Abstract: A propulsion assembly having a combustion chamber and a turbine, a nacelle with a front cowl facing the turbine, with a window passing through it, and a rear cowl to the rear of the turbine, a fire barrier between the front cowl and the rear cowl, a dihydrogen supply pipe meandering from the inside of the rear cowl, then in a sealed manner through the fire barrier, then through the window as far as the combustion chamber, wherein the supply pipe has an intermediate section between the fire barrier and the window, and a plate fastened in a sealed manner to the intermediate section and fastened in a sealed manner to the front cowl around the window.
Abstract: An engine pylon has a structure for fastening an aircraft engine beneath a wing and has two lateral faces. The structure has a tunnel laterally passing through it, between and through the lateral faces, and the engine pylon has a spreader housed in the tunnel and fastened in an articulated manner to each lateral face. A first end of the spreader has a first bore. A second end of the spreader has two second bores each forming a connection point with the engine. A rod is fastened in an articulated manner to the first bore and has two third bores each forming a connection point with the engine. Such an engine pylon has the ability to attach the engine, with reduced vertical bulk and with less drag.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 4, 2024
Date of Patent:
June 24, 2025
Assignee:
Airbus Operations SAS
Inventors:
Michael Berjot, Pierre-Antoine Combes, Marc De Nicola, Jean-Baptiste Vignes
Abstract: An assembly including a wing with a pressure-side panel and a suction-side panel through which two bores pass, an engine pylon including a blade with three bores and two fastening lugs, each of which has a sixth bore, two first shackles fastened between the blade and the suction-side panel, two second shackles fastened between the blade and the suction-side panel and two fittings, which are fastened beneath the pressure-side panel and each have a female clevis for housing a fastening lug therein.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 6, 2023
Date of Patent:
June 24, 2025
Assignee:
Airbus Operations SAS
Inventors:
Olivier Pautis, Michael Berjot, Pierre-Antoine Combes, Paul-Adrien Taveau
Abstract: A propulsion assembly for an aircraft, having a turbomachine, a pylon, and a device for reacting thrust forces having a main fitting, a spreader pivoting on the main fitting and having an opening, two rods articulated to the turbomachine and to the spreader, a secondary fitting fastened beneath the pylon and having a secondary female clevis constituted of two secondary arms passed through by holes of oblong shape and aligned along a secondary axis (R2), wherein the spreader is housed in the secondary female clevis of the secondary fitting, wherein the opening is coaxial with the secondary axis (R2), and a backup connection pin inserted with a tight fit into the opening and with clearance into the holes. Also an aircraft with such a propulsion assembly.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 21, 2023
Date of Patent:
June 24, 2025
Assignee:
Airbus Operations SAS
Inventors:
Michael Berjot, Germain Gueneau, Pierre-Antoine Combes, Paul-Adrien Taveau
Abstract: An acoustic panel including first and second cellular structures, the first cellular structure including a set-back portion to form a recess dimensioned to accommodate the second cellular structure such that first faces of the first and second cellular structures, in contact with a first, acoustically resistive layer, are coplanar and that first edge faces of the first and second cellular structures are coplanar when the second edge face of the second cellular structure is in contact with the set-back portion. By virtue of the set-back portion, the first and second cellular structures are positioned correctly with respect to one another, thus contributing to an optimization of the acoustic treatment.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 28, 2023
Date of Patent:
June 24, 2025
Assignee:
Airbus Operations SAS
Inventors:
Manuel Teigne, Florian Ravise, Laurent Caliman
Abstract: A method and a system for stripping a part which includes visualizing a zone to be stripped on a screen using a camera, aligning a center of the zone to be stripped with a pattern overlaid on the screen, defining a stripping dimension around the center of the zone to be stripped and controlling a laser source to have the laser source strip the zone to be stripped within that dimension. Such a method makes it possible to correctly visualize the positioning of the laser source with respect to the zone to be stripped before the stripping operation.
