Patents Assigned to Airbus Operation
  • Air Transmission System for Flexible Passenger Supply Units
    Publication number: 20150140914
    Abstract: An air supply system for passengers includes an air supply line with a plurality of laterally situated air outlets, an individual air panel with at least one air nozzle and an air inlet opening. The individual air panel can be variably positioned along the air supply line in such a way that the air inlet opening faces one of the air outlets. A plurality of magnetic valves is arranged at the air outlets of the air supply line. One of the magnetic valves may be magnetically actuated by the individual air panel, when the air inlet opening of the individual air panel faces said one magnetic valve, so that air can flow out of the air supply line through the air outlet and the air inlet opening to the air nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Uwe Schneider, Vladimir Berger, Andreas Wietzke
  • HEATED FLOOR PANEL FOR AN AIRCRAFT AND AIRCRAFT HAVING A HEATED FLOOR PANEL
    Publication number: 20150136751
    Abstract: A heated floor panel for an airborne vehicle and an airborne vehicle having at least one heated floor panel are described. The floor panel includes a controller housing, a first heated panel configured to heat the floor panel, a panel connector arranged in a wall of the controller housing, at least one power line coupled between the panel connector and the first heated panel and configured to supply electric power, which is input to the panel connector, to the first heated panel, a switch connected in one of the power lines, and a microcontroller connected to the switch and configured to actuate the switch for interrupting the electric power supply to the first heated panel in case of an electric fault in the floor panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Hanschke, Sebastian Scheffler, Wolfgang Fiss
  • MANUFACTURING METHOD AND MANUFACTURING TOOL FOR REINFORCED STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS
    Publication number: 20150141234
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for reinforced structural elements includes providing a reinforcement structure including a first material, and embedding the reinforcement structure in an encasing matrix comprising a second material using additive layer manufacturing, ALM. A manufacturing tool for reinforced structural elements includes a positioning component including a jig for clamping a reinforcement structure including a first material and an ALM robot configured to embed a reinforcement structure clamped in the jig in an encasing matrix including a second material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Sander, Matthias Hegenbart, Carlos Weinbuch, Helene-Hedwig Koenig
  • Arrangement and aircraft or spacecraft
    Patent number: 9033272
    Abstract: The present invention provides an arrangement, in particular for an aircraft or spacecraft, comprising an outer skin portion, the outside of which comes into contact with the atmosphere; a facing portion, which is arranged on the inside of the outer skin portion; a gap which is formed between the outer skin portion and the facing portion; and a device by means of which an airstream can be passed through the gap at a sufficient temperature to displace the dew point into the outer skin portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Wolf-Dietrich Dolzinski, Michael Kolax
  • Metal-cutting machining method and semi-finished product
    Patent number: 9034462
    Abstract: The invention relates to a metal-cutting machining process for a semi-finished product having a predetermined shape and at least one machining surface which has the steps: applying a protective foil having a predetermined elongation at break to the at least one machining surface with a predetermined adhesive force, placing a metal-cutting tool in a predetermined position above the machining surface, exerting a predetermined mechanical force in a predetermined direction for a predetermined length of time to the tool for carrying out a metal-cutting process on the semi-finished product and lifting the tool from the at least one machining surface after the predetermined length of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Schwoerer, Eckehard Zündorf
  • Method and device for creating an aircraft flight plan
    Patent number: 9037410
    Abstract: A method of creating at least one flight plan of an aircraft includes entering a creation objective which illustrates a type and general characteristics of the flight plan to be created, automatically generating a flight plan outline, automatically generating a targeted request for information relating to missing parameters, entering the requested information relating to the missing parameters, and supplementing automatically the flight plan outline and automatically deleting any discontinuities to create, in a definitive manner, the flight plan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Daniel Ferro, Veronique Roan, Philippe Haas, Fulgence Rollet
  • Method for connecting an optical waveguide, embedded in a fibre composite component, to an external optical waveguide
    Patent number: 9033594
    Abstract: A method for connecting an optical waveguide embedded in a fiber composite component, in particular of an aircraft and spacecraft, to an external optical waveguide, comprising the following steps: ascertaining a path of the embedded optical waveguide in the fiber composite component; determining a nodal position at which the embedded optical waveguide is to be coupled with the external optical waveguide; exposing, at least in portions, the embedded optical waveguide at the nodal position by removing at least part of the fiber composite component around the embedded optical waveguide; severing the exposed embedded optical waveguide; aligning relative to each other an end portion of the severed, embedded optical waveguide and an end portion of the external optical waveguide; and splicing the mutually aligned end portions of the optical waveguides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Nicholas E. Brownjohn, Stefan Osternack
  • Reinforced aircraft fuselage panel and method of manufacture
    Patent number: 9034453
    Abstract: A fuselage panel made of composite material having a skin with an opening, at least part of the contour of which is reinforced by an integrated reinforcement made of composite material. The fuselage panel includes at least one liner made of composite material which is attached to and superposed on the reinforced skin portion and participates at least partially in defining the contour of the opening, the panel additionally including consolidating members, each passing at least partially through the liner and at least partially through the reinforced skin portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS S.A.S.
