ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEM AND MANAGEMENT METHODAn electrical power system includes a battery system that includes multiple battery modules, and an electrical distribution network. The battery system further includes, for each battery module of the…DRIVE·Jun 11·1 min readFollowH02J7/50The Boeing Company
Battery management systems and methodsA battery management system includes thermal batteries, sensors, a clock, a processor, and memory storing a data structure, and is configured to receive energy parameters and time data, calculate a ra…DRIVE·Jun 9·1 min readFollowH01M6/5088The Boeing Company
Aircraft Flight Control Using Subpixel LocalizationA method for controlling a movement of a vehicle is provided. An input image is received in which stars are present from a camera system for the vehicle. A subpixel probability image is generated by a…DRIVE·Jun 4·1 min readFollowG01C21/025The Boeing Company
MODULE INTERFACE DEVICE FOR BATTERY MODULES FEATURING CELL BALANCING AND ISOLATIONA module interface device for a multi-cell battery module comprises a cathode bus connectable to a cathode terminal and an anode bus connectable to an anode terminal of the battery module, and a set o…DRIVE·Mar 19·1 min readFollowH01M10/4264The Boeing Company
CHARGING STATION FOR MOBILE PLATFORMA battery charging station is disclosed that includes an electrical system including a charging interface, a communications system including a wireless interface, and a control system. The control sys…DRIVE·Mar 12·1 min readFollowB60L53/62The Boeing Company
AERIAL VEHICLE TRACKING USING DYNAMIC ALEATORIC UNCERTAINTYTechniques for aerial vehicle tracking using dynamic aleatoric uncertainty covariance estimation are presented. The techniques include: obtaining an image depicting at least one aerial vehicle of inte…DRIVE·Mar 5·1 min readFollowG01C21/005The Boeing Company
VISUAL LOCATION OF AERIAL VEHICLES USING DYNAMIC ALEATORIC UNCERTAINTYTechniques for localizing a vehicle in real time using dynamic uncertainty estimates are presented. The techniques include obtaining a terrain image captured by the vehicle; passing the terrain image …DRIVE·Mar 5·1 min readFollowG01C21/005The Boeing Company
OBJECT CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM FROM UNSTRUCTURED POINT CLOUDSAn object classification system may be present on a vehicle with a computing device connected to a sensor mounted on the vehicle. In response to an object positioned in a field of view of the sensor, …DRIVE·Feb 12·1 min readFollowB60W60/001The Boeing Company
PREDICTING FUEL BURN AND EMISSIONS FOR AIRCRAFTA method for fueling an aircraft comprises (a) predicting a sequence of fuel-burn quantities over a planned flight based on at least one sequence of multivariate flight data recorded during a prior fl…DRIVE·May 22·1 min readFollowF02C9/26The Boeing Company
Liquid Hydrogen Feed System for Fuel Cell Powered AircraftAn aircraft comprises a fuselage; wings; engines connected to the wings; a set of liquid hydrogen tanks; a vent located on the tail on the fuselage; a conduit system connecting the liquid hydrogen tan…DRIVE·Feb 20·1 min readFollowB64D37/30The Boeing Company
Systems and Methods for Automated In-Situ Swapping of Batteries for Electric VehiclesSystems and methods for automated swapping of a charged replacement battery for a depleted battery onboard an electric vehicle using a battery delivery vehicle (BDV). The BDV may be configured to oper…DRIVE·Jan 2·2 min readFollowB60S5/06The Boeing Company
ONE-PIECE CO-MOLDED SNAP-ON APPARATUS, AND SUPPORT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING THE SAMEThere is provided a one-piece co-molded snap-on apparatus for supporting one or more elongate elements. The apparatus includes a ring post and a snap-on attachment base co-molded to the ring post for …DRIVE·Dec 19·2 min readFollowB60R16/0215The Boeing Company
DRIVE SHAFT ASSEMBLY FOR DRIVEN ACCESSORY DEVICESA drive shaft assembly includes an outer shaft, an inner shaft, and an interface medium. The outer shaft defines a central channel. The inner shaft extends into the central channel and defines a clear…DRIVE·Dec 12·1 min readFollowB60K25/06The Boeing Company
