Patents Assigned to Airbus Operation
  • Method of communication between an aircraft and a ground station
    Patent number: 8971237
    Abstract: The method of communication between an airplane and the ground, the aircraft communicates by radiowaves with the ground via at least one satellite and in a frequency band extending from 5030 MHz to 5091 MHz, bounds included, using a WiMax type transmission standard. The invention also provides an on-board communications terminal for an aircraft, suitable for communicating by radiowaves with the outside of the terminal in a frequency band extending from 5030 MHz to 5091 MHz, bounds included, in application of a WiMax type transmission standard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Airbus Operations
    Inventor: Claude Pichavant
  • Anti lateral-torsional buckling structural member of an aircraft fuselage
    Patent number: 8967540
    Abstract: A frame of an aircraft fuselage structure made from composite material, which includes a skin and several stringers fixed on the skin. The frame includes a profile elongated in a longitudinal direction which is hollow over at least a portion of its length. The profile is mounted on two legs. Each leg, intended to be fixed on the skin, includes a first portion extending continuously over the whole length of the profile and a second portion extending from this continuous portion so as to form several openings spaced apart in the longitudinal direction of the profile, in each of which a stringer passes. The presence of the hollow profile in the frame and the structure of the legs makes it possible to dispense with clips and cleats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Lacombe, Laurent Giuseppin
  • Aircraft landing gear
    Patent number: 8967535
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program enable asymmetric deployment or retraction of aircraft landing gear. The landing gear includes landing gear doors which, when open extend over the aircraft centerline in order to provide room for deployment of the respective landing gear. To avoid interference between adjacent landing gear doors, the sequence of opening and/or closing of the landing gear doors is staggered. One gear door is opened and that landing gear is deployed, but prior to the adjacent door being opened, the first opened door is at least partially closed so as to not interfere with the fully opened position of the second door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Airbus Operations Limited
    Inventor: Simon Way
  • Diagnosis system
    Patent number: 8972034
    Abstract: According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a diagnosis system for detecting a state of emergency during assembly of a fuselage (101) of an airplane is provided, which is adapted for detecting an emergency event and outputting information relating to the actual position of the emergency event. This may provide for a fast error identification during airplane assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Horst Kott
  • System for providing emergency oxygen and therapeutic oxygen
    Patent number: 8967142
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for providing emergency oxygen and therapeutic oxygen in an aircraft, said system having an oxygen source, an oxygen conduction system comprising a second oxygen outlet, a device for providing emergency oxygen comprising a second oxygen inlet, a device for providing therapeutic oxygen, having a first oxygen inlet and a first oxygen outlet. According to the invention, the second oxygen outlet can be coupled to the first oxygen inlet, the first oxygen outlet can be coupled to the second oxygen inlet and the second oxygen outlet can be coupled to the second oxygen inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Vogt, Andreas Westphal, Detlev Degenhardt
  • Headrest for an aircraft pilot's seat and seat comprising a such headrest
    Patent number: 8967538
    Abstract: A headrest includes a first part referred to as the lower part, equipped with a connecting unit enabling an adjustable connection of the headrest to the seat back of a pilot seat, and a second part referred to as the upper part, located opposite the lower part, as well as a front face intended to serve as a support surface for the head of a user. A receptacle, connected to the mask, stores an oxygen mask and/or a supply line. The upper part of the headrest forms a hinged cover on the lower part of the headrest and it closes the receptacle. A seat, a cockpit, and an aircraft include such headrest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventor: Bernard Guering
  • Actuation system for leading edge high-lift device
    Patent number: 8967549
    Abstract: An actuation system configured to deploy a high-lift device on a leading edge of an aircraft wing. The system comprises: a link pivotally connected to the wing at a first pivot point and to the high-lift device at a second pivot point; a first actuation mechanism configured to rotate the high-lift device about the first pivot point; and a second actuation mechanism configured to rotate the high-lift device about the second pivot point. The second actuation mechanism is operable independently of the first actuation mechanism, and can be operated in order to generate a sealing force between the high-lift device and the leading edge of the aircraft wing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Airbus Operations Limited
    Inventors: Francois Cathelain, Edmund Kay
  • Method and system for controlling aircraft braking on a runway
    Patent number: 8972141
