Abstract: A turbofan with a nacelle having a fixed structure, a mobile assembly bearing second blocking element and able to move between an advanced position and a withdrawn position, a set of deflectors able to move in translation between an advanced position and a withdrawn position, and an actuation system having a carriage, a blocking lever bearing first attachment element and able to move between a blocking position and a free position, and a transmission system configured to move the blocking lever from the blocking position to the free position when the mobile assembly reaches a tilting position between the advanced position and the withdrawn position.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 20, 2023
Date of Patent:
July 30, 2024
Assignee:
Airbus Operations SAS
Inventors:
Michael Belin, Lionel Sillieres, Julie Cazalis, Simon Vanderbauwede, Samuel Magne
Abstract: An anterior part of a nacelle of an aircraft propulsion assembly, which comprises an air intake lip, an outer panel extending an outer part of the air intake lip, an inner structure extending an inner part of the air intake lip, a front frame connecting the outer wall to the air intake lip or to the inner structure. The outer panel and the outer part of the air intake lip together form an outer wall of the anterior part. The front frame and the outer wall are connected to one another by assembly means located inside the anterior part. The anterior part constituted in this manner ensures laminar flow of the air on an outer surface of the anterior part and reduces drag. A nacelle of a propulsion unit, comprising an anterior part of this kind is also provided.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 11, 2020
Date of Patent:
July 9, 2024
Assignee:
Airbus Operations SAS
Inventors:
Alain Porte, Jacques Lalane, Frédéric Vinches, Gregory Albet
Abstract: A device for electrically connecting cables where a change of direction occurs. The device includes at least two busbars as well as a plate having independent internal ducts in which the busbars are located, each duct being electrically insulated from the other ducts, the busbars ensuring electrical conduction from one open end of a duct to the other end. The cables are fastened at these open ends and thus do not undergo any deformation, the change of direction taking place inside the plate with the aid of the busbars.
Abstract: An electric power supply system for an aircraft includes: a first electric source and a second electric source coupled together to supply electric power to a set of electrical loads, and a controller configured to acquire a piece of information on the current electric consumption consumed by the set of electrical loads; acquire a piece of information corresponding to a target ratio of the distribution, between the first and second electric sources, of the current electric consumption consumed by the set of electrical loads; perform frequency filtering of the current electric consumption to determine a transient consumption portion of the current electric consumption; determine control setpoints for the first electric source and for the second electric source in accordance with the target distribution ratio and with the transient consumption portion; and apply the control setpoints to the first and second electric sources.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 3, 2022
Date of Patent:
July 2, 2024
Assignee:
Airbus Operations SAS
Inventors:
Matthieu Bradier, Ludovic Lam Shang Leen
Abstract: An electric generator including a number of electric accumulators and at least one heat-sink device using a phase-change material configured to pick up the excessive thermal energy produced by one of the electric accumulators and change phase in order to absorb a large quantity of thermal energy in the form of latent heat.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 11, 2021
Date of Patent:
July 2, 2024
Assignees:
Airbus Operations SAS, Airbus Operations GmbH
Abstract: A supply system for an aircraft arranged between two dihydrogen tanks and an engine. The supply system includes a supply module that assures the flow of dihydrogen between the tanks and an outlet pipe and two heaters mounted in series on a main pipe connected to the engine. The supply system also includes a network of pipes and solenoid valves that, in the event of a problem in one of the components of the supply system, enable dihydrogen to be redirected so as to reach the engine. Also an aircraft with such a supply system.
