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 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 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.
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 supply system for an aircraft, wherein the supply system has a supply module with outlet pipes, feed pipes connected to dihydrogen tanks, and means for channeling the dihydrogen in the feed pipes towards the outlet pipes, a distribution module having introduction pipes connected to the outlet pipes via heaters, distribution pipes connected to an engine, and means for channeling the dihydrogen in the introduction pipes towards the distribution pipes, and a control unit which commands the means of the supply module and of the distribution module depending on the information provided by the detection means. Also an aircraft with such a supply system.
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 drainage valve comprising a through hole, a seat around the through hole, a shutter comprising an end face and movable in a longitudinal direction between a first position in which the end face of the shutter is away from the seat and a second position in which the end face of the shutter is pressed against the seat and blocks the through hole, and an elastic element configured to keep the shutter in the first position. The shutter has a recess, emerging at its end face, configured to introduce therein a part of a tool in order to temporarily secure the part of the tool and the shutter in order to displace it in two directions longitudinally.
Abstract: An aircraft floor including a structure, a deck attached to the structure, and first and second sealing barriers superposed at least in line with a protection zone, the deck being configured to form the first sealing barrier at least in line with the protection zone. The second sealing barrier includes a sealing tarpaulin interposed between the deck and the structure and having several reinforcing strips fixed against a face of the sealing tarpaulin oriented toward the structure, at least some of the reinforcing strips being interposed between the sealing tarpaulin and longitudinal reinforcements of the structure of the floor.
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: 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 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: A propulsion unit, and an aircraft, with a propeller and electric motor, including at least one intermediate element interposed between the electric motor and the propeller and configured to transmit at least thrust loads generated by the propeller, a primary structure supporting the propulsion unit, at least one interface having: a first load path, configured to transmit loads perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the propeller, linking the at least one intermediate element to a support linked rigidly to or incorporated in the primary structure, a second load path, configured to transmit loads that are parallel to the axis of rotation of the propeller, linking the at least one intermediate element to a support linked rigidly to or incorporated in the primary structure.
Abstract: A method for manufacturing at least a portion of a box structure obtained from an outer skin and a plurality of sections each having a joining face in contact with the outer skin. The method comprises a step of positioning the sections on a mold, a step of obtaining a flat fiber preform having a thickness substantially equal to the outer skin, a step of placing a central portion of the fiber preform on the sections positioned on a first face of the mold and a step of forming a lateral extension of the fiber preform to press the fiber preform against a forming surface. A central wingbox obtained by the method is provided and a forming tool for carrying out the method.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 3, 2023
Date of Patent:
April 8, 2025
Assignees:
Airbus Operations SAS, Airbus Operations LTD, Airbus Operations S.L.
Inventors:
Bertrand Duthille, Jonathan Price, Jago Pridie, Jose Manuel Menendez Martin
Abstract: An acoustic treatment panel includes at least one acoustically resistive layer, a reflective layer and at least one cellular structure interposed between the acoustically resistive layer and the reflective layer. The cellular structure includes cylindrical and identical main tubes which are closed at one end by the acoustically resistive layer and at the other end by the reflective layer, spacer zones between the main tubes, the spacer zones being sealed relative to one another, cutouts made at an end of certain main tubes, in contact with the reflective layer, and/or secondary tubes positioned in the main tubes and/or in the spacer zones, the cutouts and/or the secondary tubes being configured to generate acoustic cells of different dimensions from identical main tubes.
Abstract: A support for the maintenance of an aircraft radome comprising an annular element having a flat surface and from which extend at least three feet. The support comprising a plurality of articulated holding elements, for example articulated fittings, applying a lock function and each comprising a bearing surface on a surface portion of an aircraft radome, for example an interface fitting, when said radome is placed on said flat surface of said annular element.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 12, 2024
Date of Patent:
April 8, 2025
Assignee:
Airbus Operations SAS
Inventors:
Jacques Fournie, Julien Poteau, Noël Pernalon
Abstract: An assembly for an aircraft including a vision module including a base and a chassis including a first beam fixed to the base by four fixing means, a second beam fixed to the first beam by four fixing means, and two third beams fixed to the structure of the aircraft and between which the second beam is fixed by two third fixing means, where each fixing means takes the form of a system with two eccentric rings where the two rings are mobile in rotation relative to one another about parallel rotation axes. Also an aircraft with such an assembly fixed to a structure thereof.
Abstract: An apparatus contains a dihydrogen tank and/or a dihydrogen circuit, and a device for regulating a concentration of dihydrogen located outside the tank and/or the circuit. The device includes at least one pair of electrical conductors including a first electrical conductor supplied with a first voltage and a second electrical conductor supplied with a second voltage which is different from the first voltage. At least one controller repeatedly commands the application of a predetermined voltage difference between the first electrical conductor and the second electrical conductor so that an electric arc of controlled power is formed in order to burn dihydrogen possibly coming from the tank and/or from the circuit. Thus, dihydrogen does not accumulate in undesired places in the apparatus.
Abstract: A fuel conditioning system for an aerobic hydrogen engine, including: at least one hydrogen pump configured to increase the pressure of the liquid hydrogen delivered at the outlet of a tank, one or several heat exchangers configured to increase the temperature of the pressurized hydrogen, an air supply circuit, at least one combustion device configured to ensure a partial combustion of the hydrogen with air coming from the air supply circuit in order to produce a fuel including a gas mixture including gaseous hydrogen and devoid of oxygen.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 21, 2022
Publication date:
March 13, 2025
Applicants:
ARIANEGROUP SAS, AIRBUS OPERATION SAS, SAFRAN SA
Inventors:
Louis Vianney MABILLE DE LA PAUMELIERE, Nicolas GUEZENNEC, Carlos Alberto CRUZ, Mathieu BELLEVILLE, Samer MAALOUF