Patents Assigned to Airbus Operation
  • Patent number: 8751197
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for designing a composite material part with a curved surface (65) to which a plurality of stiffening elements will be joined, in which the design of a 3D fabric model comprises the following steps: generating a planar surface (63) developed in 2D of the surface (65) of the curved part in 3D as well as the same geometric references (71) in 2D as the references (51) of the surface in 3D; associating the surface (63) developed in 2D and the surface (65) in 3D as well as their geometric references (71, 51), such that any action in one of them is reflected in the other; initially computing the fabric model in the surface (63) developed in 2D; carrying out any subsequent modification of the fabric model either in the surface (63) developed in 2D or in the surface (65) in 3D.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations S.L.
    Inventors: Raúl Burgos Gallego, José Villarrubia Cortés
  • Patent number: 8746625
    Abstract: Embodiments pertain to a flap adjusting system including a regulating flap mounted on an airfoil using at least two bearing devices and movable relative to the airfoil, and an adjusting device. The adjusting device includes an actuator and adjusting kinematics with a drive rod that couples the actuator to the regulating flap using a first and a second joint, as well as a load sensor. The adjusting kinematics are configured such that, at a maximum adjustment travel of the regulating flap, the second joint between the drive rod and the regulating flap is adjusted by an angle less than 50% of the angle by which the first joint is adjusted. The load sensor is arranged in at least one adjusting device and in the second joint, which couples the drive rod to the regulating flap. The load sensor is configured to measure the forces in this load path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Recksiek, Stefan Greif, Robert Schwinn
  • Patent number: 8749956
    Abstract: In an electrical cabinet (110) for an electrical power unit that carries out electrical power switching for at least multiple electrical power switching equipment (50), the electrical power switching equipment (50) is attached to a front of at least a support grid rack (31) arranged as a matrix with n rows and p columns, where n and p are greater than or equal to two. Each piece of equipment (50) is attached to the grid rack at a slot (34) in the grid rack, open to the front of the grid rack (31) and to the rear of the grid rack to allow installation from the front of the equipment and to allow access from the front to the rear of the grid rack through the slots (34).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations S.A.S.
    Inventor: Bernard Guering
  • Publication number: 20140151500
    Abstract: A device for intermediate fastening between an aircraft fuselage and an aircraft landing gear is provided. The device includes at least one semi-open support structure comprising a pair of webs, which are substantially parallel to each other. The webs comprise first support means intended to receive the main pivot shaft of the landing gear and second support means intended to receive the stay joint or joints of the landing gear. The device includes two support structures linked together by a central box structure. The central box structure includes a front wall, a rear wall and linking walls linking those two walls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: Airbus Operations S.A.S.
    Inventors: Daniel Bellet, Guillaume Gallant
  • Publication number: 20140154447
    Abstract: A peelable adapter element for balancing out assembly and/or component tolerances, with a core body to define a minimum dimension and at least one stack of films bound to the core body to define a maximum dimension, which includes a plurality of peelable metal films detachably joined with each other by a respective binder film. The core body is formed of a plastic matrix with integrated fiber reinforcement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventor: Ralf Gevers
  • Publication number: 20140151506
    Abstract: The invention provides an aircraft lifting surface with a monolithic main supporting structure (14) of a composite material comprising an upper skin (21) including at least a part of the upper aerodynamic profile of the leading edge (11) and/or of the trailing edge (15), a lower skin, a front spar (18), a rear spar (20), a plurality of leading edge ribs and/or a plurality of trailing edge ribs. This main supporting structure allows a weight and cost reduction of aircraft lifting surfaces. The invention also provides a manufacturing method of said monolithic main supporting structure (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS S.L.
    Inventors: Enrique GUINALDO FERNANDEZ, Francisco CRUZ DOMINGUEZ, Francisco Javier HONORATO RUIZ, Paula MÁS MÁS, Iker VÉLEZ DE MENDIZÁBAL ALONSO, Carlos GARCIA NIETO
  • Publication number: 20140150902
    Abstract: A valve for regulating the pressure of a gas flow in a duct according to two pressure levels includes a gate whose position is controlled by an actuator with two chambers and a first control means with a first set point pressure P1 making it possible to position the gate in a first regulated position by comparing a pressure Pav downstream of the gate and the first set point pressure P1. The valve further includes a second control means with a second set point pressure P2 making it possible to position the gate in a second regulated position by comparing the pressure Pav downstream of the gate and the second set point pressure P2 and permutation means for making the first control means or the second control means communicate alternately with one of the chambers of the actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: Airbus Operations S.A.S.
