Patents Assigned to Airbus Operation GmbH
  • Patent number: 11518523
    Abstract: An aircraft air conditioning system comprising an ambient air line, for ambient air to flow through, connected to supply ambient air to a mixer of the aircraft air conditioning system. An ambient air compressor is arranged in the ambient air line for compressing the ambient air flowing there through. A refrigerating apparatus comprises a refrigerant circuit for a refrigerant to flow through, including a refrigerant compressor arranged in the refrigerant circuit. The refrigerant circuit is coupled thermally to the ambient air line to transfer heat from the ambient air to the refrigerant before the ambient air is supplied to the mixer. A cabin exhaust air turbine is connected to a cabin exhaust air line, is coupled to the ambient air compressor arranged in the ambient air line, and is configured to expand the cabin exhaust air flowing through the cabin exhaust air line and to drive the ambient air compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Holger Bammann, Frank Klimpel
  • Publication number: 20220384937
    Abstract: An antenna arrangement for an aircraftincludes an antenna unit, a radome structure covering the antenna unit, and a mounting device for mounting the antenna arrangement to an outer surface of an aircraft component. The antenna unit is mounted to or integrally formed with the radome structure and the radome structure is mounted to or integrally formed with the mounting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicants: Airbus Operations GmbH, Airbus Operations S.A.S.
    Inventors: Thomas Düde, Christian Schaupmann, Rubén Bancalero Santolaya
  • Patent number: 11511306
    Abstract: A device for lacquer transfer is disclosed having a frame, a nozzle with a dispensing end for dispensing lacquer, and a transfer roller with a circumferential lateral wall, a circumferential outer contact surface of the lateral wall comprises several depressions, wherein the nozzle and the transfer roller are arranged such that lacquer is dispensable from the dispensing end onto the outer contact surface and into the depressions, wherein the transfer roller is configured to roll with the outer contact surface on a work surface of a workpiece for transferring the lacquer from the outer contact surface and from the depressions to the work surface of the workpiece. A first hardening unit is formed as a UV-light unit configured for partially hardening the lacquer in a contactless way by emitting UV-light, the first hardening unit is arranged within an interior space defined by the transfer roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignees: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GmbH, AIRBUS (SAS)
    Inventors: Silke Grünke, Alexander Gillessen, Pierre Zahlen, Christian Schepp, Daniel Kress, Waldemar Kümmel
  • Patent number: 11504739
    Abstract: A device and method for lacquer transfer includes a lacquer application unit and at least one of a masking application unit and a masking removal unit, the application unit for applying lacquer to a work surface, wherein the masking application unit is configured to apply a masking to the work surface and is attached to the lacquer application unit so the masking application unit is moved in the application direction ahead of the lacquer application unit across the work surface when the lacquer application unit is moved across the work surface in the application direction. The masking removal unit can remove a previously applied masking from the work surface and is attached to the lacquer application unit such that the masking removal unit is moved in the application direction behind the lacquer application unit across the work surface when the lacquer application unit is moved across the work surface in the application direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Pierre C. Zahlen
  • Patent number: 11505310
    Abstract: A flow body for a vehicle having a flow surface, as well as a skin system attached to the flow surface is proposed. The skin system has a top layer and a foam arrangement positioned between the flow surface and the top layer, wherein the top layer includes an elastic, surface-like material, wherein the foam arrangement includes a first layer of an elastic, compressible open cell foam, wherein the foam arrangement is bonded to the top layer. The skin system has a static shape in an unloaded state, in which the shape defines an outer surface geometry that directly follows the geometry of the respective flow surface, and the skin system has a deflected shape when the flow body is subjected to turbulent air flow. The deflected shape at least temporarily compresses the foam arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Ruppert, Volker Robrecht
  • Publication number: 20220361638
    Abstract: A storage system has a first pouch for receiving an electronic device, and a second pouch for receiving the first pouch. The first pouch is at least partially surrounded by the second pouch when the first pouch is received in the second pouch. The first pouch has a first fabric layer. Furthermore, the first pouch has an insulating layer which is adjacent to the first fabric layer and is designed to absorb material arising in the event of combustion. The second pouch is closable in such a manner that, in the closed state of the second pouch, an opening for dissipating heat energy remains.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicants: Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Jan Hadidom, Jana Schuett, Thomas Vielhaben
  • Patent number: 11492821
    Abstract: An emergency exit system comprising a first primary structure frame, a second primary structure frame extending substantially parallel to the first primary structure frame, a door opening arranged between the first primary structure frame and the second primary structure frame, and a door shiftable substantially parallel to the first primary structure frame and the second primary structure frame between a closed position and an open position. In the closed position, the door closes the door opening. In the open position, the door opens up the door opening. At least one of the primary structure frames comprises a primary structure guide element for guiding the door when the door is shifted between the closed position and the open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Uwe Papenroth, Hermann Benthien, Torsten Witt
