab…

DRIVE·Mar 5·1 min read

G01C11/02 GE AVIAT SYSTEMS LLC [US]

Methods for determining suitable waypoint locations

Methods for determining suitable locations for placement of one or more flight plan (52) waypoints (54) for an aircraft within a volume of space (50). Such methods may include reducing the volume of s…

DRIVE·Mar 5·1 min read

G01C21/00 GE AVIAT SYSTEMS LLC [US]

Method for displaying suitability of future waypoint locations

A method for illustrating an aircraft flight plan comprising at least one waypoint (42) on a flight display (22) of a flight deck (18) of an aircraft (10), where the method may include displaying on t…

DRIVE·Jan 29·1 min read

G01C21/20 GE AVIAT SYSTEMS LLC [US]

Method for displaying a user entered flight path

A method for selecting and displaying a flight path (46) for an aircraft (10) on a display of a flight deck (18) of the aircraft (10) that allows a user to input a selected flight path on a map displa…

DRIVE·Jan 29·1 min read

G01C21/20 GE AVIAT SYSTEMS LLC [US]

Apparatus for extracting input power from the low pressure spool of a turbine engine

An apparatus for powering an aircraft by generating power from a pressure spool (26,28) of a turbine engine (10) includes a speed range reduction assembly (74,740) that reduces the higher speed ranges…

DRIVE·Sep 11·1 min read

F02C7/32 GE AVIAT SYSTEMS LLC [US]

System and methods for maintaining and operating an aircraft

A method of providing maintenance to an aircraft having multiple aircraft systems and a method of operating an aircraft having multiple aircraft systems, with at least some of the aircraft systems out…

DRIVE·Aug 14·1 min read

B64F5/00 GE AVIAT SYSTEMS LLC [US]

Methods for adjusting a relative navigation system

A relative navigation system projects a grid (20,30) into space from a grid generator (10) and an object, such as an unmanned aerial vehicle (18), may use the projected grid (20,30) to aid in the land…

DRIVE·May 8·1 min read

B64F1/20 GE AVIAT SYSTEMS LLC [US]

System and method for improving viewability of primary flight display

An aircraft management system is used in displaying a primary flight display screen (100). The primary flight display screen has a predetermined height (H) and includes a horizontal situation indicato…

DRIVE·Nov 14·1 min read

G01C23/005 GE AVIAT SYSTEMS LLC [US]

Flight management system with integrated tactical commands for use with an aircraft and method of operating same

A flight management system (24) for use in automatically generating a flight path trajectory (26) for an aircraft (10) is provided. The flight path trajectory including a plurality of waypoints (28) a…

DRIVE·Jul 11·2 min read

G01C21/20 GE AVIAT SYSTEMS LLC [US]

Airport feature data interchange method for conformal display

An airport feature data interchange method provides bandwidth reduction in airport feature data interchange in an aircraft by: obtaining (61) the absolute coordinates of an airport reference location …

DRIVE·Jul 11·1 min read

G01C23/005 GE AVIAT SYSTEMS LLC [US]

Method and system for determining a component's resistance to flow

A flow monitoring system (138) includes one or more sensors (146,148) configured to generate a signals representative of a pressure of a fluid at a location upstream of a component, a pressure of the …

DRIVE·Jun 27·1 min read

B01D46/0086 GE AVIAT SYSTEMS LLC [US]

System and method for operating a thrust reverser for a turbofan propulsion system

A thrust reverser assembly (12) for use in a turbofan engine assembly (10) is provided. The engine assembly including a core gas turbine engine (14), a core cowl (18) which circumscribes the core gas …

DRIVE·Jun 20·2 min read

F02K1/72 GE AVIAT SYSTEMS LLC [US]

Combustion dynamics monitoring ignition system for a gas turbine

A combustor (102) including a casing (104) surrounding a combustion zone (106), and an ignitor plug (108) including a tip (110), a base (112), and a body (114) extending therebetween, the body (114) e…

DRIVE·May 23·1 min read

F02C7/266 GE AVIAT SYSTEMS LLC [US]

System and method for improving touch screen display use under vibration and turbulence

A vehicle control system (100) includes a sensor (102,206) configured to transmit a first input signal relative to a measured parameter of the vehicle, a touch screen input and display system (104) co…

DRIVE·May 23·1 min read

B60K35/00 GE AVIAT SYSTEMS LLC [US]