Patents Assigned to Airbus Deutschland
  • Combined staircase and lavatory module for an aircraft
    Patent number: 8109469
    Abstract: A module for an aircraft for accessing an upper region of the aircraft includes both an ascent region and an accommodation region, with the regions being divided from each other by a divider element. The accommodation region may, for example, be designed as an on-board lavatory. In this way it may be possible to do without the provision of an additional lavatory monument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Airbus Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Breuer, Felix Caspar Helfrich
  • Reinforcement beam as well as method and fiber laminate for manufacturing the reinforcement beam
    Patent number: 8105523
    Abstract: Disclosed is a reinforcement blank, in particular a curved ring frame segment for fuselage cells of aircraft, comprising a synthetic material that is reinforced by at least one fiber laminate. The fiber laminate includes at least one full-area layer with a first fiber direction and at least one full-area layer with a second fiber direction, wherein at least one further layer with a third fiber direction is arranged in a peripheral area of the fiber laminate. This results in an orientation of the fibers in the individual layers of the fiber laminate used to reinforce the reinforcement beam that is overall suitable for the applied load, so that the reinforcement beam withstands high mechanical loads at a minimum weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Airbus Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Edelmann, Jens Bold
  • Lateral force joint
    Patent number: 8104709
    Abstract: A lateral force joint, with which a plate-like spar can be fastened to a fuselage strap mounted on an airplane fuselage. The plate-like spar has a through bore, into which a fastening cylinder mounted on the flange can be inserted for connecting both components. In order to allow for the location of the spar to be adjusted with respect to the fuselage strap, a bearing bush of the spar is eccentrically fitted into the through bore. Correspondingly, the fastening cylinder of the fuselage strap is mounted eccentrically on a bearing bush so that a rotation of the bearing bushes allows the lateral force joint to be adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Airbus Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Christian Mänz
  • Aircraft fuselage element
    Patent number: 8104712
    Abstract: An aircraft fuselage element includes an outer shell and an inner shell that is disposed with clearance relative to the outer shell. An intermediate space between the outer shell and the inner shell is connectable to an air source. A ventilation aperture that is formed in the aircraft fuselage element and connectable to the air source is provided with a semi-permeable membrane. The semi-permeable membrane is permeable to air flow in both directions and permeable to water in a flow direction into the intermediate space from outside the outer shell or the inner shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Airbus Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Paul J. Jörn
  • TOOL, ARRANGEMENT, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A COMPONENT, COMPONENT
    Publication number: 20120018918
    Abstract: This application describes a tool, an arrangement, and a method of manufacturing a component. The manufacturing of the component is achieved by a resin transfer from a storage chamber via a transfer line into a working chamber. Before the resin transfer, taking place, for example by a compressed air charging of the storage chamber, the storage chamber is filled with an amount of resin adjusted to the size of the component. Furthermore, a semi-finished product, consisting of cut-to-size reinforcement fibers, is inserted into the working chamber that is adjusted to the form of the component to be produced. Storage chamber, transfer line, and working chamber are configured in a one-piece mould casing of the tool. The application further describes a component manufactured by the above-mentioned tool or by the above-mentioned method respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicants: DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUER LUFT-UND RAUMFAHRT e.V. (DLR), AIRBUS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Ulrich Eberth, Martin Friedrich
  • Method for the heat treatment of a profile, device for the heat treatment of a profile and profile
    Patent number: 8101120
    Abstract: A method and device for the heat treatment of a profile, in particular an extruded profile for aircraft. The profile may be formed by one or more different, in particular curable, aluminium alloys. The method provides that at least two regions of a profile are subjected to a different heat treatment. The device includes a first chamber that encloses a first region of a profile and a second chamber that encloses a second region of the profile, wherein different temperatures can be set in the first and second chambers. The profile has at least two regions that each have different material properties and are formed by differential heat treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Airbus Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Knut Juhl
  • Light rail system for powered introduction of large loads in a structure
    Patent number: 8100360
    Abstract: A device for securing installed equipment in an airplane, with one or more oblong attachment rails, one or more attachment means for securing the attachment rails to an airframe structure, and one or more bracket units that can be attached to or in the attachment rails, wherein the bracket units can be attached to the built-in apparatuses to be secured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Airbus Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Claus-Peter Gross, Cord Haack, Dirk Humfeldt, Oliver Thomaschewski
  • Guiding device for a device for producing fiber preforms by the TFP process for composite components
    Patent number: 8100162
    Abstract: A guiding device for a device for producing fibre preforms by the TFP process, the guiding device guiding the fibre strand. The guiding device has an opening with a variable cross-section for leading through the fibre strand, wherein the guiding device is fitted in the region of a sewing head of the TFP process device. The width of the fibre strands to be laid and attached can be increased, for example in portions of the path curve with small radii of curvature, so that undesired local thickenings are avoided in these portions of the path curve. An open-loop and closed-loop control device undertakes the path control of the sewing head and the control of the variation of the cross-sectional geometry of the guiding device. Existing devices for producing fibre preforms for composite components by the TFP process can be retrofitted with the guiding device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Airbus Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Paul Joern, Ulrich Eberth
  • Water deflector and system having multiple water deflectors of this type
    Patent number: 8099906
    Abstract: A water deflector includes a water-diverting area and an attachment area for attachment to a seal profile. The water-diverting area and the attachment area are connected to one another via a connection area, which is elastically deformable in such a way that when force acts on the water-diverting area, it is movable in relation to the attachment area. The water deflector can be used in the area of a door, wherein the water deflector deforms when the door is closed and comes to rest in a cavity between the seal profile and the door outer skin, and assumes its starting shape again when the door is opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Airbus Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Carsten Paul
  • Hull structure
    Patent number: 8100361
