Patents Assigned to Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH
  • Vibration isolating device for an elastic coupling of two components
    Patent number: 10113609
    Abstract: A vibration isolating device that is adapted for an elastic coupling of a first component to a second component and for vibration isolation in predetermined frequency ranges between the first and second components, the vibration isolating device comprising at least a first and a second elastically deformable plate that are attached to each other in at least two separate connecting points, the first elastically deformable plate comprising a first curvature and the second elastically deformable plate comprising a second curvature, wherein the first and second curvatures are respectively located in a region between the at least two separate connecting points and arranged such that a gap is defined between the first and second elastically deformable plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventor: Moritz Buesing
  • Liquid level sensor with insulating region over the probe foot
    Patent number: 10107669
    Abstract: A liquid level sensor comprising an inner capacitor tube, an outer capacitor tube and a probe foot suitable for placing the liquid level sensor on a bottom surface of a liquid tank, wherein a capacitor region arranged to hold a liquid is defined between the outer capacitor tube and the inner capacitor tube, and wherein an insulating minimum distance is left between the inner capacitor tube base and the probe foot, the insulating minimum distance being sufficient to prevent a droplet of water on the probe foot from making contact with the inner capacitor tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Peter Krebs, Holger Mendick, Sven-Carsten Vogler
  • AIRCRAFT WITH A FUSELAGE THAT COMPRISES AT LEAST ONE HOLLOW BEAM ELEMENT
    Publication number: 20180273187
    Abstract: An aircraft with a fuselage that comprises at least one hollow beam element, wherein the at least one hollow beam element accommodates at least one hollow duct element that comprises a tubular duct element wall, and wherein at least one protective spacer is arranged between the tubular duct element wall and the at least one hollow beam element such that free space is available between the tubular duct element wall and the at least one hollow beam element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Chris VINKE, Petr SCHEJBAL, Daniel HAASE
  • MULTIROTOR AIRCRAFT WITH AN AIRFRAME AND A THRUST PRODUCING UNITS ARRANGEMENT
    Publication number: 20180265189
    Abstract: A multirotor aircraft with an airframe and a thrust producing units arrangement, wherein the thrust producing units arrangement comprises a predetermined number of thrust producing units for producing thrust in a predetermined direction, and wherein a flexible suspension unit is rigidly mounted to the airframe, wherein the flexible suspension unit comprises at least one bearing that mechanically couples the thrust producing units arrangement to the airframe such that the thrust producing units of the predetermined number of thrust producing units are inclinable in relation to the airframe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Qinyin ZHANG, Uwe KIESEWETTER, Sebastian MORES, Marco SCHNEEBERGER, Marius BEBESEL
  • Sliding closing element, in particular a sliding door or a sliding window, for a sliding closing element arrangement of a vehicle, in particular of an aircraft
    Patent number: 10066430
    Abstract: A sliding closing element for a sliding closing element arrangement of a vehicle, the sliding closing element arrangement comprising at least one rail that is adapted for slidably supporting the sliding closing element, the sliding closing element comprising at least one fail safe sliding arm assembly with at least one bogie support arm and at least one safety arm, the at least one bogie support arm comprising at least one bogie assembly with at least one guide roller that is adapted for rolling along the at least one rail in operation, and the at least one safety arm being adapted for retaining the at least one fail safe sliding arm assembly on the at least one rail in case of a failure of the at least one bogie support arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Fabrice Joussellin, Aurelien Vayssiere
  • Flexbeam unit for a bearingless or a hinge and bearingless multi-blade rotor of a rotary wing aircraft
    Patent number: 10065733
    Abstract: A flexbeam unit comprising a plurality of flexbeam elements, each defining a load passing member that is attachable to a rotor hub associated with a rotor shaft of the multi-blade rotor, the plurality of flexbeam elements defining a predetermined number of torsion elements that are connectable with associated rotor blades of the multi-blade rotor, wherein at least one of the predetermined number of torsion elements comprises at least one first flexbeam element defining a first longitudinal direction and at least one second flexbeam element defining a second longitudinal direction, wherein the at least one first and second flexbeam elements are interconnected by a beam connector in a direction transverse to the first and/or second longitudinal directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventor: Rupert Pfaller
  • Production and reparation of non-porous laminates with assessable low degree of fiber content
    Patent number: 10065378
