Patents Assigned to Airbus Operations GmbH
  • Publication number: 20170341756
    Abstract: A vehicle cabin seat rail system includes a seat rail having a top side having a plurality of raster openings and mechanically couplable with a cabin floor, a plurality of holding devices positionable on the top side, each being selectively engageable with at least one first raster opening or at least one second raster opening for arresting the holding device and configured for holding an object on the seat rail, and a plurality of marking devices couplable with the seat rail, and configured for optically or mechanically indicating approaching of a first position on the seat rail corresponding to the first raster opening of a respective holding device and of a second position of the same holding device corresponding to the second raster opening, in relation to another object arrested on the seat rail, to prevent an arresting of the holding device on the seat rail on other positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Malte Fuerstenberg
  • Publication number: 20170341755
    Abstract: A vehicle cabin seat arrangement includes a seat rail having a first and a second side faces; a group of passenger seats held on the seat rail by holding devices resting on a top side of the seat rail; pluralities of first and second holding blocks arranged on the first and second side faces, respectively; and a plurality of stop blocks arranged on a bottom side of a holding device To every passenger seat two first or second holding blocks are assigned, between which a holding device coupled with the passenger seat is displaceable. The respective holding device, includes one of the stop blocks arranged on the bottom side of the holding device such that the stop block is bringable into contact with the two assigned holding blocks on moving the holding device on the seat rail. Passenger seats are alternatingly assigned with first and second holding blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Carsten Wolgast
  • Patent number: 9827744
    Abstract: A flat metallic structure having a multiplicity of openings and having a width between 6 and 1000 mm. The metallic structure is treated with a metallic impregnating material whose melting point is lower than that of the flat metallic structure, and wherein the conductivity of the metal before the impregnation is at least 15 S/m. A use of such a structure as lightning protection for fiber composite components, as well as fiber composite components having such a structure, and a method for the production of such fiber composite components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Paulin Fideu Siagam, Hauke Seegel, Claus Fastert, Holger Mueller
  • Patent number: 9832512
    Abstract: A display device for a vehicle includes a housing, a display screen, and at least one functional unit, including an operating element, each being a switch unit or a communication unit, adapted to be releasably coupled to the housing and includes an insertion portion and an operating element support portion supporting the respective operating element, and a first contact arrangement provided on the insertion portion and electrically coupled to the operating element. The housing includes at least one functional unit coupling arrangement, each adapted to be selectively and releasably coupled to at least one of the at least one functional unit and including a cavity inside the housing for receiving the insertion portion of the at least one functional unit, a second contact arrangement in the cavity, a retaining means, and an opening in an exterior wall of the housing communicating the cavity with the exterior of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Christian Riedel
  • Patent number: 9831981
    Abstract: A control unit for controlling wireless data transmissions in a mobile communications system provided on board an aircraft, a mobile communications system having a control unit of this type, an associated method for controlling wireless data transmissions in a mobile communications system provided on board an aircraft, and a computer program for carrying out the method. The control unit comprises a generating component for generating a band-limited masking signal for masking terrestrial mobile communications signals in a first frequency band and a combining component for combining the band-limited masking signal and a service signal for the wireless transmission of data in a second frequency band different from the first frequency band. The combining component is configured to combine the masking signal and the service signal so that terrestrial mobile communications signals in a third frequency band formed by overlapping of the first and the second frequency band are masked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Martin Schirrmacher
  • Patent number: 9828112
    Abstract: A method for triggering a plurality of emergency measures associated with an aircraft emergency is disclosed. The method includes determining a risk level for an aircraft emergency by evaluating a plurality of flight parameters and/or aircraft parameters using a predefined logic. For each emergency measure of the plurality of emergency measures a threshold is defined and each emergency measure of the plurality of emergency measures is only triggered if the determined risk level exceeds the threshold defined for the emergency measure. Further, a system for use onboard an aircraft for triggering a plurality of emergency measures associated with an aircraft emergency and an aircraft comprising such a system are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Maurice Girod, Matthew Greaves, Uwe Bartels