Abstract: A propulsion assembly for an aircraft having a chassis in the form of a cage with bars, a turbine, a dihydrogen supply pipe winding inside a nacelle as far as the rear of the turbine, with a radial step towards the outside of the nacelle, a rail with a radial step towards the outside of the nacelle, a bypass pipe connected between the two radial steps outside the nacelle, and a protection plate fastened to the bars, and an absorber between the protection plate and the related bar.
Abstract: A measurement bar includes a sheath, a leading edge having a plurality of cavities, a steady pressure sensor generating first data and an unsteady pressure sensor generating second data in each of the cavities, an electronic circuit including the steady pressure sensor and the unsteady pressure sensor of each of the cavities, a processing unit configured to merge the first data and the second data, and a second communication module configured to transmit the first data, the second data and the merged first data and second data to a user device. Thus, it is possible to monitor unsteady aerodynamic phenomena.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 15, 2024
Date of Patent:
June 3, 2025
Assignee:
Airbus Operations SAS
Inventors:
Nicolas Dupe, Nicolas Jean, Maxime Keller, Cyrille Dajean
Abstract: A propulsive assembly comprising a nacelle delimiting an internal volume, a T-shaped frame comprising a first wall fixed to the wing and a second wall that is vertical and that divides the internal volume into two sub-volumes, a dihydrogen consumer device, for each sub-volume, a dihydrogen processing system, a supply line connected between the processing system and the consumer device, and an input line connected between the processing system and a dihydrogen tank. Also an aircraft with a wing and such a propulsive assembly.
Abstract: A method for manufacturing an aerodynamic structure including a first panel having an aerodynamic face, as well as a second reinforced panel. The method includes a step of stamping the second panel to obtain at least one raised shape which is recessed on the second face, and a step of joining the first and second panels by pressing them against each other outside the at least one raised shape. An aerodynamic shape is obtained using this method.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 16, 2021
Date of Patent:
May 13, 2025
Assignee:
Airbus Operations SAS
Inventors:
Brice Albert, Benjamin Trarieux, Harleen Kaur, Stéphane Daure
Abstract: An aircraft nacelle equipped with a thrust reversal device which comprises: at least one deflection system configured to deflect an air stream channeled in the nacelle toward a lateral opening of the nacelle, in the activated state; at least one orientation system having: at least one transverse deflector configured to orient the air stream deflected by the deflection system toward the upstream end of the nacelle, at least one downstream deflector positioned at the downstream edge of the lateral opening and configured to deflect the air stream deflected by the deflection system toward the upstream end of the nacelle.
Abstract: A method for installing a screw in at least one through-orifice of a box-type structure, including inserting a body of a first tool into the through-orifice from an external region of the box-type structure, moving the body in an internal region of the box-type structure, towards an end of the box-type structure, securing the screw to the body, the first tool comprising a link connected to the body which remains accessible from the external region during the inserting, moving and securing steps, pulling on the link from the external region until the shank of the screw is positioned in the through-orifice, and separating the body from the screw.
