Patents Assigned to Airbus Helicopter Deutschland GmbH
  • RADOME COVER SHELL AND OPENING KINEMATIC
    Publication number: 20220126976
    Abstract: An aircraft with an aircraft structure that comprises a radome cover opening kinematic and a radome cover shell that is adapted to enclose equipment in a nose region of the aircraft in a closed position. The radome cover opening kinematic may enable movements of the radome cover shell between the closed position and an opened position and vice versa. The radome cover opening kinematic may include a guiding rail that is attached to the radome cover shell, and at least three rollers that are attached to the aircraft structure, wherein a first and a second roller are arranged on opposing sides of the guiding rail, and wherein the second and a third roller are arranged on the same side of the guiding rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Jan BOEHME, Yann LE CADET, Martin LAZAK
  • RADOME COVER SHELL AND OPENING KINEMATIC
    Publication number: 20220126977
    Abstract: An aircraft with an aircraft structure that comprises a radome cover opening kinematic and a radome cover shell that is adapted to enclose equipment in a nose region of the aircraft in a closed position. The radome cover opening kinematic may enable movements of the radome cover shell between the closed position and an opened position and vice versa. The radome cover opening kinematic may include a guiding rail that is attached to the radome cover shell, and at least three rollers that are attached to the aircraft structure, wherein a first and a second roller are arranged on opposing sides of the guiding rail, and wherein the second and a third roller are arranged on the same side of the guiding rail. The radome shell opening kinematic further comprises a radome cover shell rotation stopper that can stop movement of the radome cover shell at the completely opened position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Jan BOEHME, Yann LE CADET, Martin LAZAK
  • BATTERY FOR AN AIRCRAFT
    Publication number: 20220123409
    Abstract: A battery for an aircraft. The present embodiments further relate to an aircraft with at least one such battery. The battery may include a battery casing with a casing wall that forms an interior volume, a plurality of battery cells that is arranged in the interior volume, and a functional layer that is arranged at the casing wall between the plurality of battery cells and the battery casing. The functional layer may include an intumescent material that, in case of a breach of the battery casing, is adapted to ensuring flame containment within the interior volume and mitigation of uncontrolled heat and gas emission from the interior volume through the breach of the battery casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Johannes ROETHINGER, Manuel KEMPF, Maximo HENARES-EXTREMERA
  • Vehicle control system for autonomous, remotely-controlled, or manual operation of a vehicle
    Patent number: 11305787
    Abstract: A vehicle control system for controlling a vehicle and to a method of operating such a vehicle control system. The vehicle control system may include an inceptor adapted for controlling a servo-assisted control unit via a mechanical linkage, first and second force generating devices that are mechanically connected to the inceptor in parallel and provided for generating respective first and second forces that act in operation on the inceptor, a hands-on/off detection management unit, and a decoupling device that mechanically decouples the second force generating device from the inceptor based on a control signal from the hands-on/off detection management unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignees: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH, AIRBUS HELICOPTERS
    Inventors: Boris Grohmann, Thomas Rohr, Nicolas Avril, Axel Guse
  • Information projection and control system
    Patent number: 11292609
    Abstract: An information projection and control system for projecting information onto a projection area provided by a vehicle door, comprising at least one control unit that generates information, for projection onto the projection area; at least one projection device that projects the generated information onto the projection area; and at least one movement sensor that detects movements in a sensing area associated with the projection area, wherein the at least one control unit is adapted to control generation of the generated information on the basis of the detected movements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Daniel Waffler, Uwe Renner
  • Door system with a deceleration mechanism
    Patent number: 11274484
    Abstract: A deceleration mechanism for a door system. In particular, a door system that is adapted to control an opening of a door module that separates compartments of an aircraft, the door module comprising a door panel that performs a rotational movement above a floor structure of the aircraft during an opening of the door module, comprises a deceleration mechanism that comprises a bolt, a bolt moving mechanism that is attached to the bolt, a latch mechanism that is removably connected to the bolt moving mechanism an activation mechanism that is attached to the latch mechanism, and a brake element that is rigidly attached to the bolt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Tendyra, Uwe Renner, Xaver Pascoe, Markus Buehlmeyer, Stephen Ward, Guido Borchers
  • En route fluid transmitting apparatus
    Patent number: 11273926