  • Patent number: 9827737
    Abstract: This relates to a composite structural element, in particular a rib or a spar, specifically for use in a torsion box of an aircraft structure such as a vertical tailplane, wherein the structural element defines a coordinate system with a first axis “a” wherein the structural element comprises a substantially planar main section defining a coordinate system with a first axis “a” extending along the longitudinal axis “L” of the structural element and a second axis “b” extending perpendicular to said longitudinal axis “L” within the planar main section and defining an angle of +90° with the first axis “a”, wherein the structural element contains a lay-up of single plies consisting of a fiber-reinforced composite material with a substantially unidirectional fiber orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Sergey Selyugin, Jan-Ronald Balzer
  • Publication number: 20170334378
    Abstract: An electrical power supply system for an aircraft includes a plurality of generators, each being couplable to and rotatable by an aircraft engine. and a plurality of electrical conversion units, each having a plurality of inputs and at least one output. Each generator includes at least four AC phases. The inputs of each individual electrical conversion unit are connected to a plurality of phases of at least two of the plurality of generators. The electrical conversion units each includes a rectification and conversion device for providing an output voltage having a predeterminable frequency and voltage level at the output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Applicants: Airbus Operations SL, Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Jens Schult, Leire Segura Martinez De Ilarduya, Joerg Wangemann
  • Patent number: 9821914
    Abstract: An aircraft air conditioning system comprises a process air source and an air conditioning unit being connected to the process air source via a process air line and being adapted to cool and expand process air supplied to the air conditioning unit from the process air source so as to provide conditioned air. A mixing chamber of the aircraft air conditioning system is connected to the air conditioning unit via a conditioned air line and is adapted to mix conditioned air supplied to the mixing chamber from the air conditioning unit with recirculation air recirculated from an aircraft region to be air conditioned to the mixing chamber via a recirculation air line so as to provide mixed air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Klimpel, Thomas Scherer, Markus Piesker
  • Patent number: 9815547
    Abstract: A flap system for an aircraft includes a flow body, a trailing flap and a movement means. The flow body includes an upper surface and a lower surface, the lower surface having a recess. The movement means is attachable to the flow body and the trailing flap. The trailing flap includes a shape that corresponds to the recess in the lower surface. The movement means is adapted for conducting at least a chordwise movement of the trailing flap such that it is movable out of and into the recess of the flow body in absence of a gap between the leading edge of the trailing flap and the flow body. Thereby, a clear increase in a lift coefficient may be achieved, while at the same time maintaining a low complexity and a high reliability of the flap system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Efstratios Saliveros, Hendrik Friedel
  • Patent number: 9815555
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cover for a seat in an aircraft or spacecraft, including a receiver which is configured to receive in an exchangeable manner an electronic device which is fitted with a screen, at least one recess being provided in the region of the receiver such that the screen of the electronic device is exposed for viewing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Riedel, Stefan Mahn
  • Publication number: 20170320577
    Abstract: A fluid-disposing system for a galley sink includes: a galley sink for a galley cabin monument, a self-regulating valve, a control unit, a sensor, and a signal connection between the sensor and the control unit. The valve input is connected to a fluid line, connected to a drainage opening of the galley sink. The valve is arranged underneath the drainage opening, such that fluid from the galley sink can flow through the associated drainage opening into the fluid line. The valve output is designed to be couplable with a source of negative pressure. The valve is designed to automatically open at a predetermined amount M1 of fluid in the fluid line, such that fluid can flow out of the fluid line, and to automatically close at a predetermined amount M2 of fluid in the fluid line, such that the predetermined amount M2 of fluid remains in the fluid line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Wilhelm Lutzer, Matthias Reiss, Oliver Kiehne, Michael Kempa, Marc Spille, Holger Czopka
  • Patent number: 9810249
