Abstract: In a communications network including aircraft in flight and at least one ground station, which constitute communication nodes of the network, data are transmitted from a source node to a destination node following a non-predetermined path through the network that includes at least one node which is a so-called intermediate aircraft. Before transmitting data from a transmitting node to at least one receiving node, it envisages a step of selecting the receiving node defining a portion of the path without knowledge of the next portion of the path.

Abstract: A software component for automated processing of multi-usage data, implementing functions requiring various levels of security or limits of responsibility. The software component includes a plurality of virtual machines, each virtual machine being adapted for executing at least one function requiring a level of security or a limit of responsibility which is predetermined and a hypervisor adapted for controlling execution of the plurality of virtual machines.

Abstract: The invention relates to a system and a method for preventing inadvertent slide deployment for an aircraft, comprising at least one sensor for sensing the proximity of a person in front of an aircraft door, and at least one optical warning means operable to provide an optical indication in the vicinity of a slide arming lever when the sensor detects the proximity of a person in front of the aircraft door. The system according to the invention provides an effective prevention for inadvertent slide deployment that is capable to guide trained and untrained persons to the information they need in order to disarm the slide in sufficient time before the door handle is gripped and pulled to open the aircraft door in normal operation conditions.

Abstract: According to a first aspect, the subject matter disclosed herein relates to a decision aid method for maintenance operations of aircraft equipment, the aircraft including a maintenance system arranged to make a record of equipment failure messages and of equipment failure warning messages emitted during a flight, the method comprising extracting at least one combination of failure messages corresponding to failure messages recorded by the maintenance system during a flight and a set of previous flights; determining, as a function of the at least one extracted combination, a probability of occurrence of at least one warning message possibly accompanied by one or more failure messages.

Abstract: A tool support is disclosed including-a fixed part, a moving part that is movable relative to the fixed part, a first crossmember linked to the moving part and a second crossmember. A tool includes a tool axis linked to the first and second crossmembers by pivoting links including articulation axes. A pointer is provided with a pointer axis parallel to the tool axis, the pointer being linked to the first and second crossmembers by pivoting links including articulation axes, with the articulation axes being parallel to one another. The tool support includes an immobilizer of occupy a first immobilized state in which it prevents a rotational movement on at least one articulation axis and a second released state in which it allows rotational movement on the articulation axes.

Abstract: A cargo compartment configured to be installed in an aircraft and to accommodate a plurality of cargo receiving devices is provided. The cargo compartment surrounds a compartment interior space, and includes a floor structure arrangement having a floor surface facing the compartment interior space and configured to support cargo receiving devices loaded into the cargo compartment. The cargo compartment includes two opposite side walls extending laterally of the floor structure arrangement away from the floor surface, and the side walls include an entrance opening for access to the compartment interior space. The floor structure arrangement also includes an air cushion device having a plurality of cushion nozzles distributed in the floor surface, and the cushion nozzles are configured to blow air up from the floor surface in a direction perpendicular to the floor surface.

Abstract: A system for damage tracking and monitoring during ground handling of aircraft includes a ground service communication network configured to transmit communication data between ground support equipment, GSE, and aircraft; a database configured to store configuration data and status data of GSE and aircraft; and a computer-based system configured to communicate with the ground service communication network and the database. The computer-based system is configured to update the configuration data and the status data of GSE and aircraft stored in the database on basis of communication data received from the ground service communication network. The computer-based system is further configured to estimate a damage source among the GSE for a damage inflicted on the aircraft by one of the GSE by correlating damage characteristics of the damage with the configuration data and the status data from the database.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media for managing periodic aircraft maintenance planning are provided. In some aspects, a method occurs at a maintenance platform server including a processor. The method includes providing one or more maintenance related object (MO), wherein each of the one or more MO represents one or more maintenance related task that includes criteria graphically depicted at an interface. In another aspect, the method further includes manipulating the criteria of the one or more maintenance related task represented by the one or more MO at the interface.

Abstract: A device for aiding communication in the aeronautical domain, wherein the device includes a transceiver and data processor assembly that records audio messages corresponding to all the incoming and outgoing audio communications, transcribes the messages, in real time, into textual messages, displays the textual messages, and enables an audio play back of the audio messages.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a bending-sustaining joint and an aircraft including the same. The bending-sustaining joint includes a body for attaching to a support structure, the body having a first end with a first bore including an internal thread portion and a non-threaded portion; a sleeve including a fitting portion which can be fit into the non-threaded portion of the first bore, a bearing portion for bearing a born member and a through hole; and a bolt member including a thread section and a bolt head which can abut an end face of the sleeve, the thread section of the bolt member being capable of passing through the through hole of the sleeve and being screwed into the internal thread portion of the first bore so as to secure the sleeve to the body.

