Patents Assigned to Airbus Operation
  • DEVICE FOR MANUALLY PAINTING A LARGE SURFACE, IN PARTICULAR AN OUTER SURFACE OF AN AIRCRAFT
    Publication number: 20130214067
    Abstract: A device for manually painting a large surface using a spray gun connected to a paint feed line for the supply of an enamel paint and to a pressure line for the provision of compressed air. After the manual actuation of an operating switch arranged on a handle piece, the spray gun sprays the enamel paint by compressed air via a spray head to apply the enamel paint onto the surface. The spray gun includes means such that it can be moved manually along the surface. The means include an extension rod, at one end of which the spray gun is attached by the handle piece and which is configured such that, when held by an operator on an arm holder configured at the opposite end, it extends from the elbow along the forearm of the operator and beyond the distal end of the forearm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventor: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
  • SEAL ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20130214096
    Abstract: A seal assembly for closing an aperture in an aerodynamic surface of a structure, the seal assembly comprising: a track for attachment to the structure; and a retractable seal including a flexible substrate and a plurality of rods connected to the substrate, wherein at least one of the rods is mounted for running movement along the track, and the seal is moveable between an extended position and a retracted position by moving the at least one rod along the track accompanied by folding/unfolding of the seal substrate, and wherein the seal is biased to its extended position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2011
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: James Wilson, Alan Quayle, Paul Hadley
  • Riveting device for aircraft fuselages
    Publication number: 20130212883
    Abstract: A head of a riveting device—for Hi-Lite type rivets—of at least two components of a structure for installing automatically collars on pins previously inserted in the structure. The head comprises: a collar installation tool; a collar supply to supply collars to the collar installation tool; a tool actuating device; a linear displacement device to linearly move the tool during the threading operation; a withdrawal device arranged to withdraw the second part of the collars; a control arrangement configured to automatically perform the installation of collars on pins and after this the withdrawal of the second part of the collars, using tools and collars appropriate for the pins. Also a robot having as end-effector the head and to a method of riveting two components of an aircraft fuselage are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2013
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS S.L.
    Inventor: Airbus Operations S.L.
  • AIRCRAFT ELECTRONICS COOLING APPARATUS FOR AN AIRCRAFT HAVING A LIQUID COOLING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20130215572
    Abstract: The invention relates to an improved aircraft electronics cooling system for an aircraft having a liquid cooling system, the aircraft electronics cooling system providing a thermal coupling between an electronic device to be cooled and the liquid cooling system of the aircraft. A coolant delivered by the liquid cooling system may flow through a board of the electronic device, through a heat sink on which the electronic device is arranged and/or through a housing in which the electronic device is arranged. The coolant may be permanently in the liquid state in a cooling circuit. The coolant may vaporize at least partially while cooling the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Ozan Uluc, Ahmet Kayihan Kiryaman, Andreas Frey
  • ROBUST SYSTEM CONTROL METHOD WITH SHORT EXECUTION DEADLINES
    Publication number: 20130219402
    Abstract: A method of controlling a system comprising the following steps: launching a task, said task being associated with a worst case execution time; and monitoring the end of the task after a time slot allocated to the execution of the task; wherein said time slot is shorter than said worst case execution time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2012
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS (SAS)
    Inventors: Patrick ANDRIANIAINA, Alexandre SEURET, Daniel SIMON
  • Device for closing an aircraft door, aircraft comprising such a device
    Patent number: 8511610
    Abstract: An aircraft door closing device, and an aircraft incorporating such a device. The door includes a leaf and, connected to the aircraft fuselage, a frame including an opening configured to take the leaf, the leaf adopting a closed position to block the opening and another position to reveal the opening. The device includes a bearing mechanism, some on the leaf and some on the frame, each formed by a crenelated structure, two crenelated structures being arranged such that the teeth of one pass through notches of the other as the leaf moves from one position to the other, and such that the teeth of the leaf structure bear, in the closed position, on the inside face of the corresponding teeth of the frame structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Airbus Operations S.A.S.