Abstract: The system includes a unit for surveying the airfield to detect, by an optical detection, one or more characteristic elements corresponding to a mandatory characteristic element corresponding to a stop marking on the ground, a taxi-holding position of a runway of the airfield, to determine a current relative position of the aircraft with respect to a taxi-holding position for which at least the mandatory characteristic element has been detected and to detect a future entry onto the runway of the airfield by the aircraft, a unit for deducing a future incursion if this future entry is not cleared and a unit for implementing an action intended to assist in avoiding, the future incursion, the system being configured to provide assistance to the aircraft pilot by improving awareness concerning a possible incursion onto a runway, by alert or ground navigation assistance messages and by providing protection via automatic braking.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 11, 2023
Publication date:
June 20, 2024
Applicant:
Airbus Operations SAS
Inventors:
Emilie Claudel, Isabelle Sentissi, Louise Faure
Abstract: The system includes a unit for monitoring the aerodrome so as to be able to detect at least one obstacle to determine a current relative position and a current relative speed of the aircraft (AC) with respect to the detected obstacle, and to detect a future or potential collision of the aircraft (AC) with the obstacle according to at least this current relative position and this current relative speed. The system also includes a unit for, in the event of detection of a future collision, implementing at least one action intended to help to avoid this future collision. The system is configured to provide assistance to the pilot of the aircraft by improving his awareness of the future collision, by means of warning messages and/or ground navigation aids, and by providing protection of last resort in the form of an automatic avoidance maneuver.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 11, 2023
Publication date:
June 20, 2024
Applicant:
Airbus Operation SAS
Inventors:
Emilie Claudel, Isabelle Sentissi, Louise Faure
Abstract: The system for assisting the avoidance of an excursion by an aircraft from a runway or taxiway of an aerodrome includes a unit for monitoring the aerodrome so as to allow the detection, by optical detection, of a characteristic element of a pathway, for determining a current relative position of a landing gear of the aircraft (AC) with respect to the detected characteristic element, and for detecting a future excursion from the pathway of the aerodrome by the aircraft (AC) on the basis of at least this current relative position, and a unit for assisting the implementation of an action for assisting the avoidance of said future excursion. The system is configured for providing assistance to the pilot of the aircraft by improving his awareness of a potential excursion, by warning and/or ground navigation aid messages, and by providing protection of last resort via automatic braking.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 11, 2023
Publication date:
June 20, 2024
Applicant:
Airbus Operations SAS
Inventors:
Emilie Claudel, Isabelle Sentissi, Louise Faure
Abstract: A method and system for assisting a pilot of an aircraft when the aircraft is taxiing on a traffic lane of an airport are described. The system includes a unit for receiving at least a part of a path (TR) to be followed by the aircraft (AC) on the airport, a unit for surveying the airport so as to be able to detect a characteristic element of a traffic lane taken by the aircraft (AC), to determine a current relative position of the aircraft (AC) with respect to the characteristic element detected and to deduce therefrom at least one assistance information item, and a unit for assisting the pilot of the aircraft (AC) when taxiing on the airport by taking into account at least this assistance information item, this assistance being able to be implemented according to a plurality of different, more or less automated, assistance modes.
Abstract: A cellular sound insulation structure and associated aircraft, a cell of which is provided with a diaphragm which includes a membrane having at least one orifice passing through a thickness of the membrane, and at least one tube surmounting the orifice and extending from a face of the membrane into one compartment of the cell, the tube comprising a free end, forming an acoustic outlet, which is positioned at a distance (p) from the base cross section of the cell. Also, a method for manufacturing such a cellular sound insulation structure, as well as to a tool for inserting a diaphragm into a cell. Such a cellular structure makes it possible to treat a wider acoustic frequency spectrum, and its acoustic dimensioning as well as its manufacture are simplified.
Abstract: A method for manufacturing a cellular structure having first and second faces, rows of cells each alternatingly having first cells, which are open in the direction of the first face, second cells, which are open in the direction of the second face, and also third cells formed between each row of cells, each row of cells comprising first and second strips of material placed against one another. The first and second strips of material are shaped by bending. By contrast to plastic deformation, shaping by bending makes it possible to expand the choice of materials and thicknesses for the first and second strips of material. An advantageous cellular structure is thus obtained as well as an acoustic absorption coating comprising such a cellular structure.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 25, 2022
Date of Patent:
May 21, 2024
Assignee:
Airbus Operations SAS
Inventors:
Jérôme Colmagro, Charles Cariou, Florian Ravise, Maxime Gauthier
Abstract: An aircraft propulsion assembly including a front engine mount including a transverse beam which is connected to the engine via first and second convergent connection rods. This transverse beam includes an upper extension which is at least partially positioned opposite a front transverse reinforcement of the primary structure and which is connected thereto via at least one first connection element and right and left lateral extensions which are positioned at one side and another of the upper extension, each of them being connected via a least one second fixing element to a first wing of a right or left bracket, a second wing of the right or left bracket being connected via at least one third connection element to the primary structure.
Abstract: A method for positioning a ram air turbine during its assembly on a primary structure of an aircraft. The method includes the steps of: placing a first distance sensor on a first element among a first flap and the ram air turbine, a second distance sensor on a second element among a second flap and the ram air turbine, the first and second distance sensors being configured to respectively emit first and second signals corresponding to measured values over time of a distance between each of the first and second distance sensors and at least one mobile target attached to the ram air turbine or the first and second flap, pivoting the mast between the retracted and deployed positions, analyzing the first and second signals, and, if necessary, repositioning the ram air turbine according to the step of analyzing the first and second signals.