    Inventors: Olivier Harasse, Francois Parreaux-Ey
  • Lightning conductor system comprising a lightning conductor strip mounted in an offset manner
    Patent number: 9036324
    Abstract: A lightning conductor system for a support structure having an external face intended to be subjected to a flow of air and an internal face opposite the external face, the lightning conductor system comprising an electrically conducting lightning conductor strip, intended to be placed on the side of the internal face of the support structure while being connected to ground, and means of fixing the lightning conductor strip to the support structure, the fixing means comprising fixing studs intended to be inserted into orifices formed in the support structure, said fixing studs being in electrical contact with the lightning conductor strip. The lightning conductor system includes the lightning conductor strip being mounted in an offset manner with respect to the main axes of the fixing studs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Airbus Operations (SAS)
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Marty, Jacques Fournie, Christophe Bernus, Thony Dupas
  • Engine assembly for an aircraft comprising attachments for engines offset below on the fan frame
    Patent number: 9032740
    Abstract: An aircraft engine assembly including an attachment mechanism of a turbojet onto a rigid structure of a mounting strut, including a first, second, and third forward engine attachment for taking up thrust loads brought onto the fan frame, and arranged such that the third attachment passes through a first diametrical plane of the turbojet, the first and second attachments being disposed on one side and another of the first plane. The first and second forward engine attachments are respectively brought to the fan frame at two points, situated beyond the second diametrical plane of the turbojet, orthogonal to the first diametrical plane, with respect to the third attachment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS S.A.S.
    Inventors: Frédéric Journade, Laurent Lafont, Delphine Jalbert
  • Mounting arrangement for mounting systems and aircraft or spacecraft
    Patent number: 9033287
    Abstract: The present invention provides a mounting arrangement for mounting at least one electrical line on a structure, in particular of an aircraft or spacecraft, said mounting arrangement comprising: at least one module which comprises at least one terminal for connecting the electrical line; and a substantially U-shaped holder which comprises a central portion for mounting the electrical line for strain relief thereof and two side portions which are connected to the respective ends of the central portion and carry the central portion with spacing from the at least one module; the central portion of the holder having a changeable length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Doris Zyrull, Marcus Juenemann, Hans Peter Guthke, Barbara Lunitz, Lueder Kosiankowski
  • Wing tip device
    Patent number: 9033282
    Abstract: A wing tip device for fixing to the outboard end of a wing, the wing defining a wing plane, includes: an upper wing-like element projecting upwardly with respect to the wing plane and having a trailing edge; and a lower wing-like element fixed with respect to the upper wing-like element and having a root chord and a trailing edge, the lower wing-like element root chord intersecting with the upper wing-like element, and the lower wing-like element projecting downwardly from the intersection. The upper wing-like element is larger than the lower wing-like element and the trailing edge of the lower wing-like element is adjacent the trailing edge of the upper wing-like element at the intersection. An included angle between the upper and lower wing-like elements at the intersection is less than, or equal to, 160 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignees: Airbus Operations Limited, Airbus Operations GMBH
    Inventors: Christopher Wright, James K. Chu, Jan Himisch
  • Injection interface device
    Patent number: 9033695
    Abstract: An injection interface device comprising a wedge having a first surface mountable over the joint between the mold and the terminal element and a second surface being inclined with respect to the first surface. A fixation element is mountable against the second surface and an attachment element. The device is configured so that it avoids or prevents the movement of the wedge in a direction parallel to the mold and the movement of the fixation element in a direction perpendicular to the mold so that a displacement of the fixation element parallel to the mold makes a displacement of the wedge in a direction perpendicular to the mold so that the wedge presses against the terminal element to seal it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Airbus Operations S.L.