    Inventor: Alain Depeige
  • Method and device for the manufacture of a component
    Patent number: 8512620
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a component from a composite-fiber-material semifinished product includes providing a forming support having a contour including at least one section corresponding to a surface of the manufactured component. The semifinished product is placed onto the forming support and the semifinished product is formed such that the semifinished product contacts the forming support. Further, a device form manufacturing component includes the forming support having the contour including at least one section corresponding to the surface of the manufacture component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Georg Lonsdorfer, Hauke Seegel, Klaus Rode
  • Acoustic monitoring system
    Patent number: 8513860
    Abstract: An acoustic transducer is disclosed in which a set of electrode arrays is arranged around a nominal center point and comprising a set of circumferentially disposed electrode elements. A piezoelectric material is located between a common electrode and said electrode elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Airbus Operations Limited
    Inventor: Christophe Paget
  • Slat deployment mechanism
    Patent number: 8511619
    Abstract: An aircraft slat deployment mechanism including a first drive member coupled to a slat at a first pivot point and a second drive member coupled to the slat at a second pivot point offset from the first pivot point. A first rack is provided on the first drive member, and a first pinion is carried by the drive shaft. The first pinion is arranged to transmit mechanical power from the drive shaft to the first drive member via the first rack. A second rack is provided on the second drive member, and a second pinion is carried by the drive shaft. The second pinion has a different radius to the first pinion. The second pinion is arranged to transmit mechanical power from the drive shaft to the second drive member via the second rack, such that the first and second drive members move at a different speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Airbus Operations Limited
    Inventor: Alan Mann
  • Aircraft conduit monitoring system and method
    Patent number: 8511179
    Abstract: An aircraft conduit monitoring system includes conduit that conducts gas from a source to a point of application. A flow sensing device and a pressure sensing device are provided within the conduit. At least one set value of a gas mass flow rate and at least one set value of a pressure are sensed in a learning mode of operation. The set values are compared with sensed actual values in the normal mode of operation. A gas volume flow rate can also be sensed and processed instead of a gas mass flow rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Jürgen Kelnhofer, Dariusz Krakowski
  • Aircraft wing load alleviation system
    Patent number: 8511620
    Abstract: An aircraft wing load alleviation system incorporating a wing, a spoiler panel (14), a device (16, 17) which restricts circulation of air around a trailing edge of the spoiler and a control system. The spoiler panel is pivotally attached to the wing so that the spoiler panel can be rotated up from a lowered position to a raised position, thereby opening a void between the spoiler panel and the wing. The retractable device can be deployed from a retracted position to an extended position in which it restricts circulation of air around the trailing edge of the spoiler panel and into the void, thus reducing induced drag. The control system is configured to detect or predict an increase in the lift of the wing and rotate the spoiler panel to its raised position in response to a detected or predicted increase in the lift of the wing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
  • Slot seal
    Patent number: 8511611
    Abstract: A panel assembly for an aircraft comprises a panel rotatably connected to a support structure and moveable between a first position and a second position. The panel has an aerodynamic surface with a slot at one edge thereof which receives a portion of the support structure when the panel is in the first position. The assembly further comprises a resilient seal member which occupies the slot when the panel is in the second position. The panel may be an aircraft flight control surface, or an aircraft landing gear bay door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Airbus Operations Limited
    Inventor: Paul Blades
  • Method and device for aiding the flight management of an aircraft
    Patent number: 8515598
    Abstract: A device for aiding the flight management of an aircraft includes a calculation device for determining in real time an updated lateral trajectory that the aircraft will follow and a display device for displaying this updated lateral trajectory on a cockpit screen of the aircraft. Consequently, the crew of the aircraft is able to readily visualize and understand the updated lateral trajectory that will put the aircraft back on the original course as a result of the display on the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Airbus Operations (SAS)
    Inventors: Pascale Louise, Thierry Bourret, Marie-Odile Plantecoste, Charles Renault Lerberquer
  • BATTERY CASE
    Publication number: 20130209854
    Abstract: A battery case for a power tool, comprising a body defining a cavity configured to receive a battery, a body surface of the battery case being formed to have a curved outward profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
    Inventor: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
  • JIG FOR THE MODELLING OF AT LEAST ONE SECTION OF AN AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE
    Publication number: 20130206710
    Abstract: Disclosed is a jig for the modelling of at least one section of an aircraft fuselage, with a framework structure and with a multiplicity of adapters for the connection of stiffening elements to the framework structure, which can be moved relative to the framework structure, and/or with a multiplicity of adapters for the modelling of profiles of stiffening elements, which can be moved relative to the framework structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Bernd ROSCHAT, Niklas HALFMANN, Dieter KRAUSE
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MINIMISING BUFFETING
    Publication number: 20130206916
    Abstract: A system and method for minimizing buffeting in the case of an aircraft. Buffeting load control elements are provided in airfoils of the aircraft are arranged to be at least partly moved out of the airfoils by a control to reduce buffeting loads acting on the aircraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventor: Michael Kordt
  • Detection of aircraft descent anomaly
    Publication number: 20130211632
    Abstract: An aircraft ground or sea approach anomaly detection method. The method includes the steps of characterizing a flight phase of the aircraft, determining a prohibited flight envelope, defining a set of prohibited vertical speeds of the aircraft for given altitudes in relation to the ground or the sea, as a function of the flight phase of the aircraft characterized, and detecting a ground approach anomaly of the aircraft as a function of a current vertical speed and altitude in relation to the ground or the sea of the aircraft, in relation to the prohibited flight envelope determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicants: AIRBUS SAS, AIRBUS OPERATIONS (SAS)
    Inventors: Airbus Operations (SAS), Airbus SAS
  • COMPOSITE LAMINATE WITH SELF-HEALING LAYER
    Publication number: 20130209764
    Abstract: A composite structure comprising: a first stack comprising a plurality of plies of composite material and at least one ply of self-healing material, the ply of self-healing material comprising a plurality of containers each containing a curable healing liquid; and a second stack comprising a plurality of plies of composite material, the stacks being joined together at a bond line. By placing a ply of self-healing material in one of the stacks (preferably relatively close to the bond line) the ply of self-healing material can resist the propagation of cracks between the first stack and the second stack. Preferably the global strength of the first stack is greater than the global strength of the second stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
    Inventor: Airbus Operations Limited
  • SELF-SUFFICIENT MONUMENT IN THE AIRCRAFT PRESSURE CABIN HAVING A DECENTRALIZED OPERATING RESOURCE SUPPLY AND EFFICIENT ENERGY CONVERSION
    Publication number: 20130210329
    Abstract: An autarkic monument in an aircraft pressure cabin supplied with the required operating mediums in a decentralized fashion by carrying along these operating mediums in the monument in operating medium reservoirs is provided. Methods for the efficient energy conversion within this autarkic monument are also provided. The efficiency is achieved such that the energy conversion is, based on the operating mediums, optimized with respect to exergo-economic and/or exergo-ecologic aspects, and such that energy conversion processes are adapted to one another if several energy conversion processes take place.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Ralf God, Christian Kurz, Andreas Westenberger
  • Dip gauge
    Patent number: D688147
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Airbus Operations Limited
    Inventors: Lee Wagstaff, Lee Bradbury, Gareth Towlson