Abstract: An assembly for a nacelle, which includes a fixed cowl, a movable cowl that is movable between a closed position and an open position, and including an upper edge and a lower edge and, between the two edges, a reinforcing rib. The fixed cowl includes, an upper reinforcing rib and a lower reinforcing rib, a hinge including a fixed part attached to the upper reinforcing rib of the fixed cowl, a movable part attached to the reinforcing rib of the movable cowl, and at least two locks, each one including a first part secured to the lower reinforcing rib and a second part secured to the reinforcing rib of the movable cowl. An assembly of this kind serves to provide access to the inside of the nacelle while ensuring that the cowls remain sufficiently rigid.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 1, 2022
Date of Patent:
May 14, 2024
Assignee:
Airbus Operations SAS
Inventors:
Umberto Gastaldi, Wolfgang Brochard, Olivier Pautis
Abstract: A propulsive electric motor set for aircraft includes an electrical energy source and an electric motor provided with a drive shaft on which is mounted a propeller. The electric motor includes a first set of windings linked to the electrical energy source to provide a rotational drive function for the drive shaft. The electric motor further includes a second set of windings which, when the drive shaft is driven in rotation by an electric powering of the first set of windings, provides an electric generation function configured to supply non-propulsive loads of the aircraft. Thus, the non-propulsive loads of the aircraft can be electrically powered without any overload compromising the aerodynamics of the aircraft.
Abstract: An aircraft nacelle comprising first and second ducts, each including, in a radial direction, at least one first or second acoustically resistive layer, at least one first or second alveolar structure, as well as a first or second reflective layer. The first and second ducts include first and second flanges which are positioned on transverse planes, oriented towards the interior, and are connected respectively to the first and second reflective layers and are maintained placed against one another by connection elements accessible from the interior of the first and second ducts. The first and second ducts are configured to form at least one receptacle in which there are positioned the first and second flanges as well as the connection elements, the receptacle being closed by at least one cap.
Abstract: An aircraft sound diagnostic method includes a step of measurement of acoustic signals by a plurality of microphones mounted at different positions inside the aircraft, a step of recording of the measured acoustic signals, a computation step which generates a sound mapping on the basis of the measured acoustic signals, a step of comparison of the sound mapping and a reference mapping and a step of transmission of the comparison to a user device. The method makes it possible to track the trending of an abnormal noise or of an abnormal noise level and assist in determining the context thereof. An aircraft sound diagnostic device for implementing the method is also described.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 3, 2023
Publication date:
April 11, 2024
Applicant:
Airbus Operations SAS
Inventors:
Marc Locheron, Fabien Roux-Portalez, Clothilde Martini, Emmanuel Helffer, Maxime Jouan, Adil Soubki
Abstract: An acoustic panel comprising a cellular structure, such as a honeycomb structure, having cells that open at least onto a first frontal face of the structure. The panel comprises a capsular skin which is fastened to the first frontal face of the cellular structure next to a plurality of cells. The capsular skin including a continuous layer of material, in one piece, forming capsules that extend into the cellular structure. At least one channel is provided at the apex of each capsule for the passage of acoustic waves. Such a panel effectively attenuates the noise of aircraft engines, in particular, the low frequencies. It is extremely easy to manufacture industrially, the capsular skin being able to be obtained by molding with polymerization in situ, the polymerizable material then adhering to the cellular structure while it polymerizes.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 28, 2021
Date of Patent:
April 9, 2024
Assignee:
Airbus Operations SAS
Inventors:
Alain Porte, Jacques Lalane, Florian Ravise, Franck Dobigeon
Abstract: A shackle for fastening an aircraft engine including a ball joint with a pin including a ring including a first bore and a sleeve assembled in the first bore and having a second bore configured to receive the pin and the diameter of which progressively increases to have a flared inner surface at each of its ends, the fastening shackle being arranged such that a spherical outer surface of the ring bears an anti-friction coating produced on a region extending beyond the contact region with the body of the shackle, this first region being bordered by rims forming a projection around the coating, and/or the second bore bears an anti-friction coating on a region extending beyond its contact region with the pin, this region being bordered by rims forming a projection around this anti-friction coating, at the ends of the flared inner surface.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 28, 2022
Date of Patent:
April 9, 2024
Assignee:
Airbus Operations SAS
Inventors:
Cédric Poupon, Olivier Pautis, Jonathan Blanc