    Abstract: An attachment structure for an equipment unit of an aircraft includes a first attachment device extending in a longitudinal direction of the aircraft, wherein the first attachment device is attached to a stringer and to a frame and wherein the first attachment device has a first engagement element and a second attachment device attachable to the equipment unit, wherein the second attachment device has a second engagement element adapted for engaging into the first engagement element, such that a force from the equipment unit in the longitudinal direction on the second attachment device is transferred via the second engagement element to the first engagement element and via the first attachment device to the stringer and the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Uwe Schneider, Peter Bielik, Hristo Margov, Raj Kotian
  • Patent number: 9809312
    Abstract: A ventilation system for an interior room is provided, having a first air suction device, a second air suction device, a suction volume control device, a first air conduction pipe, a second air conduction pipe, a vacuum generating device and a control unit. The suction volume control device affects an air flow from the first and the second air suction device to the first and the second air conduction pipe, respectively, wherein the control unit controls the suction volume control device so that the air flow from the first air suction device to the first air conduction pipe is controllable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Reiss, Ole Becker, John Kwee
  • Patent number: 9809310
    Abstract: An aircraft passenger service device for receiving goods for cold storage to be supplied to aircraft passengers includes a receiving device having a viewing apparatus, a coolant inlet for feeding a coolant into the receiving device, and a coolant outlet for discharging the coolant from the receiving device. The viewing apparatus is designed to enable a user to inspect goods stored in the receiving device before removal. The aircraft passenger service device further includes a cooling arrangement having a coolant circuit line connected to the coolant inlet and the coolant outlet of the receiving device, and a device that directs into the coolant circuit line a refrigerant fluid flowing through a refrigerant fluid circuit line of a central cooling system of the aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Kenan Sönmez, Markus Kerber, Volker Brakhan
  • Patent number: 9809325
    Abstract: An aircraft system component carrier system includes at least one aircraft system component carrier module, at least one aircraft system component that is fastened via an aircraft system component holder to the aircraft system component carrier module, and an aircraft structural element of a fuselage upper shell, to which element the aircraft system component carrier module is fastened via a structural holder in such a way that the aircraft system component carrier module, the aircraft system component and the aircraft structural element form an assembly group that is capable of being handled independently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Sabrina Moje, Dirk Humfeldt
  • Patent number: 9808995
    Abstract: A method for reinforcing a substrate or textile of a core structure of a component with the following method steps: a continuous semi-finished product is fed, via a feed means, into a cartridge of a conveying means which comprises a plurality of cartridges; the continuous semi-finished product is cut to length using a cutting means in order to produce a cut, reinforcing semi-finished product which is received in the cartridge; the cartridge is conveyed to a machining means; the cut, reinforcing semi-finished product is sharpened using the machining means; the cartridge is conveyed to a textile or substrate to be reinforced of a core structure; and the sharpened semi-finished product is shot into the textile or substrate of a core structure by a stud-shooting means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Gregor Christian Endres, Hans-Jurgen Weber
  • Patent number: 9809314
    Abstract: An aircraft air conditioning system comprises a process air line configured to supply compressed process air provided by a process air source to an air conditioning unit of the aircraft air conditioning system and a trim air line branching off from the process air line upstream of the air conditioning unit and being configured such that trim air flows through the trim air line, the trim air having been branched off from the compressed process air flowing through the process air line. A compressor is arranged in the trim air line and is configured to compress the trim air flowing through the trim air line. A turbine of the aircraft air conditioning system is configured to drive the compressor. A cabin exhaust air line is configured to supply cabin exhaust air discharged from an aircraft cabin to the turbine for driving the turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignees: Airbus Operations S.L., Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Bammann, Frank Klimpel, Dariusz Krakowski, Anton Mendez-Diaz
  • Patent number: D801986
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Peter Pirklbauer
  • Patent number: D802021
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Peter Pirklbauer