Patents Assigned to Airbus Operations GmbH
  • Patent number: 10906625
    Abstract: An aircraft door hinge assembly, comprising a door with an outer skin and a frame provided with at least one lug; a fuselage frame provided with at least one clevis configured to be pivotally attached to the lug with a hinge pin so that the door is pivotable relative to the fuselage door frame about a hinge line; a rotatable filler pivotally mounted, at a proximal end, within a gap provided by the clevis; and, a fixed filler having a proximal end fixedly attached to an outermost surface of the lug adjacent to the hinge line, and having a distal end configured to overlap the distal end of the rotatable filler, such that the fixed filler limits rotation of the rotatable filler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventor: Jens Heeren
  • Patent number: 10906653
    Abstract: An aircraft air conditioning system comprising an air conditioning unit adapted and configured to be supplied with compressed process air and to generate cold fresh air, a mixer adapted and configured to mix the cold fresh air from the air conditioning unit with recirculation air recirculated from an aircraft region to be air conditioned, an air outlet adapted and configured to direct mixed air from the mixer into the aircraft region, a first sensor adapted and configured to detect an actual temperature in the aircraft region, a second sensor adapted and configured to detect a temperature of the mixed air directed into the aircraft region, and a control unit adapted and configured to control an operation of the air conditioning unit in dependence on a difference between the temperature of the mixed air directed into the aircraft region and the actual temperature in the aircraft region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignees: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH, AIRBUS SAS
    Inventors: Nicolas Houis, Dariusz Krakowski, Tim Giese
  • Patent number: 10906648
    Abstract: An arrangement in a cabin of a vehicle has a plurality of cabin monuments, placeable in rows, of which the lateral surfaces are in laminar contact, said cabin monuments having a front side and a rear side and a wall surface of the aircraft fuselage, at least sections of which face toward the cabin of the vehicle and are not aligned parallel with a lengthwise axis of the cabin. The cabin monuments are arranged in rows parallel to the lengthwise axis of the cabin, so that the front sides and the rear sides are each aligned parallel to the lengthwise axis of the cabin. The rear sides of at least two cabin monuments, each of which include storage space for cabin trolleys, are positioned with an offset relative to each other in a direction transverse to the lengthwise axis of the cabin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Martin Sieben
  • Patent number: 10906651
    Abstract: A functional arrangement in a cabin of a vehicle includes a monument with a housing having several side walls, which define an interior space, and at least two adjacently arranged seats each having a backrest and headrest. The seats adjoin an exterior side of a first side wall of the housing, and have a seating direction facing away from the first side wall. The first side wall includes a first surface portion that is located at least sectionally behind the headrests of the at least two seats in a vertical direction and includes at least one bulge extending at least in a horizontal direction between two adjacently lying headrests. At least one piece of equipment is situated in the interior space, extends into the at least one bulge and is usable in the interior space of the monument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Ingo Roth, Bernd Roschat
  • Publication number: 20210023891
    Abstract: A tyre monitoring device configured to be mounted on a wheel is described. The device includes a pressure sensor for sensing an inflation pressure of a tyre on the wheel; a wireless communication interface configured to receive data indicative of a command to indicate tyre pressure; a storage storing a predetermined pressure value; an indicator configured to provide a first indication and a second indication, wherein the first indication is different from the second indication; and a processing system configured to operate the indicator to provide the first indication or the second indication responsive to receipt of the command to indicate tyre pressure, and based at least in part on the inflation pressure and the predetermined pressure value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Andrew BILL, Timo WARNS
  • Patent number: 10899376
    Abstract: An electrically driven trolley combination for an aircraft cabin with an independently usable, manually movable trolley and an electrical operating apparatus. The trolley has a base section, a main section extending from the base section, and wheels with the trolley supported on a cabin floor by the wheels and manually movable over the cabin floor being pushed or pulled. The electrical operating apparatus can be detachably coupled to the trolley and has a frame, a driveable rolling device on the frame and by which the electrical operating apparatus can be supported on a cabin floor and rolled, a coupling apparatus on the frame for detachably coupling the electrical operating apparatus to the trolley and having an engagement section and a movement section, the engagement section being selectively movable between a first position and a second position by the movement section, an electrical drive device, and a control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Bauer, Norbert Kaufeld, Matthias Reiss, Oliver Kiehne, Simon Stock, Rafael Mortensen Ernits
  • Patent number: 10899431
