Patents Assigned to Airbus Operation GmbH
  • Patent number: 11912413
    Abstract: A panel for covering a supply channel in a passenger cabin of a vehicle including a mounting surface facing the passenger cabin while the panel covers the supply channel. The panel is elongated in a longitudinal direction and adapted for mounting passenger supply units. The mounting surface includes spaced openings arranged along a longitudinal direction of the panel, wherein each opening includes a connector assembly for a passenger supply unit. The panel includes a mount securing passenger supply units. The mounting surface comprises extended areas for providing support in opposing lateral directions to passenger supply units mounted to the panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Christian Riedel
  • Publication number: 20240051238
    Abstract: A system for producing a component or semifinished product with a fibre-reinforced foam core, includes a substrate on which the foam core having a first main surface and an opposite second main surface is to be laid; a sewing device having a needle configured to be moved at least linearly; a fibre supply device for three-dimensional supply of a fibre; and a coating device. The sewing device is configured to position the needle at the first main surface and to pierce the foam core, such that a needle tip penetrates through the first main surface and then through the second main surface. The fibre supply device is configured to position a reinforcing fibre such that the reinforcing fibre is hooked into the needle tip. The coating device is configured to coat a reinforcing fibre hooked into the needle tip with resin immediately before the reinforcing fibre enters the foam core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Gregor Christian Endres
  • Patent number: 11890980
    Abstract: A table arrangement has a mounting element to be fastened to a fastening structure element. A first table element is connected to the mounting element, pivotally relative to the mounting element about a first pivot axis between a stowage position, in which the first table element extends substantially parallel to a mounting plane defined by the mounting element, and a position of use, in which the first table element extends substantially perpendicular to the mounting plane. A second table element is connected to the first table element substantially parallel to the first table element and rotatable relative to the first table element about a rotation axis that is parallel to the mounting plane in the position of use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignees: Diehl Aviation Laupheim GmbH, Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Woerz, Ulrich Kress, Ralf Braendle, Markus Ils, Christian Heider, Andreas Toborg
  • Patent number: 11884399
    Abstract: A storage compartment arrangement for a cabin of a vehicle has a storage compartment, housing, storage compartment opening, lower compartment, and upper compartment. The compartments are directly above each other and separated by an intermediate base pivotable at least in sections into the upper compartment. Items of luggage can be placed onto a lower horizontal pivoting edge and pushed into the lower compartment. Adjacent to a lower delimitation of the upper compartment, when the intermediate base is not pivoted, an upper horizontal pivoting edge is formed, onto which items of luggage can be placed and pushed into the upper compartment. The upper compartment has an upper opening edge adjoined by an auxiliary surface extending over the upper compartment, is at an angle in a range of 10° to 50° to the intermediate base and, as the distance from the upper delimitation increases, encloses an increasing distance from the intermediate base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Claus-Peter Gross
  • Patent number: 11878785
    Abstract: A line assembly for installation in an aircraft fuselage includes a first line section having a first diameter, a second line section having a second diameter, a set of first line brackets, and a set of second line brackets. The first line brackets include a first receiving space configured to hold the first line section and a first support portion for attaching the first line brackets to a fuselage structural part. The second line brackets include a second receiving space configured to hold the second line section and a second support portion for attaching the second line brackets to the first line section. The second line section includes a higher flexibility than the first line section. The second line section is attached to the first line section through a plurality of second line brackets arranged at a distance to and independent from the first line brackets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Schneider, Frederik Albers, Sonja Pawellek
  • Publication number: 20240018806
    Abstract: A device for latching a door of an oxygen mask container in an aircraft cabin includes a door for an oxygen mask container having an inner side, outer side and hinge, a first latching device attached to the inner side, and a second latching device movable relative to the first latching device to selectively engage or disengage the second latching device. A retaining element is attachable to a structural part inside the oxygen mask container. A test control device on the inner side of the door includes a movable hook element and can move the hook element to a first or second position. The hook element can engage the retaining element in the first position to restrict an opening degree of the door. The hook element is placed in the second position such that when the door is opened, the hook element is moved past the retaining element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Florian Müller, Jan-Luca Hünting
