Patents Assigned to Airbus Operation
  • Publication number: 20150083860
    Abstract: A method for the assembly of an aircraft fuselage, to a fuselage manufacturing station and to a construction kit includes providing a pre-assembled cockpit unit, a pre-assembled wing box, a pre-assembled tail unit and a plurality of pre-fabricated fuselage shell segments. Furthermore, the method involves positioning the cockpit unit, the wing box and the tail unit. Moreover, a first front fuselage shell segment is positioned on a front connecting region of the wing box, and a first rear fuselage shell segment is positioned on a rear connecting region of the wing box. The first front fuselage shell segment is joined to a second front fuselage shell segment, and the first rear fuselage shell segment is joined to a second rear fuselage shell segment. As a result of the above, following the assembly of the aircraft fuselage an aircraft fuselage can be provided that already comprises equipment elements or functional elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Frauen, Robert Alexander Goehlich
  • Publication number: 20150082708
    Abstract: A cover plate for covering a door clearance between a skin of a means of transportation and a door as well as a door arrangement with such a cover plate is proposed. The cover plate includes a mounting region for permanently fastening the cover plate on the door; a covering region for covering the door clearance; and a fastening device that is designed for fixing the covering region on the skin when the door is closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Eilken, Matthias Hegenbart, Memis Tiryaki, Dirk Elbracht, Leonard Rahmel
  • Publication number: 20150083862
    Abstract: A pressurized fuselage of an aircraft includes a fuselage structure and a pressure bulkhead mounted therein for forming a fuselage-internal pressure region. The pressure bulkhead is attached on the edge region, by way of mounting means, to the inside of the fuselage structure. The mounting means comprise at least one pivoting socket arrangement, arranged on the edge side of the pressure bulkhead, which edge side faces away from the pressure region, and interacts with the fuselage structure, as well as a supporting frame element, arranged on the opposite edge side and supporting itself on the fuselage structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Karim Grase, M. Ichwan Zuardy, Dieter Hachenberg, Henning Scheel, B. Claudio Vultaggio
  • Publication number: 20150084491
    Abstract: A cabinet designed to accommodate at least one item of electronic equipment and a system for interconnecting such a cabinet with the external networks for blowing and extracting air. The system includes at least one of a blowing inlet and an extracting outlet including a plurality of orifices and at least one hollow structural upright as a part of the blowing circuit or of the extracting circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS S.A.S.
    Inventors: Bernard Guering, Laurent Saint-Marc
  • Patent number: 8985828
    Abstract: Flat illuminating display device with light emitting means to illuminate a film for display of an image applied to a display area, wherein the light emitting means are embodied as at least one light coupling unit arranged laterally at a translucent film thus forming a light duct, wherein the light such fed into the adjacent edge area into the film is reflected by a reflective layer, which is applied on at least one side, to homogeneously spread within the film, wherein a reflection screen to obtain a light emission is provided opposite of the display area to create said display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Sabine Metzech, Karsten Hesse, Angelo Librizzi, Jörg Günther
  • Patent number: 8989430
    Abstract: The present invention provides a flat speaker, in particular in the aerospace sector, with a panel for generating acoustic signals by vibration of the same, and a vibration exciter which is connected to a panel and excites this to vibrate. Here the panel has an edge stiffening. This provides the panel with the required stiffness, particularly against hand pressures, but at the same it guarantees high energy efficiency of the flat speaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Benjamin Grenzing, Henning Scheel, Frank Cordes
  • Patent number: 8986583
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pultrusion process in which a continuous reinforcement profile is formed by canting of at least one prepreg strip composed of a fiber-reinforced plastics material. The first shaping of the profile takes place in a preform device, which is downstream of a pressure-molding device for final shaping and prehardening. The movement of the profile takes place synchronously with respect to the operating cycle of the pressure-molding device by means of a traction device. By using a cutting device, it is possible to cut the profile to length and/or to subject edges to subsequent mechanical operations to ensure that correct dimensions are maintained. A continuous (pultrusion) gusset is inserted between the prepreg strips in a radius region of the profile. The gusset has an approximately triangular cross sectional geometry and it is formed by a plurality of continuous fibers braided with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: AIRBUS Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Michael Bechtold
  • Patent number: 8989958
    Abstract: Configuring an on-board maintenance information system in an aircraft, the information system comprising a first communication interface and a second communication interface, a protected domain, an open domain, a first maintenance application module of the protected domain, a second maintenance application module of the open domain, a first data filtering module, and a second data filtering module. After having determined a mode of connection for a mobile maintenance terminal to the information system, the second data filtering module is configured to filter data exchanged between the first communication interface and the maintenance application module of the open domain if the terminal is directly connected to the information system via the second interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: AIRBUS Operations S.A.S.
    Inventors: Georges Ric, François Beltrand
  • Patent number: 8985521
    Abstract: The subject of the invention is a control unit (A), which comprises actuation units (F) such as a rudder and brakes for a pilot in an aircraft, which comprises a rotating shaft (2) mobile in rotation around an axis (40); said shaft is driven in rotation when the pilot performs an action on the actuation units (F), in particular the brake pedals, by mechanical transmission between said shaft and said actuation units, and which comprises a device for generating resistive torque (1) designed to be fastened along the rotating axis of the control unit; the device for generating resistive torque comprises a friction disk (3, 4, 5) mounted axially and fastened to the rotating axle (2), a first annular track (6, 7, 8) fastened to a frame element (9) of the control unit; and means of support (10, 11, 12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: Jerome Dubost, Jerome Huet
  • Patent number: 8985995
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing a stiffener made of composite material with an inside surface of a concave shape, includes producing a flat strip (18) that includes at least one layer of fibers; heating it to be able to deform it; connecting one of the lateral edges of the strip (18) to a rotary mandrel (36) in such a way as to cause a winding of the strip on the mandrel (36) during its rotation, whereby the mandrel (36) has an outside surface (46) of which at least one part corresponds to the inside surface of the stiffener to be produced; and exerting tension at the other lateral edge of the strip (18) in a direction that is opposite to the direction of the movement of the strip (18) caused by the winding on the rotary mandrel (36).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Airbus Operations (S.A.S.)