    Abstract: A method to control braking of an aircraft on a landing runway including: selecting a dummy runway state corresponding to a level of adhesion of wheels of the aircraft to a runway which is lower, over an entire speed range of the aircraft while braking on a runway, than an adhesion level of the wheels of the aircraft to the landing runway; calculating a set point of a deceleration value for the aircraft on the landing runway based on the landing runway for the selected dummy runway state, wherein the calculated set point corresponds to maximum braking value of the aircraft, and controlling the braking of the aircraft using the set point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignees: Airbus Operations (SAS), Airbus (SAS)
    Inventors: Stephane Picaut, Jerome Journade, Remi Morin, Robert Lignee
  • METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A FLUID ROUTING COMPONENT BY LAYER-WISE BUILDUP
    Publication number: 20150053291
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a fluid-leading component includes positioning a base element machined by a material-removing method with a planar upper face in a mounting support. The method at least includes the initial application of a layer section with predetermined dimensions of a particulate material in a predetermined region on the planar upper face of the base element; the heating of the layer section by a heat source in such a manner that the particles of the material within predetermined dimensions bond; and the application thereto and heating of at least one further layer section with predetermined dimensions of a particulate material in a predetermined region. In this way it is possible, in the generative manufacturing method, to obviate the need to provide support structures that subsequently have to be removed, and the base element is a functional part of the component to be manufactured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicants: Airbus Operations GmbH, Liebherr-Aerospace Lindenberg GmbH
    Inventors: Gerhard Hummel, Philipp Rapp, Lothar Kroll, Frank Schubert, Martin Kausch
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANUFACTURING COMPOSITE MATERIAL PARTS
    Publication number: 20150053332
    Abstract: The manufacturing method object of the invention comprises the following stages: A) stacking strips of prepreg material on a laminating tool (14), so that an angled laminated part (2) is obtained comprising a central section (2a) contained in a first plane (12), at least one side section (2b) contained in a second plane (13), and at least one bending axis (5) between the central section (2a) and the at least one side section (2b), so that, the first plane and the second plane form an angle ?; B) forming of the angled laminated part (2) comprising bending along the bending axis (5) the, at least, one side section with respect to the central section (2a), obtaining a formed part (6); C) curing, of the formed part (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: Airbus Operations, S.L.
    Inventors: David Cano Cediel, Ruth Chinarro Vera, Francisco Escobar Benavides, Pedro Nogueroles Viñes
  • AIRCRAFT WITH CENTRALIZED GENERATED AND UNIFIED CABIN CONTROL PANEL DISPLAYS
    Publication number: 20150058777
    Abstract: A method for operating a control panel of an aircraft includes: sending display data from a control panel to a central controller of the aircraft, the display data including values to be displayed on a display screen of the control panel; loading, in the central controller, a display template from a central data storage, the display template including information for layouting the display data; generating a display page for the control panel in the central controller by merging the display data and the display template; sending the display page to the control panel; and displaying the display page on a display screen of the control panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Jean-Marc Graumann, Marko Prasse, Christian Riedel
  • DROP TEST DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CARRYING OUT A DROP TEST
    Publication number: 20150052970
    Abstract: A drop test device includes a suspension frame, a delay roller which is placed and mounted on the suspension frame, and at least one suspension cable, a first end of which is connected in a stationary manner to an attachment point on the outer surface of the delay roller and a second end of which includes a mounting which can be releasably or fixedly connected to a drop object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Roelant Van Der Bos
  • Mounting System for Mounting an Object in a Space of a Transportation Means and Transportation Means with a Space and at least one such Mounting System
    Publication number: 20150053838
    Abstract: A mounting system for objects in a transportation means includes a profile rail, at least one locking device with a base body that is bringable in surface contact with a supporting surface of the profile rail and at least one locking body which is interlockable with the profile rail, as well as an actuating device with an actuating element that extends parallel to the profile rail and a clamping body that is connected to the actuating element. The clamping body is realized in such a way that it exerts a compressive force, which results in the locking body being interlocked, upon a component of the locking device during a motion of the actuating element in a first direction parallel to the profile rail and releases the interlock during a motion of the actuating element in a second, opposite direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Seraj Mazidi, Frank Quatmann
  • Method and device for providing an electrical system alternating voltage in an aircraft
