Patents Assigned to Airbus Operation
  • Crew Rest Compartment And Means Of Transport
    Publication number: 20140298582
    Abstract: A crew rest compartment for a means of transport includes a first bunk and a second bunk, wherein the first bunk is located above the second bunk. Each bunk includes a sleeping area for accommodating a sleeping crew member, wherein each sleeping area has a longitudinal direction. The first bunk is aligned such that the longitudinal direction of the first bunk and a longitudinal direction of the crew rest compartment enclose an angle which differs from 0° and 90°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Benedikt Kircher, Stephan Sontag, Paul Edwards
  • Exterior Structure Component For An Aircraft, Aircraft With An Exterior Structure Component, And Method For Manufacturing An Exterior Structure Component For An Aircraft
    Publication number: 20140301095
    Abstract: An exterior structure component for an aircraft with an illuminating device includes a structure with an interior side and an exterior surface with at least one illuminated region and a multitude of optical fibers that extend from the interior side to the at least one illuminated region of the exterior surface. The optical fibers end on the interior side of the exterior structure component in a common interface area that is couplable to an illuminating device. The structure is made from a fiber composite material in which the optical fibers are integrated. In this manner a particularly weight-saving illuminating device that is capable of withstanding external influences may be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventor: Matthias Lengers
  • Aircraft air-conditioning system
    Publication number: 20140299290
    Abstract: An aircraft air-conditioning system including an air-conditioning unit which is designed to provide cooled process air. A process air line conducts cooled process air provided by the air-conditioning unit into a working area of an aircraft cabin. A cooler supplies cooling energy to a device to be cooled which is provided in the working area of the aircraft cabin. Finally, the aircraft air-conditioning system includes a heat transfer arrangement which transfers waste heat generated by the cooler to process air flowing through the process air line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Torsten Truemper, Matthias Reiss
  • Aircraft including a fuel pump fastened to a tank panel
    Patent number: 8851122
    Abstract: The aircraft includes: a fuel tank panel; a fuel pump bell, the bell being fastened to the panel; and a metal support arranged so that the bell is fastened to the panel entirely via the support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations (S.A.S.)
    Inventors: Alexis Courpet, Thomas Barre, Matthieu Biteau, Olivier Bourbon, Cedric Sable, Jean-Marc Roques
  • Composite material part with large variation in thickness
    Patent number: 8852709
    Abstract: A composite material part and method for manufacturing the part. The part has a large variation in thickness between a first zone having a thickness E1 and a second zone having a thickness E2, which is made as a single part with a transition zone, external surfaces of which have gradients of magnitude, in which the structure of the stack includes; b1) a plurality of continuous plies that extend in the three zones; b2) a plurality of plies that extend in the first zone and in the transition zone, terminating in a stepped manner in the transition zone; b3) a plurality of plies that extend in the first zone and in the transition zone, terminating in a stepped manner in the transition zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations, S. L.
    Inventors: Jose Luis Lozano Garcia, Jose Orencio Granado Macarrilla, Vicente Martinez Valdegrama
  • Aircraft nacelle including at least one radial partition between two conducts
    Patent number: 8851416
    Abstract: An aircraft nacelle that makes it possible to channel a stream of air in a longitudinal direction and that includes at least two panels (50, 50?) placed end to end in the longitudinal direction, each including a so-called aerodynamic surface (52, 52?) that is in contact with the air stream and an edge (54, 54?) that is in contact with the edge of the other panel, characterized in that at least one of the panels includes—at its edge (54, 54?)—at least one partition (58) that projects relative to the edge that extends in the direction of the edge of the other panel, in a manner that is secant to the aerodynamic surface and in a plane that contains the longitudinal direction, so as to limit the circulation of air between the edges of the panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations (S.A.S.)