    Abstract: A system for driving and guiding a trailing edge control surface on a trailing edge region of an aircraft wing comprises a first guide device coupled with the control surface to guide the control surface along a predetermined trajectory relative to the trailing edge region between a retracted position and an extended position, a first drive device couplable with the wing and the control surface to move the control surface along the trajectory, and a second drive device coupled with the control surface and couplable with one of the wing and the first guide device to influence the incidence angle of the control surface, wherein the first drive device and the second drive device are separate from each other and are operable independently, such that the incidence angle of the control surface is influencable at least in the retracted position of the control surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GmbH
    Inventor: Florian Lorenz
  • Patent number: 10900880
    Abstract: A cabin air control system for an aircraft comprising a plurality of compressed air sources, each operable to provide compressed air, at least one air outlet, a conduit system connected to the air sources and the air outlet and arranged to conduct air from the air sources downstream to the air outlet, and a plurality of particulate matter detectors configured to detect the presence of particulate matter in air from the air sources. Each detector is associated with a different predefined subset of the air sources by being arranged in the conduit system at a location from which it is only possible to reach the associated subset of the air sources when traversing the conduit system from the respective location towards the air sources in an upstream direction. Any two subsets of the different subsets associated with the different particulate matter detectors include different ones of the air sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Andreas Bezold
  • Patent number: 10894344
    Abstract: A forming tool for forming a semi-finished product comprising reinforcement fibers and being conveyed to the forming tool in a continuous process. The forming tool comprises at least one pressure bag configured to be pressurized during a forming step of the semi-finished product, during which the semi-finished product is sandwiched between a forming surface of a forming element and the at least one pressurized pressure bag, such that the semi-finished product substantially takes on the shape of the forming surface. Further, a forming apparatus and a forming method for forming a semi-finished product comprising reinforcement fibers are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Carsten Barlag, Sascha Backhaus, Florian Miske
  • Patent number: 10893614
    Abstract: For the purpose of simple integration of conductor circuits into composite material components, a method and an apparatus for producing composite material components of this kind are proposed, wherein a conductor circuit is printed onto or applied in some other way to a support, is provided with a thermally activatable adhesive and then the support is applied to a blank of the composite material component for joint curing. The curing at high pressure and high temperature creates a strong connection between the conductor circuit and the composite material component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignees: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH, AIRBUS INDIA OPERATIONS PRIVATE LIMITED
    Inventors: Santosh Thukaram, Shubham Shukla, Peter Linde
  • Patent number: 10889379
    Abstract: A flight attendant seat comprising a frame that can be mounted on a carrier fixture or integrated into the carrier fixture, and at least one seat arrangement integrated into the frame. The frame comprises a lower section, an upper section and a central section taking up the at least one seat arrangement, at least partially. The lower section is formed bent at least in a region adjoining the central section. A method is provided for fitting a flight attendant seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Koehler, Peter Bielik, Jan-Ole Jedraszczyk, Heiner Giszas, Marcus Boerjesson
  • Patent number: 10882622
    Abstract: In a method for the ventilation of an aircraft area, air conveyed from an aircraft environment by a conveying device into an interior space of the aircraft is supplied during ground operation of the aircraft to the aircraft area to be ventilated. During flight mode of the aircraft, air flowing from the aircraft environment via a ram air duct into the interior space of the aircraft is supplied to the aircraft area to be ventilated. During flight mode of the aircraft, in addition to the air flowing from the aircraft environment via the ram air duct into the interior space of the aircraft, air conveyed from the aircraft environment by the conveying device into the interior space of the aircraft is supplied to the aircraft area to be ventilated when a flight velocity of the aircraft falls below a flight velocity threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Jens Zahnow
  • Patent number: 10882567
    Abstract: A rail system for a cabin of the vehicle comprises a rail with a main extension direction, a fixing element which can be fixed at various positions of the rail to hold a mounting element on the rail, and a cover device for covering the rail. The cover device has several planar cover elements arranged in continuous series extending along the rail, wherein the cover elements are each mounted so as to be pivotable between a closed state in which the respective cover element lies on the rail and an open state in which the respective cover element is removed from the rail. The fixing element has an engagement element which is configured, on displacement of the fixing element along the rail, to reach below a cover element and move the cover element from the closed state to the open state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Alexander Schulz, Lars Schomacker, Malte Fuerstenberg, Sergej Schwenk, Rainer Ristow
  • Patent number: 10882618