    Patent number: 8963363
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and a device for providing a three-phase electrical system alternating voltage for an electrical system of an aircraft, a plurality of voltage sources being provided which comprise at least one engine generator and a further voltage source, in particular a fuel cell, comprising one or more frequency converters for converting an alternating voltage of variable frequency provided by the respective engine generator into a first output alternating voltage and comprising at least one cyclo-inverter for cyclo-inverting a voltage provided by the respective further voltage source into a second output alternating voltage which is synchronous with the first output alternating voltage and constitutes the electrical system alternating voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Jens Selker
  • Aircraft turbofan engine
    Patent number: 8959924
    Abstract: Disclosed is a turbofan engine for an aircraft. An inner fan cowl of the turbofan engine bounds an annular cold-stream duct proximate to the engine's central hot-stream generator, and an outer fan cowl bounds the annular cold-stream duct proximate to an outer nacelle cowl. An annular boss is provided along the inner fan cowl, with the annular boss having a rounded cross section that projects with respect to a smooth shape configuration of the inner fan cowl. The annular boss is configured to locally change speed of a cold stream flow in the annular cold-stream duct from a subsonic range to a supersonic range and to originate a first shockwave characteristic in a succession of shockwave characteristics, with the first shockwave characteristic being inclined from its origin toward the rear portion of the turbofan engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: Franck Crosta, Damien Prat, David Grossein
  • System for attaching an impeller engine
    Patent number: 8960598
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for attaching an element (3) capable of vibrating onto an aircraft structure (2), comprising at least one pair of scoops (10) attached onto the element capable of vibrating, as well as onto the structure, each scoop (10a, 10b) of the pair of scoops comprising: an outer rigid element (12) attached onto the structure; an inner rigid element (13) mounted inside the outer rigid element and rigidly connected to the element capable of vibrating; and a flexible element (14) placed along each outer rigid element flank, between the outer rigid element and the inner rigid element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Airbus Operations S.A.S.
    Inventor: Mathieu Bonnet
  • Supporting pillar for an aircraft's structural component manufactured by a selective laser melting process
    Patent number: 8960605
    Abstract: The invention relates to an elongated supporting pillar for a high-strength structural component, wherein the supporting pillar is designed to absorb bending forces that act transversely to a longitudinal direction of extension of the supporting pillar. The supporting pillar comprises a wall which at least partially encloses an elongated cavity of the supporting pillar. A reinforcement structure is arranged within the cavity and transversely to the direction of longitudinal extension in such a manner that the reinforcement structure can absorb at least some of the bending forces. The reinforcement structure is designed integrally with the wall, wherein both the wall and the reinforcement structure comprise a meltable material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Klahn, Rüdy Gysemberg, Olaf Rehme
  • Fuel tank installation
    Patent number: 8960237
    Abstract: A fuel tank installation comprising: a fuel tank for holding fuel, the fuel tank comprising a fuel tank wall formed with a hole; a fuel pump assembly fitted into the hole in the fuel tank wall with an inner part of the fuel pump assembly protruding from an inner side of the hole and an outer part of the fuel pump assembly protruding from an outer side of the hole; a cage surrounding the outer part of the fuel pump assembly; and a mounting piece which attaches both the cage and the fuel pump assembly to the fuel tank wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Airbus Operations Limted
    Inventor: David Leighton
  • Impact resistant and damage tolerant aircraft fuselage
    Patent number: 8960603
    Abstract: An aircraft fuselage part (31) located in a section of an aircraft (11) having a propulsion system (13) attached by upstream pylons (17), the fuselage part includes a skin (35); a plurality of frames (37) arranged perpendicularly to a longitudinal axis (33); a single or internally divided upper longitudinal box (41) and a single or internally divided lower longitudinal box (51) which are configured to form with the skin (35) a multi-cell structure, belonging in each cell the external side to the skin (35) and the internal sides to the longitudinal boxes (41, 51); a plurality of lateral beams (61) that are interconnected with the frames (37) to form together with the skin (35) a structural unity. The fuselage components (35, 37, 41, 51, 61) are dimensioned so that the aircraft can withstand the effect of pre-defined failure events keeping a sufficient number of closed cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Airbus Operations S.L.
    Inventors: Eduardo Vinué Santolalla, César Bautista de La Llave, Pablo Timoteo Sanz Martínez, Diego Folch Cortés, Esteban Martino Gonzáles, Ana Reyes Moneo Peñacoba
  • Fuselage
    Patent number: D723447
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Jan Lesemann, Michael Meyer, Bernd Trahmer, Ralph Sturm