    Inventors: Alain Porte, Jacques Lalane, Frederic Chelin, Thierry Surply
  • Removal of components from aircraft
    Patent number: 8850682
    Abstract: A method of removing a component from an aircraft includes attaching a device comprising a guide member to the aircraft; attaching the component (such as an actuator) to the guide member; detaching the component from the rest of the aircraft; and moving the guide member so that the component follows a predefined path of removal of the component. A device for use in such a method is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations Limited
    Inventors: Philip Henry Garland, Nebojsa Sakota
  • Method for producing a component made of a composite material and associated device
    Patent number: 8852495
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing a piece made of composite material including a fiber preform that is embedded in a matrix, includes placing the preform in a first chamber that is delimited by a first semi-sealed wall, i.e., permeable to gas and impermeable to a product that is able to form the matrix, extracting the gases in a second chamber that is delimited by a second gas-tight wall and the first semi-sealed wall so as to obtain the diffusion of the product that is able to form the matrix in the preform, characterized in that it consists in using—as a first semi-sealed wall—at least one plate with a number of pipes of tapered shape that empty on either side of the at least one plate and at least one semi-sealed membrane that is superposed on the at least one plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: Philippe Blot, Sébastien Gohier, Mathieu Lannuzel
  • Method and device for communication on a communication link between an aircraft and a ground station
    Patent number: 8856523
    Abstract: A communication method on a communication link between an aircraft and a ground station, the communication capable of being configured according to a plurality of safety levels in which, when the aircraft sends a request to a ground station to modify the safety level of the communication from a previous safety level to a new safety level and the aircraft does not receive an acknowledgement of the request by the ground station, the aircraft still accepts messages from the ground station according to the new security level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: Agnes Leclercq, Cecile Colle-Morlec, Pascal Boucard
  • Bond lead
    Patent number: 8854787
    Abstract: A bonding lead comprising a core; and a sheath bonded to the core. The core comprises a substrate of fibers coated with nano-objects with at least one dimension between 1 nm and 200 nm. The nano-objects form a continuous electrically conductive network from one end of the bonding lead to the other with some of the nano-objects coating the fibers and others forming bridges between adjacent fibers. The nano-objects may be carbon nanotubes and the core may be woven or knitted. A conductive connector is provided at each end of the bonding lead, for instance a tab formed from an electrically conductive polymer. The lead can be used to dissipate static charge and/or lightning current between components, typically within an aircraft fuel tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations Limited
    Inventors: Andrew Paul Limmack, David Alistair Sutton, Colin John West
  • Onboard access control system for communication from the open domain to the avionics domain
    Patent number: 8856508
    Abstract: An onboard access control system to an information system onboard an aircraft, for communication from the open domain to the avionics domain, the open end avionics domains being connected to each other through a single-directional link from the avionics domain to the open domain. The system includes: a security device including: access switches controlling access to the avionics and open domains, a controller, a module for acquisition putting data into buffer memory and transmission to the avionics domain, a data control module, an acquisition module from the open domain and putting into buffer memory, and an operator's authentication mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations S.A.S.
    Inventor: Jean-Paul Genissel
  • Landing gear attachment
    Patent number: 8851418
    Abstract: A landing gear attachment apparatus (100) has a landing gear side bearing retention arrangement (104) connected to an aircraft side attachment apparatus (102), held together by a series of fuse pins. The interaction between a fuse pin carrier and a trunnion block varies the amount of load required to separate the landing gear from the fuselage depending on the direction of the load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations Limited
    Inventors: Andrija Ekmed{hacek over (z)}ić, Mario Straccia, Philip Jones
  • Monitor and a method for measuring oxygen concentration
    Patent number: 8852512
    Abstract: A monitor for monitoring the concentration of oxygen in a fuel or in an ullage over a fuel comprises (i) a sensing element comprising a luminescent substance comprising a luminophore and a support in which the luminophore is covalently bound to the support, (ii) a light source arranged to irradiate the sensing element with light, and (iii) a photosensor arranged to detect light emitted from the luminescent substance. The luminescent substance may be, for example, a platinum porphyrin covalently bound to silica.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations Ltd
    Inventors: Joseph K-W Lam, David Osborne, Norman Mark Ratcliffe
  • Integration of supply functions in a storage compartment
    Patent number: 8851420
