Patents Assigned to Airbus Operations GmbH
  • Universal arrangement for receiving a curtain rail for a partitioning curtain
    Patent number: 8684308
    Abstract: An arrangement for receiving a curtain rail for a curtain for partitioning at least two regions in a cabin of a vehicle includes a bottom facing the floor of the cabin, and a top facing the ceiling of the cabin. The bottom is essentially planar and is designed to receive the curtain rail. The top is designed to cover the space between a curtain held in the curtain rail and the ceiling of the cabin of the vehicle. The bottom includes means for the variable-position holding of attachment points to which the curtain rail can be fastened. Consequently the curtain rails can be affixed flexibly and so as to be subsequently changeable within the region of the arrangement, thereby contributing to such arrangements so as to be able to be standardized for a multitude of imaginable cabin layouts of a vehicle, to be able to minimize individual customization work and construction expenditure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Warner, Andreas Neumann, Michael Mosler
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING A FIBRE COMPOSITE COMPONENT
    Publication number: 20140084508
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a fibre composite component, comprising: arranging a first and a second mould in relation to one another in such a way that these together form a first cavity; laying a fibre material on the first and/or second mould; filling the formed first cavity with a casting material and solidifying said casting material in order to seal the first and the second mould to one another and/or interconnect them; and infiltrating the fibre material with a matrix and curing said matrix to form the fibre composite component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Hauke Seegel, Paulin Fideu, Axel Herrmann
  • FUEL CELL SYSTEM FOR AN AIRCRAFT, METHOD FOR OPERATING A FUEL CELL SYSTEM IN AN AIRCRAFT AND AIRCRAFT WITH SUCH A FUEL CELL SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20140087283
    Abstract: A fuel cell system includes a first fuel cell unit having a first fuel cell and a second fuel cell, a second fuel cell unit having a third fuel cell and a fourth fuel cell, a hydrogen tank coupled to all fuel cells, an oxygen supply unit and an air inlet. Oxidant inlets of the first fuel cell and the fourth fuel cell are couplable with the air inlet. Oxidant inlets of the second fuel cell and the third fuel cell are couplable with the oxidant supply unit couplable with at least one of the oxygen supply unit and the air inlet. Exhaust outlets of the first and fourth fuel cells are couplable with an inert gas outlet. Exhaust outlets of the second and third fuel cells are coupled with an exhaust switching unit couplable with the inert gas outlet and a water outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf-Henning Stolte, Ralf Peck
  • METHOD FOR DETECTING A DEVICE THAT GENERATES SPURIOUS SIGNALS IN AN ELECTRICAL NETWORK, AN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AND AN AIRCRAFT
    Publication number: 20140084951
    Abstract: A method for detecting a device that generates spurious signals in an electrical network, to which several devices and at least one fault detection device are connected, includes the steps of monitoring the electrical network for electrical spurious signals, sequentially deactivating each device for a predetermined time T when an electrical spurious signal has been detected, and checking the electrical network for the disappearance of the respective spurious signal, and signaling as soon as the respective spurious signal has disappeared upon deactivating a respective device. This makes it possible to especially reliably detect a device in an electrical network that couples an undesired spurious signal into the network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Henning Everth, Jens Schult
  • Adhesive holder for holding objects and kit
    Patent number: 8678332
    Abstract: An adhesive holder for holding objects comprises an adhesive layer, an object holder, an adapter with a contact surface and a counter element with a counter surface. The counter surface of the counter element is positionable at a distance from the contact surface of the adapter in order to enclose a section of a structural element. The adhesive layer can be applied onto the contact surface of the adapter or onto the counter surface of the counter element. The adhesive holder according to the invention makes it possible to introduce a force into a structural element by exerting compressive stress and shearing stress only such that the adhesive connection is much more durable and the adhesive holder can be subjected to higher loads than in the state of the art.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Hermann Benthien, Sheriff Shehata
  • Insulation arrangement in an aircraft
    Patent number: 8678318
    Abstract: An insulation arrangement with a holding device that comprises a collar forms an overlapping region between a second insulating package and the collar such that incidental condensation water on a first insulation package drains to the second insulating package along the collar under the influence of the gravitational force and from there into a bilge of the aircraft equipped with the insulation arrangement on a waterproof cover film of the second insulating package. This prevents condensation water from dripping into a passenger cabin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Robert Redecker
  • Strut system for the stabilization of the shell of an aerodynamic aircraft component for a commercial aircraft
    Patent number: 8678315