  • Patent number: 11491684
    Abstract: For the exact lateral continuous positioning of material plies on a forming tool, a positioning device is provided to position a material ply on a forming tool during a production of a fiber composite component, comprising a positioning unit for positioning the positioning device in relation to a surface of the forming tool, a movement unit for moving the positioning device along a predetermined movement route along the forming tool, a route position detection unit for detecting the current route position of the positioning device on the movement route, and a material ply positioning unit for positioning the material ply in a direction transverse to the movement direction in dependence on the current route position detected by the route position detection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Jan-Christoph Kako
  • Patent number: 11493081
    Abstract: A connection rod comprising first and second connection elements. The first element comprises a shaft, a first connector at a shaft proximal end and a piercing body at a shaft distal end. The second element comprises a hollow casing with a fluid barrier therein, which, when intact, forms first and second reactive fluid material reservoirs, both within the casing. The second connection element comprises a second proximal end connector and a distal end inlet hole to the second reservoir. The piercing body fits within the casing and the shaft slidably engages the inlet hole such that the first element slides relative to the second element. The piercing body pierces the fluid barrier such that the reactive fluid materials mix between the reservoirs and react to form a reacted solid material restraining the piercing body within the casing to prevent relative sliding between the first and the second connection elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Benjamin Ehring, Florian Lorenz
  • Patent number: 11492093
    Abstract: A system for displaying the state of an aircraft cargo door. The cargo door is configured pivot between a closed position and an open position, the closed and open positions defining a pivoting range. The cargo door is lockable both in the closed position and in the open position. The cargo door is in a regular state when locked in the closed position or the open position. The cargo door is in a warning state when in the pivoting range between the closed position and open position. The cargo door is in a faulty state when unlocked in the closed position or unlocked in the open position or when there is an obstacle in the pivoting range. The cargo door comprises at least one indicator configured to display the respective state of the cargo door, the indicator being detectable from a distance of at least 7.5 m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH HAMBURG
    Inventors: Ulf Kehlenbeck, Matias Mail, Sascha Rodewald, Philippe Raviart
  • Patent number: 11492125
    Abstract: A mixer assembly for mixing two air streams in a ventilation system. The mixer assembly comprises a mixing chamber, which comprises an inlet and an outlet and a mixing chamber wall delimiting the mixing chamber, and also a shroud, which surrounds the mixing chamber wall, at least in certain portions. The shroud forms and delimits an intermediate space between the mixing chamber wall and the shroud. The mixer assembly also comprises a filter element, which fluidically connects the intermediate space to a surrounding area of the mixer assembly, the intermediate space being fluidically connected to the mixing chamber. Fluid can thus flow through the filter element into the intermediate space and further into the mixing chamber. A stowage space with a mixer assembly, an aircraft with such a stowage space and a method for producing a mixer assembly in an aircraft are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Felix Braun, Jens Lohmar, Henning Everth
  • Patent number: 11492142
    Abstract: A tolerance compensation subassembly in the form of a tolerance compensation element or a tolerance compensation region to improve the production, maintenance and repair of aircraft. The tolerance compensation subassembly contains an actuator which is formed from an electro-active polymer so that the tolerance compensation subassembly is electrically switchable between a fixed state and a non-fixed state. As a result, automation of the assembly of aircraft components on each other can be enabled or facilitated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Hermann Benthien, Matthias Hegenbart, Peter Linde
  • Patent number: 11492097
    Abstract: A wing for an aircraft including a wing tip section with an inboard section, a fairing in which an opening connecting an exterior of the fairing and an interior of the fairing is formed and which is mounted to the inboard section of the wing tip section, a movable device arranged in the exterior of the fairing, a connecting assembly movably connecting the movable device to the wing tip section such that the movable device is movable between a retracted position and at least one extended position, and a drive mechanism. The connecting assembly includes an actuating element, which extends through the opening and includes a first section, which is arranged in the interior of the fairing and is drivingly coupled to the drive mechanism, and a second section, which is arranged in the exterior of the fairing and coupled to the movable device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Dort Daandels, Bernhard Schlipf
  • Patent number: 11485109
    Abstract: A panel (1000) for a cabin of an aircraft, the panel (1000) including a laminate (150) with a first layer formed of lithiated carbon fibers (100), a second layer form of carbon fibers with a cathode lithium coating (200), and an electrolyte-containing separator (300) interposed between the first and the second layers and a pressure sensor (50a, 50b) on an outer surface of the laminate (150), and a switch (40) to regulate a voltage to the laminate (150) based on an output of the pressure sensor (50a, 50b) so that the panel (1000) expands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignees: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH, AIRBUS OPERATIONS, S.L.U.