  • Patent number: 11873752
    Abstract: An expansion tank system for a liquid cooling system includes a first chamber for receiving a coolant, a second chamber for pressurized gas, a first gas conveying device for conveying gas from the first to the second chamber, a second gas conveying device for conveying gas from the second to the first chamber, a first pressure sensor in fluid communication with the first chamber, and a control unit connected to the first gas conveying device, the second gas conveying device and the first pressure sensor for controlling the second conveying device to selectively convey gas from the second to the first chamber if a pressure measured through the first pressure sensor is below a predefined first threshold value, and for controlling the first conveying device to convey gas from the first to the second chamber if a pressure measured through the first pressure sensor is above a second threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Torsten Trümper, Ekkehard Lohse
  • Patent number: 11866170
    Abstract: A movable flow body device for an aircraft including an elongated flow body having a main extension axis, a first mechanical interface in a first position along the main extension axis, a second mechanical interface in a second position and a third mechanical interface in a third position. The first mechanical interface may be a master interface arranged in a central region, while the second and third mechanical interfaces are slave interfaces. Preferably, in the outboard position, a link plate between a support lever and a support rib of the flow body is inverted compared to the further inboard mechanical interface, which allows for supporting slimmer and longer flow bodies in the outboard region and providing a rigging hinge line through the whole flow body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Bensmann, Marcus Erban, Martin Fees
  • Patent number: 11858229
    Abstract: Tooling for manufacturing multi-spar torsion boxes with different web heights, the tooling includes a mandrel module having a hollow beam geometry which comprises a first base and a second base opposite to the first base, and two walls extending between said first base and said second base, and at least one spacer module configured for coupling with the mandrel module, wherein the web height of a multi-spar torsion box is defined by the coupling between the mandrel module and at least one spacer module. A method for manufacturing multi-spar torsion boxes with different web heights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignees: Airbus Operations, S.L.U., Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Francisco Javier Honorato Ruiz, Eugenio Piñeyroa De La Fuente, Alfonso González Gozalbo, Ángel Pascual Fuertes, Jorge Juan Galiana Blanco, Diego García Martín, Alfonso Parra Rubio, Jorge Martin Beato, Carlos Delgado Alcojor, Eduardo González Hernando, Alberto Gallegos Elvira, José Francisco Alonso Rodríguez, René Schröder
  • Publication number: 20230417230
    Abstract: A pump arrangement for providing a saturated or subcooled liquid includes a tank for saturated liquid, a heat exchanger for cooling the saturated liquid, a pump, an expansion valve, and an output for feeding saturated or subcooled liquid to a consumer. A tank outlet is in fluid communication with a liquid inlet of the heat exchanger, such that saturated liquid stored inside the tank can flow into the heat exchanger designed to sub-cool the saturated liquid. A liquid outlet of the heat exchanger is in fluid communication with a pump inlet. The expansion valve outlet is in fluid communication with a coolant inlet of the heat exchanger. An expansion valve inlet is arranged for receiving and expanding a fraction of liquid flowing through the pump arrangement and routing it into the coolant input to at least partially evaporate and receive evaporation enthalpy of the liquid to be subcooled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicants: Airbus Operations GmbH, Airbus S.A.S.
    Inventors: Armin Isselhorst, Kei Philipp Behruzi, Peter Friese
  • Publication number: 20230419936
    Abstract: A semi-active noise control system includes a layer configured to be part of an interior panel of an aircraft The layer includes conductive tracks, a driver arrangement, tuned mass dampers, and sensors. Each tuned mass damper has an eigenfrequency that depends on a control signal applied to the tuned mass damper and is connected to the driver arrangement via a conductive track and configured to receive control signals from the driver arrangement. Each sensor is connected to the driver arrangement via a conductive track and is configured to sense vibrations and/or acoustic sounds and send measurement signals to the driver arrangement. The driver arrangement is configured to analyze the measurement signals and to generate and send control signals to the tuned mass dampers such that the eigenfrequency of the tuned mass dampers is matched with the frequency of the vibrations and/or acoustic sounds sensed by the sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicants: Airbus Operations GmbH, Airbus S.A.S.