    Abstract: The invention relates to a strut system for the stabilization of the shell (2) of an aerodynamic aircraft component in a commercial aircraft, comprising a pair of connection supports (4a, 4b) connected on the inside to the shell (2) and opposing each other, between which connection supports (4a, 4b) several struts (5) extend to form a latticework structure (3), which struts (5) in nodal points (6a, 6b) arranged on the ends are non-detachably connected to the connection supports (4a, 4b), wherein the area extension of the latticework structure (3) is aligned in such a manner relative to a middle plane of symmetry (11) that the struts (5), formed with an open symmetrical cross section, as well as the cross section of the connection supports (4a, 4b), are arranged so as to be symmetrical to the aforesaid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignees: Airbus SAS, Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Tomschke, Pasquale Basso
  • Apparatus and method for acquiring mechanical loads on thrust elements
    Patent number: 8677830
    Abstract: A device for acquiring mechanical loads on mechanically loaded bodies is provided. The device exhibits a resonance-capable micro-bridge structure, an alternating voltage source with a variable frequency, an impedance measuring device for acquiring the impedance of the micro-bridge structure and an electronic unit for receiving determined impedance values and changing the frequency of the alternating voltage source. By exciting the micro-bridge structure and measuring its impedance, a conclusion can be drawn as to the expansion-dependent resonance frequency, which in return makes it possible to determine the expansion, and hence the mechanical load. Such a device is sufficiently accurate, and largely independent of outside influences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Becker, Martin Kluge, Michael Schneider, Ulrich Schmid, Achim Bittner
  • Digital broadcasting method
    Patent number: 8683531
    Abstract: According to an exemplary embodiment of the invention, a digital data stream is divided into at least two complementary digital substreams and delayed in time. The first digital substream and the second digital substream are transmitted by the broadcasting systems with a time offset in accordance with the broadcasting principle such that any receiver can use the respectively intact part of the other complementary digital substream in order to ensure a seamless media reception when a break in the transmission or reception occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Tim Fuss, Christian Schaupmann
  • METHOD, SYSTEM AND MOLDING TOOL FOR MANUFACTURING COMPONENTS FROM COMPOSITE FIBER MATERIALS
    Publication number: 20140079956
    Abstract: In a method for manufacturing components from composite fiber materials, at least one placeholder is inserted into a recess in a molding tool, wherein the unfinished component is subsequently produced, the placeholder is removed, at least one lifting pad is inserted into the recess and the unfinished component is removed from the molding tool by inflating the lifting pad. In a system for manufacturing components from composite fiber materials, the component removal process is monitored and controlled by a computer unit in order to prevent predetermined maximum component loads from being exceeded. The gentle component removal process makes it possible to avoid consequential costs for repairing or reworking the components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Manuel Jung, Michael Bechtold
  • Device for the contact-less detection of the degree of dryness of a coat of varnish, and method for the same
    Patent number: 8674705
    Abstract: A device and method for the contactless and therefore non-destructive measurement of a degree of dryness of a coat of paint applied to a substrate. The device comprises at least one transmitter for electromagnetic radiation, at least one receiver for determining the absorption of the electromagnetic radiation radiated into the coat of paint, and a measuring means. In the measuring means, the raw measured values measured by the receiver are processed and the degree of dryness, calculated therefrom, of the coat of paint is displayed. Either microwave radiation or infrared radiation in the near infrared range is used as measuring radiation, at least one time-dependent measurement of the absorption at a constant wavelength being made in both cases. In addition, the invention relates to a method for determining the degree of dryness of a coat of paint by means of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Rolf Bense, Rebecca Siewert
  • Overhead bin for use on both sides in an aircraft
    Patent number: 8672266
    Abstract: An overhead bin for use on both sides in a passenger cabin of an aircraft, includes a first baggage compartment and a second baggage compartment, a first opening and a second opening for loading items into the first baggage compartment and into the second baggage compartment, and a partition for dividing the first baggage compartment from the second baggage compartment. The first baggage compartment and the second baggage compartment differ from each other in their shape and/or alignment. With several overhead bins, the alignment of a larger and a smaller baggage bin can alternate so that adequate bin space for stowing hand baggage is available to passengers in the center seats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Ehlers, Mark Herzog
  • Apparatus and method for testing an aircraft tank system
    Patent number: 8671998
    Abstract: An apparatus for testing an aircraft tank system includes a fuel supply device including a fuel reservoir, a fuel supply line for supplying fuel from the fuel reservoir to a fuel outlet of the fuel supply device, and a first isolation valve disposed in the fuel supply line. A fuel transfer line transfers fuel from the fuel outlet of the fuel supply device to the aircraft tank system and a second isolation valve is disposed in the fuel transfer line. An electronic control unit (ECU) of the apparatus is adapted to control the first isolation valve and the second isolation valve so as to interrupt the supply of fuel through the fuel supply line and the transfer of fuel through the fuel transfer line, respectively, in response to a test parameter signal provided to the electronic control unit (ECU).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Jürgen Lohmann