    Inventors: Tamara Blanco Varela, Peter Linde
  • Patent number: 11471944
    Abstract: A method for manufacture of a complex component includes construction of the component from a metal material in an additive manufacturing method with at least one cavity segment that has a cavity open on at least one side and defined by an interior surface of the component, formation of an auxiliary electrode during construction of the component, formation of one or a plurality of supporting structures that connect the auxiliary electrode to the interior surface of the component during the construction of the component, electrical insulation of the auxiliary electrode from the interior surface by separating the supporting structures from the interior surface or from the auxiliary electrode, and performance of an electro-polishing of the interior surface in an electrolyte bath by connecting the component and the auxiliary electrode to different poles of an electric voltage source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Gilles Debril, Thomas Holder, Volker Robrecht
  • Patent number: 11472554
    Abstract: An aircraft cabin assembly is depicted and described having a cabin wall, which surrounds a cabin interior space and has a wall surface facing the cabin interior space, and having a light source, which is provided in order to emit light onto the wall surface. The problem of providing an aircraft cabin assembly which, irrespective of the light outside of the aircraft cabin assembly, as effectively as possible gives a passenger in the cabin interior space the impression that the cabin interior space is larger than it actually is, is solved in that the wall surface has a holographic image of an object and in that the light source is designed to emit the kind of light onto the wall surface that allows the holographic image to be seen as a three-dimensional image of the object which is the subject of the holographic image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Wilhelm Lutzer
  • Patent number: 11470045
    Abstract: A communication system for an aircraft comprises a communication interface with the outside of the aircraft and an avionics domain of which the security level is the highest of the communication system. It also comprises a communication domain to which is connected the communication interface and of which the security level is lower than the security level of the avionics domain. A barrier of a first type is arranged to filter the information coming from the communication interface so as to allow the information to pass into the communication domain only if the information corresponds to an authenticated communication. A barrier of a second type is arranged to filter information transmitted from the communication domain to the avionics domain, carrying out at least a syntactic filtering of the information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignees: Airbus Operations SAS, Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Bertrand Leconte, Pierre Attal, Olaf Bischof, Stephan Marwedel
  • Patent number: 11458803
    Abstract: A device for determining a temperature in a passenger compartment of a vehicle comprising a sensor unit for detecting infra-red radiation and a temperature determining unit. The temperature determining unit may be configured so as, in dependence upon the measurement data provided by the sensor unit, to determine a surface temperature of a predetermined object located in the vehicle passenger compartment and, from the determined surface temperature of the object using a first functional relationship, to determine an air temperature in the vehicle passenger compartment. The temperature determining unit may be configured as an alternative or in addition thereto so as, in dependence upon the measurement data provided by the sensor unit, to determine a surface temperature for at least one passenger compartment occupant, and from the determined surface temperature using a second functional relationship to determine a measurement for the level of personal comfort.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Ayse Ercan, Kemal-Edip Yildirim, Viktor Bader, Ingo Gores
  • Patent number: 11459082
    Abstract: A cargo hold comprises at least one luggage holder having at least one luggage compartment, wherein, when the hatch is in the closed state, the luggage holder is arranged in the cargo hold, and wherein, when the hatch is in the opened state, the luggage holder can be brought out of the cargo hold and can be introduced therein again by means of a guide mechanism in such a manner that the luggage holder, when it is brought out of the cargo hold, is arranged substantially radially to the substantially elliptical cross section of the fuselage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Peter Leopold Pirklbauer, Peter Sander, Uwe Panzram, Jan Reh, Michael Sillus
  • Patent number: 11459084
    Abstract: A wing for an aircraft, comprising a fixed wing, a foldable wing tip portion mounted to the fixed wing via a first hinge rotatably about a first hinge axis between an extended and folded positions, and an actuation unit to actuate the foldable wing tip portion for movement about the first hinge axis. The actuation unit comprises a link, a first and a second linear actuator. The link is rotatably mounted to the fixed wing via a second hinge, the first linear actuator is rotatably mounted to the fixed wing via a third hinge spaced from the second hinge, and is rotatably mounted to the link via a fourth hinge spaced from the second hinge. The second linear actuator is rotatably mounted to the foldable wing tip portion via a fifth hinge, and is rotatably mounted to the link via a sixth hinge spaced from the second hinge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventor: Christian Lorenz