    Abstract: A method of forming a fiber reinforced composite structure having a fiber volume fraction (14) below 50 vol.-% using vacuum bag molding, the method comprising the steps of placing an assembly of fiber laminates (3) on a tool surface (1.1), creating a predetermined maximum difference of pressure (10) between the inside and the outside of an airtight envelope (4), infusing resin into the assembly of fiber laminates (3), reducing the difference of pressure between the inside and the outside of the airtight envelope (4), so that the assembly of fiber laminates (3) expands and the infusion of resin into the assembly of fiber laminates (3) continues thus forming a resin infused assembly of fiber laminates (3), and curing the resin infused assembly of fiber laminates (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Hannes Roepling, Oliver Martinez Gandullo, Markus Zellhuber
  • PITCH CONTROL DEVICE FOR A DUCTED TAIL ROTOR OF A ROTORCRAFT
    Publication number: 20180244368
    Abstract: A pitch control device for a ducted tail rotor of a rotorcraft. The pitch control device comprises a control input member with a disc-shaped central component and at least two connecting arms that extend radially from the disc-shaped central component, wherein the disc-shaped central component is provided for being mounted to an associated pitch control shaft of the ducted tail rotor, and a control transfer member with a ring-shaped connector and at least two push rods that extend axially from the ring-shaped connector, wherein each one of the at least two push rods is provided for being coupled to an associated pitch lever of a rotor blade of the ducted tail rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Julius VOGL, Gerald KUNTZE-FECHNER, Victoria OTTO
  • THRUST PRODUCING UNIT WITH AT LEAST TWO ROTOR ASSEMBLIES AND A SHROUDING
    Publication number: 20180244367
    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: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Uwe KIESEWETTER, Sebastian MORES, Marius BEBESEL, Rupert PFALLER
  • Arrangement for moving a door in swinging and sliding motions
    Patent number: 10059424
    Abstract: The present invention aims at providing an arrangement for moving a door in both a swinging and a sliding manner, in which a pivoting means allows the rotation of the door around at least two axes of rotation—a slide axis around which the pivoting that allows the sliding motion takes place, and a swing axis, further passing through a swing point of a guiding means intended for allowing the door to slide over a guiding rail, around which the door swings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Justus Steger
  • Bar of composite matrix material
    Patent number: 10040546
    Abstract: In a rotary wing aircraft a bar (1) of composite matrix material has a longitudinal axis (8) perpendicular to a cross section with upper and lower surfaces (2, 3). At least one torsion box (17) comprises an upper and a lower layers (10, 21, 11, 22) respectively offset of a longitudinal axis (8) and of the upper and the lower surfaces (2, 3), said upper and lower layers (10, 21, 11, 22) being laterally joint, while cross sections are filled with the first group of fibers extending essentially parallel to the longitudinal axis (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Rupert Pfaller, Wolfgang J. Wagner, Martin Ortner
  • Shrouded rotary assembly from segmented composite for aircraft
    Patent number: 10035590
    Abstract: A shrouded rotor assembly for an aircraft. The shrouded rotor assembly comprises a stator hollow structure comprises formed from a plurality of composite angular segments. Each composite angular segment includes: a core arched section of a central hub casing, a peripheral rim section of an external hollow duct and a pair of angularly opposed sliced portions, respectively for one of a pair of guide vanes. The resulting stator hollow structure is a unitary one-piece, integrating together continuously the composite angular segments. The invention typically applies e.g. to aircrafts such as rotary wing aircrafts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Stefan Probst, Marc Nothen, Christian Wehle
  • THRUST PRODUCING UNIT WITH AT LEAST TWO ROTOR ASSEMBLIES AND A SHROUDING
    Publication number: 20180208296
    Abstract: A thrust producing unit for producing thrust in a predetermined direction, comprising a shrouding and at least two rotor assemblies, wherein the shrouding defines an internal volume, and wherein a first rotor assembly of the at least two rotor assemblies defines a first rotor axis and a second rotor assembly of the at least two rotor assemblies defines a second rotor axis, the first and second rotor axes being one of: (i) coaxially arranged, and (ii) inclined by associated inclination angles with respect to the predetermined direction, the associated inclination angles being comprised in a range between ?60° and +60°, and preferably amounting to 0°, and wherein the first rotor assembly is arranged outside of the internal volume of the shrouding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Applicant: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Sebastian MORES, Uwe KIESEWETTER, Marius BEBESEL
  • THRUST PRODUCING UNIT WITH AT LEAST TWO ROTOR ASSEMBLIES AND A SHROUDING
    Publication number: 20180208295