    Abstract: An en route fluid transmitting apparatus for transmitting a fluid from a transmitting entity to a probe of a receiving vehicle includes a funnel, a hose and a thrust producing device. Thrust producing device includes a main body that is rigidly attached to the funnel, and at least two rotors that are connected to the main body for producing thrust. The thrust producing device is adapted to move the funnel freely in any direction to a predetermined position relative to the probe where the funnel engages with the probe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Yann Le Cadet, Samuel Pellerin
  • Composite laminate and load-introduction component for a load-introduction joint
    Patent number: 11274688
    Abstract: A composite laminate for connection to at least one attachment component in a load-introduction joint, said composite laminate comprising an opening that is adapted to receive a load-introduction component of said load-introduction joint, wherein a prefailure indication element is provided in the region of said opening, said prefailure indication element being modifiable by said load-introduction component in a prefailure mode of said load-introduction joint for indication of an impending function-affecting failure of said composite laminate. The invention is further related to a corresponding load-introduction component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventor: Moritz Buesing
  • AIRCRAFT WITH A FUEL STORAGE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20220063830
    Abstract: An aircraft with a fuselage that accommodates a floor panel and a fuel storage system, wherein the fuel storage system comprises a tank system with at least one main tank 5a that is arranged underneath the floor panel; a cross ventilation system with a plurality of ventilation lines for venting the tank system, wherein the plurality of ventilation lines comprises at least one crossing ventilation line 11a that is routed from a first lateral side of the tank system to an opposite second lateral side of the tank system; and wherein the at least one crossing ventilation line is routed underneath or in the floor panel from the first lateral side of the tank system to the second lateral side of the tank system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventor: Marcello BARRETO DE PINHO
  • MEASUREMENT APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A BENDING MOMENT
    Publication number: 20220065738
    Abstract: A measurement apparatus for determining a bending moment acting on a hollow cylindrical body in a current state as well as to a method of operating such a measurement apparatus. The measurement apparatus may include a sensor support structure, a sensor arrangement with sensors, and a processing system. The processing system may determine displacements of the inner surface of the hollow cylindrical body relative to the sensors based on the distances measured in the current state compared to the distances measured during an initial undeformed state, and determine the bending moment acting on the hollow cylindrical body based on the displacements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Georg WURZEL, Johannes FIEK, Christoph GIERLICH
  • Thrust producing unit with at least two rotor assemblies and a shrouding
    Patent number: 11220325
    Abstract: A thrust producing unit for producing thrust in a predetermined direction, comprising at least two rotor assemblies and a shrouding that accommodates at most one of the at least two rotor assemblies, wherein the shrouding defines a cylindrical air duct that is axially delimited by an air inlet region and an air outlet region, and wherein the air inlet region exhibits in circumferential direction of the cylindrical air duct an undulated geometry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Uwe Kiesewetter, Sebastian Mores, Marius Bebesel, Rupert Pfaller
  • Modular subfloor arrangement for an aircraft
    Patent number: 11220347
    Abstract: A modular subfloor system comprises first longitudinal structural frames, lateral regions, and a modular tank system that is connected to the first longitudinal structural frames. The modular tank system comprises a bottom shell, an upper panel, second longitudinal structural frames arranged between the bottom shell and the upper panel and transversal structural frames that are arranged between the bottom shell and the upper panel. The transversal structural frames and the second longitudinal structural frames form compartments. The modular tank system further comprises tank bladders arranged in at least some of the compartments and sealing elements that seal the upper panel, the bottom shell, and the at least some of the compartments of the modular tank system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Gottfried Huebner, Stefan Probst, Frank Loeser, Robert Seiler
  • Rotor with pitch control apparatus
    Patent number: 11220332
    Abstract: A rotor comprises at least two rotor blades, and each rotor blade of the at least two rotor blades rotates around a rotor axis and performs pitching around a pitch axis. The rotor axis and the pitch axis intersect in a rotor center. The rotor is characterized in that each rotor blade comprises at least one permanent magnet having a first spherical magnet surface. Each rotor blade further comprises a pitch control apparatus for controlling the pitching of the at least two rotor blades. The pitch control apparatus comprises electrically controlled magnets having a second spherical magnet surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventor: Tobias Ries
  • Battery arrangement for structurally integrating batteries in a vehicle
    Patent number: 11217839
    Abstract: A battery arrangement for structurally integrating batteries in a vehicle, in particular an aircraft or spacecraft, includes at least one battery, two supporting cooling plates between which the at least one battery is held on both sides via battery holders, and connecting rods which connect the two cooling plates to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignees: Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Kristian Zimmermann, Petr Schejbal
