Patents Assigned to Airbus Operation SAS
  • Patent number: 10186848
    Abstract: A method for installing a wiring harness in an aircraft. The method comprises using cables having first ends secured to the harness and winding means onto each of which is wound one of said cables so as to lift up said harness by exerting a tensile force. The first ends of the cables are distributed along at least a section of the harness so as to distribute the tensile forces over the section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Yves Durand, Bernard Guering
  • Patent number: 10183756
    Abstract: An aircraft engine mount which comprises first and second parts connected by connecting elements and wherein one of the two connected parts comprises at least one transverse hole opening onto an access face of the part and into which there open at least two passage holes each intended to house a threaded shank of one of the connecting elements. The engine mount comprises a transverse nut which comprises at least two bodies joined together each having a tapped hole configured to engage with one of the threaded shanks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: Frederic Journade, Eric Bouchet, Nicolas Grosseau, Antoine Mutin
  • Patent number: 10183451
    Abstract: A method and a tool for repairing a composite-material panel of an aircraft with at least one repair part made of composite material without using an autoclave. The repair method includes the steps of preparing the panel, placing at least one repair part made of composite material on the second face to cover a damaged zone, positioning a vacuum bag configured to sealingly cover the repair part, polymerizing or consolidating the repair part, compressing the vacuum bag against the repair part using a compression plate concomitantly with the step in which the repair part is polymerized or consolidated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignees: Airbus SAS, Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: Guillaume Ferrer, Thierry Borja, Julien Charles
  • Patent number: 10172566
    Abstract: A system for evaluating the action capacities of an individual comprising at least one measurement module, each measurement module being configured to produce at least one measurement point of a physiological parameter of the individual; a computation module configured to determine at least one set of measurement points representative of a distribution law for the measurement point or points, termed measured set; a computation module configured to compute at least one conditional probability of having one or more states of health; a third computation module configured to compute an average of the computed conditional probability or probabilities; a fourth computation module configured to determine at least one level of action capacity of the individual; a transmission module configured to transmit a signal representative of the level or levels of action capacity of the individual to a user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Benoit Papaix, Matthieu Pujos
  • Patent number: 10167081
    Abstract: Optimization of the use of the available volume in a flying wing for commercial passenger transport, in particular for short- or medium-haul routes. A flying wing is provided including a passenger cabin together with at least one hold for the transport of luggage and/or goods, in which the hold is positioned laterally relative to said passenger cabin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Guillaume Gallant, Romain Delahaye
  • Patent number: 10160179
    Abstract: A method of reinforcing a composite material part comprising a stack of fiber layers and at least one hole with an axis. The hole crosses the layers and opens out at the level of a first face and a second face of the part. The method comprises at least one stage in the making of at least one notch in at least one layer of the part proximate to the hole or which opens out in the hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Clement Chirol, Victor Achard
  • Patent number: 10144498
    Abstract: The invention relates to a wall made from a composite material comprising at least two layers of fibers (18, 18?) embedded in a resin matrix, a crack being able to spread in said wall in a direction of propagation, characterized in that it comprises at least one longilineal metal reinforcement (20), oriented in a direction secant to the direction of propagation, inserted between two layers of fibers (18, 18?) of the wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Airbus Operations (SAS)
    Inventors: Alain Porte, Jacques Lalane, Stéphane Dida
  • Patent number: 10144500
    Abstract: A nacelle having a longitudinal axis and comprising a chassis, two articulated fan cowl doors and a sliding fan cowl door. Each articulated fan cowl door is rotatably mounted in an upper portion of the chassis, each about their own opening axis. The opening axes are parallel to the longitudinal axis. The articulated doors pivot between a closed position and an open position. The sliding fan cowl door, in its closed position, is placed between free edges of the articulated fan cowl doors. A sliding arrangement for the sliding door is configured such that, in the open position of either articulated door, the sliding fan cowl door can rotate about the longitudinal axis. The nacelle has fan cowl doors which take up less space when in the open position and which are more compact, in comparison to articulated fan cowl doors without a sliding fan cowl door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Airbus Operations (SAS)