    Inventors: David Alfonso Cerezo Arce, Melania Sanchez Perez, Aquilino Garcia Garcia
  • Operating unit for installation in an aircraft cabin
    Patent number: 9036334
    Abstract: An operating unit (1) for installation in an aircraft cabin comprises an operating unit front side (10) and an operating unit rear side (20), at least one operating element (12, 14) attached in the region of the operating unit front side (10) and accessible to a user, and a holding device (40) for attaching the operating unit (1) to a monument (30) accommodating the operating unit (1) in its state mounted in the aircraft cabin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Hartwig Jaeger
  • Static mesh network, aircraft and method for data communication
    Patent number: 9031565
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a static mesh network in or for a cabin of a vehicle, in particular an aircraft, the cabin having a predetermined, known cabin layout, comprising at least three different network levels which are arranged hierarchically in relation to one another, respectively adjacent network levels in the hierarchy being in wireless communicative connection with one another, and comprising a plurality of network nodes which operate mutually independently and of which the position in the cabin layout is fixedly predetermined by the configuration of a respective network node, the network nodes within a respective network level having an equal logic. The present invention furthermore discloses an aircraft and a method for data communication using such a network in an aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Sven Knefelkamp, Fabian Binternagel
  • Management system for aircraft
    Patent number: 9031717
    Abstract: Said system (1) comprises as least the following principal functions, a flight path management function (2), a navigation function (3) which makes it possible to calculate the position of the aircraft, a function (5) for calculation of deviations between the position of the aircraft and a flight path to be followed, a management function (6) of at least one navigation database, a management function (7) of performance calculations of the aircraft, and a function (8) of management of interfaces and of display, each of said principal functions being allocated to a specific device of the aircraft, said flight path management function (2) being linked to each of said other principal functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Airbus Operations (SAS)
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Mere, Gilles Tatham
  • Translating cable device sealing
    Patent number: 9027890
    Abstract: An aircraft wing assembly, comprising a wing having a fixed leading edge, a slat mounted for movement between a retracted position and an extended position with respect to the fixed leading edge, and a translating cable device for electrically connecting the slat to the wing and having a strut coupled at one end to the slat, the fixed leading edge having an aperture to accommodate the strut, and a seal assembly for sealing between the strut and the aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Airbus Operations Limited
    Inventors: James Wilson, Paul Hadley, Alexandru Teodoru
  • Fuel cell emergency system
    Patent number: 9028990
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a fuel cell system for supplying emergency power to an aircraft, includes a fuel cell, a hydrogen tank, an oxygen tank, and a power distribution unit. This provides for an emergency power supply for aircraft that is reliable, independent of the outside air, and has low maintenance needs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Hubert Gans, Ralf-Henning Stolte, Volker Piezunka
  • Aircraft fairing
    Patent number: 9027883
    Abstract: A shock control fairing for mounting a junction between adjoining aircraft surfaces. The fairing has a cross-sectional profile which varies along the length of the fairing. The cross-sectional profile of the fairing has a maximum area at a location which, when mounted to an aircraft, is substantially proximal to a location on the surface of the aircraft at which a shock would be expected to develop without the fairing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Airbus Operations Limited
    Inventor: Neil John Lyons
  • Screen for a passenger cabin
    Patent number: 9027880
    Abstract: A device for creating an individually delimited zone of a passenger cabin in a mode of transport for at least one passenger seat includes a modular cabin element that has been attached in a positionally variable manner to stationary guide rails of the passenger seat by way of quick-release fasteners. Associated with this cabin element is an extendable and affixable privacy screen roller blind that forms a flexible dividing element, which privacy screen roller blind extends from the underside of the hatrack or the PSU panel or the ceiling arrangement, and in the lateral region in addition the sidewall lining of the passenger cabin, to the modular cabin element, and by way of which privacy screen roller blind an individually delimited zone can be implemented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Breuer, Michael Mosler