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| 12728463 | 9/8/2026 | Blue Origin Manufacturing | Huntsville, AL | Drill jigs for positioning mounting holes using metrology processes, and associated systems and methods | Drill jigs for positioning mounting holes using metrology processes, and associated systems and methods, disclosed. A representative drill jig system for positioning holes to be made in an object can include a drill jig having a plurality of movable plates. The plates can include: a rotatable plate carrying a hole pattern for positioning the holes to be made; a first translatable plate that is translatable along a first axis; a second translatable plate that is translatable along a second axis that is perpendicular to the first axis; and a base plate carrying one or more attachment elements po... |
| 12728982 | 9/8/2026 | NASA | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | Propeller | Improved blade designs for turbomachinery, such as blade designs for propellers, have non-constant airfoil distributions and/or coefficient of lift distributions across the blade span. An improved blade may include the following three blade sections between a blade root and a blade tip: a first blade section, or span, extending from the blade root to a transition start point, a transition section, or span, extending from the transition start point to a transition end point; and a second blade section, or span, extending from the transition end point to the blade tip. The transition section may... |
| 12728995 | 9/8/2026 | VIASAT | San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA | Use of craft characteristics for management and control of media in a transport craft | Management of media content delivery on a transport craft based on a craft characteristic of the transport craft that is indicative of a number of passengers aboard the craft. The craft characteristic may be generated by one or more sensors or other means to provide data regarding an estimated or actual number of passengers aboard the transport craft. The craft characteristic may be communicated to an on-board content management system (CMS) such that control of delivery of media content to client devices on-board the transport craft is based on the craft characteristic. In examples, the craft... |
| 12729350 | 9/8/2026 | NASA | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | Liquid detergent concentrate comprising an amphoteric/nonionic ternary surfactant mixture for use in removing perfluorinated polyethers (PFPEs) from parts | A liquid detergent concentrate has detergent builders that consist of sodium metasilicate pentahydrate and liquid sodium silicate, surfactants that consist of octyldimethylamine oxide, octyl iminodipropionate, and an alcohol ethoxylate having a hydrophilic-lipophilic balance (HLB) in a range of 10-12, and deionized water having a resistivity of at least 50,000 ohms.... |
| 12729592 | 9/8/2026 | DEEP BLUE OIL GAS | Aberdeen, | Well control system and method of use | The invention provides well control system for a riser. The well control system comprises a riser assembly and at least one flow meter. The at least one flow meter is configured to be mounted on the riser.... |
| 12729815 | 9/8/2026 | Blue Origin Manufacturing | Huntsville, AL | Methods and systems for tank wall thermal insulation | Techniques and materials provide for thermal insulation for tanks, such as tanks for use in space flight missions. Microporous glass blocks may be used as an insulative bridge between spray-on foam insulation and a stainless steel wall of a tank, for example. Blocks of microporous glass may be mechanically attached to the interior of the tank, after which spray-on foam insulation is applied directly to the blocks. The bridging insulation provided by the microporous glass blocks allows the temperature of the stainless steel tank wall to exceed the usable temperature of the spray-on foam insulat... |
| 12731846 | 9/8/2026 | NASA | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | Cordless rechargeable 12-volt/24-volt DC power supply | The present invention includes a portable, cordless, rechargeable 12 volt/24-volt DC power supply. The power supply includes a relatively small box or case with two (2) 12-volt rechargeable batteries inside, which connect to a jack for plugging in a standard 12-volt battery charger, a 2-pin power connector that is commonly used to connect to items under test such as solenoid valves, and two switchesone which turns the power on/off, and the other which changes the power at the 2-pin connector between 12-volts and 24-volts. A power cord plugs into the 2-pin connector on the case and connects to ... |
| 12731878 | 9/8/2026 | VIASAT | San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA | Waveguide filter with electronically controllable variable dielectric material | A waveguide filter may include a waveguide conduit through which an electromagnetic wave propagates. The waveguide filter may include a resonant cavity comprising at least a portion of the waveguide conduit. The waveguide filter may include a variable dielectric material disposed adjacent to the resonant cavity. The waveguide filter may include a tuning electrode to apply an electric field through the variable dielectric material for modification of a permittivity of the variable dielectric material.... |
| 12732219 | 9/8/2026 | Hughes Network Systems | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | Q-band block down converter | In some implementations, a radiofrequency down converter comprises an input port to receive a radiofrequency input signal, and the down converter includes a first bandpass filter configured to filter the input signal. The down converter includes a mixer stage coupled to the bandpass filter, the mixer stage being configured to generate a mixer output signal by processing the filtered input signal using a gain adjustment device, one or more amplifiers, and a mixer. The down converter includes a signal adjustment stage coupled to receive the mixer output signal, the signal adjustment stage compri... |
| 12732263 | 9/8/2026 | Hughes Network Systems | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | Dynamic inroute reconfiguration in satellite systems | A method and apparatus are disclosed for dynamic inroute reconfiguration. A set of factors is selected for use in reconfiguring inroutes in a satellite communication system. A state is defined to represent inroute layouts based on the set of factors. A metric is determined and optimized to obtain a new state representative of a desired inroute layout. The inroute layouts of the satellite communication system are reconfigured to correspond with the inroute layouts represented by the new state.... |
| 12732272 | 9/8/2026 | Hughes Network Systems | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | Relay-assisted high-capacity satellite feeder links with integrated line-of-sight MIMO RF and optical channels via HAPS | Techniques are described for providing satellite communications via a relay-assisted hybrid radio frequency/free-space-optical (RF/FSO) ground-satellite link. A high-altitude platform station (HAPS) splits the ground-to-satellite link into a ground-to-HAPS line-of-sight (LoS) multiple-in-multiple-out (MIMO) radio frequency (RF) link, and a HAPS-to-satellite FSO link. The approach mitigates the effects of atmospheric impairments on the FSO link, while also appreciably reducing adverse effects of bandwidth and propagation disparity between the RF and FSO links.... |
| 12732834 | 9/8/2026 | Viasat | San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA | Dynamic signal quality criteria for satellite terminal installations | The described features generally relate to determining dynamic signal quality criteria for an installation of satellite terminals for communications in a satellite communications system. In particular, the signal quality criteria for an installation may be based on an identified position of the satellite terminal to be installed, and in some examples based on the positions and signal characteristics of neighboring satellite terminals that have already been installed. In some examples, a signal quality map may be generated for a service beam coverage area, based on predetermined transmission ch... |