    Inventors: Olivier Pautis, Jerome Colmagro
  • Patent number: 10132923
    Abstract: A method and system for controlling the transmission of power of request-response messages implemented by a system to prevent collisions between a first aircraft and a second aircraft. The method comprises measuring at least the value, referred to as the quality value, of a quantity representative of the reception quality of the transponder of the second aircraft and, implemented by the anti-collision device of the first aircraft, and a control step to control the transmission power of the radio-frequency signals carrying the request-response messages according to the quality value or values contained in the response messages sent by the transponder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventor: Jean-Luc Robin
  • Patent number: 10125690
    Abstract: A start-up system including a control system controlling a partial opening of an air intake valve of a start-up turbine during a first phase of the start-up. The start-up turbine is capable of turning a rotor of the turbomachine for the purpose of the start-up, so as to prevent the rotor from encountering critical frequencies of the turbomachine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignees: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS, AIRBUS OPERATIONS S.L., GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Patrick Zaccaria, Philippe Chareyre, Pio Fernandez-Lopez, Carlos Casado-Montero, Amid Ansari, Thomas Earl Gillingham, Robert Charles Hon, Daniel Roy Kiracofe, Kenneth Kirchmayer, Michael Scott McCambridge, Tod Robert Steen
  • Patent number: 10127175
    Abstract: An aircraft avionics system comprising rack mounted line replaceable units that exchange messages between them via a bus. The avionics system comprises a monitoring device arranged in the rack comprising a connector electrically linked to the bus and into which a rack mounted line replaceable unit is plugged, to be electrically linked to the bus. The monitoring device also monitors the messages exchanged, via the bus, between the line replaceable unit plugged into its connector and other units of the avionics system. The monitoring device comprises an acquisition unit to acquire signals transmitted or received by the line replaceable unit plugged into the connector during the exchange of messages with at least one other unit of the avionics system, for converting the signals into storable digital data and for assigning clock data to the data, and a storage unit for storing the storable digital data and the clock data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Dominique Pronto, Lionel Deramond
  • Patent number: 10124879
    Abstract: A cabin space dedicated to passengers and, beneath said cabin space, an under-cabin space which extends along the longitudinal axis of said aircraft. The under-cabin space comprises, distributed along two lines parallel to the longitudinal axis of the aircraft, two sets of systems which are able to carry out functions necessary for the operation of the aircraft. The two lines of sets of systems are disposed respectively in two lateral zones of the under-cabin space which are spaced apart transversely from one another and enclose a free central zone which extends along the longitudinal axis of the aircraft. This arrangement thus eliminates any technical zone from the under-cabin space, thereby facilitating the internal layout and maintenance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: Frederic Vinches, Bernard Guering
  • Patent number: 10124876
    Abstract: An aircraft fuselage frame including a central element adapted to be located within the perimeter of the fuselage, and two lateral extensions projecting outside the perimeter of the fuselage from both sides of the central element that are a portion of a longitudinal structure of a lifting surface. The central element and the two lateral extensions are configured as an integrated piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignees: Airbus Operations S.L., Airbus Operations (SAS)
    Inventors: Esteban Martino Gonzalez, Diego Folch Cortes, Pablo Goya Abaurrea, Angel Pascual Fuertes, Sandra Linares Mendoza, Julien Guillemaut, Eric Bouchet, Jerome Colmagro, Jonathan Blanc
  • Patent number: 10124877
    Abstract: A method for measuring the position of a mobile structure in a set of reference axes, the structure comprising a plurality of intrinsic recurrent structural elements, comprising the following steps undertaken by a processor. Acquiring simultaneous images of the structure from a plurality of optical devices, each recurrent element being in a field of view of at least three separate optical devices. Extracting the recurrent elements from each image and determining their position in the image. Computing at least one indicator for each recurrent element detected in each image. Identifying each recurrent element by associating a unique identifier with each element, the identifier being related to the position of each optical device in the set of reference axes, and to at least one indicator associated with each element in each image. Determining the position, by implementing a photogrammetric algorithm, of each recurrent element in the set of reference axes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: Jean-Christophe Bry, Claude Leonetti, Gregoire Pebernad De Langautier