    Abstract: Integration of supply functions is provided in a storage compartment. In particular, an integrated module is provided, which can be mounted in the overhead area of a passenger cabin, and exhibits different system components, which are automatically hooked up to the supply system of the transport (e.g., an aircraft) during the mechanical installation of the module on the load-bearing structure of the cabin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Schliwa, Martin Frey, René Stoll, Andreas Tolksdorf, Uwe Schneider
  • TRANSMITTER FOR WAKING UP ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS, RECEIVER, AIRCRAFT AND SPACECRAFT AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20140295773
    Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to a transmitter for waking up electronic systems with a first signal generator which is designed to generate a carrier signal with a first frequency, a second signal generator which is designed to generate an informational signal with a second frequency, a single-sideband modulator which is designed to modulate the information signal by the carrier signal, and a transmission device which is designed to emit the generated carrier signal and the modulated information signal. The present disclosure also pertains to a receiver, an aircraft and spacecraft and a method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Georg BÖCK, Alexander KRAVETS, Heiko TRUSCH
  • Device for the superplastic forming of a blank
    Patent number: 8844332
    Abstract: A device for the superplastic forming of a blank, in a mould with a lower and an upper mould, into a component. The blank in the mould can be subjected to pressure and temperature, and the blank has perforations, at least in some regions. The lower mould is formed at least partly with a permeable, in particular a gas permeable, drainage layer. As a consequence of the drainage layer, a blank with perforations can be formed directly, i.e., without further aids such as, e.g., a means of sealing, etc. and/or supplementary production operations, in the course of a superplastic forming process into a component, in particular into a suction component for an active aerodynamic surface of an aircraft, with a complex three-dimensional spatial shape. A simple, cost-effective and reliable process is enabled suitable for large production runs of components, which may be spherically curved in at least some regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Syassen Freerk
  • Composite structure
    Patent number: 8844872
    Abstract: A composite structure has first and second sections, and a curved corner joining the first and second sections. The structure includes a stack of fiber-reinforced plies. First and second external plies run from the first section into the second section round an inside and an outside of the corner, respectively. First and second internal plies are sandwiched between the first and second external plies, and run from the first section into the second section round the corner. The first internal fly is dropped off inside the second section. The second internal ply is dropped off inside the first section. The structure has an increased thickness where the first and second internal plies overlap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations Limited
    Inventors: Timothy J. Sanderson, Stephen Williams
  • Method and device for manufacturing a fiber composite component with an integral structural design
    Patent number: 8845946
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a fiber composite component having an integral structural design includes positioning a sheet-like fibrous semi-finished product in a mold that defines an outer contour of the fiber composite component. Dimensionally stable fibrous semi-finished products, each having dimensions corresponding to a respective portion of the manufactured fiber composite component, are arranged on the sheet-like fibrous semi-finished product. The dimensionally stable fibrous semi-finished products are stabilized and fixed in place using mold cores. The semi-finished products are resin infiltrated using one of a first or a second gating process so as to form a construct. The first gating process includes gating via the mold cores at a head of each dimensionally stable fibrous semi-finished product and performing extraction in an area of the mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Georg Lonsdorfer, Hauke Seegel, Klaus Rode, Andreas Pau
  • High lift system for an aircraft
    Patent number: 8844878
    Abstract: A high lift system for an aircraft includes: a main wing, a flap disposed on the main wing of the aircraft that can be adjusted between a retracted position and several extended positions relative to the main wing by way of a flap actuating mechanism and a drive device, a carrier part disposed on the main wing to which the flap actuating mechanism is coupled and relative to which the flap actuating mechanism for adjusting the flap can be moved, where the carrier part is disposed on the main wing by way of a bearing device including an adjusting device with which the orientation of the carrier part relative to the orientation of the main wing can be adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Timo Voss, Joachim Loerke
  • Fuselage segment, and method for the production of a fuselage segment
    Patent number: 8844870
    Abstract: A fuselage segment of an aircraft fuselage is provided with an outer skin and an inner skin that are spaced apart from one another by a core, wherein conduits for system installations are integrated into the core, as well as a method for manufacturing such a fuselage segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Robert Alexander Goehlich