    Abstract: A hull structure is provided, for use in particular in an aircraft or spacecraft, the hull structure including an outer skin and structural components which are connected to said skin, as well as an inner lining which forms a supporting structure together with the outer skin and the structural components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Airbus Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Thomas Grauerholz
  • Friction stir welding head and method for controlling a friction stir welding head
    Patent number: 8100311
    Abstract: The invention relates to a friction stir welding head having a housing and a welding tool with a rotating welding pin and a rotating shoulder tool for welding workpieces which rest on a workpiece rest, with the shoulder tool, which rotates in synchronism with the welding pin, coaxially surrounding the welding pin. According to the invention, a first distance between a first laser rangefinder and a welding pin section 4a can be determined by means of the first laser rangefinder. This makes it possible to determine at least one change in the distance between the welding pin tip and the workpiece rest by means of a first laser rangefinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Airbus Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Hartmut Ostersehlte
  • Arrangement For Noise Reduction In Vacuum Systems
    Publication number: 20120014757
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an arrangement for adapting the transportation behaviour of material to be conveyed, which arrangement comprises a first container, which is coupleable to a first pressure level; a second container, which is coupleable to a second pressure level; a connecting line for transporting material to be conveyed from the first container to the second container; and a pressure reduction device by means of which a pressure difference between the first container and the second container is controllably variable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: AIRBUS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Hannes Müller, Frank Schneider, Carsten Ohlfest, Frank Rahn
  • Deceleration device for a cockpit door for decelerating in case of decompression
    Patent number: 8096505
    Abstract: A deceleration device for a movable component in an aircraft, the device having a deformation component, wherein the deformation component includes a deformation tool, a deformation body with a deformable region, and a guide device. The deformation tool and the deformation body can be made to engage each other in such a manner by means of the guide device that in the case of movement of the deformation body and of the deformation tool relative to each other the deformable region of the deformation body can be deformed by the deformation tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Airbus Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Arne Klarmann, Nick Chignell-Stapleton
  • Structuring construction for an aircraft fuselage
    Patent number: 8096503
    Abstract: A structuring construction for an aircraft fuselage is provided having an outer skin as well as a plurality of formers extending at a spacing side by side crosswise to the longitudinal direction of the fuselage wherein at least a partial number of the formers include a main former portion which is channel-like in cross section and the channel edges of which are adjacent to the outer skin and wherein the channel space of the main former portion serves to accommodate at least one supply air line which may be formed, for example, by a separate pipe line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Airbus Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Hendrik Verweyen
  • Method for making window frame
    Patent number: 8096506
    Abstract: A method for making a window frame for installation in the exterior shell of an aircraft, which comprises at least one outer flange, an inner flange, and a vertical flange arranged perpendicular to and between these two flanges, contemplates that first a semifinished part comprising multiple, individual substructures is made, which next is inserted into a molding tool, into which, under pressure and temperature, resin is injected, and that the component made in this manner subsequently is hardened in the molding tool. The semifinished part has a layer structure, which comprises a web material, fiber bundles, or a combination of fiber bundles and web material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Airbus Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Jens Bold
  • Reduction of frictional losses in the region of boundary layers on surfaces, around which a fluid flows
    Patent number: 8091837
    Abstract: An aerodynamic body with a plurality of nozzles for throttling a fluid flow to be removed by suction through the nozzles in a self-regulated fashion is disclosed. The aerodynamic body according to one example, includes a plurality of throttling nozzles with a throttle section that is defined by an inlet and an outlet. In one example, the interior wall of the throttle section may be designed such that an effective flow cross section is reduced in a self-regulated fashion due to the creation of turbulences on the interior wall of the throttle section as the pressure differential between the inlet and the outlet of the throttle section increases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Airbus Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Eckart Frankenberger, Matthias Meussen
  • Method of energy beam welding aluminum to titanium
    Patent number: 8093531
    Abstract: A joining of a titanium material with an aluminium material, wherein the parts made of the two substances are connected with each other in a substance-to-substance manner. Preferably, the joining is effected by a laser beam or an electron beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Airbus Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Rainer Kocik, Joerg Schumacher, Sebastian Kaschel, Michael Kreimeyer, Frank Vollertsen
  • Aircraft with door seal arrangement
    Patent number: 8091831
    Abstract: A door arrangement for tightly closing a door opening comprises a door frame, a door which, when closed, is arranged in the door frame, and inner and outer sealing lips. The inner and outer sealing lips run next to each other along a periphery of the door opening between a first surface of the door and a second surface of the door frame, wherein the first and second surfaces face each other. The inner and outer sealing lips bound a space formed between them. The door arrangement further comprises a pressure-reducing device configured to reduce pressure in the space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Airbus Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Thorsten Roming
  • Retaining device
    Patent number: 8087620
    Abstract: A retaining device includes a fireproof core enclosed by a non-fireproof case, wherein a pre-tensioned fireproof device is integrated in the case and attached to the core. The fireproof device relaxes in such a way, when the case melts, that a construction element is reliably held between the carrier and the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Airbus Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Lutz Zeuner, Hans-Peter Guthke
  • Apparatus and method for producing a large-area fibre-composite structural component
    Patent number: 8088236
    Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus and a method for producing a large-area fibre-composite structural component, in particular for the aircraft sector, comprising a predetermined shaping element, a controllable laying device for the defined laying of at least one fibrous sheet over or into the predetermined shaping element, a controllable turning device for a defined turning of the predetermined shaping element and of the laying device in relation to each other by a predetermined turning angle, and a central control device, which is connected to the laying device and the turning device for controlling of the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: AIRBUS Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Joerg Schendel, Bernd Ostermeier, Thomas Konsolke, Ralf-Peter Dittmann