Abstract: A measuring rake, configured to be arranged on a link rod, includes a sheath including a front face and two side walls delimiting between them a recess configured to receive the link rod, an electronic circuit arranged on the front face of the sheath and including at least one sensor, a patched leading edge fixed removably to the sheath, and a seal arranged between the patched leading edge and the electronic circuit, the patched leading edge including a plurality of air intakes, each forming a fluidic passage between an outer face and an inner face of the patched leading edge opening out facing at least one sensor of the electronic circuit, the measuring rake making it possible to obtain a measuring tool which can be assembled simply and quickly, with easy access to the electronic circuit, and making it possible to avoid problems of orifice blockages or air leaks.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 15, 2024
Date of Patent:
May 6, 2025
Assignees:
Airbus SAS, Airbus Operations SAS
Inventors:
Nicolas Dupe, Nicolas Jean, Cyrille Dajean, Christian Meloni
Abstract: A propulsive assembly for an aircraft with an engine system with a core in a casing and having a combustion chamber and a turbine with blades, a supply line supplying dihydrogen, an injector manifold equipped with injectors which dip into the combustion chamber, and a distribution network with several bypass lines distributed around the casing, a rear manifold connected to the supply line and to the bypass lines and a front manifold connected to the bypass lines and to the injector manifold, in which the rear manifold is at the rear of the turbine and the front manifold is at the front of the turbine.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 28, 2023
Date of Patent:
May 6, 2025
Assignees:
Airbus SAS, Airbus Operations SAS
Inventors:
Philippe Mogilka, Lionel Czapla, Alexis Pissavin
Abstract: A propulsion system comprising a chassis, a fan cowl, an articulation system fixed between the chassis and the fan cowl and comprising a shaft with two offset cylinders in which a central cylinder is movably mounted in rotation on the chassis and wherein a lateral cylinder is movably mounted in rotation on the fan cowl, a blocking device limits the rotation of the central cylinder relative to the chassis between a closed position and an intermediate position, and a stopping device allows rotation of the fan cowl between the intermediate position and the open position and preventing rotation of the fan cowl beyond the intermediate position.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 12, 2024
Date of Patent:
May 6, 2025
Assignee:
Airbus Operations SAS
Inventors:
Grégory De Oliveira, Thomas Bourdieu, Julien Ferreira
Abstract: A device for cooling an aircraft propulsion system, including at least one cooling circuit with at least one air inlet equipped with an intake flap mobile between closed and open positions and at least one air outlet equipped with an exhaust flap mobile between closed and open positions, and at least one actuator coupled by at least one kinematic system to the pair of intake and exhaust flaps in such a manner that the intake and exhaust flaps are driven in synchronized movements and simultaneously occupy the closed position or the open position. This solution enables reduction of the number of actuators and, finally, the all-up weight of the aircraft.
Abstract: An electrical propulsion assembly that includes: a propeller that has a rotation axis, at least two electric motors offset relative to one another in a longitudinal direction parallel to the rotation axis of the propeller, a main drive shaft parallel to the rotation axis of the propeller to which the electric motor are coupled, a transmission system including an output shaft connected to the propeller and an input shaft connected to the main drive shaft. Also an aircraft including at least one such electrical propulsion assembly.
Abstract: A propulsion system for an aircraft comprises a closed cooling circuit which has at least one main segment and at least two secondary segments, in which a heat-transfer fluid circulates. Each secondary segment has: a leak detection device, a shut-off valve, and a non-return valve. The cooling circuit also has electronic circuitry configured to close the shut-off valve of a secondary segment when a leak is detected by the leak detection device of said secondary segment.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 13, 2023
Date of Patent:
May 6, 2025
Assignees:
Airbus SAS, Airbus Operations SAS
Inventors:
Darren Paget, Vincent Lamonzie, Norberto Simionato Neto
Abstract: An aircraft propulsion unit with an engine mount connecting a rigid casing, supporting a propeller, and a structure. First and second transverse link rods connect the casing and the structure with first and second joints each having an axis of pivoting substantially parallel to an axis of rotation of the propeller. First and second thrust rods connect the casing and the structure by first and second thrust rod connections. The first and second thrust rod connections separated from one another in the longitudinal direction. A longitudinal end stop is configured to limit the movement of the casing with respect to the structure in at least the longitudinal direction. An aircraft with at least one such propulsion unit.
Abstract: A powerplant for an aircraft, comprising a frame, a propulsion system comprising a core enclosed in a casing and comprising a combustion chamber and a turbine, a supply pipe for conveying dihydrogen to the combustion chamber and that snakes outside the casing running along the turbine before dropping down into the combustion chamber through the casing, and a protective plate fastened to the frame and positioned between the casing and the supply pipe. With such an arrangement, if a blade of the turbine became detached it would meet the protective plate blocking its path to the dihydrogen pipe and would thus be diverted or stopped.