    Abstract: A thrust producing unit for producing thrust in a predetermined direction, comprising at least two rotor assemblies and a shrouding, each one of the at least two rotor assemblies, defining an associated rotor plane, wherein a first rotor assembly of the at least two rotor assemblies is provided for operating in a failure-free operating mode of the thrust producing unit and a second rotor assembly of the at least two rotor assemblies is provided for operating at least in case of a failure of the first rotor assembly, and wherein the shrouding accommodates at most one of the at least two rotor assemblies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Applicant: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Sebastian MORES, Alessandro D'ALASCIO, Thomas KNEISCH, Klaus KICKER, Stefanie LINK, Uwe KIESEWETTER, Marius BEBESEL
  • Flexbeam unit for a bearingless or a hinge- and bearingless multi-blade rotor of a rotary wing aircraft
    Patent number: 10029784
    Abstract: A flexbeam unit for a multi-blade rotor of a rotary wing aircraft, said flexbeam unit defining a predetermined number of torsion elements that are connectable with associated rotor blades, at least one torsion element comprising a flexbeam element having an associated longitudinal direction and comprising inner layers of a first fiber reinforced material that are embedded between outer layers of a second fiber reinforced material, said outer layers being composed of main plies comprising unidirectional fibers and said inner layers defining a cross section profile center in said associated longitudinal direction, said cross section profile center being composed of interconnected bias plies comprising fibers that are oriented transversely relative to said unidirectional fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Rupert Pfaller, Martin Schulz, Tobias Bodemann
  • Rope suspension device with at least one rope suspension module
    Patent number: 10023313
    Abstract: A rope suspension device with at least one rope suspension module that is adapted for suspension of at least one rope from a rotorcraft, the rope suspension module comprising at least one lockable load beam that is rotatable around an axis of rotation between a locked state and an unlocked state and that is adapted for supporting in the locked state at least one rope that is to be suspended from the rope suspension module, the at least one lockable load beam being, upon unlocking in operation, rotatable from the locked state around the axis of rotation into the unlocked state at least on the basis of a load that is applied to the at least one lockable load beam by means of at least one rope that is supported by the at least one lockable load beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Behrens, Rainer Stuetz
  • Flexbeam unit with at least one twisted flexbeam element
    Patent number: 10005552
    Abstract: A flexbeam unit for a multi-blade rotor of a rotary wing aircraft, the flexbeam unit comprising a plurality of flexbeam elements defining a predetermined number of torsion elements that are connectable with associated rotor blades of the multi-blade rotor, at least one of the predetermined number of torsion elements comprising at least one flexbeam element having an associated longitudinal direction, the at least one flexbeam element comprising at least one twisted area in which the at least one flexbeam element is twisted in the associated longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventor: Moritz Buesing
  • Aircraft with inwardly foldable rear door
    Patent number: 10005538
    Abstract: An aircraft comprising a rear opening and a rear door to close such rear opening, wherein the rear door is attached to the fuselage of the aircraft by means of an arrangement having two links due to which the rear door can be displaced longitudinally and in elevation up to a position at the interior of the fuselage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Probst, Wolfgang Huenecke, Frank Loeser, Johannes Frese, Sebastian Mores, Michael Matt
  • AIRCRAFT WITH AN AIRFRAME THAT COMPRISES A LOAD CARRYING FRAMEWORK
    Publication number: 20180170511
    Abstract: An aircraft with a modular airframe. The modular airframe has a load carrying framework and at least one exchangeable covering item that exhibits a first predetermined shaping. The at least one exchangeable covering item is detachably mounted to the load carrying framework. The modular airframe is customizable by exchanging the at least one exchangeable covering item with a substitute exchangeable covering item that exhibits a second predetermined shaping.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Sebastian MORES, Martin BLACHA, Christian REICHENSPERGER, Klaus RITTEL, Marco SCHNEEBERGER, Michael GEISS, Markus PASCHEK, Marius BEBESEL
  • AIRCRAFT WITH AN AIRFRAME AND AT LEAST ONE ELECTRICALLY POWERED THRUST PRODUCING UNIT
    Publication number: 20180170509
    Abstract: An aircraft with an airframe and at least one thrust producing unit the at least one thrust producing unit being electrically powered by an associated electrical engine that is electrically connected to an electrical energy source via an electrical energy distribution system, wherein the airframe comprises at least one load carrying section and at least one propulsion system carrying section, wherein the at least one load carrying section and the at least one propulsion system carrying section are segregated from each other, wherein the at least one load carrying section is provided for transportation of passengers and/or cargo, and wherein the at least one propulsion system carrying section is provided for carrying at least essentially the electrical energy source and the electrical energy distribution system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Sebastian MORES, Martin BLACHA, Christian REICHENSPERGER, Klaus RITTEL, Marco SCHNEEBERGER, Michael GEISS, Markus PASCHEK, Marius BEBESEL