  • Patent number: 10124568
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a curved profile from a rectilinear preform of pre-impregnated fiber plies. The method includes stacking plies on a deformable mandrel and winding the deformable mandrel and the stacked plies on a bending tool along a rotation axis, the profile comprising a stack of N plies. At least one first section of the profile is arranged along a plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation and at least one second section is arranged in a plane parallel to the axis. The method includes the steps of stacking the N plies of fibers on the deformable mandrel, bending in a single step the N plies sandwiched between the deformable mandrel and the bending tool and polymerizing the bent N plies. The curved profile comprises M plies with fibers oriented at A° relative to a longitudinal direction and M+/?5% plies with fibers oriented at ?A°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventor: Denis De Mattia
  • Patent number: 10122554
    Abstract: An electronic circuit card and a corresponding data acquisition and generation system, including a conditioning circuit for conditioning input signals of at least two types chosen from the following types: digital, discrete, analog. A binary modulator and resources for processing the different types of input signals are provided. A programmable digital matrix switch for input signals is used to route the input signals to the resources corresponding to the types of the signals. Alternatively, or additionally, the card includes an output signal modulator and an output signal programmable digital matrix switch used to route the modulated output signals to an amplifier as a function of their type. The programmable digital matrix switches make it possible to address constraints regarding the segregation of varying numbers of input/output signals of different types.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Stephan Roux, Michel Pasquier
  • Patent number: 10099790
    Abstract: An aircraft comprising an air conditioning system for a cabin of the aircraft. The system comprises a mixer unit capable of mixing air that has already circulated in the cabin and fresh air from the engines of the aircraft. The air mixed in this way is then channeled towards the cabin to ventilate it. The aircraft has an airtight bulkhead allowing the cabin to be separated from a rear compartment, in such a manner as to prevent any direct exchange of air between said cabin and said compartment. This airtight bulkhead constitutes a wall delimiting the mixer unit, at least in part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventor: Jerome Robillard
  • Patent number: 10082441
    Abstract: A device for checking at least one pressurized testing tool for a fluid circuit of an aircraft includes at least one tank that includes at least one connection to connect a pressurized gas supply and at least one connection system arranged to connect at least one pressurized testing tool. This device makes it possible to perform preventive checks on pressurized testing tools without having to immobilize an aeroplane on an assembly line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventor: Stéphane Mateo
  • Patent number: 10071797
    Abstract: An aircraft comprising a fuselage which has a central part with a cross section of constant geometry which comprises a floor. The floor comprises two lateral portions which are fixed respectively to two opposite lateral edges of the fuselage and which enclose a central portion to which they are fixed. One of the lateral floor portions is fixed to the central portion so as to allow a relative lateral movement between the two portions in the event of a modification in pressure inside the fuselage. The cross section thus deforms homogeneously when the fuselage is pressurized and the floor is not involved in maintaining the shape of the fuselage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Airbus Operations (SAS)
    Inventors: Bernard Guering, Laurent Saint-Marc
  • Patent number: 10074285
    Abstract: A taxiing path optimization system is provided for computing a taxi path of an aircraft using available taxi routes of a corresponding airport. An interaction means management unit manages interactions between a user and the taxiing path optimization system using an interactive device for inputting a taxi clearance. An aircraft positioning management unit manages positional information of the corresponding airport and aircraft received from a plurality of sources for augmenting an aircraft position by consolidating the aircraft position with the positional information in a complementary fashion. A taxi path display unit displays the taxi path based on the inputted taxi clearance and the augmented aircraft position, wherein the taxi path is automatically computed based on aircraft characteristics or airport capabilities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Pierre Depape, Pierre Scacchi, Pascale Louise, Francois Bounaix, Thomas Stanislawiak