  • Toilet arrangement for a vehicle
    Patent number: 8672267
    Abstract: A toilet arrangement for a vehicle includes a first toilet compartment, an adjacent second toilet compartment and a partition wall situated between the first toilet compartment and the second toilet compartment, wherein the partition wall is movably supported and designed for being transferred into an open position, in which the partition between the first toilet compartment and the second toilet compartment is removed. This makes it possible to convert two relatively small toilet compartments into a larger toilet compartment that is suitable for use by persons with limited mobility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Schliwa, Andreas Barber, Maria Strasdas
  • Power distribution system
    Patent number: 8672263
    Abstract: A power distribution system for an aircraft having at least one engine includes at least one torque transmission means that is movably held and is connected to at least one shaft of the engine and extends from the shaft of the engine to an interior region of the aircraft fuselage, and at an end pointing away from the engine has at least one interface for introducing a torque. At the interface of the torque transmission means it is possible both to operate mechanical and to start the engine. Consequently in the aircraft it is possible to essentially do without converting mechanical energy to electrical energy and the subsequent use of electrical energy for generating mechanical power. This is particularly favorable in the case of twin-engine commercial aircraft that are used on short hauls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Ralf-Henning Stolte
  • DYNAMIC DISINFECTION METHOD FOR A VEHICLE DRINKING WATER TANK
    Publication number: 20140072472
    Abstract: A method for disinfecting a vehicle drinking water tank is disclosed, wherein the method is designed for dynamic disinfection. By providing a vehicle drinking water tank with a spray diffuser, which is arranged inside the vehicle drinking water tank, the disinfecting liquid can be sprayed over substantially the entire inner surface of the tank. Partial filling of the drinking water tank with a disinfecting liquid starts the disinfection method. The dynamics of the disinfection method are achieved by spraying the disinfecting liquid in such a way that a moved film of disinfecting liquid is formed and wets an inner surface of the drinking water tank. Material transport at the inner wall of the tank is improved and mechanical shear forces act on the biofilm, which is to be removed and/or disinfected, in combination with the biochemical disinfection forces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Axel Schreiner, Paolo Cavarero
  • Light monitoring system and method for operating same
    Patent number: 8670956
    Abstract: A method for monitoring the operating health of a lighting system having a plurality of operating components, in one example includes acquiring test data from a plurality of operating components at a plurality of different operating states of the lighting system, and a data set is acquired for each operating state of the lighting system, and a plurality of data sets are acquired. A model of the lighting system may be constructed using the plurality of data sets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Sven-Olaf Berkhahn, Stefan Schulz, Peter O. Owotoki
  • Wheel drive system for aircraft with a fuel cell as energy source
    Patent number: 8668165
    Abstract: A wheel drive system for an aircraft that features at least one electric motor and at least one fuel cell as energy source for the electric motor, wherein the electric motor is coupleable to at least one wheel of at least one landing gear of the aircraft. The wheel drive system reduces the fuel consumption and lowers the emission of CO2 and pollutants—primarily carbon monoxide and unburned hydrocarbons. Persons, vehicles and other aircraft furthermore are not endangered by a jet blast while the aircraft is taxiing because the main engines do not have to be started until the take-off and landing strip is reached. The operation of the wheel drive system furthermore leads to a reduced noise pollution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Rötger, Hans-Jürgen Heinrich, Jens-Dietrich Kurre
  • Method and arrangement for supplying essentially hollow bodies with equipment
    Patent number: 8667689
    Abstract: Method and arrangement for supplying essentially hollow bodies with equipment wherein the hollow bodies each have a transverse dimension and a longitudinal dimension being larger than the transverse dimension. The bodies have at least one opening for accessing their interior from outside along their longitudinal dimension. The hollow bodies are arranged essentially side-by-side along the longitudinal dimension and they are moved along their transverse dimension in a clocked fashion. An arrangement comprises a plurality of conveyor means for moving hollow bodies, wherein the conveyor means are arranged such that the hollow bodies are arranged side-by-side along their longitudinal dimension and moved along their transverse dimension in a clocked fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Eckart Frankenberger, Eike Klemkow, Horst Zapp, Gerhard Muller, Holger Frauen
  • Urinal
    Patent number: D701948
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Schliwa, Maria T. Strasdas, Florian Schüphaus, Christian Seibt