Abstract: Systems, methods and computer readable media for protecting a pilot of an aircraft or an operator of a vehicle against glare from a luminous object. A system for attenuating glare experienced by an operator of a vehicle is provided with a transparent display unit or screen with adjustable pixels that is interposed between an operator of a vehicle and all or part of a windshield of the vehicle, and a device to control pixel intensity to attenuate glare from a luminous object. A system is provided with a positioning module for determining the position of the operator inside the vehicle, and for determining the position of at least one luminous object outside the vehicle that is a source of glare experienced by the operator. A system is provided with a computing device for computing a glare line between the operator and luminous object and the position of the display screen where the glare line intersects the display unit.

Abstract: The disclosure disclosed a connection device for connecting first means of the airplane to second means of the airplane. The first means and the second means are provided with connection regions, which lengthwise extend in a first direction and are connected with each other, respectively. A plurality of finger-like grooves, which are parallel with each other and extend respectively in a second direction inclined relative to the first direction in which the connection region extends, are provided respectively on a connection face of the connection region of the first means and a connection face of the connection region of the second means.

Abstract: A system for loading and unloading a cargo compartment of a vehicle, such as an aircraft, with a cargo receiving device is provided. The system includes a cargo receiving device including a base structure arrangement having a horizontal lower contact surface, and a locking mechanism configured to engage one or more corresponding holding members provided in a cargo compartment of a vehicle. The system also includes a transport device including a horizontal upper contact surface configured to be disposed in abutting contact to said lower contact surface, a drive unit configured to initiate horizontal movement of the transport device, a lift unit configured to initiate vertical movement of the upper contact surface, and an actuating unit configured to actuate the locking mechanism of the cargo receiving device.

Abstract: An aircraft fuselage comprising at least one window equipped with a system for displaying images of the outside environment for a passenger. The display system comprises a camera for filming the environment outside the aircraft; a display surface; a display projector suitable for displaying an image of the outside environment on the display surface; and a first image processor suitable for receiving the images of the outside environment. The first image processor is configured to produce computed images which are in continuity with the images visible to the passenger through the window, and transmit the computed images to the display projector.

Abstract: A device for attachment of a door of an aircraft including a base bracket and a door-engaging fitting that bears the door. The base bracket has two flanges spaced longitudinally along the bracket, and a first flange is attachable to a frame surrounding the door, and the door-engaging fitting is attachable to an opposite, second, flange, the second flange being adapted to adjust a position of the door-engaging fitting, relative to, and in a plane parallel with, that second flange.

Abstract: A device for stowage of carts including: a first compartment configured to receive carts lined up side by side; a second compartment configured to receive carts lined up side by side, including an aperture allowing cart entry and exit and arranged above the first compartment; a substantially horizontal platform capable of moving in a vertical direction between a lower position in which it is substantially at floor level and a higher position in which it is substantially level with a lower, substantially horizontal wall of the second compartment and facing the opening thereof; and a mechanism arranged in the second compartment for motorized transfer of at least one cart from the second compartment to the platform and vice versa.

Abstract: An aircraft according to the invention enables passengers to be received and comprises a first deck for receiving passengers, a second deck for receiving passengers, which is placed over the first deck, as well as at least one access door. The first deck has at least one first zone having a substantially planar floor and situated on the same level as the access door and at least one second zone having a floor offset in height relative to the first zone. The cabin further comprises at least one rectilinear ramp linking the first zone of the first deck to the second zone of the first deck, and at least one rectilinear ramp linking the first zone of the first deck to the second deck.

Abstract: The invention relates to an angle measurement probe on board an aircraft, which comprises a fin, which can move in rotation about an axis, at least one first optical encoder and one second optical encoder, each comprising at least one disk, each disk being fixed at right angles to the central axis and being provided with at least two circular tracks, each track being provided with alternate opaque and transparent zones, means for processing the output signal from each encoder.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for transmitting data, characterized in that it includes a step of transmitting in-flight data between a first aircraft and at least a second aircraft, the data transmitted being data stored in at least one black box on board the first aircraft.

Abstract: A method and device for aiding the monitoring of a turbine engine of an aircraft, which displays on one and the same indicator of a of a display indication elements illustrating as a percentage the engine start progression or the current sub-idle state of the turbine engine, a margin to a limit temperature of the turbine engine, a margin to a maximum temperature of the turbine engine and a margin to a possible failure of the start that is generated by a too low speed increase of the turbine engine.