Personal Navigation Device Operable in GNSS-Denied EnvironmentA personal navigation device comprising a body, a star tracker, an inclinometer, a clock, a GNSS receiver, and first and second position calculation modules. The first position calculation module is c…DRIVE·Dec 5·1 min readFollowG01C21/025The Boeing Company
Charged Air Mass Measurement for Air Data ComputationSystems and methods for enabling charged (ionized) air mass measurement for reliable air data computation onboard an aircraft. Ionic charge sensing may be used to derive air data having improved relia…DRIVE·Oct 31·1 min readFollowB64D43/02The Boeing Company
Vertical Air Vehicle Takeoff and Landing Stabilization Apparatuses, Systems, and MethodsVertical takeoff and landing vehicles (VTOLs) of the type used for the point-to-point delivery and transport of payloads (e.g., packages, equipment, etc.) and personnel, are significantly stabilized a…DRIVE·Aug 22·1 min readFollowB64U70/70The Boeing Company
CASTER ASSEMBLIES HAVING CAM-OPERATED BRAKESCaster assemblies are disclosed herein. An example caster assembly includes a caster frame assembly including a caster frame, a caster mounting plate, and a brake arm; a pin having a first end and a s…DRIVE·Aug 22·1 min readFollowB60B33/021The Boeing Company
Vertical Air Vehicle Takeoff and Landing Stabilization Apparatuses, Systems, and MethodsVertical takeoff and landing vehicles (VTOLs) of the type used for the point-to-point delivery and transport of payloads (e.g., packages, equipment, etc.) and personnel, are significantly stabilized a…DRIVE·Aug 8·1 min readFollowB64U70/70The Boeing Company
FLIGHT CONSTRAINTS SERVICEA method for flight constraints service includes receiving data items at a first computer, transforming the data items into formatted items, transforming metadata items associated with constraints int…DRIVE·May 9·1 min readFollowG01C21/3874The Boeing Company
SUPPORT BOX APPARATUSA support box apparatus includes longitudinal members that span forward to aft and transverse members that span inboard to outboard between the longitudinal members. The longitudinal members and the t…DRIVE·Mar 7·1 min readFollowB64C1/068The Boeing Company
Machine Learning System For Maximum Sound Pressure Level PredictionA method, apparatus, system, and computer program product for predicting a maximum sound pressure level generated by an aircraft. A flight path over a location is identified. The maximum sound pressur…DRIVE·Dec 7·1 min readFollowG08G5/0039The Boeing Company
AIRCRAFT AIR DUCT SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING LIGHT, DATA, ELECTRICAL POWER, AND SANITIZED AIRAn air duct system for an aircraft provides passengers with light, data, electrical power, and sanitized air. The air duct system includes an air duct having a main body and a visible light source con…DRIVE·Nov 2·2 min readFollowB64D13/06The Boeing Company
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BALANCING A GIMBALED SYSTEMA method of balancing a gimbaled system having a gimbal operatively connected with a motor configured to control a rotation of the gimbal, wherein the gimbal has predetermined compensation locations t…DRIVE·Oct 26·1 min readFollowG01M1/32The Boeing Company
AIRCRAFT AUXILIARY POWER UNIT (APU) CONTROLLERS AND RELATED METHODSAircraft Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) controllers and related methods are described herein. An example APU controller includes a sensor interface to receive a signal from a speed sensor. The signal incl…DRIVE·Oct 12·1 min readFollowF02D41/042The Boeing Company
Metamaterial-Based Substrate for Piezoelectric Energy HarvestersA metamaterial-based substrate (meta-substrate) for piezoelectric energy harvesters. The design of the meta-substrate combines kirigami and auxetic topologies to create a high-performance platform inc…DRIVE·Sep 14·1 min readFollowH10N30/88The Boeing Company
ENRICHED AVIATION INFORMATION NOTICEA computing device is provided comprising a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor. The instructions are executable to receive a raw aviation information notice that c…DRIVE·Sep 7·1 min readFollowG01C21/387The Boeing Company
ANOMALY DETERMINATION IN GEOSPATIAL DATAA computing device is provided comprising a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor. The instructions are executable by the processor to monitor location information fo…DRIVE·Sep 7·1 min readFollowG08G5/003The Boeing Company