    Inventor: Guillaume Pirat
  • Publication number: 20140152088
    Abstract: A system for determining a cabin layout in a cabin of a vehicle, includes a system for contactless transfer of power with primary magnetic elements and secondary magnetic elements that each overlap with at least one primary magnetic element. Based on sequentially providing power to primary magnetic elements and measuring at least one electric value in the powered primary magnetic element overlapping states of secondary magnetic elements and primary magnetic elements can be determined. By determining overlapping states for all primary magnetic elements in the cabin the number and positions of all secondary magnetic elements and all vehicle components attached thereto can be collected. The system avoids powering two contiguous primary magnetic elements to prevent a wrong determination of an overlapping state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Achim Bauer, Andre Zybala, Christian Rathge, Christian Koker, Gunnar Jonas
  • Publication number: 20140151511
    Abstract: An aircraft includes at least two aircraft fuselages and two elongate main wings, wherein the main wings each have an extension direction which are at an angle to one another that differs from zero. Each of the two main wings is connected to the at least two aircraft fuselages. The main wings can thus be equipped mechanically simply and so as to have a low weight, and at the same time the transmission of forces between the wings and the fuselages is performed via a plurality of connections, and this leads to a relatively low material stress.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Gerd Heller
  • Publication number: 20140151510
    Abstract: An aerodynamic fairing body for an aircraft, a corresponding aircraft and a corresponding method of manufacture for an aerodynamic fairing body are described. The fairing body is configured so as to accommodate a flap adjustment mechanism. Further, the fairing body is configured so as to be arranged at a predetermined distance from an engine of the aircraft, which produces a blast which varies depending on the flight phase. Furthermore, the fairing body is configured so as to be varied in shape in such a way that the fairing body is located outside the blast of the engine permanently. In other words, the fairing body can be varied in shape in such a way that it is located outside the engine blast in any flight phase of the aircraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Karsten Schroeder, Hendrik Friedel
  • Publication number: 20140151309
    Abstract: A water supply system includes a first pipe, a water reservoir, and a Venturi pipe having a first Venturi nozzle terminal, a second Venturi nozzle terminal and a Venturi nozzle branch arranged between the first and second Venturi nozzle terminal. The first Venturi nozzle terminal is connected via the first pipe to the water reservoir. The first Venturi nozzle terminal is connectable to a second pipe to fill the water reservoir. The branch of the Venturi pipe is connectable to a third pipe to supply taps. Water flows through the Venturi pipe from the first Venturi nozzle terminal to the second Venturi nozzle terminal when the water reservoir is filled, and water flows through the Venturi pipe from the second Venturi nozzle terminal to the Venturi nozzle branch during the supply procedure, to provide a water supply system which requires less maintenance and is less temperamental.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Axel Schreiner, Paolo Cavarero, Hannes Müller, Ralf Menshausen, Markus Wirth, Michael Rempe, Carlos Rosero
  • Patent number: 8741416
    Abstract: A Sandwich panel with a core structure, in particular with a honeycomb-shaped core structure, and plane-parallel cover layers applied to both sides of this core structure, to form a floor surface in a fuselage airframe of an aircraft, the core structure having at least one recess into which at least one reinforcing structure is integrated, wherein the at least one reinforcing structure is formed with at least one core, said core having at least one recess into which a stopper is introduced, into which at least one attachment element can be introduced to attach at least one further component to the sandwich panel, and a plurality of prepreg strips which each have a uniform fiber running direction being wound around the core. In addition, the invention relates to a method for the production of a sandwich panel according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Manuela (Richter) Juergens
  • Patent number: 8743129
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a display device for a glass cockpit of an aircraft, intended to provide video streams to a plurality of viewing screens of said glass cockpit, said aircraft being partitioned into a secured area, a so-called avionic world (AW), and a non-secured area, a so-called open world (OW), said system comprising at least one first port intended to receive first data to be displayed from a system (210, 310, 410) belonging to the avionic area and at least one second port intended to receive second data to be displayed from a system (220, 320, 420) belonging to the open world, the display device comprising: predetermined hardware resources allocated to the processing of the second data; a processor (241, 341, 441), belonging to the avionic area, adapted to controlling the hardware resources used by said processing and interrupting this processing if said hardware resources used exceed said allocated resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations S.A.S.