    Inventors: Denis De Mattia, Olivier Guillemot
  • Patent number: 8988071
    Abstract: The invention relates to a non-destructive inspection method using eddy currents for detecting flaws in a metal structure (3) by means of an array (5) of coils attached to a surface (31) of said structure (3) comprising activation of the coils, measurement of the electrical signals representative of the eddy currents, and evaluation over time of a variation in the electrical signal of each of the coils (511-536) by taking as a reference an edge effect corresponding to a specific electrical signal emanating from at least one coil installed at the edge of the surface, the level of said variation being indicative of the presence of the flaws in the structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: AIRBUS Operations S.A.S.
    Inventor: Marie-Anne De Smet
  • Patent number: 8985533
    Abstract: A clamp block assembly for securing hydraulic pipes, the clamp block assembly comprising one or more unitary clamp blocks of deformable material each having a through hole for receiving a respective pipe, and a clamp adapted to apply a predetermined load around the clamp block(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Airbus Operations Limited
    Inventors: George Edmond, Philip Dickinson, Nicholas Siangolis
  • Patent number: 8985505
    Abstract: The invention provides an aircraft landing gear arrangement, comprising a bogie including a steerable axle pivotally mounted to said bogie. A locking mechanism is provided to lock the steerable axle in the straight ahead position, where the locking mechanism includes an over-center linkage arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Airbus Operations Limited
    Inventor: Stephen Paul Briancourt
  • Patent number: 8984346
    Abstract: Method for automatically reloading software characterized in that it comprises: a step of detecting corruption (E101) of at least one part of a software package of an on-board programmable device (10-1, 10-2, 10-n); and, in response to signaling, a step of reloading (E103) a non-corrupt version of the said at least one corrupt part of the software in order to replace the said at least one corrupt part of the software.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: Anne Frayssignes, Nicolas Caule
  • Patent number: 8978264
    Abstract: A fuel cell system having an apparatus for gas drying that includes, but is not limited to at least one cooling element with at least one first surface and at least one detachment device. The cooling element is designed to be thermally connected to a heat sink and to come into contact with gas flowing past. The detachment device is movably held relative to the first surface and is designed to detach frozen water from the first surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf-Henning Stolte, Sebastian Mock, Johannes Lauckner
  • Patent number: 8982784
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sensor network in an aircraft, which comprises several sensor nodes that communicate with a central data collection and evaluation unit via a radio transmission path. Data transmission can take place in various ways. For example, different frequency ranges are provided, from which the respective frequency range enabling the best data transmission quality is selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Jan Müller, Daniel Glaser, Uwe Schwark
  • Patent number: 8979014
    Abstract: To reduce sound emission and at the same time improve stability, a multilayer board for acoustic insulation is proposed that includes, but is not limited to a core sheet arranged between a first and a second covering layer. At least one of the two covering layers is of a closed design. The core sheet is firmly connected in a planar fashion to the covering layers. The core sheet comprises slits that extend within the core sheet in the direction of the core sheet thickness, which slits reduce the shear stiffness of the board and thus ensure an improved acoustic insulation effect. On both sides the core sheet comprises continuous edge zones, which extend parallel to the covering layers. An aircraft can have an interior lining formed by panels that comprise the multilayer boards in order to provide acoustic insulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Boock, Sven Reimer, Lars Hentschel
  • Patent number: 8983686
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device aboard an aircraft comprising output means configured to restore information relating to the aircraft status from aircraft systems, the device including a module providing interface between said output means and said aircraft systems, said module being configured to synthesize information from aircraft systems depending on predetermined behavior rules and to transmit said information thus synthesized to said output means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: AIRBUS Operations S.A.S.
    Inventors: Alexandre Broquet, Yannick Deleris, Raphael Andre, Fabien Pascal
  • Patent number: 8978778
    Abstract: An airplane fire extinguishing system comprises an extinguishing agent storage unit with an activatable closing device, which makes possible, when active, an outflow of extinguishing agent from the extinguishing agent storage unit, and a supply line, connected with the closing device and an outlet opening, via which the extinguishing agent can be conducted from the extinguishing agent storage unit to the outlet opening, in order to eject it there for firefighting, wherein one or more sensor systems are present, by means of which a current airplane state can be determined, and a control unit, connected with the closing device and an actuatable input element, is present, via which the closing device can be activated, the control unit constructed and configured in such a way that the closing device is activated, as a function of the current airplane state, which exists at the time of an actuation of the input element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Konstantin Kallergis
  • Patent number: 8984016
    Abstract: A method for process management in a collaborative service-oriented workshop for processing objects associated with data representing real data or processes, each object including a structure for storing links to other objects. After determining at least one function and at least one piece of information enabling the execution of the at least one function, an object including at least one reference to the at least one function and the at least one piece of information is created.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Airbus Operations S.A.S.
    Inventors: Bernard Marquez, Thierry Chevalier