    Abstract: A multifunctional container system for producing a container for a cargo compartment of an aircraft includes a first lateral container component, which forms a first lateral surface of the container that is at least partially beveled, a first lower resting surface having first fastening devices and a first top side, a second lateral container component, which forms a second lateral surface of the container that is at least partially beveled, a second lower resting surface having second fastening devices and a second top side, and a floor cladding. The cladding is selectively positionable between the first resting surface and the second resting surface, which enclose a continuous gap to each other and comprise a predetermined distance to each other and to create a protrusion that faces away from the first and second top side. The protrusion extends into a recess of a floor in a cargo compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Wietzke, Thomas Lerche, Ralf Schliwa
  • Patent number: 10882599
    Abstract: An aircraft door arrangement includes a door, a door seal, and a door opening. The door opening has an opening edge adjoining the door opening and extending into the aircraft fuselage, at which a seal seat is arranged, which can be brought into flush contact with the door seal. A hollow space, partially covered by the edge region of the door, is formed by the door seal, the seal seat, and the opening edge. A gap (located between the door and the door opening when the aircraft door is closed) is connected with the hollow space. A sound reducing profile is arranged at the opening edge in the hollow space, and it includes a sound reflecting surface oriented oblique with respect to a surface of the door, which is adjacent to the gap. The sound reflecting surface at least partially follows the course of the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Markus Fischer, Jean-Marc Hanke, Uwe Dittmann, Matthias Siercke, Sebastian Kagel, Enno Houtrouw, Peter-Philipp Frenzel
  • Patent number: 10882639
    Abstract: A transfer system for transferring luggage into a vehicle having a freight hold opening and a passenger compartment opening arranged at the same level outside the vehicle. The system has a luggage transfer element and a passenger bridge, wherein the passenger bridge has a transition zone that can be simultaneously connected to the freight hold opening and the passenger compartment opening. The luggage transfer element has a housing module for receiving luggage, and a movement module for transferring the luggage transfer element. The luggage transfer element can be transferred through the transition zone and the freight hold opening by way of the movement module. The system avoids delays as the passengers are boarding and simplifies the transfer of luggage into a freight hold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Hermann Benthien, Matthias Hegenbart, Thomas Lerche, Tobias-Valentin Mayer
  • Publication number: 20200407074
    Abstract: A power supply unit includes a housing having at least one input terminal and at least one output terminal, an AC-DC converter which is arranged in the housing and which is connected to the input terminal, a DC-DC converter which is arranged in the housing and which is connected to the output terminal; and a capacitor which forms a structural part of the housing. Furthermore, an on-board power supply network of an aircraft or spacecraft is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Linde, Sean Dempsey
  • Patent number: 10875619
    Abstract: A fuselage assembly for an aircraft including a stringer extending longitudinally along the fuselage. The stringer defines a fluid channel. The fluid channel is configured to form at least part of a distribution duct of a cabin air distribution system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignees: Airbus Operations GmbH, Airbus (S.A.S.)
    Inventors: Matthias S. Schroeder, Jesus Miguel Batanero Benito, Srivats Srinivasan, Avinash Kumar Yadav, Vinayak Ramachandra Patil, Abhishek Vyas
  • Publication number: 20200398990
    Abstract: A hybrid support rail for receiving fixtures in a cabin of a vehicle includes a support rail base, first attachment elements, second attachment elements formed so as to be complementary to the first attachment elements, and a support rail upper part. The support rail base has a lower side and an upper side. The upper side has a receiving housing extending along a main extension direction of the support rail base for sliding in first attachment elements and, on a side facing away from the lower side, a support surface having at least one recess. The receiving housing is formed so as to prevent the first attachment elements from sliding out towards the support surface. The support rail upper part has a contact surface for placement on the support surface. The contact surface has recesses through which the second attachment elements are guided for insertion in the first attachment elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Sasse, Memis Tiryaki, Ottmar Schramm
  • Patent number: 10864978
    Abstract: A method to detect a failure of a sensor or system in an aircraft, wherein the aircraft includes a wing including a fixed wing and a wing tip device pivotably mounted to the fixed wing, a sensor system, and a control unit including a system behavior model which models a target vale of an operation parameter of the wing, wherein the method includes: detecting a value of an operation parameter by the sensor system; comparing the detected value of the operation parameter to a corresponding target value of the operation parameter obtained from the system behavior model, and declaring a sensor failure or a system failure in response to determining a predefined deviation of the detected value from the corresponding target value of the operation parameter, detecting a sensor failure or a system failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Saskia Dege, Svenja Jegminat, Jörg Wyrembek