    Inventors: Lionel Cheymol, Vincent Foucart, Simon Innocent
  • Patent number: 8741012
    Abstract: An avionic bay with a device for filtering cooling air for aircraft electrical equipment. The device includes at least two filtration grilles provided with apertures and which are disposed successively one behind the other in order to filter the air drawn from a cooling air vein before distributing it to an aircraft electrical equipment item. The apertures of the second grille are offset transversely in relation to the apertures of the first grille.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: Vincent Rebeyrotte, Jean-Christophe Caron
  • Patent number: 8741208
    Abstract: Manufacturing of a composite component, such as a composite component of an aircraft, is provided with a molding tool that includes, but is not limited to a first mold, a second mold and a pressure generator. Between the first mold and the second mold, a membrane is arranged so that between the first mold and the membrane a first region is formed, and between the second mold and the membrane a second region is formed. In the first region, a fibrous mat is arranged. In the second region with the use of the pressure generator 116 counter-pressure can be produced so that the membrane is pressed in the direction of the fibrous mat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Nothdurft, Günther Dressler, Rolf-Georg Sundermann, Georg Lonsdorfer
  • Patent number: 8740133
    Abstract: An aircraft including at least one engine having counter-rotating rotors, the engine or at least one of the engines having imbalances associated with at least one ellipse. The aircraft includes at least one vibration damper attached in an arrangement such that, at a given engine speed and for at least one given common direction of a large axis of the ellipse or at least one of the ellipses, a speed related to the two ends of the damper is higher than for any other arrangement of the damper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations
    Inventors: Jean-Michel Saucray, Philippe Chareyre
  • Patent number: 8740145
    Abstract: A door for crew rest compartments of cabins of means of transport comprises a lateral door leaf and a front door leaf as well as a floor element. With the door closed the floor element forms a continuation of the floor of the crew rest compartment. When compared to sliding doors, the cost of manufacture and the weight may be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Wesselink, Jovan Ulbrich-Gasparevic
  • Patent number: 8740136
    Abstract: An aircraft engine attachment configured to be inserted between an engine and an EMS, the attachment including a plate assembly connected to a first fixing device including an end fitting with two arms and a pin passing through the plate assembly and the two arms, in each of which an orifice is formed including a first ring and a second ring respectively holding the pin. The first ring includes a bottom acting as a stop for a first end of the pin, and the first attachment device includes a mechanism to stop the pin in translation cooperating with a second end of the pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: Virginie Audart-Noel, Pascal Gardes
  • Patent number: 8739516
    Abstract: The invention concerns a turbojet for aircraft including engine located in nacelle, and thermal exchanger intended to cool a fluid participating in the engine propulsive system, characterized in that said thermal exchanger is located on engine external wall, an interstitial space within which air can circulate being arranged between the engine external wall and a lower wall of said thermal exchanger. The invention also concerns an aircraft provided with at least one such turbojet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: Guillaume Bulin, Patrick Oberle
  • Patent number: 8740146
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cover panel for a landing gear for an aircraft with at least one pivotal closable flap 6, 7. According to the invention the at least one flap 6, 7 is attached for swivel movement to the fuselage cell 2 of the aircraft by means of at least one multi-articulated joint 8, 9, 13 wherein the multi-articulated joint 8, 9, 13 is constructed with a number of individual joints seated on a shaft 17, similar to a piano hinge, and a mechanical play increases preferably uniformly starting from a middle individual joint 14 towards the outer individual joints 15, 16. As a result of the mechanical play which increases within the multi-articulated joint 8, 9, 13 from the middle individual joint 14 to the two outer individual joints 15, 16 in the direction of the x-axis or aircraft longitudinal axis, a substantial mechanical isolation of the cover panel from any possible fuselage cell movements is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Hermann Benthien, Björn Bertram, Sandra Kuckuck, Frank Gustävel