  • ROTARY WING AIRCRAFT WITH A FIREWALL ARRANGEMENT
    Publication number: 20210403139
    Abstract: A rotary wing aircraft with a fuselage that comprises an upper primary skin and an aircraft upper deck arranged above the fuselage, wherein the aircraft upper deck comprises a firewall arrangement that defines a fire proof separation at least between at least one aircraft engine and an aircraft interior region, wherein the firewall arrangement comprises at least one funnel-shaped lower firewall that is arranged between the at least one aircraft engine and the upper primary skin of the fuselage, wherein the at least one funnel-shaped lower firewall converges from an outer perimeter to at least one inner collecting point, and wherein the outer perimeter is spaced apart from the upper primary skin of the fuselage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Axel FINK, Manuel KEMPF
  • Door system with a deceleration mechanism
    Patent number: 11208837
    Abstract: A door system with a deceleration mechanism may be adapted to control an opening of a door module that separates compartments of an aircraft and includes a door panel and a door frame. During the opening of the door module, the door panel performs a rotational movement 389 above a floor structure of the aircraft. The deceleration mechanism is operable in a normal operation mode and a deceleration mode and comprises a hinge, a wedge-shaped component that is rotatably attached to the hinge, and an activation device. The activation device is coupled to the wedge-shaped component and switches the deceleration mechanism from operating in the normal operation mode to operating in the deceleration mode when a difference in pressure between the compartments exceeds a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Tendyra, Uwe Renner, Xaver Pascoe, Markus Buehlmeyer, Stephen Ward, Guido Borchers
  • Mounting system for a pressure seal of an aircraft door
    Patent number: 11203406
    Abstract: An aircraft door, and, more particularly, to a mounting system for a pressure seal of an aircraft door. A mounting system may include an outer skin, a pressure seal, a clamping component, a pressure seal fastener having a head and a threaded shank, a nut, a mounting support having a clearance hole that is adapted to prevent a rotational and axial movement of the pressure seal fastener, and mounting support fasteners. Mounting support fasteners removably attach the mounting support to the outer skin. The head of the pressure seal fastener is connected to the mounting support such that a rotational and axial movement of the pressure seal fastener is prevented. The nut is removably attached to the threaded shank of the pressure seal fastener, thereby removably clamping the pressure seal between the clamping component and the mounting support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Hackenberg, Thomas Thiess, Dirk Trott
  • Rotor assembly for a rotorcraft with torque controlled collective pitch
    Patent number: 11203422
    Abstract: A rotor assembly for a rotorcraft, comprising a rotor shaft, a torque transmission unit that is non-rotatably mounted to the rotor shaft, a rotor hub that is rotatably mounted to the rotor shaft via an associated angular displacement enabling component, and at least two rotor blades that are connected to the rotor hub, wherein the torque transmission unit is coupled to the at least two rotor blades on a rotor assembly outflow side via a pitch control unit, wherein the pitch control unit transmits to the at least two rotor blades torque that is applied from the rotor shaft to the torque transmission unit, and wherein the pitch control unit increases a respective pitch angle of the at least two rotor blades if the torque is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventor: Moritz Buesing
  • CONTROL AND MONITORING DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20210354809
    Abstract: A control and monitoring device for a vehicle, and, more particularly, to a control and monitoring device for a vehicle with a controllable device, whereby the vehicle is operated by a vehicle operator wearing a personalized wearable device. The control and monitoring device may include a vehicle management system that is adapted to send alert information to and to receive status information from the personalized wearable device via a wireless radio transmitter and receiver unit. The status information may include at least one of preferred workspace settings of the vehicle operator or health-related information about the vehicle operator. The vehicle management system may control the controllable device based on the at least one of the preferred workspace settings or the health-related information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Applicant: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventor: Boris GROHMANN
  • LIFE RAFT SYSTEM FOR AN AIRCRAFT
    Publication number: 20210339875
    Abstract: A life raft system for an aircraft, comprising a storage container; an inflatable life raft that is stored in the storage container in normal operation mode, an inflation device for inflating the inflatable life raft in an emergency mode, and a control unit for activating the inflation device in the emergency mode; wherein the control unit comprises a floatable control buoy with an activation member that is operable for activating the inflation device, wherein the floatable control buoy is provided for operation at a predetermined distance remote from an associated aircraft in an emergency mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventor: Stefan HARMS