    Inventors: Wolfgang Machunze, Alois Friedberger, Christian Thomas, Martin Wandel
  • Patent number: 11845538
    Abstract: A system and a method for evaluating performance of a porous skin of an aircraft including the porous skin, and a boundary layer control system. The performance evaluation system includes a first sensor providing data related to the performance of the porous skin. The performance evaluation system is further configured to clean the porous skin based on the performance of the porous skin determined using the data received from the first sensor in order to ensure that the porous skin operates at its maximum capability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignees: Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Herrles, Nikolai Striffler, Norbert Karpen, Elmar Bonaccurso, Jürgen Wehr, Susanne Holtemeyer, Silke Grünke, Nicole Jordan, Franz Xaver Hallweger
  • Patent number: 11843164
    Abstract: An elongate antenna assembly (1) for an aircraft including a structural section (3) and an antenna element (5), wherein the structural section (3) includes an elongate leading edge section (7) extending in a longitudinal direction (13) of the antenna assembly, a first lateral section (9), and a second lateral section (11), wherein the leading edge section (7) is curved such that the leading edge section (7) comprises a convex outer surface (15) extending in the longitudinal direction (13) of the antenna assembly (1) on a convex side (19) of the antenna assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Peer Konitzer
  • Patent number: 11840871
    Abstract: A closing aid for a luggage compartment flap is described, which closing aid comprises an actuating element, a movement element and a connecting element. The actuating element is integrated in a locking mechanism of the luggage compartment flap. The connecting element connects the actuating element to the movement element and transmits a movement of the actuating element to the movement element such that the luggage compartment flap fastened to the movement element is moved at least part of the way from an open position to a closed position. A luggage compartment and a vehicle having a closing aid of this type are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Uwe Schneider
  • Patent number: 11840052
    Abstract: A method for producing a composite component including a bottom layer, cover layer and honeycomb structure, including applying the honeycomb structure to the bottom layer wherein honeycomb chambers are formed. Honeycomb chambers are filled in a reinforcement region with a granular material and granular material is removed from other honeycomb chambers wherein each honeycomb chamber is filled up to a granular-material filling height and honeycomb chambers outside the reinforcement region are free of granular material. The cover layer is applied to the honeycomb structure wherein the honeycomb chambers are closed. The composite component is heated so the granular material in the honeycomb chambers expands to fill it with granular material and the cover layer, the bottom layer, the honeycomb structure and the expanded granular material harden, the density of the expanded granular material in the honeycomb chambers filled with granular material being dependent on the granular-material filling height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Jürgen Langediers, Berend Schoke, Marcel Meyer
  • Patent number: 11840342
    Abstract: A storage compartment arrangement for a vehicle cabin having a storage compartment, housing, closable storage compartment opening, lower compartment section in the housing, and upper compartment section in the housing. The storage compartment opening extends over the structural heights of both compartment sections. Items of luggage can be placed onto a lower horizontal pivoting edge and pushed into the lower compartment section. An upper horizontal pivoting edge is provided onto which items of luggage can be placed and can be pushed into the upper compartment section. The storage compartment opening has an upper opening edge facing an upper side of the upper compartment section and is adjoined by an auxiliary surface extending over the upper compartment section, is at an angle in a range of 10° to 50° to the separating plane, and, as the distance from the upper delimitation increases, encloses an increasing distance from the separating plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Claus-Peter Gross
  • Patent number: 11840331
    Abstract: A wing for an aircraft, including a main wing, and a leading edge high lift assembly including a high lift body, and a connection assembly connecting the high lift body to the main wing such that the high lift body is movable relative to the main wing between a stowed position and a deployed position. The connection assembly includes at least one rotation element mounted to the high lift body and mounted to the main wing rotatably about an axis of rotation. The high lift body includes a rigid portion and a flexible skin portion. The rigid portion is mounted to the rotation element. The flexible skin portion is connected to a leading edge portion of an upper skin panel of the main wing and is connected to the rigid portion of the high lift body The flexible skin portion is configured to be deformed between a stowed deformation state and a deployed deformation state, when the high lift body is moved between the stowed position and the deployed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Rainer Gartelmann
  • Patent number: 11840337
    Abstract: A leading-edge arrangement for an aircraft is proposed, comprising a plurality of movable flow bodies, a supply duct, an air transfer duct, and at least one perforated tube. The movable flow bodies are arranged in a consecutive arrangement to form a row with a first end and a second end. The supply duct reaches into an interior of one of the flow bodies at the first end. The air transfer duct connects to the supply duct and extends at least through the interior of the respective flow body in the direction towards the second end. The at least one perforated tube is arranged inside at least one of the flow bodies that directly follows on. The at least one perforated tube is in fluid communication with the transfer duct. The transfer duct is configured to transfer air from the supply duct into the at least one perforated tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Bensmann, Marcus Erban, Martin Fees
  • Patent number: 11843163
    Abstract: An opening completely arranged in a skin panel of a structural portion of the aircraft is formed in the outer skin of the skin panel, and for each of the skin panels with one of the openings, an associated structural element of an electronic arrangement is separately provided. The structural element is designed and detachably fastened by a frame thereof to the outer skin in the corresponding skin panel on the side of the outer skin opposite the outer surface, such that it seals the corresponding opening such that the skin panel has at least the same pressure-tightness and at least the same strength relative to tension, pressure and shear forces which act in the skin panel in the extension direction of the outer skin as the same skin panel without the corresponding opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Schaupmann, Markus Altmann
  • Patent number: 11840336
    Abstract: To reduce vibration of movable airfoil structures, such as rudders, elevators, and ailerons, a spring device, a leaf spring for example, is mounted to an airfoil mounting structure, such as a vertical tail plane, horizontal tail plane or the wings, such that the spring device exerts a force on a cam device, which transforms the spring force into an airfoil torque. The airfoil torque is applied to the airfoil structure and thus reduces a risk of vibration. The cam device is configured to redirect the spring force such that when the airfoil structure is moved in a first direction, torque decreases and when moved in the opposite second direction the torque is zero.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Ivano Bertolini, Henrik Lüttmann, Wim Westbroek