Adaptive Battery Charging System and MethodAn aircraft adaptive battery charging system is provided. The adaptive battery charging system comprises: a battery system; a bidirectional converter, wherein the bidirectional converter is capable of…DRIVE·Aug 17·1 min readFollowH02J7/00712The Boeing Company
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GROUND FAULT MONITORING IN AN AIRCRAFTAn electrical system for an aircraft includes an AC electric power source electrically connected to a rotary electric motor via a plurality of AC contactors. An AC/DC inverter is electrically connecte…DRIVE·Aug 17·1 min readFollowH02J4/00The Boeing Company
ARCHITECTURE FOR AN ELECTRIC POWER GENERATOR FOR AVIATIONA system, apparatus, and/or method for an aircraft that provides a novel independent-speed variable-frequency generator for aviation power generation. The generator architecture utilizes a 2-stage gen…DRIVE·Jul 6·1 min readFollowH02K19/38The Boeing Company
Device and Method for Operating a Hybrid-Electric Propulsion System by Control of Equipment DynamicsA computer-implemented method for optimally operating a hybrid-electric propulsion system by control of equipment dynamics. Prior to start of a mission, an original energy management plan is generated…DRIVE·Jun 22·2 min readFollowB64D27/24The Boeing Company
SEAT FITTINGS FOR ATTACHING SEATS TO SEAT TRACKS IN A VEHICLE AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODSSeat fittings for attaching seats to seat tracks in a vehicle and related systems and methods are described herein. An example seat fitting includes a body having a bottom surface to face a seat track…DRIVE·Jun 1·1 min readFollowB60N2/005The Boeing Company
AERIAL DRONE HIGHWAYAn in-flight aircraft tracking system may include a power transmission line suspended in the air and a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader configured to identify an aircraft in proximity to t…DRIVE·Apr 20·1 min readFollowB64C39/024The Boeing Company
SATELLITES HAVING AUTONOMOUSLY DEPLOYABLE SOLAR ARRAYSSatellites having autonomously deployable solar arrays are disclosed. A disclosed example satellite includes a solar array, a sensor to detect that the satellite has exited a launch vehicle, a process…DRIVE·Apr 13·1 min readFollowB64G1/443The Boeing Company
Multi-Layer Thermoplastic Spray Coating System for High Performance Sealing on AirplanesTunable multi-layer thermoplastic polymer sealants and tunable two-layer conductive thermoplastic polymer sealants, and substrates and assemblies comprising the tunable multi-layer sealants; and edge …DRIVE·Mar 23·1 min readFollowB64D37/06The Boeing Company
AIRCRAFT AIR DUCT SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING ELECTRICAL POWER AND VISIBLE LIGHTAn air duct system includes an air duct having a main body. The main body of the air duct defines a passageway and an outer surface. The air duct system also includes one or more thermoelectric genera…DRIVE·Mar 16·1 min readFollowB64D13/06The Boeing Company
Apparatus and Methods for Arc Detection, Fault Isolation, and Battery System ReconfigurationApparatus and methods for mitigating abrupt release of energy due to a short circuit or other fault external to battery modules in a battery pack. Each battery module includes a plurality of weakened …DRIVE·Feb 23·2 min readFollowH02J7/0031The Boeing Company
Methods for Through-Structure Power and Data Transfer Between Mobile Robots and Sensor NodesA method for wirelessly coupling respective transducers of an automated motion platform and a sub-surface sensor node through a skin of a limited-access structure for the purpose of wireless power and…DRIVE·Feb 16·2 min readFollowH04B5/0043The Boeing Company
Protection System for Aircraft Electric Propulsion Motor and Motor ControllerMethods and apparatus for detecting and characterizing arc faults in an aerospace electric propulsion system and then coordinating the operation of various elements of the protection system to execute…DRIVE·Dec 22·1 min readFollowB60L3/04The Boeing Company
TAXI ROUTE GENERATORA method including displaying, in a graphical user interface (GUI) of a computer, a map of a plurality of airport taxiways. The method also includes receiving a start point on the map. The method also…DRIVE·Oct 27·1 min readFollowG08G5/065The Boeing Company
